Wii Fit News from N4G

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  Wii Balance Board Earns Guinness World Record

  The Nintendo Wii Balance Board has been awarded a new Guinness World Record for The best-selling personal weighing device. In order to break the record, a total of 32,114,428 Wii Balance Boards were sold worldwide between its launch and November 2010. This figure comprises 22,663,321 bundled with the original Wii Fit software and 9,451,107 bundled with Wii Fit Plus software.

  - Mar 06, 2012
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  Metroid helps young woman get over death of mother, eating issues

  Nintendo Power: Memorable video game characters help us suspend belief and embrace fantastical worlds and settings, and they can even help generate true emotional connections. But the power and poise of one reader's favorite Nintendo character - Samus Aran from the Metroid series - helped her bounce back from a family tragedy and address an unhealthy lifestyle. I wanted to make a vow of personal improvement to my mother, so I decided to target the one problem that had been ...

  Wii - Feb 26, 2011
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  Do You Feel the Burn! Wii Fit's & Wii Fit Plus' Hours Played

  Did you know between 40-45%(according to this source) of Americans make New Year's resolutions each year? I made one this year! Of the Americans that do make a New Year's resolution 46% or 62%(according this source) make a resolution to either lose weight or exercise more, respectively. Considering that information, I thought it would be a good time to look at two Wii games that were designed to help get players more fit and even lose weight if that's a ...

  Wii - Jan 08, 2011
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  Wii Fit passes up Fitness DVD market

  Nintendos UK marketing manager Rob Lowe recently revealed that Wii Fit and Wii Fit Plus combined have outsold any single workout DVD in the United Kingdom.

  Wii - Dec 23, 2010
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  gamrFeed - Recent Study Finds Active Video Games are Good for Kids

  The University of Calgary made kids play video games for a couple years, with some very positive results.

  PS3, Wii - Dec 08, 2010
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  Dame Helen Mirren initially "resisted" offer to star in Nintendo's Christmas advertising

  Nintendo Universe writes: Dame Helen Mirren has revealed that she was initially taken aback when Nintendo approached her to help promote Wii Fit within their Christmas advertising, explaining that she is so lazy about exercise.

  Wii - Dec 02, 2010
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  I need a Kinect for Christmas, its good for my health!

  For years, countless people recognized the entertainment benefits of video games. Its no question that once that controller hits the tips of your fingers, you are transported into a world of challenge and excitement and that can be addicting. Well this holiday season, its OK to be a little transfixed. Playing video games which encourage movement such as the Xbox Kinect, Playstation Move and Wii Fit, help pain sufferers by providing rehabilitation through movement.

  Wii - Nov 30, 2010
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  Kinect Warning Screens Suggest You Take a Break

  Just as Nintendos Wii software before it, Microsofts Xbox 360 Kinect software is obviously very conscious of its family-friendly image. While titles like Wii Sports and Wii Fit offer the suggestion that the player might want to rest for a while after an extended play session, it appears that the likes of Kinect Sports and Kinect Adventures present the option to rest as early as a few minutes after beginning play.

  Wii - Oct 20, 2010
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  A Mel B silicon skin... for the Wii?

  No, not quite as saucy as we first thought. This isnt a silicon skin to turn your Wii-Remote and Nunchuk into a phallus and vagina set but more of a cover for your Wii-fit Balance Board. Crab paste anyone?

  Wii - Sep 14, 2010
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  Florida gym helps kids get in shape with gaming workout area

  A Florida gym is now encouraging kids to get in shape with a new workout room decked with TVs, Wii's and gaming exercise equipment like Wii Fit and Dance Dance Revolution. It's a unique new program that is surprisingly limited to kids only.

  Wii - Aug 30, 2010