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rasone77 on 26 May 2008
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MrBubbles said:
shams said:

1/ Its the best (only?) digital weight tracking system ever created, that is easily available to the public.

2/ Its innovative, in that whereas there have been "pressure" controllers before - there has never really been a "balance" controller before.

4/ It DOES help lose weight AND build muscle. You are simply wrong in your comments. How so? Well, we could start a new thread based on this alone:

    - its more convenient than going to the gym, less time wasting and a lot cheaper

    - the user gets '1-1' feedback, rather than just being a single person in a workout class of 20 people

    - by adding "game-ness" & "fun" to exercise, it encourages gamers to use it. This I think is the core element of it. Its intentionally part-game & part-exercise. If it was all-exercise, it would be a chore - rather than fun. If it was all-game, it wouldn't be different from anything else.

    - the muscle exercises in the game are HARD, and DEFINITELY help build muscle. I have slowly been getting into them, because they actually intimidate me :P 

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More than anything else, the game helps with awareness - of diet, exercise, posture, balance (etc). I have found my habits are already changing thanks to WiiFit.

Will buying WiiFit turn you into a muscle man, or fitness junkie? No.

Wii buying (and using) WiiFit improve your fitness or health? If used regularly, almost definitely. 

 


 

1- There are scales that track weight..

 Yes but not to the extent of Wii Fit. The program does a daily graph of your weight and BMI rating so you can see how much weight you've lost (if any) over time.

 2- I believe there was one for the NES actually.  the name of it eludes me atm though

There was not one on the NES, but there was a piecec of shit barely working balance board made by Amiga for the Atari 2600.

4- my points still stand.  you failed to illustrate how they were wrong.  perhaps you missed some of my points, so please read through all my posts in this thread.

 He gave 4 examples of how you were wrong. I guess you should reread his post.

You failed to address the topic of the thread.  whether or not wiifit is a fad.

You failed to make a topic that was anything but flamebait. He tried to make a reasonable argument out of it and you turned around and of course flamed him for it. Great Job getting the thread back to where you wanted it.