Wii Exercise? Oh rly?

The lovely Emma B said "oh, another excuse to stay indoors!" I told her to hep up, grandma.

The lovely Emma B needs exercise?

(actually, don't answer that)

Everybody needs exercise!

The idea that a 'video game machine' can actually be good for your fitness seems to have been kicked off from getting knackered playing tennis with the special raquet 'strap-on'.

Nah. I have had the PS2's Eye-Toy Kinetic for ages. It works, when I can be bothered to move the furniture out of the way.

Can't have that fresh air and real life shit.

as opposed to fake dead peepee?

would prefer a wii version of GTA4 where you can club people to death with the wiimote or (insert violation of your choice here)

how about Wii Guantanamo

Doesn't the Wii version of Manhunt 2 let you use the Wiimote to saw people's heads off or somesuch?

Funnily enough, all are unavailable once again...

how about Wii Guantanamo

i think there's a gap in the market for this

I went in a video game store this weekend and clerk dude was all exasperated. Everyone asking about Wii Fit, and he'd say, "It's NOT OUT here yet. It's only available in Japan!" and they'd say, "I'll just get it online." Like five people in the fifteen minutes I was there. "You won't be able to read any of it!" he shouted at one as they walked out the door.

it's out here and the ads are on telly all the time, but can you even pre-order one at the mo? NO. all out.

birthday gift needed in 2 weeks - more stocks nao plz

http://sarcasticgamer.com/wp/index.php/2007/07/twisted-trailer-wii-fit-parody.html

and

http://uk.wii.ign.com/articles/869/869127p1.html

("I'd certainly be concerned that if someone's going to use this as their exclusive form of exercise without going to see a trained professional at any stage, they're not going to do the exercises properly and there's no corrective feedback - it's a machine and can't tell you you're not doing something right")

I want to meet a person who takes their fitness advice from IGN.

LOL wii fit; I am going to buy this tomorrow

o wiily

Mine (ok, 'ours') is arriving today.

VEEEERYY tempted. I was like all "meh" when I heard about it, but now that I seen it, WIII I WAANT ONE.

A bro got it the other week, now he's using it for one hour every day!!

duuuude, awesome. my husband got that cutesie game (shooting bricks and shit), can't recall thename, but i think i'll have to go out and do some "errands" today. heheh

watching people do the hula on it = k-classic

Stevie, you're thinking about boom blox and it's fun for a few days, no doubt.
Girl got VERY excited when I said I was willing to go do the opening day wiifit pickup at Rock Center. I ain't gonna front; I'll be playing too, but it's mostly for her.
Line was about a block long, wait was about an hour and I could've gotten there at nine instead of 8:30 and been fine. We'll see how this thing plays tonight.

Aw, that was nice of you.

I have my rare moments.

how about you just get a gym membership you lazy fuxs

Already got one duder! That and puppy running keep me mid-sleek; the girl is doing three time a week personal training. This is less of a weight loss device and more of a (hopefully) fun thing to play with.

I used to be a trainer myself back in the day and based on what I know about the basics of the exercise, it's all pretty solid stuff. Admittedly, you could do the same stuff with a trainer and a block of wood, but that's way more expensive and presumably less fun. I'll be curious to see if this becomes part of mine and the gal's daily routine for the next month or two.

"Some of the games allow the player to watch TV while getting instructions or rhythm through the Wii Remote speaker."

ok, this is of interest

uh dude, when did the wii ex become something for health reasons. cutty, dude, it's for FUN.

a gym membership is some twisted expensive idea to have some arsehole tell you to do 68486787 pushups. i can do that on my own thankyouverymuch.

that said, i have a tennis membership. i have some arsehole tell me i have to run after a ball and hit it. kinda dumb as well cause that ball just keeps coming back.

however, wtf:
Wii Fit also allows a player to keep track of activities outside of the game, which are then added on to the player's activity log, but not included in the daily exercise time. These are divided into three categories:

* Light - guitar, piano, stretching.
* Medium - cleaning, gardening, walking.
* Heavy - sports such as soccer, tennis, swimming.

"guitar"?

If this gets people to exercise, that's totally rad.

I think criticisms like 'lol video game why don't you buy a private gym and trainer' are uh wtf.

cleaning? wtf.

dude, i think they mean wanking.

how about you just get a law degree you lazy fuxs

When "Wii LSAT" comes out, maybe.

This is actually kind of fun. The strength exercises are all about doing shit slooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowly, so you're jackknifing six times in about a minute.

piano: one of the most sedentary things you can do?

hmmm so forks should i invest in this for while i'm home a lot during job-search phase? gotta beat watching the tyra show, right?

Oh man, if only Wii Fit had trashy cable picture-in-picture.

tza, i imagine at the very least it would be good for sense of accomplishment. Good luck finding one, tho'.

And i repeat: "Some of the games allow the player to watch TV while getting instructions or rhythm through the Wii Remote speaker."

wait so it's not just a disc, you have to buy platform? $$$$$$$$

I'm nackrd this morning!

I think a half hour of this daily in conjunction with paying a bit more attention to your diet and a three-time-a-week sport/gym visit/heavy jog would make a pretty serious change in your body. Actually looking to going home and playing with this!

Just think what you would have said to someone five years ago that one day Nintendo would make a Yoga game, and that it would fly off the shelves all over the world

I had to sold my Wii so I will unfortunately miss out on this :-(

But I would re-buy for the forthcoming Wii Music.

http://www.joystiq.com/media/2006/05/o_wiily_owl.jpg

shit is pretty dope, i think this justified my while-ago-wii-purchase for my wife

I got one of these for my birthday. I'm not expecting miracles, but as an adjunct to some walking and crunches and cutting back on booze that I'm also doing, I at least want to get some core strength/balance back - I'm supposed to wear orthotics and havent been for some years and everything's slowly going out of whack.

Plus it's distractingly fun and I can do it at home every evening - a gym is a waste of time as I can find *every* excuse not to go. The loungeroom is right there all the time.

I'll just say this. My wife got the Wii Fit back in January and I decided to give it a shot and actually lost about 17 pounds. Of course that is combined with smarter eating, but still, the motivation to walk into the living room was much easier to get than to get all ready and head to the gym. I've since gained some of that back since I quit working out when my studying ramped up, but I plan to get back into using it every day.

That gives me some extra motivation! :)

My fitness levels - which were poor to begin with - have dipped sharply due to ongoing leg and foot problems I've always had that are just getting worse as I age, its a spiral that makes exercise difficult (and I cant swim, so thats out too). Couple that with a little more booze than a good girl should consume and BAM.

I gotta do something before I end up looking like Andy Serkis :(

A decent additional purchase (if you have the Wii Fit and board) is Shaun White Snowboarding. My wife is well into the yoga, step etc on Wii Fit, but I rapidly lost interest - whereas Shaun White is stacked with challenge in a much more obviously gamey way and gets pretty difficult.

Not sure it does much in the way of aerobics, but all the bending, crouching and leaning certainly makes my legs ache after an extended play session, which is doing some good, rite?

LOL I didnt get far after that last post ;_;

I've just picked this back up again and now i'm trying the yoga as well. It is kicking my ASS, I have weak legs and terrible balance/posture.

I got DDR for the Wii in the vague hope it would get me some exercise. It does, and it's loads fun, but the 'workout mode' is depressing in that it shows you how few calories each song burns (about 3 :( )