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BMI is a simple weight/height based calculation and is not particularly accurate at determining how underweight/overweight someone is; the benefit of BMI is that it is simple ...

I am in one of the problem groups when dealing with BMI because I work out; my body-fat percentage is at (roughly) 12% which is on the leaner side of average yet my BMI is nearly 28 which is at the higher end of overweight.

Personally, I haven't used Wii Fit but I think it should be focusing on getting people to increase their fitness and BMI should only be a minor metric that is used towards this goal.