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Gaming Your Way to Fitness

                   
npr.org: NPR science editor David Malakoff takes the President's Challenge in the NPR gym npr.org
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May 15, 2008
        
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Audio for this story will be available at approx. But for home fitness requiring more pricey equipment (including Wii Fit at $89.99), think about whether you're sure you'll stick with it before splurging. Specialized games about protein folding and nutrition shared a venue with Nintendo's new... [read full story]                    

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Wii Fit - What are People Doing Wrong?

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Wii Fit's Sales Likely Healthy (Investor's Business Daily)

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May 17, 2008
        

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

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May 17, 2008
        

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

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May 17, 2008
        

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

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May 17, 2008
        

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)

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May 16, 2008
        

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

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May 16, 2008
        

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 (Reuters)

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May 16, 2008
        

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...

                   
physorg.com: Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto creator of Wii Fit does a yoga pose as he demonstrates the game Thursday April 17 2008 in New York. Our main premise in creating Wii Fit was (to) create a game that allows you to check your weight said Miyamot ... physorg.com

Nintendo's latest game wants you off the couch

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May 16, 2008
        

By BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Business Writer (AP) -- Sumo wrestlers were the main inspiration behind Wii Fit, Nintendo's latest attempt at getting you off the couch when you play video games. Nintendo Co. hopes to recreate that success when Wii Fit goes on sale in the U.S. on Monday. "Our main premise...

                   

With Wii Fit, 'Mario' creator Shigeru Miyamoto wants you to work up a sweat

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May 16, 2008
        

Sumo wrestlers were the main inspiration behind Wii Fit, Nintendo's latest attempt at getting you off the couch when you play video games. Nintendo Co. hopes to recreate that success when Wii Fit goes on sale in the U.S. on Monday. Wii Fit, which costs $89.99 (€58), is currently sold out in...

                   

Nintendo's latest game wants you off the couch

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May 16, 2008
        

Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Nintendo's Wii Fit, poses for a photograph Thursday, April 17, 2008 in New York. "Our main premise in creating Wii Fit was (to) create a game that allows you to check your weight," said Miyamoto. Sumo wrestlers were the main inspiration behind...

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