We made the plunge and stood in line this morning to get our hands on a WiiFit at Best Buy. They were on sale for $89. We arrived around 10:45am for the 11:00am opening and there were already a handful of people there waiting. As soon as the doors opened, everybody headed for the same place. I looked down at my 8 year old son and said, “Go ahead and run to the man in the blue shirt and ask for the WiiFit.” Duly following my instructions, and surprised to have received permission to run, he made it and was first to get a box. The look on his face was priceless! Turns out it didn’t really matter that he ran, but it was fun anyway. Best Buy had about 15 or so in stock, and I think everybody in line got one.
We went home straight away and set the unit up. Amazing! Nintendo has definitely succeeded in putting “fun” into exercise. I completed almost all that I could and really felt like I had just worked out at the gym. Well, better than Curves anyway. The board actually computes your weight and BMI and allows you to set goals. I actually can’t wait to get on it in the morning and see how I faired just after a day of training. The only downside we have seen so far is that the game can’t handle more than one board. We thought it would be cool to be able to do group exercises and games, but the only 2 player mode is in running that we have found so far. I am going to search the net in a bit and see if there are any more 2 player modes. In the 2 player running mode, you put the wiimote in your pocket and you don’t use the board. My 5 year old creamed me though, because his legs are so short the wiimote recorded much faster reps. All the kids had a blast watching it though. They were laughing up a storm watching mommy get beat!!
All in all, a great product. Way to go Nintendo!!
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