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Also on Friday, just after leaving work, I went straight to the Game Center to buy a Wii Fit. I decided not to wait for Nintendo to ship to the media. I was not sure that they were sent and were eager to play despite worth 90 euros. After having the whole weekend I can say that the 2 days I do more exercise for a long time and also think that audience would not normally play: My girlfriend.

The game itself is very simple, perhaps too much. The fact embody the Wii Balance Board is sympathetic, but for those who are already somewhat "grown up" is a little sappy. Beyond this first moment of shyness, the game weighs you, takes your height and gives the body mass index. I certainly I have to improve my fitness as the game ... I will thanks to the goals of the game, which tracks your progress by measuring how far or close you are to him according to the length of time that you have marked.

The problem is that Wii Fit can make you achieve your goal of losing 4 or 5 kilos alone. It is a full-fledged personal trainer, but never substitute for the exercise "real", they also have to be accompanied by a healthy diet and consistent. Wii Fit motivates, but is unable to go further.

Yoga exercises are good for relaxing and toning muscles, and balance, are fun mini-games that take advantage of the motion sensors of the Wii Balance Board. They are a great complement to aerobic exercise, which are the ones you have to really lose weight.

The peripheral

Wii Balance Board peripheral itself, not heavy and very responsive, as own wiimotes. Its ergonomics are also correct. Perhaps the only flaw is that it does not lead battery and we have to fill it with energy 4 AA batteries. Not the reason for Nintendo's aversion to the batteries in the Wii. Let's see if someone can explain ... Both have trouble adding USB rechargeable batteries? Or at least a rechargeable battery? Yet I can tell you how long, I think a lot, but this makes me very unhappy. Gentlemen, I paid 90 euros!

The game recommends using the Wii Balance Board barefoot ... I assure you it is best to cover it with a special cover or play with very thin socks because with little to do, your foot sweats and suffers the table.

Wii Fit makes a bittersweet

Wii Fit leaves a bittersweet feeling. It is a great invention Miyamoto, responds very well and has no fault except for the battery issue. The game is also good, but again, as happened with Wii Sports, leaves the impression that you could have gone much further, not only in graphics. I guess the game does the job and the important thing is to engage in this new audience, but will surely be a "third party" that achieves the potential to get all the mini games of much higher quality.

Wii Fit has potential, and much, but falls short. I think the combination of the Wii balance board and the controls of the Wii, for example, could have resulted in a skiing game much more complete, in which we slide down on the Wii Balance Board and we used the 2 wiimotes as canes, to give an example. I mean even more innovative games and products. Wii Fit In this sense it still seems too simple.

Wii Fit is your passport to a healthier life, a new motivator, but not a substitute for exercise of "truth", the gym or weekend for your football team or basketball. Has led to me, but they sure do not spend more calories than my "jogging mess" of 20 minutes with El Retiro.

Wii Fit has been a huge success in Japan and certainly succeeds here also because it is simple, fun and try to improve something that we all have in common, our health. Who does not want to improve your fitness? It is a concern of everyone from teenagers to the elderly. Play is a very secondary concern for many people, but being in shape and take care of our health is one of the most important in everyone's life, or at least should be.

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