As most of my fellow Nintendo fanboys already know, Nintendo announced Wii Fit along with the Wii Balance Board at E3 last week. The reception among the video game blogging community has been mixed at best, as some say that it’s just another gimmick from Nintendo and they’re just forcing us to purchase yet another accessory the Wii, a system that has reached mass market appeal without any state-of-the-art animations or high-resolution graphics.
I remember when the Nintendo Wii — or the Revolution, as it was called at the time — was first revealed. I thought the motion-sensitive controller was incredibly innovative, even if it didn’t make use of any new technology, per se. I remember thinking about the possibilities for first-person shooters, sports games, and driving games. My brother thought that it was remarkably gimmicky and conventional gamers would lose interest within the first couple of months. That may be partly true, but Nintendo opened up their clientele to a whole new demographic. Lots of demographics, actually, now that we see guys like Conan O’Brien and Al Roker playing with the Wii, not to mention a bunch of folks in retirement homes.
So, you’ve got to wonder: how far will Nintendo push this “intuitive control” gimmick? What do you think of the Wii Balance Board? Will it make for fantastic snowboarding games or is it just another stupid toy that’s going to go out the way of the Super Scope and the Virtual Boy?
While you ponder that thought, check out this great video from Sarcastic Gamer.
To be honest, I did not like the Wii when it was first released. But after playing it a bit, I am beginning to fall in love. It will be interesting to see what Nintendo comes up with next as far as this concept is concerned…
They should have a cooking game for the white thing. It looks like a cutting board đ
There’s already a cooking game for the Wii – It’s called Cooking Mama. It doesn’t use the Balance Board though đ
Being able to wield a knife is a very important skill. More important than being able to flip your food in a pan đ
Anyone see the knife and shield they sell on ebay for connection with the wii controller? It’s for use with the Zelda game, but still pretty funny.
Lol this video is funny! I love the Wii, but they are still very hard to get a hand on one of those where I live.
At last! A version of Dance Dance Revolution for people with just two feet!
Looks like a whole lot of fun – not to get fit with, but rather to get a bunch of friends and a whole load of beer and enjoy a laugh or two.
– Martin Reed
I think it’s another item from Wii that will quickly catch on. It will still have to be fun though to succeed!
Ok sarcasticgamer is now going to be bookmarked! I first heard of them when they did the Microsoft Surface video, they are a hilarious bunch! The should come out with a game where you read a book while looking at the screen, and use the controller to turn the pages and zoom in and out. That would be so cool, much better than turning the pages of a real book. đ