HylianSwordsman said:
Soundwave said:
It is what it is. Personally as someone who plays two sports and lifts weights 5x a week, the honest truth is there's no gimmick or gadget that's going to make you healthier than taking a simple jog around the neighborhood or something a couple of free weights and 10-15 minutes of weighted lunges couldn't do.
That said, I understand that Nintendo is facing up to a future where they may be irrelevant in the traditional console space, and the portable space is a bit scary for them right now too. They need new business avenues, so I can't fault them for going this route business wise. |
It's not about doing something that jogging and more mundane exercise can't do, it's about making it fun. Gamifying exercise. There are a lot of people, myself included, that are bored to tears from the mere mention of "taking a simple jog around the neighborhood" or "free weights" or "lunges", yet they still want to get healthy. Providing a way to get healthy in fun and exciting ways can meet the needs of those people.
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Truth be told, the other issue with fitness products is it's the biggest fad based market out there. There are hundreds of different diet crazes/fitness products, that even get popular, but fizzle out after 2-3 years of popularity.
If you want to improve your fitness level, honestly speaking you have to have some level of commitment and be willing to work/sweat to achieve it. It's no wonder people buy some ab cruncher and then stop using it after six weeks because they aren't magically ripped (protip: an ab cruncher doesn't even give you abs, do all the situps you want).
My sister has Wii Fit and she hasn't touched it in like 2 years.
