It’s no wonder Wii Fit has been one of the biggest successes for Nintendo. It’s attracted non-gamers to the Wii, yet the balance board’s ability to pick up on your weak leg, or tendency to lean on one side has always made it tantalisingly difficult to master. So is Wii Fit Plus a worthy successor? Or just a needless cash-in? Read our Wii Fit Plus review to find out.
Nintendo’s Wii Fit software “has little effect” on fitness, according to a study conducted by academics at the University of Mississippi. Could it be time to jump off the balance board and back onto the treadmill?
The NHS is set to give Nintendo Wii Fit Plus its official backing, bigging up the benefits of the balance board game to kids and adults who’d rather sit on their backside than get stuck into exercise.
Wii Fit Plus was the star of Nintendo’s E3 keynote address, but until we haven’t managed to pry an official release date out of the big N. Until now. Ready your balance boards, Wii-ites, because the next installment of activity-encouraging gaming will be with us on 30th October.
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Wii Fit Plus stole the show at Nintendo’s E3 keynote, but if you’re left wondering what all the fuss is about, you can find out right here. We’ve hopped on top of a balance board and tilted, stretched and stomped through a first play of the game. Read on for the video, plus first impressions!
E3, the world’s largest videogame trade show has been running in Los Angeles this week. And from a damp squib that was described as being like a “hospital corridor” (by Sega’s US boss) last year, E3 2009 has cooked up a storm. Here’s a personal and probably controversial view of the highs and lows of the show that brought videogames into the mainstream spotlight:
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Nintendo’s sequel to its massively popular Wii Fit, and a new Mario game for Nintendo Wii, will release this year in Japan according to Nikkei newspaper.
