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Cycling hero Cavendish injures himself falling off Wii Fit board

December 1, 2008, 12:00 pm by Simon Munk Leave your comment

Filed under Gaming Tags: balance board, Mark Cavendish, Nintendo Wii, Shaun White's Snowboarding, Tour de France, Wii Fit, wii injuries, wii injury

Britain’s best road cyclist Mark Cavendish has injured himself in the off season while playing on the Nintendo Wii, at home on the Isle Of Man.

Man uses Wii Fit to control vacuum cleaner

August 26, 2008, 10:30 am by Stephen Ebert Leave your comment

Filed under Gaming Tags: Gaming, hack, Mod, roomba, Vacuum Cleaner, Wii Fit

Developments in tech mean we can now get robots to do our dirty work. But one hacker has made a game of cleaning up, persuading his Roomba vacuum cleaner to obey Wii Fit’s Balance Board. Check out the video.

Ex Nintendo boss calls Wii Fit “gimmicky”

August 8, 2008, 10:30 am by Stephen Ebert Leave your comment

Filed under Gaming Tags: Gaming, Nintendo, Wii, Wii Fit

Xbox VP David Gosen has stoked the flames in the console war by saying 60% of Wii Fit users won’t play twice, implying such “gimmicky” technology could “end up in the cupboard under the stairs.” Harsh.

Lunchtime lowdown: iPhone nano nixed? Wii Fit hits gyms, Vista on PS3

August 6, 2008, 1:32 pm by James Holland Leave your comment

Filed under News Tags: Apple, iphone nano, PS3, Vista, Wii, Wii Fit, Windows

It’s lunch O’clock, so stop staring at those e-mails, ditch the documents, and gorge your eyes on everything gadget-shaped you’ve missed this morning.

Wii Fit takes top spot, again!

July 30, 2008, 9:30 am by Stephen Ebert Leave your comment

Filed under Gaming Tags: charts, Gaming, Nintendo, uk, Wii, Wii Fit

It seems Britain’s gamers can’t enough of Wii Fit. Nintendo’s exercise tool has once again power walked its way to the top of the UK gaming chart.

Is Nintendo forcing new peripherals on us?

July 16, 2008, 1:16 pm by James Holland Leave your comment

Filed under Gaming Tags: motionplus, Nintendo, Wii, Wii Fit, wiispeak

Nintendo’s announced three fantastic new games, but here’s the rub: They all use new peripherals. Is Ninty clawing back cash from casual gamers by forcing new accessories on them?

Wii Fit women now causing damage to homes

June 16, 2008, 1:30 pm by Stephen Ebert Leave your comment

Filed under Gaming Tags: damage, Nintendo, poll, Wii, Wii Fit

It seems the Nintendo Wii’s appetite for destruction has resurfaced. But this time it’s Wii Fit causing the collateral damage, rather than wayward controllers.

According to a poll, a fifth of women admit to getting carried away with Ninty’s exercise tool, smashing all sorts of household objects while on their quest for wellbeing.

Wii Fit goes on tour

April 17, 2008, 10:18 am by Staff Leave your comment

Filed under Gaming, News Tags: Console, Nintendo, Wii, Wii Fit

Fatties rejoice! Nintendo is bringing its flab-burning Wii Fit peripheral to shopping centres and universities up and down the land, giving all and sundry a chance to give the balance board bolt-on a try. The tour kicks off this week in Bristol, and among other places will be hitting up London’s Grand Designs Show in June, plus Newcastle, Sheffield, Manchester, Birmingham, Milton Keynes and Southampton. Wii Fit itself is out next Friday, 25th April, but unless you’ve pre-ordered it the tour might be your only chance of having a go for a while: it’s sold out before it’s even gone on sale!