I didn't get Wii Fit until much later when it was on sale. 60 bucks for the game and balance board wasn't a bad deal. I wasn't impressed with the game, though. I've played much better fitness games out there. Ring Fit Adventure is probably the best fitness game I've played. I do like that fact that Wii Fit Trainer is a character in Smash.
Get Fit! - Wii Fit
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 On 12/18/2020 at 07:49 PM by Matt Snee See More From This User » |
Released in 2007, Wii Fit was an exercise game for the Nintendo Wii using Nintendo's Balance Board peripheral. There are balance, aerobics, strength training, and yoga games. The Balance Board even weighs you. Wii Fit was one of the Wii's top selling games, and was followed by Wii Fit Plus, and Wii Fit U for the Wii U system in 2013. While you're not going to get abs of steel doing the exercises in this game, it is good for people who are generally not very active.
I bought this when it came out, hoping I could get my mom, who had never played ANY video games before, into it. She had her doubts at first, but eventually loved it. As she was in her early seventies when I got it, and the upper seventies now, doing the exercises greatly improve her balance. I was always on hand to help her with it, and cheer her on.
Some of the exercises can be pretty tough too. And most of them are fun, including jogging, hula hooping, balancing a cake on a plate, and other creative games. I've been hoping that Nintendo would release a version for the Switch, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen. It's too bad, because the Balance Board is a great device, and I'll bet modern tech could make it even better.
But me and my mom had a lot of fun with this.
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