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Tecmo on 11 February 2009

I'm glad to see people are benefiting from Wii Fit...maybe the U.S. will stop being the fattest country in the world if enough people buy it (haha I know very wishful thinking on my part)



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totalwar23 on 11 February 2009
Viper1 said:
totalwar23 said:
Viper1 said:
Yahoo - 0
Blue Ocean - 1

I'm sorry, isn't it

Forbes - 0

Blue Ocean - 1

and Yahoo is mindlessly reprinting stories from other media sources like they always do?

 

How about

Mainstream media - 0
Blue Ocean - 2

Since they smacked down both Forbes and Yahoo.

I have no idea why Forbes decided to use Brian Crecente as their "expert" in the first place. He has already let it known that he dislikes the mainstream approach Nintendo takes along with the Wii and pretty has a predetermined position on every one of these games. You think they would do better research.

 



mesoteto on 11 February 2009
Tecmo said:
I'm glad to see people are benefiting from Wii Fit...maybe the U.S. will stop being the fattest country in the world if enough people buy it (haha I know very wishful thinking on my part)

 

were not the fattest we are like 10th i think



 

Tecmo on 11 February 2009
mesoteto said:
Tecmo said:
I'm glad to see people are benefiting from Wii Fit...maybe the U.S. will stop being the fattest country in the world if enough people buy it (haha I know very wishful thinking on my part)

 

were not the fattest we are like 10th i think

 

yeah I know I was just exaggerating, last time i checked we were either 8 or 9 (but that was like a year or so ago)...so ur prob right, but my main point is that something needs to be done about the obesity level in the US



I started making videos for youtube; check them out.

Contra (No Deaths): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_OdnbGgupM

Super C (No Deaths): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHoJrHWATgU

Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (Mike Tyson TKO): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4L7oDV79aw

Systems owned: Atari 2600, NES(3), Top loader NES, Yobo NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, Sega Gamegear, Sega Nomad, Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64, Gamecube, Playstation 2, Wii, PS3 (slim 120 GB), Wii U

You should congratulate me. I destroyed the vile red falcon and saved the universe. I consider myself a hero.

mesoteto on 11 February 2009

^wii fit ftw



 

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Tecmo on 11 February 2009
mesoteto said:
^wii fit ftw

 

agreed with 100%



I started making videos for youtube; check them out.

Contra (No Deaths): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_OdnbGgupM

Super C (No Deaths): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHoJrHWATgU

Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (Mike Tyson TKO): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4L7oDV79aw

Systems owned: Atari 2600, NES(3), Top loader NES, Yobo NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, Sega Gamegear, Sega Nomad, Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64, Gamecube, Playstation 2, Wii, PS3 (slim 120 GB), Wii U

You should congratulate me. I destroyed the vile red falcon and saved the universe. I consider myself a hero.

tarheel91 on 11 February 2009

Gamestop manager: Wii Fit "was successful long before it even released in the US"

"As a GameStop store manager, I have to agree/disagree with a lot of the content in the recent article about Wii Fit. First...the article focused solely on the American market, but is stated as though this applies to everyone. The article basically says that most Wii Fits sold are collecting dust and no one is getting in shape. Wikipedia says Wii Fit has sold 14 million copies as of December 2008 but maybe only a million in the US. That means only 1 in every 14 bought were by Americans. And we already know the decidedly 'American' trend in regards to physical fitness, with the USA easily being the fattest country. I don't even need to cite a source (which the article never does) in regards to fitness trends in the US because it is widely accepted that there are numerous products that prey on people looking to get in shape with no effort. However...this game was successful long before it even released in the US."

 

What?



Ail on 11 February 2009

It's sad when you need a game to get people to start exercising...



PS3-Xbox360 gap : 1.5 millions and going up in PS3 favor !

PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !

famousringo on 11 February 2009
Ail said:
It's sad when you need a game to get people to start exercising...

 

It's fantastic that a game gets people exercising when other inducements failed. Some people only see the half-empty, I guess.



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