1-up's wii fit review

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Grampy said:
All this angst over whether something should be called a “real” game or not. OK, call it a prune Danish if it makes you feel better. It’s still going to sell a few zillion copies and sell a zillion or two Wiis to people who will THINK it’s a game. We won’t tell them it isn’t though, why spoil their fun?

Why do you give a rat’s ass. Is all this about the fact that this “non-game” just maybe could outsell GTA IV. Oh my God, it’s the end of civilization as we knew it. More people are interested in physical fitness than virtual murder and mayhem. How could we live with that. We might have to slit our not so fit bellies with a virtual sword.

Get over it. Nintendogs has also been declared a non-game but that hasn’t kept it from selling over 18 million copies.

You do bring out very good points. Just like in that post. As you have noticed, the "hardcore" wants games to be more immersive and more realistic, and when Touch Generations games arrives and offer you realism and immersion, they suddenly are non-games. Strange. Or is it? All the games that the "hardcore" calls non-games, are definate successes, just look at it, they can see the appeal and that the games are good, so only way to bash them, is to call them non-games. Bad non-games are just called shovelware. Well, it definately is a non-factor, whether Wii Fit is a game or a non-game, it still is interactive entertainment, which pretty much defines as games.

Shameless said:
It's just an excuse for kids to never go outside. It's sad that people need this to 'exercise' rather than going out with friends in the fresh air.

Oh, let me tell you a secret, this game is mature game. It's appeal is mostly on adults. For various reasons, adults can't always go to fresh air with friends. We have jobs, kids, responsibilities, household managing and everyone has their own timetables. In the winter it's much more fun to exercise indoors than go out when there's -30 degrees and half a meter of snow.