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Plenty of studies have shown that playing Wii Sports or Wii Fit is good for you, to varying degrees. Some people don’t believe it, some people are willing to pay money to have someone teach them how to do it. What makes this study more authoritative? Well look, they used crazy breathing masks and machinery! That must make this one more scientific than the rest. Read more…

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MS: Wii Controllers Are Gimmicks

by Kev Lochun on August 7, 2008

It’s not just Marky Mark who considers the Wii to be a bit of a novelty. Xbox VP (and former CEO of Nintendo Europe) David Gosen has slammed Wii for its gimmicky approach when it comes to controllers – notably Wii Fit’s balance board as being little more than a set of “digital bathroom scales”.

Asked about Microsoft’s concerns when it came to creating new peripherals, he praised Nintendo’s success with Wii, but warned they were treading a fine line. Read more…

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The Wii Balance Board covers shown above are the work of Amr Racing, and have been in the spotlight as of late, due to their racey nature — which clashes with the overall “family” brand of Nintendo — the company their product is made to skin.

Gameindustry.biz obtained a comment from Nintendo regarding the skins, and the response they recieved was one most of us could have predicted:

“These are not officially licensed products, we always recommend the use of official first or third party Nintendo products to ensure 100 per cent compatibility and reliability with our hardware … We always closely monitor new products entering the market to ensure that they do not infringe on any of our IP.”

Apple has been dealing with third party content on for their iPod (and most recently their iPhone) for some time now. Cell phones in general have been the target of third party skins for as long as I can remember.

Generally speaking, most manufactures seem to take the hands-off, “we can only recommend products stamped with our official approval” approach regarding their existence. However, those products still remain on the market, and many of them do very well. Why is that? Read more…

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Wii Fit Girl Shakes Her Ass For MTV’s TRL

by Dylan Duarte on June 18, 2008

The Wii Fit Girl video has been around for a while now and has brought in millions of viewers, thanks in no small part to MTV’s Total Request Live. Lauren Bernat, the Wii Fit Girl herself, and her marketing boyfriend, Giovanny Gutierrez, showed up on the show this week to discuss their now infamous video. Hit the jump to watch the clip and read Ripten’s thoughts. Read more…

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Wii Fit Girl Parodies

by Toni Dimayuga on June 16, 2008

You knew it had to happen. There’s already a lot of copycat videos out there featuring girls shaking their asses in various states of undress while playing Wii Fit, including one from Playboy that’s not quite safe for work.

I found these in particular to be funny. After all, turnabout is fair play. However, if looking at guys’ butts gives you hives, perhaps you should skip them. Read more…

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Press Scapegoat Wii Fit For Millions In Damages

by Kev Lochun on June 16, 2008

Both mainstream and games press have reported today that UK women are breaking more than a sweat when it comes to Wii Fit. Trouble is, they’re all talking a load of cobblers. Read more…

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Buy Your Girlfriend Wii Fit & Hide Her Pants

by Chad Lakkis on June 15, 2008


Buy your girlfriend Wii Fit immediately. This video has been around for a few weeks now, but for some reason I just don’t mind watching it again — and for the record, I could care less whether it was a marketing ploy or not.

In closing, let’s put things in perspective. While “Wii Fit Ass Girl” is nice, the Wii Fit will never reach its full sex inducing potential until Nintendo creates an interactive cowgirl stripper “whirl your lasso around” game. See example below.


So lets go Nintendo! No more kid games. The hard working men out there fully expect to see some new Wii Fit games that better utilize the many capabilities of the female body.

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So the May NPD data is out and there are few surprises. The Nintendo Wii remains king of the consoles and Grand Theft Auto IV continues to dominate the software charts. Hit the jump for a more in depth look at the numbers. Read more…

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Wii Fit Vaulting Off Shelves

by Tom Hillman on April 28, 2008

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Nintendo’s Wii Fit was released this week, and the craze surrounding it is already becoming comparable to the actual Nintendo Wii launch. Read more…

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Wii Fit Helps Cartman Understand His Body Image

In a recent interview with Nintendo President Satoru Iwata, Shigeru Miyamoto admitted that Wii Fit isn’t designed to make you fit at all. Read more…

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Nintendo Kicks Off 2008 With A Bang

by Dylan Duarte on January 11, 2008

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2007 ended on a great note for Nintendo, with both the Wii and the DS being insanely successful. However, according to the first Japanese software chart of 2008, they’re just getting started. Read more…

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Get Fit For Wii Fit

by Dylan Duarte on December 31, 2007

fat-guy.jpg While Wii Fit doesn’t have a definitive US release date, it’ll be here eventually, and the folks over at Nintendo World Report think that us Americans might be a little out of shape for the title. They may be right, so to help us out, they’ve compiled a list of games to help whip us into shape. Read more…

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Wii Fit Stepping It Up

by Michael Geslani on October 10, 2007

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It’s time to get up out of the couch and put the controller down – well not exactly. Rather than use the controller, connect the Wii Balance Board and take time to get your work out on. Read more…

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