It's really fun and it helps adults and teens lose weight! However, it misreads people with muscles and children, I must say. It's fun and has really good tips on staying healthy and getting a right amount of excersise each day, while making it much for children. A+!
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Wii Fit
(2008, Video Games - Exergaming, Rated E, Play it on: Nintendo Wii)
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Not age appropriate for kids under 4, age appropriate for kids over 5; suggested age 10. -
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Exercise is a blast on the Wii Balance Board.
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for Ages 10 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Wii Fit was written by Jinny Gudmundsen
Parents need to know that this game comes packaged with the Wii Balance Board, which you use in the 40+ activities including aerobics, balance, yoga, and strength training. The software tracks the number of minutes that you play on the board per day and charts your exercise progress with the option to track the weight and Body Mass Index (BMI) changes of up to eight people. Body Mass Index is a standard used by the National Institute of Health to measure an adult's body fat based on height and weight. The game assigns you a designation of underweight, normal, overweight, or obese. Parents with kids concerned about their weight should know that the BMI is an index for adults and while the game has made an effort to adjust it for kids, since kids grow at different rates, their pediatrician will always be a better judge of what's healthy. Parents may need to remind kids that they can't jump on the Balance Board, because if they do, the game they are playing will stop. This game can be enjoyed by kids as young as age 5, but it's a better fit for tweens, teens, and adults.
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What’s the Story?
WII FIT is an exciting way for kids and adults to exercise using the Wii console. It's a compilation of 40+ games to play on the Wii Balance Board, a controller that comes packaged with the game. The Wii Balance Board looks like a giant scale that sits on the floor. When you stand on it, it can detect the slightest shifts in your balance, which means it can tell if you are leaning forward or backward, and from side-to-side. In addition to balance, the board can also determine your weight.
The games are broken into four categories: aerobics, balance, yoga, and strength training. Under aerobics, you can hula-hoop, do step-aerobics, run (next to, not on the board), or rhythm-box. The yoga activities teach you how to breathe and do yoga poses. Strength training shows you how to do a variety of exercises including lunges, torso twists, and push-ups, all using the board. The balance games are the most fun because they have you heading soccer balls, skiing down slopes, performing ski-jumps, snowboarding, and walking on tightropes, as well as pretending to be a table with balls on it you tilt by leaning back and forth, and a bubble that you control through a maze by moving your body.
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To make all this exercise fun and a little competitive, the game has a crazy calculation called "Wii Fit Age," which is based on short balance games that are given to you every day. As you play the games, the theory is that your core muscles will get stronger. As you get better at the balance games, your "Wii Fit Age" will improve. In addition, Wii Fit can keep track of up to eight players and record the amount of time spent playing on the board, as well as your daily weight and Body Mass Index. You can set a goal of exercising a certain number of minutes a day, and the game helps you meet that goal.
The aerobics and balance games are particularly well done and make exercising more fun. For ski-jumping, you stand on the board, squat down while you race down the slope, and then straighten your legs to jump when you hit the end of the ramp. Part of the skill of perfecting a long jump is to hold yourself perfectly still while you fly through the air. You can challenge friends and family members to see who can land the longest jump. However, although Wii Fit is very well done and a blast to play, if you are a serious gym rat, these games may not be hard-core enough to satisfy those seeking a sustained high-intensity workout. Many of the games represent an overview of potential new games that could be developed in more depth for the Wii Balance Board.
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Released on 5/19/2008, price $89, not online enabled
ESRB rating: E (for (No Descriptors))
ESRB rating: E (for (No Descriptors))
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- I rate this title on for age 9 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Educational
Great Fitness Tool! Goals are Awesome!
- I rate this title on for age 7 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Easy to play
Perfect for rainy day fun!
For kids that don't get enough energy out by being inside on a rainy day, this is a great alternative and gets the entire family involved as well as helps establish goals.
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Educational
Okay, so what I said it was educational?! The game completely forgets that you want to use it as an exersise program. Plus, the accesories cost $90, and this game is not worth it. The major problem with this game, however, is that you will be spending more time in the menus than exersising. Now while this isn't the worst game in the world (that title would probably go to Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure wii), it is not reasonable to spend ninety dollars just to get the accesories to a plagued exersise program.
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Safety isn't an issue
- Easy to play
good game
this game is somewhat fun and age apropreat for ages 6 and up. but kids will probably not enjoy it until they are 8.
- I rate this title on for age 7 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Easy to play
not for 6 or younger
not for younger kids because it may tell them that they are fat.
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| 100% | of parents say kids find it easy to play |
| 67% | of parents say it's educational |
| 33% | of parents feel the site is safe |
| 33% | of parents say there are good role models |
| 33% | of parents say it gives kids positive messages |
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