CheapyD unboxes WiiFit. Paid about $70 for a scale with some motion sensors

I forget how awesome cheapyD is. I also forget why he doesn't join the dark side (ie us) xD

Hehe, 290 pounds.

Hahahaha. Here comes a class action discrimination lawsuit.

AMERICA SUE!

You are wrong. It doesn't seem to be "pretty stupid".

WiiFit seems to "abso-fucking-lutely retarded without a shadow of a doubt."

Man, I need to start reading CAG. CoD4 for $40? Looks like I'll be getting it sooner than I thought.

Awesome.

I for one am pumped to try this thing out. Even if a lot of the Wii Fit games look a bit dull, the applications for the balance board are endless. Beyond just dancing games and skateboarding gamers, the blaance board could relolutionize platformers, FPS's. every traditonal game genre.

Or is could suck. Time will tell. But the potential is thee fro sure.

I see a lot of hard core gamers hating on this just because their long acquired coordination with the "joy pad" is being threatened. Because they wont be able to carry over their "joy pad" jockeying techniques over to Wii Fit, they will suck at it at first. And perhaps they will never get any better.

Well, in ten years they can have their Halo 8, headsets and fat bellies. I'll be over here with the hot chicks on the balance board.

I can see it now, Nintendo's potential slogan for the thing:

WiiFit, You not.

I made the mistake of buying the Wii after launch. I'm not going to make the same mistake and buy this before there are at least 3 good games/applications for it.

"I'm really interested in seeing how Nintendo keeps this alive and not let it die out or go to waste like the Virtual Boy, Super GameBoy, eReader, etc."

Or like the Super Scope or the NES Zapper or the Power Pad or whatever? You see, this is a problem I feel Nintendo has to fix quickly with the Wii. They come out with peripherals for every single one of their systems and no more than ten games use each one. If this trend doesn't turn around with the Wii they could face serious problems in the long run, especially since they will no doubt come out with more peripherals for the Wii than any other system before it.

Wow... why do hardcore gamers STILL think this is aimed at them. It's time for hardcore gamers to grow up and realize that we comprise only a small part of the market...

The WiiFit was MADE FOR YOUR PARENTS. This is aimed at the middle aged person who bought a Wii for WiiSports (or for a kid) and wants an interactive exercise program.

One of the hardest parts of regular exercise is the actual motivation to do it, and with very good stat tracking and interactive exercises, this will be the perfect motivation. These are the same people who spend $80+ on a plastic ball and some DVDs to exercise with, now that's a waste of money.

When I showed the E3 video of WiiFit to my mother, she immediately decided buy one as soon as they come out here in the US. So I decided to show it off at my mother's work (school teacher). I asked her to show her friends and see what they thought about it, and they were all impressed. Most of her friends (middle aged women) already had Wiis in the house for children, and will pick the WiiFit up.


"Paid about $70 for a scale with some motion sensors..."

If you go out and buy a good digital scale with BMI and weight tracking, you'll spend $50+ easy. How is a good digital scale, WITH motion sensing, AND software, not worth $70 for someone who will use it? Go search Google for "digital scale with BMI" and scan some prices...

Just remember, WiiFit isn't for you, was never for you, and is going to sell like crazy. The "Casual Revolution" has come to gaming, and it's not going anywhere. Either accept that, or stop gaming...

Nintendo should know that there's still a market for it over here in the US. I mean, come on, fat people lost weight on DDR.

I'm sure Nintendo can come up with ways of using this board some more other than standing on it. Not only that, this might also work more on a different market of gamers. This different market would be women. Just look at the box and you'll understand why I think so.

Could be a really expensive Time Crisis pedal.... wait, it was Time Crisis that had the pedal in the arcade that let you "take cover?"

This is the device that will allow the Wii to deliver a truly killer app: a game that simulates walking your Wii to the garbage can and throwing it away.