Rumor: Release list dates Wii Sports Resort with MotionPlus, reveals Wii Fit Plus
by Griffin McElroy 
{ Apr 4th 2009 at 3:30PM } 
The second eye catching release date on the list is for Wii Fit Plus, which is apparently due out November 19, giving us plenty of time to find out what the hell it is. Given the pictured release list's dubious origins (we don't know what store it came from), we're taking it with a healthy dose of trepidation. Still, a summer release for Wii Sports Resort and a follow up to Nintendo's exergaming cash cow don't seem beyond the realm of possibilities.
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DaveMcRae @ Apr 4th 2009 3:37PM
In case anyone wonders, "benelux" stands for the three countries Belgium Netherlands and Luxembourg, three small, mostly french speaking countries in middle europe.
DaveMcRae @ Apr 4th 2009 3:40PM
Obviously they speak dutch in the netherlands, sorry 'bout that
Smoke @ Apr 5th 2009 12:07PM
"Mostly French"? All of The Netherlands and the top part of Belgium(Flanders) speaks Dutch and has it as their official language, covering about 22 million people or 82% of the Benelux population.
Rob Accomando @ Apr 4th 2009 3:37PM
I wonder if they can patch existing games to work with motion plus.
Even if they could, they'd probably just release a whole new version of the game. :/
Mr. Lif @ Apr 4th 2009 3:52PM
They can't, that much was confirmed in some interview that I'm just too damned lazy to pull up right now. Scour GoNintendo if you want to find it.
July? We should've had something like this in our hands a year ago. It could've worked as a way to get prospective developers to begin making games (that aren't targeted towards my nephew or morons with $50 to drop and not enough sense to buy games based on anything but the box art). The fact that we're gonna have to wait till June for a peripheral that'll likely only get decent support from Nintendo (like two years from now) anyway... that's pretty lame.
"Wii Fit Plus"? If that actually exists... it's pretty lame that that's where development resources are going. Not saying that them making that game'll keep 'em from making games that I'll enjoy, but it'd be nice if they could at the very least throw us a fuckin' bone here rather than continuing to pump out this stuff while at the same time claiming "Hey, don't worry, we're here for ya, gamer guy!".
Mr Khan @ Apr 4th 2009 4:59PM
I've figured this one out, Fatass. Your whole problem with them is the secrecy. You would feel better if they confirmed whatever it is they actually have in development, rather than waiting until when they feel the time is right.
You're smarter than knowing that any resources are being diverted from core games to make these games. Come on, man.
Hace @ Apr 4th 2009 4:00PM
Because we needed to resell those two game. We just needed to.
Insight @ Apr 4th 2009 4:07PM
There's money in it, if the success of the first Wii Fit was any indicator.
More money in it than a proper F-Zero or Starfox sequel. *sigh* At least with any luck we might see New Play F-Zero GX announced by the end of next year, right?
Yeah, I know I'm exaggerating. I've just been pretty disappointed with Ninty lately.
Obi-Habby @ Apr 5th 2009 12:09AM
Hate to say it but I would buy an enhanced F-Zero GX for Wii. Sorry that game is like crack and I will take it in any form.
Insight @ Apr 5th 2009 2:20PM
You're telling me. I just got a copy of F-Zero GX in the mail a few days back, freaking love that game (even though it's corrupted every last GC memory card I've ever had at least once)
Tez @ Apr 4th 2009 4:25PM
AWESOME, Wii Body Coaching!
dork1337 @ Apr 4th 2009 4:41PM
wii fit plus? i believe it
thats what nintendo does best..release the same product with minor differences...probably a colored board
WRE @ Apr 4th 2009 4:49PM
Yeah, this is a problem exclusive to Nintendo. Unless you count the iPod, Windows, PSP models and every other single electronics-based product in existence, that is.
T @ Apr 4th 2009 7:01PM
WiiFit Plus is likely a SEQUEL (*shock*) to WiiFIt.
Hence why they're releasing the Plus as a bundle with the board as well as Standalone.
samfish @ Apr 4th 2009 11:48PM
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=sequel
Just in case you're unclear regarding the definition and all...
WRE @ Apr 4th 2009 4:46PM
You know why Nintendo sinks money into shit like this? Because jerk-off, everyday, consumer assholes don't buy Mad World or Okami. That's why. So we can bitch all we want but until people get some actual critical sense we'll still see shit like the Saw movies and Fast and Furious in the theaters; we'll still have singers like Miley Cyrus and One Republic selling tons of records; we'll still have unadulterated crap like American Idol and The Hills on TV; and, yeah, we'll still have to put up with games we don't like. So don't blame Nintendo. This is our fault.
Mr Khan @ Apr 4th 2009 5:04PM
My genocide solution still stands. Either that or some form of radical terrorism.
Maybe blow up a few hundred attendees at a Miley concert to get our point across? The Armed Cultural Elitists Front need to start acting, before our world gets destroyed.
(obligatory sarcasm tag here)
WRE @ Apr 4th 2009 5:20PM
Don't be too quick with the sarcasm tags there, Mr. Khan. ACEF is a pretty kick ass acronym...
SoshiKitai @ Apr 5th 2009 2:41PM
Do us fans advertise these games to other people?
For all I know, I'm the only one advertising "core games" to other folks - even the casuals.
... people complain about advertising being awful with all the games that dropped the ball in sales, but really - if they realllllyyyyy wanted the game to sell well they should try to help advertising with the tried-and-true-method-of-advertising: WORD OF MOUTH.
That worked in the past, and it sure as hell works now. I've convinced at least 10 people to buy my favorite games. Obviously 10 isn't enough to bring up sales that high, but it would be if EVERYONE WHO COMPLAINED at least tried it once.
WRE @ Apr 5th 2009 4:42PM
I agree SoshiKitai. Normally when I'm in Target or GameStop some mom will invariably ask me which game they should buy their kids. I'm pretty sure I've made a few Christmas and birthday presents better than they would have been.
Jay Voorhees @ Apr 6th 2009 10:00AM
Every morning I wake up and play Wii fit then Wii boxing and then Mad World. I don't consider myself a patsy. We're a society of pushovers. We consume anything we're fed and dont complain. The media has desensitized us and we're quite alight with mediocrity as a society, and even the quality of the mediocrity is deteriorating but its just little by little. Soon we will have telescreens in our homes and be forced to listen to the jonahs brothers and daughtry 24/7.
Mr Khan @ Apr 4th 2009 5:06PM
I find this one dubious. Simply because it lists both Nintendo games and 3rd party games, but suddenly stops listing 3rd party games after June. Games that we know are coming, too. Stuff like EA's Grand Slam Tennis. Then the way it jumps right from July to one, single game in September, then onward to November, with no mention of anything in-between?
Something's up, regardless of the date upon which this was actually unearthed.
Cerpin Taxt @ Apr 4th 2009 6:24PM
Wii Vejaardagsfeest!?!?!? I've been waiting for that since forever!!!
Spartan @ Apr 4th 2009 6:40PM
Post of the day.
Mr Khan @ Apr 4th 2009 8:09PM
Means "Wii birthday," according to some of my internet peers from Der Nederlands
Jampirow @ Apr 5th 2009 1:05PM
Damn, you stole my line.
Anyways, that's "Carnival Games" for you.
libster @ Apr 4th 2009 9:58PM
Uh. Is there ever any news not relating to how the Wii is a piece of shit for five year olds and eighty five year olds?
Feba @ Apr 5th 2009 12:44AM
I'm guessing fake: all of the games start with "Wii"; for example, "Wii Ghostbusters", like it's it's own column. But then, the titles for "Wii Sports" and "Wii Fit" don't use it twice; implying that the titles are listed as "Fit Plus" and "Sports 2", which seems pretty unlikely. That and the aforementioned dates seeming suspicious.
That said, I'm sure Nintendo is working on Wii Fit 2. I mean, why the hell shouldn't they? The Balance Board is an interesting piece of technology, and the software has tons of room for improvement. They obviously not only turned a software on the game itself, but by selling Wii consoles that people were buying for it.
Burnt Meatloaf @ Apr 5th 2009 8:10AM
"Plus" is the new "2".
Hardy @ Apr 5th 2009 1:27AM
Wii Fit Plus: Now you can spend more time doing the exercises and games as opposed to being in the menu system most of the time. It's revolutionary for it's genre!
ExMcCloud @ Apr 5th 2009 3:17PM
Wii fit plus, sigh the epidemic starts again!!!
SoshiKitai @ Apr 5th 2009 3:27PM
I don't understand what this "epidemic" is you people state.
...if you don't like a game, can't you... y'know... ignore it?
Dustin @ Apr 5th 2009 5:42PM
So if the Motion Plus comes out on July 10th, and Tiger Woods 10 comes out June 16, how is that gonna work out? Tiger 10 is making me most likely buy a Wii in mid June. Sucks I gotta drop $400 on the Wii. The Wii, motion plus, the game, rechargeable battery pack. Hopefully, but I doubt it cause Nintendo loves money, but I hope they include built in Motion Plus Wiimotes in all Wiis so I dont have to buy the motion plus attachment
Jay Voorhees @ Apr 6th 2009 10:01AM
rechargeable battery pack bad idea. they dont last that long and its almost impossible to make sure the connection is maintained while they charge. a better investment would be a four pack of single rechargeable batteries and a charger.