bit-tech News: Wii Fit

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Hi all,

 

We have just published a review of *Wii Fit* - if you could post a link

on your site that would be very much appreciated.

 

*Link:*

http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2008/04/24/wii_fit/1

 

 

*Picture:*

http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2008/04/wii_fit/fp_img.jpg

 

 

*Quote:

*/"I say this a lot, but it really is hard to know what to think about

//Wii Fit. On the one hand it’s obviously great. The hardware has a lot

going for it in the future and is just as clever as everything else in

the Wii. It’ll help get lard-arses off the couch and on their feet and

even if you aren’t into fitness then the game itself is still fun for a

little while.

 

Yet, on the other hand the balance board is quite expensive, it is still

just another collection of minigames at the most basic level and the

reality is that those lard-arses will play the game every day for about

two weeks at most before going back to exercising their drinking arm.

 

Sure, that last part is grumpy as hell, but it’s also true. There’s room

for movement, but the vast, vast majority of people will vociferously

defend themselves and pledge to play the Wii for hours every day – only

to let themselves off because they had a hard day at work. I know. I’m

one of those people.

 

Judged on fun and ingenuity, //Wii Fit gets top marks. Judged on

longevity and value though, the game suffers horribly at our admittedly

grumpy hands.

 

The decider then goes to the future of the balance board and whether the

hardware can prove itself useful in upcoming games. If the support is

there then the game and the hardware will flourish – but otherwise it

may end up as ugly and uncomfortable as the Zapper."/

*

 

*Cheers guys!

 

Tim Smalley

www.bit-tech.net