Tagged: Fitness

Wii Fit sales figures

News / Wii

9 Jan, 2009

Wii Fit used in healthcare

First the Nintendo Wii is teaching our kids, now the Wii Fit is being used for physiotherapy in UK hospitals. It’s being used to show people with prosthetic limbs how to balance, with their shift in weight being accurately shown on the screen. Let’s just hope they don’t take the age rating into account because when my 25 year old girlfriend did the test after a couple of drinks it said she was 55. Check out our Wii Fit review to see what we made of the game. Related: Wii Fit review, Wiis are being used in schools

Videogames to keep you fit

News

5 Sep, 2008

Videogames to keep you fit

The Sun has been reporting that kids can stay slim whilst playing video games. They report that moving your hands about and pressing buttons uses up more calories than sitting still. I’m sure going out, riding your bike and playing football uses up even more. Related: Wiis in schools, Wii Fit review

Wii Fit review

Release dates / Wii

8 Jul, 2008

Yoga Wii release date

It’s been announced that a new yoga game utilising the Wii Fit Balance Board is due to hit the shelves. The Yoga Wii release date is scheduled for April 2009 and promises to exercise your body, mind and soul.

My Health Coach screenshot

DS / News

30 May, 2008

Quit smoking with your Nintendo DS

What’s this, the ideal Christmas present for my chain smoking 10 year old child? Yes that’s right, the My Health Coach: The Easyway to Stop Smoking game is heading to a yellow nicotine stained Nintendo DS near you later this year. What a drag.

Wii Fit review

Reviews / Wii

25 Apr, 2008

Wii Fit review

With Wii Fit Nintendo are hoping to end gym memberships forever. With videogames being blamed for health problems and kids being overweight, this does the opposite by doing what Brain Training did for the mind on the body. It comes with a balance board, basically a set of flat white scales that also measure your centre of balance. You stand on it and do a number of exercises and games to get you in shape. There’s yoga, muscle workouts, balance games and aerobic exercises and every day the game tests your Wii Fit age based on your height, weight, BMI...

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