Yesterday, we got our hands on one of those Wii Fit things for the Wii (Well, duh) and it came in perfect timing with a middle-aged alcohol fuelled party. What are the chances?
It came out on the 25th, I think. So considering it cost £70, it was a bit hasty getting it without knowing exactly what you were getting for half your wages. All we’d seen in the past was a picture of a kid doing it in a stereotypical family household. So what do you get for this small fortune?
You get this plastic set of scales, which you can turn on rather easily. If I’m honest, it set up really easy. Much easier than I was expecting it to. Push a couple of sync buttons and it was sorting itself out and, five seconds later, it was ready to look like an unbalanced plonker on.
You set up, using your own Mii, a profile to track your weight, BMI and exercise regime. It’s all in the typical Wii cutesy white and rounded edges, so anyone who’s used a Wii, or in fact any sort of input device in general, can find their way around. After a few questions, such as ‘How tall are you?’ and ‘How heavy are your clothes?’, it’ll work out your BMI for you and will then send you on a rather humiliating balance test to get you up to speed with the Balance Board controls, before telling you how your body’s age is massively over what your actual one is.
If you’re playing on tiles or hard surface, you’re fine (Well, unless you fall off. Then it’ll hurt), but if you’re playing on a carpet, prepare to take your weight with a pinch of salt. I know I’m definitely not 9 stone 9. Try… going up a stone. It’ll get it roughly, though, which is good. Unless you’re borderline on any of the BMI sections, then I’d say it would get that at least right.
Then it’s up to you to get going on a bazillion activities. Some are quite fun to play (Such as the ‘Get the marble in the hole game’, where you move the board with your balance, some are quite fun to watch, such as someone else doing the Hula Hoop game. There’s also yoga and muscle exercises you can do, but when has pretending to be a crescent moon or doing push-ups really been fun?
You get your own trainer to help you through the not-so-fun bits, which in the UK version have British accents, so none of the imported American rubbish for us. You also have the annoyingly voiced Wii Fit board dancing around from time to time and a cute little piggy-bank thing to deposit your FitCash you get for exercising. This unlocks things like yoga poses or games.
It’s a game that’s one for the people who want to exercise but don’t want to go outside and don’t mind PS1-style graphics. Just get it, just for the comedy value. Get it, record someone doing it and laugh forever. Cheap humour.
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