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wow, great summary. I got one for my mom and she is having some fun while losing a few pounds. I am definitely going to give it a try.

When did they do that?  I can't remember anything Nintendo put out (besides maybe Wii Fit girl) that presented Wii Fit as a miracle cure.  Most of Nintendo's PR focussed on balance, posture, and overall lifestyle changes.  I can't really remember any sensationalism coming from Nintendo's camp.

It's a good program.  Some fitness people are kind of snobs about it and think that because they can bench press a baby elephant and run 2 marathons in a day with a piano on their back, that anything made for us pathetic girly men is worthless.   As for whether or not you should use Wii FIt U, that depends. 

It's really a very light workout.  There are a few activities that could make you legitimately break a sweat, and you can always increase the intensity with an aerobic step (they used to sell an attachment) or arm/leg weights.  Most of the exercises are a good deal of fun (the cardio, dance, and balance ones.  The strength training and Yoga are pretty dry) so you'll probably find it a bit easier to get into than a normal fitness regimen.  But on the flip side, it's really light, especially in terms of cardio.  You're not going to burn a lot of calories quickly.

I've been doing Wii Fit on and off, but seriously since about 6 months ago.  So far, I've lost about 30 lbs.  Naturally, I didn't lost all of that by doing the tree pose, but Wii Fit got me to the point where I felt comfortable enough to go to an actual gym.   For me, the main purpose was just as an unintimidating way to get into the habit of exercise.  I've been playing it a bit more since U came out, and I really like the Fit Meter.  Mainly though, I use it on days when I don't or can't go to the gym, or when I'm watching TV, just so I'm doing something productive.  It also happens to be a fairly fun game, so sometimes I'll just play it for the sake of playing it.  The guys who work on Wii Fit are surprisingly clever with their minigames.

Well if the marketing did`t turn it into a miracle weightloss cure its weird that the people thought about it that way. I have honestly no idea how the wii fit marketing was I didn`t pay attention and rarely see commercials.

Aslong as its seen as what it is. A motivator to make people do something instead of sitting infront of the TV, but no replacement for serious physical activity. I am ok with it. But people sure as hell did not talk about it that way around here.

Wii Fit is actually fun and is doing pretty good for its genre.

A lot of games scored better than Knack n Ryse, so what's the significance here other than flamebait/troll?

It might be a better fitness game than Knack is as an action platformer and Ryse as a hack'n'slash. So what? If I wanna play games I'm sure Knack and Ryse are more fun to play and if I wanna work out I do it properly. What's your point?

Wii  Fit U also has a higher metacritic than DR3 and Killzone Shadowfalll. Double fail.

They get low scores because they arent fun.

WiiU Fitness doesn't get good scores because it's fun either. If you're trying to say WiiU Fitness is a more fun to play game than those two you're just outta your mind dude.