[Wii] Wii Fat

Got the game, waited outside a Target at 6:30 until it opened at 8:00.

Pretty fun device, and (surprisingly) the Yoga and Strength training exercises actually make you build up a sweat. That Yoga "Tree" pose on the cover of the game is fucking BRUTAL. You have to keep that for a good 30-40 seconds with each leg and stay within the "balance circle" on the screen, it's tough.

The way that the game tracks your center of balance for each exercise makes doing mundane things like squats interesting. It gives a "high score" feeling to exercise, which (if people actually play this game more than a week) will lead to a lot of Americans getting healthy. Imagine that, Nintendo improving the health of millions of Americans? It's a pretty crazy dream, but it's possible.

Some people have mentioned that the game could use a "workout routine" mode. I definitely agree. That would probably be the only main addition I'd make at this time, mainly because people could just do 3 or 4 of the minigames at random and not get a full workout. Perhaps Nintendo could offer sheets on its WiiFit website that you could print out and check off.

22.7 BMI, though, booyah.

Jam it back in, in the dark.