Wii-Fit Balance Board weight limit.

[johnlucas]

TWRoO said:

Apparently the Balance board has a weight limit of 136Kg (300lb) (18st10lb)

link:

http://palgn.com.au/article.php?id=9135&sid=291272dc35339ebb2515d91dd4fc2e88&title=136Kg+limit+for+Wii+Fit+Balance+Board

 

a sentence from the link says; "Based on this, it’s apparent that some of the more obese members of the gaming community may be unable to utilise Nintendo’s new get fit peripheral, nor play the included Wii Fit game bundle."

ok i have to make a comment here, if the Simpsons is anything to go by, 300lb+ is classed as not just obese but so obese to be disabled. I understand that the point of the game is to get fitter but i can't see people of such a weight being able to perform any of the tasks even if they could use the board....And i would also argue that Wii Fit is surely more about keeping fit not as an aid to stop you becoming clinically obese, and that anyone weighing that amount should have some sort of medical help in losing the weight and Wii Fit is probably not the best option.

Despite this though... "Earlier in the year Wii Fit producer Shigeru Miyamoto suggested in an interview with 1up that a new ‘super-size’ board may yet be available for countries outside of Japan."

thoughts?

This is one concern I had about this project. Japanese people on average are smaller built than most nations. I even think 300 lb may be too light for them but I KNOW it's too light for others in the world who this game would most speak to.

Nintendo always comes from a Japanese perspective first, which is natural (we all come from our hometown perspective first), but they're gonna have to beef up the limit a little more if they REALLY want it to take off. Then again lawsuit problems due to health complications with some heavy people (all fat people aren't unhealthy) with heartattacks and going off balance falling injuring themselves. It's a real balancing act.

John Lucas