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American Council on Exercise Charts 'Underwhelming' Wii Fit Health Benefits

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

The American Council on Exercise (ACE), a leading fitness authority and training organization, has released the results of a study that tested the effectiveness of Nintendo's exercise tool and balance trainer Wii Fit . The study, conducted in cooperation with the University of Wisconsin La ...

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Experience Wii Fit Plus Exclusively at Sports Authority

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:31:00 +0000

What is Wii Fit Plus? Wii Fit Plus combines fun + fitness into one product. It changes how you exercise, how you balance, and even how you move. Expanding upon the original Wii Fit, Wii Fit Plus is packed with new features from Wii Fit + new exercises and tools to personalize your exercise ...

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Project Natal is one of TIME Magazine’s Inventions of the Year

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:23:24 +0000

I'm a BIG time fitness nutter, and I would love to see Project Natal take the interaction of such sports fitness games to the next level. One such example would be to provide some sort of a silhouette figure on the TV screen, which would act as a coach but also as a measure to make certain that ...

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Study Finds Wii Fit Produces "Underwhelming Results" [Nintendo]

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:45:30 +0000

Anyone who does proper exercise could have pointed this out, but it's always nice to have it in writing; the American Council on Exercise have claimed that Nintendo's Wii Fit produces "underwhelming results". The group has released a report on the super-popular home fitness program, drawing on ...

GameDev.Net found this 10 days ago on kotaku.com

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Game sales down by 18%

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:22 +0000

Last week we had the USA October sales statistics from NPD showing game sales of $573 million, down from $698 million last year . So are we in trouble? Is gaming on a downwards spiral? Are people finding better things to do with their time and money? The answer is no, and here’s why: ...

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Wii Fit Called 'A Very, Very Mild Workout' by Study

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:51:16 +0000

It's better than nothing, but the real life equivalents of the 'virtual' workouts are found to be better exercises.

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Wii Music: You Haven't Heard The Last Of It

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:06:02 +0000

Wii Music: You Haven't Heard The Last Of It Monday 16-Nov-2009 3:02 PM Miyamoto tells ONM that it still has a future Shigeru Miyamoto has told ONM that Wii Music still has great potential despite the underwhelming critical and commercial response for his game. "I think it sold lower than our ...

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Study Measures Wii Energy Expenditure

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:27:27 +0000

A Nintendo-funded study claims that some Wii games and activities offer energy expenditure levels at least on par with moderate real-world exercise. Presented at the American Heart Association’s 2009 Scientific Session, the research consisted of putting a dozen people between the ages of ...

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4cr Impressions - Wii Fit Plus

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:29:45 +0000

We all know the original Wii Fit from Vinnk’s Wii Fit experiment , but how many of us stopped using it after the first few weeks? I know I did. So part of me was hesitant to pick up Wii Fit Plus, but when I saw that the standalone disc was only $20, I figured I’d give it a shot. ...

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The Beach or The Gym?

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:45:36 +0000

Do Wii owners prefer going to a gym or prefer going to a beach resort? Well, from data provided by the Nintendo Channel, one seems to be favored clearly over the other! The original Wii Sports and Wii Fit have done extremely well, both selling millions of copies. Wii Sports was included with ...

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So, Shigeru Miyamoto Got A Cat [Nintencats]

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:40:00 +0000

Remember when Shigeru Miyamoto started weighing himself everyday? We got Wii Fit . And before that, he had a dog. We got Nintendogs. And even before that, he took up gardening. We got Pikmin. Now, Miyamoto has a cat. At the meeting yesterday where the DSi LL was announced, Kotaku has learned ...

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Wii Sports Surpasses 50 Million Sales

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 15:45:54 +0000

Nintendo has revealed global lifetime sales figures for first party Wii and DS titles that shifted over a million copies between April and September. Topping the list is Wii Sports with over 50 million copies sold, including those bundled with hardware. Wii Play stands at 24.4 million ...

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Review: Wii Fit Plus

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 20:16:39 +0000

Gym and tonic. In the latest edition of Iwata Asks, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata and Shigeru Miyamoto discussed the sequel to Wii Fit. Except it's not a sequel, according to Miyamoto. "It's not number two! It's not what you'd call a sequel with a regular game - it's actually an enhanced version of the software," he said. Read more... > >

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Playing Wii Fit With A Japanese Maid, A Photo Journey [Gallery]

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 03:03:22 +0000

Early last month, we brought word of a spot in Akihabara called "Refresh Club" where folks can shell out to play Wii with Japanese ladies dressed as maids. Now, website AkibaMap took one for the team and checked it out. For several years now, places like Refresh Club have been popping up in ...

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Nintendo on Wii, DS Features

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:34:54 +0000

Satoru Iwata and others recently released a corporate briefing on the current fiscal year and upcoming development. We previously mentioned Nintendo's take on HD in the future. In the briefing, Iwata also touched on the Vitality Sensor, possible new DS features and a few other things concerning Nintendo hardware. Perhaps the most anticipated new Wii addition is the Nintendo Vitality Sensor, due out next year. The sensor will not only measure heart rate, but other things as well. "Based on my ...

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