Who needs Wii Fit when you've got Weight Fat?
by JC Fletcher 
{ Mar 4th 2009 at 12:59PM } 
Weight Fat Checker. It's a foregone conclusion that you are fat, and this device's function is to measure exactly how much all of your winter insulation weighs. We personally appreciate the honesty from this Wii Fit knockoff, whose actual mechanics we don't understand. Is there glass on top of the steering-wheel looking thing? Do you just balance on top of it? Update: as commenters pointed out, it's a body fat monitor. You hold it. That makes sense.
The Weight Fat is completely inspiring us to change our lifest-- oh, it comes with strawberry Hi-Chews! Delicious!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
CannabisPrime @ Mar 4th 2009 1:06PM
How is this a Wii Fit knock off? Looks like a digital scale to me.
Velocifaptor @ Mar 4th 2009 1:13PM
How is Dr. Thunder a Dr. Pepper knockoff? Looks more like a delicious meteorologicaly inspired soft drink to me.
vidGuy @ Mar 4th 2009 1:23PM
Mountain Dew - Mountain Lightning?
And if you don't the trade dress similarity here you need to, just maybe, smoke less...
DWells55 @ Mar 4th 2009 2:31PM
"And if you don't the trade dress similarity here you need to, just maybe, smoke less... "
I accidentally a whole verb.
CannabisPrime @ Mar 4th 2009 2:35PM
So because the name is similar it's a knock-off? Yeah, real good reasoning. Nevermind the fact that this product has nothing to do with the Wii, or the fact that it's just a scale that also measures your BMI. Which means....it CHECKs your WEIGHT and your FAT. Thus, WeightFat Checker
Mountain Dew and Mountain Lightning are similar products that have the same color scheme on their packaging, and similar taste. The same goes for Dr. Thunder and Dr. Pepper. This product only resembles Wii Fit in name alone, and even then that's reaching.
This is more of an example of Engrish than it is a knock-off.
vidGuy @ Mar 4th 2009 4:25PM
The box coloring and design, including fonts, are similar. The blue on the side looks like the blue side on the inside of the Wii box. It's just an observation, not some existential deliberation as to what makes the Wii Fit box "unique."
@DWells55, the verb is there ("do"). "See" would be some other part of speech, which I don't care to look up right now.
Paul @ Mar 4th 2009 1:31PM
Yeah, I'm in the "this isn't a knock-off" camp. It looks like it's simply a body fat reader. Our teacher had one in our 8th grade health class.
lol that's not even something you'd stand on, nor is it related to any video game crap.
JXCgunrunna @ Mar 4th 2009 1:40PM
yea my teacher had one too. i think JC is kinda off here.
Josh @ Mar 4th 2009 1:40PM
1) It's called the Weight Fat; compare to Wii Fit (W and F).
2) It's got the white and green color scheme.
3) It's a freaking scale.
So, while not exactly a "knock-off" of Wii Fit, it's obviously trying to cash-in on Wii Fit's image.
Paul @ Mar 4th 2009 1:42PM
It's not a scale haha. And sure, the name/colors are similar, but product similarities do not exactly mean "knock off".
SoshiKitai @ Mar 4th 2009 2:19PM
:P Maybe not a knock-off, but it's going to confuse people trying to purchase Wii Fit but aren't good with video games.
Not only that, but the similarities in colors and closeness to the name will have a subliminal effect on consumers - it's called marketing.
vidGuy @ Mar 4th 2009 4:26PM
It would also be potential liability for trade dress infringement, if it were in the US.
JC Fletcher @ Mar 4th 2009 1:46PM
Wow, Weight Fat Defense Force is coming out.
I'll update with the body fat reader business, but I maintain that this cheaply produced product with an intentionally Wii Fit-esque name can be categorized as a "knockoff."
Jake B @ Mar 4th 2009 1:50PM
And Hi-Chew candies are holding the games on the rack? How inspirational.
Joseph @ Mar 4th 2009 2:19PM
Are you sure this isn't a BMI reader? Where you hold it out in front of you and it returns your body fat %?
Lord Negatron @ Mar 4th 2009 4:18PM
That's exactly what it is, its funny that they are just giving it it away in side a "Crane" machine...If it were in the US it would have a price tag on it and be sitting on a shelf.
Oh Japan you!
yellow journalism @ Mar 4th 2009 2:49PM
amazing....again kotaku posts this 24 hours before hand....
Rhamsey @ Mar 4th 2009 2:58PM
amazing, no one cares, go read kotaku.
sometimes i find on publishers sites stuff they dont post for days, there is a lot of stuff to report on.
Mauricio - GT: Zed Word @ Mar 4th 2009 3:20PM
Come on Joystiq. If youre want to step up to the plate and make a bigger name for yourselves you have got to cut this shit out.
Lord Negatron @ Mar 4th 2009 4:24PM
Hrm, about how big should the name Joystiq be? Like, "Joystiq? I've never been there but i have heard about it".
OR
"Morris get down here and do your homework!!","I can't right now, im on Joystiq!"
"JOYSTIQ?!"
"Oh, in that case take your time, just be sure to do you work when you are finished".
OhJustSomeRandomGuy @ Mar 4th 2009 3:57PM
This isn't a knock-off. It's an entirely different product.
Excelsior Cafe (or Caffe, depending on which location you're in.) is a knock-off.
http://www.excelsiorcaffe.com/
What's more, this is actually a more useful device. Wii Fit measures your "fitness" in terms of Body-Mass Index, a stupid formula that hasn't been used by modern dieticians for over 20 years. Using this method you can lose water weight and muscle mass, while GAINING body fat, and come out looking healthier.
This device uses Biometric Impedance to determine the amount of current comes back. Fat blocks more of the current, therefore, the amount returned will provide an accurate depiction of your true health.
horngreen @ Mar 4th 2009 4:12PM
Has it gotten so pathetic that we need an electronic device to tell us we're fat? You know your fat just try and do something about it. Buy some crappy gizmo isn't going to do JACK SQUAT!
Lord Negatron @ Mar 4th 2009 4:30PM
This is not new technology and is mainly used by people that are adamant about achieving a goal in fitness or by personal trainers. It is not meant to help you lose weight nor does it say so on the box. Hold it up and squeeze the handles and it reads your body fat, presto! you have numbers and percentages.