My niece and nephew used to love watching me game and when I would play games like Zelda, they'd always insist I read the text. Sometimes I'd do it, but that's a lot of text to read. They've since become avid gamers and the desire to know what the characters are saying, I think, really encouraged them to want to read so they could play the games on their own.
"These weights this guy lifted? Were they for measuring ingredients for cookery?"
Weight training and the movement in Wii Sports requires different sorts of muscle training. Weight lifting deals with short-term endurance, whereas Wii Sports requires lengthy long-term endurance sections. So even if you are ripped, you can still have a hard time with Wii Boxing since it requires lots of movement.
It also means that playing Wii Sports won't give you a weight lifter's body. If you DO get muscular from playing Wii Sports, it's more likely to be similar to an athlete.
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Nov 26th 2006 9:35AM (Joystiq)Weight training and the movement in Wii Sports requires different sorts of muscle training. Weight lifting deals with short-term endurance, whereas Wii Sports requires lengthy long-term endurance sections. So even if you are ripped, you can still have a hard time with Wii Boxing since it requires lots of movement.
It also means that playing Wii Sports won't give you a weight lifter's body. If you DO get muscular from playing Wii Sports, it's more likely to be similar to an athlete.
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