- The Wii Fit Plus Bundle includes the game software and the Wii Balance Board.
- Users can input the amount of time they want to spend on their workouts or select an area for personal improvement, and Wii Fit Plus will suggest a number of diverse activities for them.
- For the first time, users can mix and match which strength and yoga activities they prefer on a given day. The seamless exercise flows make it easier than ever for users to maintain their daily workout routines.
- The range of games and customization options will make players want to play every day. They¿ll be having so much fun that their workouts will seem to fly by in no time at all.
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Wii Fit Plus w/ Balance BoardAmazon.com Product Description
Wii Fit attracted millions of new players to the world of video games. Now Wii Fit Plus offers a range of new features and enhancements to help players reinvigorate their workouts, along with exercises and balance games designed to keep them fun. Players will find a new dimension to the Wii Fit experience as they easily set their own customized workout routines, or… More >>
Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board
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If your idea of fitness is being able to place equal weight on both feet and minimizing your muscle mass, Wii Fit Plus is the product for you.
Wii Fit Plus is basically just a board with four scales and some primitive computer graphics. It begins by determining your ability to place equal weight on each foot. Unfortunately, this isn’t even a remotely important measure of fitness. And if you’re off by a small amount (or get bored doing this worthless test and start talking to someone while it’s measuring, as I did), it tells you that you’re badly out of shape and you must fall down a lot. It also accuses your body of being very old. It then proceeds to ask you your height and then to weigh you, computing your body mass index (BMI), a well-known discredited measure of fitness. The reason the BMI is worthless is that it doesn’t distinguish between muscle mass, which is obviously good, and fat mass, which is obviously bad, so someone like Arnold Schwarzenegger, one of the fittest men in the world, would be declared “obese” and told to lose his hard-earned muscles. Indeed, Wii Fit Plus does precisely this.
Wii Fit Plus then proceeds, using extremely primitive graphics, to run through a series of not-so-aerobic exercises and pseudo muscle training (without weights!). It’s difficult to imagine how this product could help anyone to get into anything resembling good shape. Going through these motions on the board offers minimal exercise. Worse, if you do anything at all vigorous on it (which fortunately, Wii Fit Plus won’t ask you to do), it’d be dangerous, as it would be easy to fall off the small board even if you have perfect balance. There’s no reason to do such exercises on a board anyway.
Almost any simple aerobics video would be much better for aerobics training and would provide much better graphics for a fifth the price. And a few inexpensive dumbbells would provide better weight training. And a simple look in the mirror would tell you if you’re too fat or too skinny—much more accurately than the BMI would.
In my opinion, this product is a waste of money, and, worse, since Wii is mainly used by kids, it could easily mislead them about what constitutes actual fitness. So if you’re thinking of getting this for your kids, please consider instead something more appropriate, like a lower-fat diet and more real exercise. Or get them an aerobics video or just encourage them to do some simple running, biking, or even walking. In fact, the sports games that came for free with the Wii are more exercise, less misleading, less insulting, less dangerous, and certainly more fun.
Rating: 1 / 5
We received the Wii Fit as a present last Christmas. It worked, as far as we could tell, for several weeks. Then the balance board would only work intermittently. We weren’t sure if the batteries were at fault, or if there was some flaw with the board. Within 90 days, the board stopped working altogether. The system “looks” for it, but can never connect with it. It’s a huge disappointment since the Wii Fit games require the board to work. When we checked with Nintendo about a repair or replacement, we found we were outside of the warranty period. Crazy. It’s a great idea, but the implementation is flawed and the company, while willing to sell millions of them, isn’t willing to make sure they work. Undoubtedly our last product from Nintendo.
Rating: 1 / 5
Wish there were more options but it’s really fun and can be addictive.
I barely use it but my wife does use it a log.
Rating: 4 / 5
I enjoy the Wii and fitness board because it allows me to have fun and exercise. The games are fun also, but I bought it primary for the fitness board.
Rating: 3 / 5
Good product. The games / exercises are good. I expected more from this title. The board seems to become erratic with some Wii Fit Plus combined routines
No bubble, no trouble.
Rating: 3 / 5