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Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board Sale Price: $71.99  |
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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... |
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Rechargeable Battery/Charger for Wii Fit Balance Board Sale Price: $2.36 |
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Rechargeable Battery/Charger for Wii Fit Balance Board |
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NINTENDO WII FIT Balance Board GREEN Silicon Skin Cover Sleeve Anti-slip Pad Sale Price: $5.03 |
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Silicon case for balance board for Wii Fit is designed to keep the balance board clean and brand new. Light weight and compact design, convenience for cleaning. With requisite silicon granules on it to increase friction. |
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Wii Fit with Balance Board Sale Price: $109.99 |
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The active-play phenomenon started by Wii Sports now spreads to your whole body thanks to Wii Fit and the pressure-sensitive Wii Balance Board, which comes bundled with it. Used together players will experience an extensive array of fun, dynamic and surprisingly challenging activities, including aerobics, yoga, muscle stretches and balance oriented games... |
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NINTENDO WII FIT Balance Board BLUE Silicon Skin Cover Sleeve Anti-slip Pad Sale Price: $3.39 |
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You won't regret your purchase!!! |
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Nintendo Wii Fit Board Anti-Slip Grip Foot Pad Silicone Skin (Pink) Sale Price: $5.03 |
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You won't regret your purchase!!! |
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Wii Fit Balance Board Mat Sale Price: $5.99 |
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CTA DIGITAL WI-BBB Balance Board Mat for Wii Fit. Place your Wii Balance Board securely on the Balance Board Mat from CTA Digital. Perfect for the Wii Fit, you can immerse yourself in those health conscience, interactive games on your Wii Balance board safely knowing that you will not slide or fall easily as you would on a hard, wooden floor... |
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Wii Fit Balance Board Multi Functional Aerobic Step System Sale Price: $22.96 |
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Give your Wii Fit aerobics workout an extra boost with the Multifunctional Aerobic Step Platform for the Wii Fit Balance Board. This platform elevates your Wii Fit Balance Board to a full 4 inches, a standard height for actual step aerobics... |
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Nickelodeon Fit Sale Price: $7.01 |
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Nickelodeon Fit is a children's fitness game for Wii featuring Nickelodeon's favorite characters Dora, Diego, Kai-lan and The Backyardigans in one game. Packed with 30 scientifically developed and designed exercises that target a variety of fitness areas important for healthy physical development in children, Nickelodeon Fit is the perfect way for parents to ensure that their young children remain active as they are entertained by their favorite cartoon characters... |
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Wii Fit Black Board Bundle with Wii Fit Plus Game 3 in 1 Sale Price: $99.99 |
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Turn video gaming into an active pursuit with the all new 3 in 1 FITBOARD Bundle from dreamGEAR. Compatible with Wii Fit, Wii Fit PLUS, and dozens of other popular Nintendo Wii titles, the FITBOARD measures slight adjustments in your weight distribution to deliver a realistic gaming experience that is both healthy and tons of fun... |
Wii fitness games have become increasingly popular and sophisticated since the Wii was launched in 2006. With its motion sensor controllers, casual gaming platform and worldwide appeal to men and women of all ages, the Wii console has become the perfect platform for fitness video games.
The first major fitness game for the Wii was Wii Fit. Wii Fit comes bundled with the Wii Balance Board that lets you control your on-screen movements. When performing your exercises, the Balance Board feeds back every movement you make to the game, and the game tells you how well you are doing.
Even though Nintendo launched Wii Fit to show how well the Balance Board worked as a new game controller (in the same way that Wii Sports showed off how well the Wii remote controller worked), the Wii Fit game has been hugely popular, and is still number 1 in the game charts in the UK and other countries, almost 18 months after its release.
Based on the Wii Fit's success, many other fitness games are now available on the Wii console, including the sequel to Wii Fit, called Wii Fit Plus.
The original fitness booms of the 80s and 90s were fuelled by the availability of video recorders and DVD players in every house. Celebrities and their trainers were quick to produce workout videos, and the low price of videos and DVDs made it easy for people to do these workouts at home.
The problem with these workout videos though, was that they were a one-size-fits-all solution, and users couldn't personalize their workouts or change the exercise routines in any way. If you wanted a different workout, you had to buy a new workout video.
The huge popularity of the Wii console around the world has now sparked a new fitness boom, and the Wii's interactive features now let users choose a variety of exercise routines in a single game.
Most Wii fitness games let users create highly personalised workout programs based on answers they input into the game. Games can also create multiple workout routines for different users, making them ideal for families to use.
And as these Wii fitness video games have become more and more popular, celebrities and their trainers have been quick to add their names to the titles too. These include Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum and Daisy Fuentes Pilates.
Each fitness game uses a slightly different format to make the games fun, engaging and challenging, and users need to decide what motivates them to exercise when choosing a fitness video game.
Wii Fit introduced the Wii Balance Board, and most of the games on the market now incorporate the Balance Board into the game for at least some of the exercises. This lets people use their Balance Boards if they have them, but doesn't stop people from using the game if they don't own a Wii Balance Board.
My Fitness Coach is one of the leading fitness video games on the Wii, and is one of the few that doesn't make use of the Balance Board or remote controller during workouts. Instead the game makes use of an in-game avatar, called Maya, who acts as your personal trainer. Maya gives you exercise advice, does your workouts with you, and shouts encouragement when you feel like you're about to collapse. This in-game personal trainer works really well to create a highly personalised experience.
EA Sports Active takes a different approach and makes use of the Wii remote controller, nunchuck controller and an exercise resistance band during workouts. Your movements with the Wii remote and nunchuck tell the game how well you're doing your exercises and the resistance band acts as weights for people who don't have any exercise equipment at home. EA Sports Active also includes a few exercises that can be done with the Wii Balance Board.
One thing that most of these fitness games have in common is the huge selection of exercises that come with each game. This lets all of the games mix and match exercises to give you lots of different workouts and to stop you from getting bored. Exercises usually include stretching, cardio, upper body strength, lower body strength, abdominals, and yoga.
In addition to these general fitness games, there are a few specialized games that focus on only one type of exercise program. Yoga for Wii and Daisy Fuentes Pilates are great for yoga and pilates fans who want to do only these workouts and not worry about cardio or other strength exercises.
While the first wave of fitness video games have been purely exercise games, the second generation of fitness games now include healthy eating plans to complement the great workout programs.
NewU Personal Trainer includes comprehensive exercise programs from the personal trainers at the Fitness First gym chain, together with personalized healthy menus from the team at "You Are What You Eat". Combining exercise and healthy eating makes these perfect lifestyle games for the whole family.
Based on the success of the current fitness video games, and the inclusion of healthy eating menus that will take upcoming games to the next level, it's hard not to recommend a Wii fitness game to anyone who is seriously thinking of starting an exercise routine.
The relatively cheap price of most games, and the wide variety of exercises in each game, makes it a very cost effective option for most people when compared to the price of a gym membership. This is highlighted even more when comparing the cost of a game to the cost of gym memberships for a whole family.
The ability to work out whenever you want (and in the comfort of your own home), the ability to create and store personal workouts and eating plans for each member of the family, and the ability to select your own personal on-screen workout environments and music, makes Wii fitness games ideal for singles, married couples and families looking to get active.
Steve Braude runs the website Nintendo Wii Explained.com. Like the Nintendo Wii, this website is fun and vibrant with articles that explain all the features of the Wii console, its games and accessories in plain, simple English.
Make sure you choose the Wii fitness game that's right for you, your exercise goals, and the activities you enjoy at http://www.nintendo-wii-explained.com/.
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