Wii Fit is a video game for the Wii console created by legendary video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. The game was officially announced at Nintendo's E3 video game conference in 2007, and the game was released in Japan a few months later on December 1st. it is an installment in the Wii video game series, which also includes Wii Sports and Wii Play which are considered "bridge" titles that connect the hardcore gaming world and casual, or rather new, players. Each copy of the game comes with a Wii Balance Board, which is used as the primary mode of control.
Gameplay
The Wii Balance Board acts as a sort of scale for the game though features two separate sections for each foot. It can calculate the players' BMI and their center of gravity. The game's multiple activities, which reach almost 40, test the players' ability by making them perform tasks such as push-ups, jogging and keeping an almost perfect balance.
While the Nintendo DS video game Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! calculated how mentally fit you are, this game calculates how physically fit the player is.
Development
Wii Fit was basically announced long before its official announcement at E3 2007. In September of 2006, Miyamoto announced the game as Wii Health Pack. The premise was the same, and it was also included in the Wii series of video games just as it is now. The actual idea of the game came to Miyamoto when he took an interest in weighing himself daily. Once the game was announced at E3 2007, Miyamoto revealed that the game had been in development for over a year.
Legacy
According to the game's developer, Nintendo, Wii Fit has the largest promotional campaign ever done by the company. It has been featured on nearly every major news station and is thought to sell more than any other fitness product, which does in fact include fitness DVD's and special equipment. The game is the first to include the Wii Balance Board, which has been confirmed for many other projects.
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