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Remember the little girl that Wii Fit called fat? Sure you do! Now, at least one expert is calling Nintendo out on using BMI to judge whether younger players are overweight or not. Tam Fry of the National Obesity Forum is even calling for kiddos to be banned from Wii Fit. According to Fry: I'm...
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Fit lass is branded a fatty by Wii game
A HEALTHY girl of 11 decided she needed to go on a diet – after Wii Fit labelled her OBESE. Tabea Scott-King, who is 6st 13lb and 5ft, told her mum she had to lose 4lb after playing the game at a pal’s house. Her mum Lisa, 37, from Spalding, Lincs, said: “It’s ridiculous and potentially...
Wii Fit's Sales Likely Healthy (Investor's Business Daily)
Nintendo's "Wii Fit" video game is likely to continue the company's winning streak as it keeps finding new ways to break the traditional video game mold. The genre-defying Wii Fit, available Monday in the U.S., is a fitness game packaged with 40 different activities, or games, and its own extra...
Nintendo set to launch "Wii Fit" exercise game
By Scott Hillis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - For years, video games have been blamed for turning kids into idle layabouts who only venture off the couch to fill up on potato chips and soda. Nintendo Co Ltd now aims to shatter that image with a game that aims to get players off the couch and lead...
Nintendo set to launch "Wii Fit" exercise game
By Scott Hillis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - For years, video games have been blamed for turning kids into idle layabouts who only venture off the couch to fill up on potato chips and soda. Nintendo Co Ltd now aims to shatter that image with a game that aims to get players off the couch and lead...
Sumo-inspired Wii Fit fires up couch potatoes
NEW YORK - Sumo wrestlers were the main inspiration behind Wii Fit, Nintendo's latest attempt at getting you off the couch when you play video games. Wii Fit's balance board works kind of like two scales fused together, which, as its designers found, makes it instantly more fun than just one....
Wii Fit
Wii Fit's doing something right. A couple of days into the game's workout regimen, I didn't want to keep playing—it is exercise, after all. But I persevered, and eventually I improved at the minigames, felt physically challenged on some exercises, and generally felt better after racking up 15 or...
Nintendo set to launch "Wii Fit" exercise game (at Reuters)
By Scott Hillis SAN FRANCISCO, May 16 (Reuters) - For years, video games have been blamed for turning kids into idle layabouts who only venture off the couch to fill up on potato chips and soda. Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS: ) now aims to shatter that image with a game that aims to get players off...
Wii Fit coming to USA this Monday
Wii Fit coming to USA this Monday Nintendo is all set to launch their Wii Fit videogame title for the Nintendo Wii gaming console in the US market. This game is different from the usual stuff we get in the market as it requires the gamer to get off the comfortable sofa and move their body to [...]
Nintendo set to launch "Wii Fit" exercise game
By Scott Hillis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - For years, video games have been blamed for turning kids into idle layabouts who only venture off the couch to fill up on potato chips and soda. Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS: ) now aims to shatter that image with a game that aims to get players off the couch...
Nintendo set to launch "Wii Fit" exercise game (Reuters)
By Scott Hillis 14 minutes ago SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - "Wii Fit," which arrives on U.S. store shelves on Monday, is expected to draw new customers to Nintendo's wildly popular Wii video game console. It is forecast to be the industry's latest blockbuster game after last month's "Grand Theft...
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