30)Wii Fit Review

Wii Fit - Turning your liveing room into a gym!

Recently, Nintendo has been working their Nintendo magic to become more innovative, and try to attract non-gamers to play. And their newest installment of the Touch Generations series is one that is definatly getting some attention - Wii Fit.

The game is very complex, but is made simple thanks to the guides and characters in the game. First off, you have a Wii Balance Board; it's like a scale, but is able to feel and sense your movement and balance. In the game you will be using the balance board to perform Yoga, Strength Exercises, Aerobics, and some simple (yet addicting) Balance games.

The game fist starts out with you signing in your Mii. Once you sign in, you put in your height and age and step on the scale, to determine your Center of Balance (CoB) and weight, along with your BMI. Afterwards, you are required to play a simple balance test, in order to determine your Wii Fit age. The closer your WF age is to your actual age, the better off you are.

From then on, you are told to select a trainer, either a male or female, to help guide your through your exercise routines. Both trainers work exactly the same, and they're both very patient and helpful when it comes to performing your routines.

Along with your trainer, you are also given a Wii Fit bank, to record your hours. The longer you play, the more games and exercises you unlock.

I'm going to go into depth about the four categories and what they're for.

First off is Yoga, in a nutshell, yoga is a series of poses used in order to ease your body, mind, and spirit, in order to successfully perform the yoga poses, you must be very balanced and calm. I haven't done too much yoga in my playing, but it really makes be feel better after doing the poses, it's also a great stress reliever. I find it difficult, but if you practice it enough every day, you should be able to ace the tricky ones.

Second, you have the strength exercises, a bunch of workouts that you can do in order to tone your body, some can be simple, yet effective, while other can be a pain in the arse. I highly recommend doing some basic stretching before attempting most of the exercises, if you don't you could seriously hurt yourself. When I played, I found myself easily clearing these, but I had lots of difficulties doing more reps.

Next up is aerobics, aerobics are a bunch of fast-paced activities focused on helping you burn fat and calories, I recommend these the most ofr anyone who bought the game in order to lose weight. These activities include, hula-hooping, free running, rhythm stepping, and rhythm boxing. I find all of them enjoyable, especially rhythm stepping; which reminds me of Dance Dance Revolution.

Finally, Wii Fit has nine balance games to play in case you need a break from your activities. All of the games involve the balance board, to ski, snowboard, head soccerballs and walk on tightropes. I find these enjoyable, but they're not exactly what you need in order to acheive your fitness goals. The game explains that have better balance can lead to better posture, and better posture can lead to better health and fitness. So these games are pretty important.

As far as I can see, the game does a great job of motivating me and my entire family to keep on playing. My brother, though slightly on the larger side, plays to lose weight, and my other brother, even thought his BMI is normal, plays to gain muscle for basketball next season. As for myself, I'm not sure why I still play, since I'm in top condition thanks to running CXC, I find myself playing all of the time.

I think that the reason this game is so fun and addicting is the fact that we're all eager to check our daily progress, I find it cool to see my status and progress in the game of a line graph, and It makes me feel more involved in my fitness habits.

In conclusion, I rated this game a 9/10 for it's effectiveness, and I recommend this game to everyone, for the people that want to lose weight, the people who want to acheive better fitness, and for everyone else, because I know that they'll need to work on their balance.

Thanks for reading :D

Reviewer's Score: 9/10

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