Entertainment Meets Health
No more lying on the couch for our kids. Nintendo is set to launch a new game that will ‘get players off the couch and lead them to stretch, shake and sweat their way to a healthy life.’ Wii Fit is the latest offering for the Wii, which has been a runaway success.
“Wii Fit” coaches players through more than 40 exercises that range from tightrope-walking to yoga stances to push-ups.
The $90 game comes with a shoulder-width “balance board” that senses tiny shifts in a person’s posture and is used to control a cartoonish character on the TV screen.
More than 2 million of these units have been sold in Japan and the European market is growing. Creator Shigeru Miyamoto says: “I don’t think Wii Fit’s purpose is to make you fit. What it’s actually aiming to do is make you aware of your body.”
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