This is only the beginning, Wii fit Will be a huge Storm!

and this is just the beginning

I'm really looking forward to the future games developed for it

I stand by my prognostication that this hype will not help at all, leaving Wii Fit to sell an abysmal 6.5 billion units.

Dear sweet god, so all the PS360 fanboys decided to study human physiology and seek mastery in understanding the tools that can measure differences in body fat and muscle just so they can flame a game they have no intention of buying, because it's not on their favorite console?

It's like mid 2008 get over it, console war is dead, your $600/$450 was worth it, you have your graphic sptiter and now let these people enjoy their new and improved DDR pad.

Speaking of which I figure I'll get one, but not in a rush to do so... I don't intend on working out or losing weight with it, but I for sure am hoping they make SSX:Blur 2 with it.

I thought of DDR when I saw it too, only Dumb DDR.  It only has two places you have to step, and the moves are slower than DDR beginner mode.  In the yoga thing you just have to stand there, abet on one leg, and the ski game you don't even have to actually lift one foot (but the bunny hop is a required skill)!  I am sure it will sell a billion or so, given the insight into the average consumer psyche that Nintendo has put into D-DDR, er ... Wii Fit.

You will know it is a uber mega hit if physicians start unloading their shopsmiths on ebay.

DDR pads are just keys on a mat, the Balance Board measures...balance.

First, you've never played the game, so your opinion means about as much as dryer lint on the subject.

Second, developing a piece of technological hardware is in no way cheap or inexpensive.  So its hardly a cheap route for them to take, cheap would have been doing it all with the Wii-Mote.

Third, if the game is what the masses want its not exactly a cash-in since a cash-in is using your brand to convince people to buy something they don't want.  Given the reaction by the general public they are extremely interested in the concept...so again you're just wrong. 

And finally, Wii Sports, Mario & Sonic, and Wii Fit are all games that have been praised pretty much everywhere outside of the reviews...which isn't surprising since most reviewers share your views on how awful casual games are.  I know it never crossed your mind, but maybe gaming is for everyone and as such not everything is going to appeal to you.

You don't see casuals acting like an ass in GTA IV threads so do everyone a favor and keep your unwanted comments to yourself. 

 Not sure if you missed my post, or if i'm misinterpretting your post, but wii fit gives you the option to display weight rather than BMI, so it shouldn't be a problem

Also, someone earlier said that the weight limit is 300lbs (136kg).. which is the case in Japan... however, in Europe and America it is 330lbs (150kg), just FYI 

This isn't a cheap cash-in.  If Conspiracy Entertainment craps out a snowboarding game with ugly mascots that are barely controllable and it uses the Balance Board, that's a cheap cash-in.  A solid, tested peripheral and an accompanying, detailed game with over 40 activities?  That's hardly a cash-in.  Especially when, like Brain Age before it, Nintendo put some scientific effort into the building of the game to make sure it's as functional as it is fun.  A lot of time and research went into this thing. 

They're (Nintendo) showing a level of dedication to their products, plans, and ideas like never before.  Before, say in the 32/64-bit eras and last generation, Nintendo announced a lot of lofty goals, and their ideas were either poorly implemented or poorly supported.  Look at the GameCube's online, it was barely even implemented and essentially not supported.  The 64DD turned into vaporware everywhere but in Japan where it just turned into a next-gen Sega 32X.  GameCube-to-GBA gonnectivity floundered.  The GBA card reader fizzled.  Nintendo had all these great ideas but even leading into many of them, Nintendo's own dedication to them was weak.  I don't know if they were relying too much on third parties to make things work or what, but they just went no where. 

Right now, they need to be careful.  As a gamer, I like that they give us play options other than Wiimote Waggle for some games, but at the same time, they need to make some games work only that way (the waggle or balance board way) in order to show strong support for the controller, peripheral, format, and style.  They need to do the same with the balance board.  They need to release a new 1080 Snowboarding game ASAP to utilize that thing, and they need to come up with at least one more title as well.  You know what springs to mind? 

Punch-Out. 

Wiimote and nunchuck or dual Wiimotes while standing on the balance board to play Punch-Out?  Even many of the laziest of us gamers would be intrigued by that.  That could create the most realistically implemented boxing game ever made, even with the cartoony characters.  In fact, now that I think about it, Punch-Out better return, and it better have the option to deepen the gameplay by using the balance board.  If Nintendo found a way to set that up for people to try in stores, and the Wii's momentum would never slow down.  Nuts to bowling, tennis, push-ups, and Mario.  You make a boxing game with that level of depth and realism (in gameplay) and get it into people's hands and you've laid the groundwork for the Wii to slaughter the Xbox360 or PS3 unquestionably.  And to sell that product, Punch-Out can only have four control schemes:  Wiimote & Nunchuck, Wiimote & Nunchuck on Balance Board, Dual Wiimotes, Dual Wiimotes on Balance board.