WiiFit...Fad?

[MrBubbles]

shams said:

 

2/ It wasn't a "balance" controller - just like DDR, I believe it just detects "presses" where you stand

4/ What points???

I had a look at some information about the game...all the activities within it appear to be fairly simple things which dont look very "fun" and wouldnt help someone lose weight or build muscle outside those with severe problems. 

Your opinion, but basically incorrect. 

most of the exercises can be done without its board. 

I miss your point. Of all the exercises in the game, only one doesn't use the board. You can say the same for any piece of gym or physical training equipment. That doesn't change the fact that WiiFit acts as a "compact gym".

Have people just been got up in hype? 

No, its a genuinely useful "tool", and a fun game. As I said - its WiiSports all over again, but for a different market. 

Will the success last or fade away shortly?  (if you own it, please state so before answering questions)

The Japanese sales say it all - if "longer legs than any game in the history of gaming" is "fade away soon", then maybe :P

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Looks to me like you are "baselessly" attacking the game, and without even having played/used it. Any other "anti-WiiFit" points to make?

Its pretty amusing, that some of the old "WiiSports is a fad" arguments are now being recycled.

The REAL questions should be:

 - is the game deep enough

 - will non-gamers continue to use it over a long period of time

 - can this have a "significant" impact of the average weight/fitness of a large % of the population, such that it makes a REAL difference to society?

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In other news - I just read that one of the NSW (Sydney) state ministers has been talking to Ninty about getting WiiFit into schools...

 

 

i found a youtube video about it(its not the mat)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybLf_g9VEPc

 

it was my perception from the information i reviewed...perhaps the issue is with my use of "severe" as well ?

from what i saw most of the use of the board was standing on it, stepping on it etc   which i dont really see comparable to most of the equipment you would find withing a gym.  my point was you could fairly easily do the activities around your house without the need for the board.  most gym equipment isnt as easily replaced.

thats a question and not a point. 

and thats a question as well.

they were my perceptions of information and videos i reviewed. if you see them as "attacks" or "anti wii fit", thats not my fault.  why are you so sensitive if someone expresses themselves?

 

dont know anything about that...wasnt part of any of those.

 

Thank you for deciding to add some more depth to the discussion.

i cant answer 2 of them , but imo i really dont see the possibility of any serious impact in even a moderate % of the population.  the sales of the wii and wii fit would need to increase drastically to reach a "large" % of the population.  i just dont see how they could reach sales for that.