Wii Fit gameplay makes us sweat just watching it
by Candace Savino 
{ Dec 6th 2007 at 8:00PM }
Josh from WiiFolder.com took the time show us his large HDTV some Wii Fit games in action, and we have to say, the game looks promising.
A few of the games definitely won't help you drop those love handles (at least we don't think so, but since we got A's in gym class so you can pretty much count that as an expert opinion). Nonetheless, they still look fun, and we're glad we won't have to go to the zoo anymore to get our "kicking Panda heads" fix.
A few of the games definitely won't help you drop those love handles (at least we don't think so, but since we got A's in gym class so you can pretty much count that as an expert opinion). Nonetheless, they still look fun, and we're glad we won't have to go to the zoo anymore to get our "kicking Panda heads" fix.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Prime @ Dec 6th 2007 8:21PM
OH PUPPIES!!
looks pretty cool!
Larry @ Dec 6th 2007 8:23PM
Nothin like doing a video review in your pajamas...
thenewkasanova @ Dec 6th 2007 8:24PM
Oh god...I promised myself it wouldn't happen....but I can't help it: I WANT WII FIT!!! Oh, God, why????!!! I don't have all that money...
vidGuy @ Dec 6th 2007 8:41PM
Hmmm... I don't know yet. At the right price I'd buy it, but didn't Nintendo say it would be $69.99? I don't know about that.
troy @ Dec 6th 2007 8:45PM
SOOOO cool! But now we need an article about how there is no NA or EUR release date so we can whine about how much later we are getting it... lol
troy @ Dec 6th 2007 8:46PM
The game clearly has huge depth, over 40 games, and looks badass. Comes with a large electronic bluetooth using perhephrial. Ummm... i don't think it's too expensive.
ZombieOrgasm @ Dec 6th 2007 8:51PM
Very well done overlook. Didn't try to make any dumb jokes and told us straight up what it was. We need more video reviews like this.
troy @ Dec 6th 2007 8:54PM
Agreed, only pimps like JC and the rest of the Wii Fanboy staff can bring the funny, so many people and fail and alienate hardcore. I don't know what about video game writing makes the writers try to be comedians, but like I say I think I stick with this site because they actually ARE as funny as they think they are. If you don't believe me, read the articles JC writes.
arndesu @ Dec 7th 2007 12:03AM
oh noes. that jogging looks kinda fun.
Joshua @ Dec 6th 2007 9:48PM
I would like to play a game with the running in it, like an RPG or something...Maybe...
Still, as for Wii Fit, I'll stick to exercising on my own.
danny. @ Dec 7th 2007 9:45AM
agreed. If I had actually been forced to do all the running my animal crossing charactor did back in the day, I'd be in great shape (with horrible shin splints).
gevenstaines @ Dec 6th 2007 10:01PM
that guy's cute. uhh, the game looks good too. and he's got *five* wii remotes! (just in case, i suppose?)
troy @ Dec 6th 2007 10:40PM
noticed the five remotes too, what's up with that?
Larz @ Dec 7th 2007 2:57PM
I'm tempted to buy a fifth, since two of my Wiimotes are dying. One of them is always loosing the 'chuck connection and the other constantly turns off. I never expected them to last too long with all the shaking and beatings they endure.
willxcore @ Dec 6th 2007 10:18PM
I'm really sorry to say, but this game looks absolutely terrible. I know this is wiifanboy.com but only DIE HARD wii fanboys will want this game.
troy @ Dec 6th 2007 10:40PM
you're a moron.
Jeff @ Dec 8th 2007 12:42AM
-1 for you!
gevenstaines @ Dec 6th 2007 10:25PM
then japan must have a few hundred thousand 'die hard' wii fans.
SNKNGSHPS @ Dec 6th 2007 10:30PM
I really didn't care about this game until now. I'm sold.
troy @ Dec 6th 2007 10:41PM
That's the spirit! It looked way better than I expected, I must say, and I've been salivating for it since July 11th! Now I'm pumped!
SoshiKitai @ Dec 6th 2007 11:08PM
I normally love jogging and brisk walks... but... to jog along with your Miis?
Heck yes. Sure I can jog with family, but when do you get the chance to jog by the Legendary Solid Snake and Goku?
:D
Jeff @ Dec 6th 2007 11:46PM
I did notice he said "the balance games", if the other games are as good or better then these, I can see why it would fly off the shelves... or at-least jog.
Jonathan Tran @ Dec 6th 2007 11:52PM
looks pretty good to me!
samfish @ Dec 6th 2007 11:53PM
Hey, that actually does look really fun. I can see how you could actually even lose some weight playing that 20-30 minutes a day.
Consider me sold!
lucasta16 @ Dec 7th 2007 1:12AM
I didn't expect Wii Fit to turn out like this when it was initially announced. But after watching the videos, I'm really impressed with they have on offer. No wonders that they flew off shelves in Japan, I'm getting mine, like real soon.
LittleKey @ Dec 7th 2007 1:18AM
Oh my god, I want this. Just the jogging part is cool enough, but the penguin? Only Nintendo could make me want to exercise.
MidnightScott @ Dec 7th 2007 4:00AM
Yall realize everytime you watch his videos he gets money right? Also, he spent a crap-ton of money importing it through Play-Asia. Then again, he makes a crap-ton of money from working at UPS :p
BTW, lets just say I'm one of his "friends" from the GoNintendo IRC =)
~Scott
troy @ Dec 7th 2007 10:57AM
Yeah we notice the ad. Big deal as they say. Everytime we visit this site we load the ads on it, that's how almost everything works. And oh no he works at a job lol. What are you trying to say?
hanconscious @ Dec 7th 2007 1:21PM
jogging - how fun! clever use of the wii remote.
now to combine wii remote, jogging, and nike+ipod sport kit - haha...
Ben @ Dec 7th 2007 6:49AM
Wii Jogging looks like brilliant fun, having a two-player mode is fantastic. Sudden unexplained puppies! Superb! I hope there are plenty of different courses to take, and more puppies.
Unfortunately, it's got my brain working and now I want a fully expanded Wii Jogging game--no other gameplay mechanics, in fact no gameplay at all, just jogging through various places. I'm thinking you'd have your standard stuff (tracks, fields, mountains, towns), then some more game-y stuff like jogging through clouds, underwater, in space and so forth, but then the really cool stuff would be things like ... jogging through Hyrule field, around Princess Peach's castle, as a miniaturised Mii through a Pikmin garden, through Bowser's castle, World 1-1 of Super Mario Brothers, Luigi's mansion, Yoshi's Island with its amazing visual style, a tour of the Wind Waker isles, a Pokemon park, an Animal Crossing town--the number of instantly recognisable and classic Nintendo locales is huge. They could fit dozens of locations and hundreds of different jogging routes in there. It'd be fantastic.
troy @ Dec 7th 2007 10:52AM
I would honestly love a game like this! LOL Maybe Wii ware?
troy @ Dec 7th 2007 9:56AM
Wooo! Wii Fit is the number one selling game on all platforms in Japan!
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16539
WOOO! Consider money printed!
troy @ Dec 7th 2007 9:58AM
PS on Amazon.com.jp that is
dlc3007 @ Dec 7th 2007 9:59AM
Maybe I'll put the treadmill near the Wii screen. Somehow, jogging in place simply isn't that appealing to me.
gevenstaines @ Dec 7th 2007 1:08PM
of course not, you OWN a treadmill. but for me, the $70 for the game is more in my price range.
jasenj1 @ Dec 7th 2007 1:49PM
Wiimote = pedometer. What a great idea! It'd be nice if someone would make a complete game out of this. It could be a hit at health clubs. Virtual marathons, online running with partners, group online runs. Too bad the Wiimote is so big, though. Something like the Nike+ would be better. Perhaps Nyko could license their wireless Wiimote dongle to someone, and let them build a little accelerometer.
willxcore @ Dec 7th 2007 1:54PM
Wii Fit would NEVER be a hit at health clubs. Jesus Christ. This is not the second coming of exercise equipment people it's just a really crappy looking "video game"
willxcore @ Dec 7th 2007 1:54PM
what was my comment deleted or voted off or something just cause i said this game looks like ass? obviously japan is filled with thousands or millions of "die hard" wii fans, japan is a very odd country if no one here has noticed. I think it's a good idea that Nintendo is doing things outside the norm of regular video games and making them into activities and things the whole family can do, but this is way less than what I expected from Wii Fit ever since it was announced. You JOG IN PLACE WITH MII'S! I can jog in place much more vigorously than that just on the god damn floor without a balance board and get more "exercise" than in this game. The game should be filled with FUN activities while also incorporating an athletic approach to get you 400 pounders to sweat a little for once in your lives. I'm sorry that I actually am a member of a gym and actually like to work out AND play video games and doesn't need a video game to get myself in shape. I play video games to have fun and if Wii Fit actually looked like it was fun and not a stupid gimmick than I would play it. Shit, I played DDR because it was fun, not because I could "exercise" with it. Tip-toeing across a tight rope is not my idea of fun whatsoever and it looks stupid and boring. The soccer ball and penguin games look *decent* at best but I expected much more from this.
If you vote this comment down or delete it, you're a fucking pussy. Take some god damn criticism.
Alisha Karabinus @ Dec 7th 2007 3:47PM
Or maybe you just need to relax there, buddy. This is not such serious business, after all.
SoshiKitai @ Dec 7th 2007 5:46PM
We are taking your criticisms, and if we disagree with you, we vote down. If we agree, we vote up.
We do that to everyone, not just you. Don't try to hog the spotlight. :P
It's called "casual training" by the way... and Wii Fit makes it casually fun.
You got a problem with it, then don't buy it.
We're not all serious work-out freaks, competition commandos, or extreme-action lovers (that's why TV features Stunt Competition shows AND piano concerts on different channels) . Sometimes we'd rather take things in stride, rather than taking things too quickly.
Sorry we don't like living like you do, but at least we're not popping a vessel just complaining how people like it.
Yeah, Japan's weird. So? They also make great things, things we enjoy, just as every country does to every other country (well, not all of them).
Look, in a few years, Playstation and Microsoft or some new company (low chance) will come out with innovative systems that are much more powerful and much more competetive.
You're talking in a Nintendo Community.
We're not all die-hard fans. We don't always back up our games or our systems to the tee, and we don't all compete like our lives depended on it ( remember, I said "Not ALL" ) ... I'm sure you've realized that by now.
So when Playstation/Microsoft/New Company comes out with these new machines that meet your needs that the Wii has impressed you with - you can find your sharp-tongued, competetive bretheren there to curse and push around with.
Nintendo's Community has always been kinda' smooth with themselves. Relax.
Instead of complaining, construct your ideas professionally to CONVINCE US to see your point, instead of muscling us.
And don't worry, now that the balance board is coming out, I'm sure many other companies would consider making more extreme uses out of the balance board...
Heck an intense racing game via board isn't too far from reach.
As for me and Wii Fit - I used to train my body non-stop back in the day... but I lost my passion for it along the way... so something simple like this is pretty cool and fun-looking. And besides, I like my Miis, why the heck not?
Mr Khan @ Dec 7th 2007 6:10PM
SERIOUS FUCKING BUSINESS
willxcore @ Dec 7th 2007 7:46PM
Soshi, you're 100% correct. At first all I said was that this game looks terrible. I didn't badmouth anyone and I was called a moron for how I felt about the game. That did set me off because it's stupid not to take criticism and call someone a moron because they don't like something that you do.
If you want me to make a point of why the game comes short of my expectations, it's because Wii Sports with only 4 games, can be better of a workout than what Wii Fit seems to try and accomplish and it's hell of a lot more fun too. Why pay 70 dollars for a cheap game and a balance board to tell you how much you weigh when you can play a free game that the system came with and have more fun and be more active. What the hell is balancing on a tight rope compared to bowling, tennis or boxing? I understand that not everyone wants to take exercise serious and that this game is a way to mix being more active and having fun at the same time, but this does not compare with other software the Nintendo has put out that doesn't even use the fitness angle and requires more of an effort. Maybe I'm too much of a hardcore gamer considering I have every console including handhelds and I play my Wii the very least in dead last position. I was excited as hell before the Wii came out and actually waited to get it first day and had it before my PS3 or 360. However, very unfortunately I hardly play my Wii and the thing I look forward to most is submitting and voting on stupid user created Mii's. Whoever said that the Wii doesn't demonstrate itself as a game console but more of a toy was right on the money. I was excited to play VIDEO GAMES. Not sub-par non-entertaining "exercise" simulators. *sigh*
SoshiKitai @ Dec 7th 2007 9:37PM
Well, there are always people name-calling on the net, nothing new.
You've got a point, Wii Sports only has 4 games and can work the sweat outta ya' more than Wii Fit can. But with a name like "Wii Fit", it doesn't really sound like it's gonna' make you sweat your pants off... it sounds like a yoga video. And that explains the routine of it.
I'm not exactly going for it to lose weight (I'm getting it for the sake of different excercises with my Miis... and I like the virtual scenery in the jogging one), but I can say it still would encourage people to lose weight. A little movement is better than no movement. And if you consider it "delusional" that people would want this game, even better: If people are "deluded" by it to drop another game to consider playing this game that focuses on simple-excercises (penguins and tip-toe actions not included), they can be "deluded" enough to try to incorporate that into their daily lives and work off of it.
Whatever works, works.
Mr Khan @ Dec 7th 2007 6:07PM
Put the Wii remote in your pants
God only knows what will come of this
But on a better note, this game actually looks good. The more i see, the more i like, as opposed to the mass of skepticism i felt after E3 (no for the Balance Board, i thought that was genius from the start, but the game looked like an un-game, as opposed to this)
Metayoshi @ Dec 7th 2007 7:06PM
Wait... You put the Wiimote in your pocket?! That is some innovative stuff right there. Pretty interesting. This video completely changed my opinion on Wii Fit.
I seriously did not expect this to be that interesting, but I might actually get this game.
Don @ Jan 22nd 2008 11:33PM
In the future I can see the Wii-fit being an awesome workout tool. But at this stage a second hand exercise video will give a person a better workout. Right now the Wii-fit is pretty lame, like, jogging on the spot, to get fit, you've got to be kidding me! Now if a serial killer was chasing me and i had to escape him that would be cool
Cheers Don