Third-party Wii Balance Board listed on Amazon UK
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Are you one of the dozens and dozens of British citizens that wants a Wii Balance Board to play games like Skate It! or Rayman: Raving Rabbids TV Party, but also doesn't want to pay extra for the included Wii Fit game? Well you're in luck! According to a recent Amazon listing, the Njoy G-Board Balance Board will only set you back £64.99 -- a full five pounds less than the £69.99 Wii Fit package. And who needs Wii Fit's virtual personal trainer when you can look down at the G-Board's stylish LCD weight display to see just how unfit you really are?
Seriously, the one advantage Njoy's Board might have over the Wii Fit bundle is availability -- as of this writing, the game's short supply has inflated the package price to £102.99 and up on Amazon's marketplace. Penny-pinching balancers can look for their G-Board's on Sept. 12.
[Via Engadget]
Reader Comments (16)
Posted: Aug 1st 2008 3:18PM Shagittarius said
I dont think nintendo can patent two scales duct-tapped together.
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Posted: Aug 1st 2008 2:51PM (Unverified) said
Nintendo's already in the black. The last thing they need is another company sucking funds away from them!
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Posted: Aug 1st 2008 4:57PM Saria the Cat said
Wow, this would suck to play a non-fitness game on if you had to be greeted by your weight every time. Unless you don't have an image problem. Which would mean you're not a girl.
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Posted: Aug 1st 2008 5:20PM (Unverified) said
So true. A really good friend of mine got an eating disorder as recently as last summer. She was only like 100lbs, too, so it was very unhealthy for her. Luckily I helped her get past it but, wow, it's amazing (and no offence here) how much pressure you women think you have from the rest of the world.
She still calls me fat, though, lol, even though she knows very well I'm only 130lbs. >>;
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She still calls me fat, though, lol, even though she knows very well I'm only 130lbs. >>;
Posted: Aug 1st 2008 5:28PM Saria the Cat said
@Heh: Yeah, it's a pretty big problem. Girls feel constant pressure to look a certain way and sometimes that pressure is so great that it warps the way they see themselves. I think the pressure is real, though, otherwise it wouldn't be there. I don't think girls are naturally just low self esteem-ified. I'm usually pretty good about it but I can get as insecure as the next girl.
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Posted: Aug 1st 2008 5:33PM (Unverified) said
Yeah, the pressure is obviously there. Things should be done about it, but it looks like something that could possibly get a lot worst within the next few years.
And low self-esteem-ified, lol, nice choice of words there.
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And low self-esteem-ified, lol, nice choice of words there.
Posted: Aug 2nd 2008 5:10PM (Unverified) said
Maybe this one is reinforced for slightly heavier people, or as I call them "fat chicks." That LCD screen can't be good for the self esteem though.
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