Wii Fit gets people on their feet (to wait in line to play Wii Fit)
Nintendo's Wii Fit launch event in Central Park drew a crowd of interested onlookers and Balance Board tryer-outers yesterday. They could just walk over to the Nintendo World Store to buy the thing, but the rest of us chumps have to wait until tomorrow at the earliest. Oh, well, pacing is exercise too.
To entice the crowd to make that purchase, Nintendo offered live demonstrations of the game as well as personal Wii Fit sessions with trainers (who probably trained people to take their shoes off and follow the instructions on the screen). The event also served as an American Heart Association fundraiser. We've got Nintendo's own pictures in our gallery below; for more, check out Engadget.
To entice the crowd to make that purchase, Nintendo offered live demonstrations of the game as well as personal Wii Fit sessions with trainers (who probably trained people to take their shoes off and follow the instructions on the screen). The event also served as an American Heart Association fundraiser. We've got Nintendo's own pictures in our gallery below; for more, check out Engadget.






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elephant_stone @ May 20th 2008 1:41PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7410951.stm
lolololololololololololol
Mattmatt @ May 20th 2008 2:09PM
lol she plays run escape
on topic - its great that they are promoting games like these out on the streets.
Kamek @ May 20th 2008 3:13PM
Video game "trainers"?...Who wear white wii uniforms and "train" people to play the game?
I think a more accurate name would be "Security Officers", who "train" people to not run off with the free balance boards...
Alyssa @ May 20th 2008 6:00PM
How many people will actually lose weight with this thing? I mean we're Americans: http://www.236.com/news/2008/05/20/how_will_the_wii_fit_affect_am_6628.php