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Question: What's flat, gray and white and gets walked all over by fat people? No, not the pavement - Wii Fit's balance board, of course! Recipient of its very own Guinness World Record for selling more units than any other personal weighing device ever. But how many?
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Although the Nintendo Wii is ideal for many things, it’s essentially useless at a rave. As it turns out, Nintendo intended to correct this massive oversight in 2009 by filing a patent for a Wii Light peripheral, which would have turned everyday Wii games into an LED light show of epic, fist pumping proportions...
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 causing me great distress for years my weight, she explains. My most powerful source of inspiration to keep me going was Samus Aran.
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Your mama always told you it's wrong to laugh at someone else's misfortune. But let's be honest, this is damn funny. Yet another instance of Wii destruction has surfaced, bringing mirth to the internet and making our day much brighter. Don't worry, I'm sure the money from You've Been Framed can buy a new telly...
Most people who step onto a Wii Fit for the first time and realize how off-balance their stance is can easily correct it and get on with their lives. But 54-year-old Julie Wilks has a very different story...
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 goal: Wii Fit and Wii Fit Plus., says CoffeewithGames.
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It's an eclectic bunch of folk that Nintendo UK is using to shill its wares at the moment. Ant and Dec. Jedward. Dame Helen Mirren. And just when you were dreaming of the lunatic wonders that would be unleashed if we could just get all three (Ant and Dec count as one person, and so do Jedward) on the same programme, Ninty completes its assembled-on-crack Saturday night variety show line-up with a professional burlesque dancer. Seriously. Click on for details.
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.
The University of Calgary made kids play video games for a couple years, with some very positive results.
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.
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