forbes.com - 2/7/2009
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Fitness videogames might be able to keep players in shape--but not if they don't play them. Nintendo 's (other-otc: NTDOY.PK - news - people ) exercise game Wii Fit is still flying off retail shelves eight months after its U.S. release last May. The all-in-one instructional tool, weight ...
newsblaze.com - 2/9/2009
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Michael Torchia's mission is to have Nintendo pull
their Wii games off the shelves until they make
important changes to their products. People around the World are sustaining serious injuries due to the lack of proper warnings on their products and ...
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Lawsuit Against Nintendo for The Ill Effects of Their ...
gamedaily.com - 2/12/2009
videogames.yahoo.com - 2/4/2009
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provided by: > BURLINGAME, CALIF.-- Nintendo's exercise game
Wii Fit is still flying off retail shelves eight
months after its U.S. release last May. The all-in-one instructional tool, weight tracker and fitness coach advertises itself as a painless ...
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The Truth About Wii Fit And Weight Loss - Video Game ...
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What I’ve written lately, 2/7/09
Heroine Sheik —
... - “The Truth about Wii Fit and Weight Loss,” in which I try to figure out whether anyone is actually using their purchase (Forbes.com). ...
Angry readers respond to Forbes negative Wii Fit claims
GoNintendo —
... quick to move on. There has been a big response to the original Forbes article, with readers sending in their stories of how they lost weight with Wii Fit, and continue their routines to this day. There’s also others that use Wii Fit for help with rehabilitation after injuries, and they wanted their stories heard as well. People without our own podcast crew still turn on Wii Fit every day, even if only to check their weight. Looks like Forbes should have done a little more research! Original article here ...
Wii Fit Is No Fad [Well Played]
Kotaku —
... Last week I got into a bit of metaphorical hot soup when a Forbes article quoted me as saying that I didn't know a single person who bought Wii Fit and used it routinely after a month. ...
A controversy retrospective, by your resident stupid bitch
Heroine Sheik —
... Ah yes, this debate, kicked off by yours truly. Thanks again to the guy who wrote to the Voice threatening to shoot me in the head instead.
- “Portal Is for Lesbians”
Apparently it’s okay to bake endless “the cake is a lie” cakes, but not to actually analyze the game. People are still leaving “stupid bitch” style comments on this thread a year and a half later. Delete, delete, and delete.
- “The Truth about Wii Fit and Weight Loss”
This piece, which I still think of as benign, ...
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Wii Fit Is No Fad [Well Played]
kotaku.com 2/14/2009 — The Wii Nation have spoken: Wii Fit is no fad. Last week I got into a bit of metaphorical hot soup when a Forbes article quoted me as saying that I didn't know a single person who bought Wii Fit and used it routinely after a month. Now I do. ...
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Science Doing Some Science On Wii Fit [Nintendo]
kotaku.com 1/3/2009 — Does Wii Fit work? It's hard for me to tell, personally, as my Little Debbie Zebra Cake intake ratio is tied proportionally to my progress in the game. See, I'm not a scientist. Thankfully, researchers at the University of Mississippi — ...
Nintendo Discovers That Wii Fit Is As Good As... Walking [Clips]
kotaku.com 3/19/2009 — In this ad, Nintendo says it had Wii Fit researched by Japan's National Institute of Health and Nutrition . About time! The game's only been out for over a year. The researchers found out that doing the Wii Fit hula hoop game was the equivalent ...
Nintendo Sold 300,000 Copies Of ‘Wii Fit’ Last Week
multiplayerblog.mtv.com 1/30/2009 — Nintendo president Satoru Iwata announced in Tokyo this week the the company has sold nearly a third of a million copies of "Wii Fit" in the U.S. just last week -- one of the most extraordinary sales stats I've seen in a long time.
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Nintendo Developing Wii Fit Plus And “Art Academy”
siliconera.com 5/27/2009 — Prepare for an announcement about Wii Fit Plus at Nintendo’s E3 press conference next Tuesday. A trademark with an English logo for Wii Fit Plus in the Japanese trademark database.
Destructoid Review: Wii Fit
destructoid.com 9/14/2008 —
At this point in time, there are three kinds of people in the world; people that have managed to score themselves a copy of the elusive videogame/virtual gym Wii Fit , people that wouldn't be caught dead touching the thing for the ...
Nintendo Planning New Wii Fit
pressthebuttons.com 5/27/2009 — Is anyone else getting the sinking feeling that Nintendo's E3 media briefing will once again skew ultra-casual? That shouldn't be a surprise by now, and there's still every chance something worthwhilefor the core gamers will come out of the event, but in the meantime we're ...
Top 20 Nintendo Happenings —
Computer And Video Games 2/7/2009
Feature: The world as God Nintended it.
Hats off to daredevil Remi - the second entry in this month's 20 snippets of Nintendo-related online strangeness. There's simply not enough blatant disregard for life and law in the world of gaming fandom. ...
Wii sales falling in Japan —
Computer And Video Games 2/8/2009
Nintendo's home console the only system to make a significant drop in sales, PS3 closing the gap.
Nintendo's Wii was the only console to see full negative growth last week at the Japanese retailers. Click here to read the full article
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