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Yeah, being a ten-year-old girl and weighing 84 pounds at that height is really not bad at all — no one wants to look like Keira “Skin and Bones” Knightley. Also, many more people in the West are overweight than in Japan, so Nintendo is going to have to change their definition of “fat”. And as I said, assuming that Wii Fit uses BMI as an indicator of healthful weight, there are going to be more errors like this.
ROFL
I am glad I am not some person so is easily sensitive by what other people say.
Who knows, she may've been moving around on that thing and it caused it to not be able to record her weight right.
I am glad I am not some person so is easily sensitive by what other people say.
Who knows, she may've been moving around on that thing and it caused it to not be able to record her weight right.
As a sort-of-fat-guy, I don't much care about a piece of hardware giving me crap. Then again, I wasn't even considering buying WiiFit, so...
i think they need to increase the BMI scale a bit for Americans. Asians tend to be slim naturally so yeah.
While this will be brutally honest with some people (as needed), just about anyone who is muscular is going to be "overweight."
There is an error somewhere. The numbers reported give a BMI of about 18, which is actually underweight. Wii Fit will not deliver an "overweight" message with that score.
@MaxVest
isn't it obvious, she reported an incorrect weight for the kid, she is probably overweight. they said 6 stones, how accurate is that, it's like saying, oh i weigh like 100 pounds...
@F_Whipple
Nintendo is obviously not targeting this game at ripped guys like me ;)
lol
isn't it obvious, she reported an incorrect weight for the kid, she is probably overweight. they said 6 stones, how accurate is that, it's like saying, oh i weigh like 100 pounds...
@F_Whipple
Nintendo is obviously not targeting this game at ripped guys like me ;)
lol
Oops, should have looked at the source. The original poster says the girl is 4' 9" and 92 pounds, which gives a BMI of about 20. This is still on the low side of normal, and Wii Fit won't tell you you're fat if you get that score either. Maybe she entered the wrong height, or the scale is off.
I'm gonna whip up some popcorn and watch CNN so I'll be ready when the first batch of lawsuits gets flung at nintendo. I can't wait for the interview of a woman in a mumu saying she has never been so insulted.
... and reading further, it says the Wii scales are off if you use them on carpet (they were), and will adjust correctly if you put it on a hard surface. You know, like every other scale in the world.
Either way, people should calm down a bit about a game telling you you're fat. You don't see people getting all up in arms over brain age telling you you're stupid.
@that1dood:
Americans are used to being called stupid. Just look at all the documentary filmmakers and satirists these days. They berate the country they're in all the time and get praised for it.
Americans are used to being called stupid. Just look at all the documentary filmmakers and satirists these days. They berate the country they're in all the time and get praised for it.
From what I've heard this game calls everyone a fat bastard when you start, but it quickly evens out to a more average result after a couple of plays (same as Brainage). I guess it's Nintendos way of trying to motivate you.
Nintendo shouldn't be touched for this.
After all, there are plenty of parasitic douchebags walking around in the world who will make disparaging comments about peoples' weight, and THEY don't get sued.
After all, there are plenty of parasitic douchebags walking around in the world who will make disparaging comments about peoples' weight, and THEY don't get sued.
to be fair, that weight /height scale is pretty unforgiving. My 5'11 , 286lbs bodice scoffs at the notion that my healthy weight is around 140lbs. bullsh- !
::cries his fat-ass back to work::
::cries his fat-ass back to work::
being a rather skinny american i find this hilarious. watching fat people react to being called fat is like watching a train wreck. that is, if the train was carrying jello.
@Max Vest:
So wait, the balance board gets screwed up on a carpet? How am I supposed to use it then?! The only hard floor I have in my apartment is the kitchen and the bathroom!!
and the point to using it is to accurately dictate how your balance and weight are right? Which it won't do!
That's extremely problematic
So wait, the balance board gets screwed up on a carpet? How am I supposed to use it then?! The only hard floor I have in my apartment is the kitchen and the bathroom!!
and the point to using it is to accurately dictate how your balance and weight are right? Which it won't do!
That's extremely problematic
6 stones? What the hell, do you also measure distances by twigs?
I may live in a 3rd world country, but at least we don't use measurements from the days we wiped our butts with rocks.
I may live in a 3rd world country, but at least we don't use measurements from the days we wiped our butts with rocks.
As we all know, being sued has nothing to do with breaking laws and everything to do with having a lot of money.
That's kind of shitty. She doesn't sound fat at all. Poor kid. Telling the truth is fine, but this was just uncalled for and inaccurate.
As for me, I believe it would say, "Kill yourself."
As for me, I believe it would say, "Kill yourself."
Well, weight is a curious issue in this country. As a formerly fat person, I can attest to that. I can also attest to fact that I was fat because I ate garbage, drank soda to excess, and did little in terms of physical activity.
People will flip wigs about this because fat people don't like being told so. (For the most part I mean.) I imagine lawsuits and teary-eyed housewives.
As for Kannon's suggestion that purchasing this product will '...more thrifty in what they buy eat or do. Wii Fit is just the tool needed to tell American's LOOK...' That is ludicrous. Americans need to buy a $250 console, plus however expensive the game is itself, and the $29.99 MadCatz yoga pad. and this is supposed to teach Americans how to spend money properly?
BAH!
People will flip wigs about this because fat people don't like being told so. (For the most part I mean.) I imagine lawsuits and teary-eyed housewives.
As for Kannon's suggestion that purchasing this product will '...more thrifty in what they buy eat or do. Wii Fit is just the tool needed to tell American's LOOK...' That is ludicrous. Americans need to buy a $250 console, plus however expensive the game is itself, and the $29.99 MadCatz yoga pad. and this is supposed to teach Americans how to spend money properly?
BAH!
That picture is so full of win.
Games need to insult people more often. I remember a story about some girl picking up a second hand version of Animal Crossing on the DS and it calling her a smutcunt or something.
Marvellous.
Games need to insult people more often. I remember a story about some girl picking up a second hand version of Animal Crossing on the DS and it calling her a smutcunt or something.
Marvellous.
Isn't the whole point of the game to convince people that
A. They are out of shape
and
B. The WiiFit will help
so their market is "fat" people. The whole thing is stupid. I found a picture of the kid by the way, enjoy
A. They are out of shape
and
B. The WiiFit will help
so their market is "fat" people. The whole thing is stupid. I found a picture of the kid by the way, enjoy
I can't help but laugh at the silliness of this situation, bt in all seriousness girls can be really uptight about their weight
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