Ill give you that.  Tbh anything that can get a more posistive mental attitude towards lifestyle has to be a good thing.

But there is a line between fun and hardwork with fitness, and acutally getting results.  I think even some of the most commited fitness freaks (which Im not) get bored time to time if they dont change their routine.

Great fun to be honest. And a few of the activities do seem to work up a bit of a sweat. Its never going to replace a proper exercise routine but an hour a day will certainly make a difference. Fingers crossed they bring out some more games that use the Wii board though, its a great bit of kit, Im very impressed.

Dad brought one home.

I think its pretty cool. Some of the exercises like pushup stuff are a bit annoying though due to the plasticness of the board, hands slip a little and stuff.

Havign said about my mum, she still hasnt grasped the concept of the wiimotes pointer thing, so itll be a challenge getting her to the point of actually using this properly. She even took some of her clothes off to try and reduce her weight and was pre-empting some excuses such as the wiimote making her go from overweight to obese, but she wasnt....

Heres a quick question...any idea what the different levels are for the games with "levels"?

Im referring to things like tightrope, which has beginner, advanced and super advanced modes.

Ive unlocked the advanced skiing, and done fairly well, but not unlocked super advanced...wondering if there is a super advanced mode for it? Would be cool to have a longer map to ski down!

they need ultimate modes for things like tightrope, EG, once you beat super advanced you should be given a mode where you have 90 seconds to get as far as you can on an endless rope. Would rather do that than just try to do super advanced as fast as I can!

would this be......another pointless wii gimmick to sell units whilst hiding the fact it has an extremely weak lineup of games ?

would this be......a pointless off topic post in a thread about wii fit?

The Wii is a mass market product.

Nintendo is more worried about shifting units. If that means 10 gamers dont buy it because of a weak line up but 100 new customers purchase it for the likes of wii fit then they will be more than happy.

The real money is in the casual mass market, which is exactly what Nintendo are going for. Its not worried about whether or not you and I believe their traditional gaming software is poor.

I havent got Wii fit yet, I got a US Wii and Im not sures its worth paying the shipping for.

Id say that weak line up is a bit debateable. Its only a weak line up if you still view the Wii as a normal everday console, competiting against xbox 360 and PS3. If you do still view it that way I really dont know why. We all know its a party console and its best suited for 2-4 players and not solo play, but to this end the line up is ace. Mario and Sonic olympics, mario party 8, rayman 2, warioware, wii sports, wii play, carnival, playground, mario kart, boogie, brain academy, ghost squad, HOTD 2&3 to name but a few - are all absolutely great with a few mates. Its a limited line up but not weak. WOuld my Wii replace my 360 - no. But my 360 wouldnt replace my Wii either.

On topic I got Wii Fit on release day and me and the missus have used it everyday since, Its great fun, good way to relax for 30 mins home from work and we seem to be losing a few pounds so great.

The problem I have is it reckons I need to gain over a stone to get a BMI of 22 heh!

Starting to get bored of the balance games, though the stretches/yoga etc are useful for my stiff legs.

Will probably use the balance board a lot more once Family Skiing is out!

Quote from: Markwould this be......another pointless wii gimmick to sell units whilst hiding the fact it has an extremely weak lineup of games ?

I dont think Nintendo really care about selling many games in the end, since they make a profit on every console sold, unlike Sony or MS, who sell at a loss and then add markup onto games. Theres always Mario, Zelda, and Metroid though.

Im enjoying this.  With walking and this Ive lost 8lbs in 2 weeks which is not healthy according to Wii Fit.
Super Hula Hoop is a fracking killer

I lost 4lb, put on 5lb, then lost 5lb again. Im not placing too much faith in it to be honest but the exercises are a lot of fun.  

Island run is a killer. The jogging on the spot so needs shoes otherwise you end up killing the front part of your foot. Still, 239% burn rate on the island run

Just gutted that it looks like I need to do it again to unlock the free run thingy!

I actually find the island run quite easy, even in my rather podgy state. I find it hard to "keep" a decent pace on the screen although thats probably just the way the Wiimote sits in my pocket. The hardest one by far for me is the damn super hula-hoop thing.

Must admit I enjoy the boxing sequence game the most.

The boxing sequence I find hard, or at least, I cant get a good score at the end. Im going on the assumption of the last 10 seconds essentially being a "pummel with both hands as fast as you can" kinda thing. If youre meant to be doing 1-2-1-2 type things that must be where Im going wrong?

The pace is what I meant regarding the island run. Its easy if you just want to amble along and not both about keeping pace! The one thing the running modes have taught me is breathing. I always used to get the stitch when long distance running at school. But being on the spot for 5 or 10 minutes or whatever with not much to do, lets you focus on things like breathing and realise that one problem was that you werent breathing (enough) hehe.

I must say Im also finding the yoga exercises hard (some of them at least) but very worthwhile, far more so than the strength set.  In fact I hardly ever do any of the strength exercises, I tend to split my time between yoga and aerobic with maybe some of the fun balancing ones like the snowboarding to finish off and cool down.

Does anyone elses Wii Fit age fluctuate wildly? Ive been as low as 20 (mins 5 years) and as high as 42 (plus 17 years) at times. The graph is a total up an down zig-zag.