Why is Wii Fit deemed 'casual' yet Guitar Hero isn't?

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ckmlb said:
1)The majority of the activities in Wii Fit are not games but exercise and fitness activities. There are some games in it.

2)The reason why DDR is not a video game and it is a game is because you are dancing and the game itself is just a visualization of what you are doing and not actually the main experience.

3)Wii Sports is not a traditional video game because it has the players engaging in activities mimicing sports and not inputting commands into a game. Meaning this is a sports simulation game but not a traditional video game.

4)I never said DDR is not a game, it's just not a video game. Wii Sports is a video game just not a traditional one, but rather an activity simulator through motions, but in the case of Wii Sports the activity alone without the game would be pointless because it isn't actual tennis or golf or whatnot.

On the other hand in DDR you can dance and do steps without having the game in front of you and it would still be the same experience except you need to software for a visual representation and for score tracking to be easy.

5)Same way that Singstar is not a video game, it's a karaoke game. You are singing, the music and score and visuals and whatnot in the game are not the point of the activity, those are just tools in the same way that having a recording while singing is a tool.

1)From what I've seen from Wii Fit footage each excercise/routine introduces some form of challenge, whether it's maintaining balance, timing jumps ,sihting weight etc.  It's much like a physical Brain Traing or BBA.

2)But aren't you getting the cues from the game? I really don't get what you're saying.

3)So you are saying sports simulation games aren't traditional, I disagree. Also going by your logic if one person is playing Gran Turismo with a control pad and the other a racing wheel the first is playing a traditioanl video game and the other is not, even though it's the same piece of software??

4)So you think some DDR owners are dancing on their mat without the tv or system switched on? Both games are pointless when turned off, not just Wii Sports.

5) If the points/scores/visuals are not the point why aren't people just buying karaoke machines or singing in the shower? From what you're saying about Singstar and DDR is true why are people buying them? Could it be the challenges/scores/points are what attracts the consumer to the product in the first place?