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ICU patients suffer from a wide range of trauma. A treatment currently found effective with people who suffer from cardiovascular disease, respiratory problems, sepsis or almost any other type of condition is the use of interactive video games.
"Trying to get in shape this summer?
Don’t miss out on this great deal for Wii accessories. The Wii Fun N’ Fit Kit includes a Wii Fit Action Balance Board, a belt clip, and a battery pack."
"No, not quite as saucy as we first thought. This isn’t a silicon skin to turn your Wii-Remote and Nunchuk into a phallus and vagina set but more of a cover for your Wii-fit Balance Board. Crab paste anyone?"
Nintendo today revealed a new hardware sales milestone for the Nintendo Wii in the U.S. in addition to unveiling the top 10 best-selling first and third party games on the system so far.
"According to the Navy Surgeon General Vice Adm. Adam Robinson (quite the mouth full of a title), a new training regiment including "equivalents" of Wii-Fit and Dance Dance Revolution, among other physically engaging games, may soon be implemented in boot camp."
"Amanda Flowers, a catering worker in Manchester, needs 10 sex sessions a day - courtesy a fall from her Wii Fit board which turned her into a sex addict.
Even the slightest of vibrations, from mobile phones to food processors, turns her on, reports The Daily Star.
She said: "It began as a twinge down below before surging through my body. Sometimes it built up into a trembling orgasm."
A doctor diagnosed her with persistent sexual arousal syndrome due to a damaged nerve.
Single Ama..."
We've all heard stories about Wii-related injuries and peple causing damage to their houses via overenthusiastic Wii-ing.
Well, the New England Medical Journal has reported of a girl who recently broke her foot from falling off her Wii Balance Board. They also mentioned other common Wii-related injuries include
"traumatic hemothorax (from a fall while playing), dislocations, and head injuries (from being struck accidentally by a gaming partner)."
Ouch!
British woman Lara Roberts has revealed to newsoftheworld.co.uk that she lost 112 pounds with the Wii Fit.
Roberts said she was too embarassed to visit a gym, go out jogging or even have sex with her husband, but after buying a Wii Fit and changing her dietary habits, she went from 252 to 140 pounds in a year. "As far as I'm concerned the Wii Fit saved my life," Roberts said.
She is set to appear on the BBC 3 documentary 'I'm Hotter Than My Daughter' next month.
Go to the source for t...
At their media briefing today at the 2009 E3 Expo, Nintendo has unveiled Wii Fit Plus, a new title for the Wii, utilizing the Wii Balance Board. The game boasts increased customization aspects, and more stat-tracking. Wii Fit Plus will feature new balance games; one of which allows the player to act like Mario in a scrolling level.
The game will arrive this Fall, as a standalone version, and bundled with the Wii Balance Board.
"Further pursuing this chain of though, Lowe was later questioned on the importance of each the Causal and Hardcore demographics, to which he stated that there’s significance in both: “For every Carnival Games there is a BioShock and for every Wii Fit there is a Resident Evil 5.""
A 25 year old man has collapsed and died while jogging on his Wii Fit.
It is unknown how he died, though his family has been told that Sudden Adult Death Syndrome is the likely cause. Surprisingly the media haven't blamed the man's death on the Wii Fit itself.
NPD numbers for the lifetime sales of Wii Fit shows that it will pass the PlayStation 3 console by the Summer. At six million copies of the game sold, it has the PlayStation 3's roughly eight-nine million consoles sold in its sight.
"The Phoenix AdPi Audit combines brand performance, advertising performance, and copy testing. This latest one measured consumers' reactions to 30 ads that were in-market from October through December 2008. The ads were from top video game publishers such as Activision, Disney Interactive, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, MTV Games, Nintendo, Sony and Ubisoft."
Over the winter, San Diego Padres relief pitcher Heath Bell started playing Wii Fit with his kids. After he saw how pudgy his Mii avatar looked in the game, he made it his goal to lose weight using the game. After all was said and done, Bell came into spring training a whole 25 pounds lighter than he was last year.
I guess Wii Fit really does work after all.
Radio host and fitness guru Michael Torchia has recently filed a lawsuit against Nintendo, as many gamers are sustaining injuries as a result of the lack of appropriate safety warnings on Wii games and products. Ten people are hospitalized every week due to injuries sustained by Wii games, and Torchia believes Nintendo are to blame for people mistaking the proper way to use the Wiimote and other Wii accessories.
Torchia also believes Nintendo are "misrepresenting their Wii games as a repla...
"Nintendo will be pleased with the list of the worlds biggest selling videogames of 2008 with Mario Kart Wii beating out titles such as Wii Fit and Grand Theft Auto IV to become the biggest selling videogame of the year worldwide."
"The company is teaming up with three Japanese electronics makers to turn Wii Fit into a support tool for interacting with health care providers. Using Wii Fit and a new Wii Fit Body Check Channel, Wii owners will be able to interact directly with health professionals who will, via the internet, have access to weight and exercise data that's measured by Wii Fit. The service will also support data from Nintendo's Japan-only Lifestyle Rhythm DS title."
"Of course, we cant say otherwise about Activision or Nintendo, even though the companies could be a bit upset they did not manage to break some records with their titles. But maybe next year
until then, here are the bestselling titles in the UK:
1. FIFA 09
2. Call of Duty: World at War
3. Mario Kart Wii
4. Need For Speed Undercover
5. Dr Kawashimas Brain Training
6. Wii Play
7. Quantum of Solace
8. Professor Layton and the Curious Village
9. Tomb Raider Underworld
10. Wii Fit"
"Welcome to the fourth edition of The Twelve Games of Christmas; Electronic Theatres feature series highlighting the greatest performers of 2008, one month at a time! Today, we take a look at April 2008, the games that you liked, loved or missed altogether and can probably pick-up for a much more reasonable price in those January sales!"
"ELSPA (Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association) today announced the list of videogames vying for the number one spot this Christmas. And leading bookmaker Ladbrokes makes Call of Duty: World at War its 1/3 favourite for the festive accolade..."
The casual nature of the Wii is continuing to benefit people in big ways. We've heard about such stories as kids learning with autism through the Wii. We've also read how old people love their Wii.
Which brings us to this article about the big seller, Wii Fit. Old people have a different experience when it comes to falling down. Rather than a graze or cut, they'll likely break a hip. This can be prevented with proper balance but due to declining body senses and other functions, it's diffic...
"This year, what did you carelessly or accidentally purchase?
1. Salted sweets
2. Unprocessed cameral
3. Wii Fit
4. Lotteria's Zeppin Cheese Burger"
Australia gets to see its software sales for 16th of November! What topped the all consoles category? Surprisingly it's the game that's had a lot of criticism, Wii Music! Call of Duty: World at War then took second and third place on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 respectively.
Wii Music also topped the Wii section. This was followed by the popular Guitar Hero: World Tour and then the ever well selling Wii Fit.
Brain Training has done well again on the Nintendo DS taking first. MySims K...
"Later on in that very same interview, Reggie expressed a bit of disdain towards third party developers and their inability to release a good game for the system:
"I will be able to say our licensees 'get it' when their very best content is on our platform. And with very few exceptions today, that's not the case."
While the initial reaction would be to get irritated with Nintendo and their continued refusal inability to meet demand, I find that as this enters the third year in a row ..."
It's fair to say most gamers have bashed Wii Music, most not even considering it a game at all, just some shovel ware Nintendo wants to sell to idiotic casual gamers. And perhaps Nintendo will try a little harder to please hardcore gamers next time, as fans have struck Nintendo where it hurts most, their wallets. Early sales reports for Wii Music estimates its sales around 50 000 so far, which while good comes no where near Wii Fit. Nintendo are still defending the title though, Cammie Dunawa...
"1.) Wii Fit (1.96%)
2.) Nintendo Wii (1.95%)
3.) iPhone (1.37%)
4.) Nokia N96 (1.32%) (WTF?)
5.) iPod (1.31%)
6.) PlayStation 3 (1.05%)
7.) Xbox 360 (0.86%)
8.) iPod Touch (0.79%)
9.) iPod Nano (0.65%)
10.) Nintendo DS (0.65%)"
An interesting article in to how the Y is increasing the activity of children, and doing so through the use of one of the forms of entertainment which is blamed for child obesity - video games.
According to the article, the amount of exercise places which have these built in to their machines is multiplying, encouraging more couch potatoes who love to play video games to turn up at the local gym to best a personal best in more than one way.
"Be puzzled by mind bending brain teasers as you aim to uncover the mystery of Professor Layton and the Curious Village at all NintendoDS locations, see live demonstrations of the highly anticipated Wii Music and take a trip to the city in the all new Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City , both at selected Wii locations..."
First we had the lovely Liv Tyler playing with the DS after a television advertisement. Now we see actress Angelina Jolie also taking to video games in thanks to her children, trying to lose the pounds gained from pregnancy.
She's already taken a big liking to the exercise means presented by the Nintendo Wii, Let's Pilates! in particular.
Everyone's just happy she isn't going for a tummy tuck, as said to be what she did after the twins.
The Nintendo Wii has copped a lot for going with the whole "casual game" theme, though maybe some people enjoy it more than others.
Robin Yates of Patterson Mill Middle/High School has been letting her students who have autism play with a Nintendo Wii each day. There's been nothing but very positive feedback, with all the kids loving it. It allows the kids who have this condition be active when normally they wouldn't be. It offers easy play so anyone can have fun and it's been noted that i...
Let's start with Spore. Spore (PC) has been rated 20th best invention of 2008. The concept of creating your own life form and then take care of it through the civilisations as the species thrives was just too enticing for Time Magazine to pass up on.
Wii Fit won best gadget of the year for the obvious reason that it's a great and fun way to lose weight, something crucially needed in this current day and age. It's something which appeals to the average modern day person, unlike running or h...
What could make exercise even more fun than the Wii Fit already seems to manage? Akihabara's Refresh Club in Japan thinks it knows the answer...
What's the answer you ask? Japanese girls dressed up in frilly and fun maid outfits of course! That's right, they're paying their employees to dress up just for you to share the Wii Fit fun.
30 minutes costs 2,600 yen, though I reckon people would be willing to pay more.
Wish your Wii Fit had maids included?
Australian software sales for the week of September the 21st for all consoles, the Wii and the Nintendo DS.
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed heavily dominated the all consoles top ten, also managing a respectable second on the top ten Wii games from being beaten by Wii Fit which also managed third being the best all console seller other than Star Wars. Wall-E managed top spot for the DS chart closely followed by Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What To Eat.
Overall the Nintendo Wii was by far ...
"Well! If Brain Age gets a naughty movie, then one would correctly assume that Wii Fit must get one as well. Japanese adult video maker Gekidan Carnival has just released Geki Fit, which features the tagline "Fitness Is Erotic!" Geki Fit features 115 minutes of young ladies in various stretching and yoga poses against an all-white background. While there are no Wii-motes, Wiis or Balance Boards, the movie does feature font and packaging "homages." (Gekidan Carnival probably doesn't want to get..."
"10. Wii Play (Wii) 411,416 copies
9. Mario Kart DS (DS) 416,935 copies
8. Mario Party DS (DS) 497,547 copies
7. Wii Sports (Wii) 544,958 copies
6. Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) 576,437 copies
Not sure which is more impressive: A month old game like MGS4 making it into the top ten or a two and a half year old game like Mario Kart DS doing it. YOU DECIDE! Hit the jump for the top five.
5. Pokémon Ranger: Battonage (DS) 576,467 copies
4. Wii Fit (Wii) 1,443,167 copies
3. Mario Kart Wii (W..."
Despite the Wii Fit still staying strong in the sales charts, it seems the majority of Wii Fit owners don't even play the game, with a massive 64% of owners saying that they completely stopped using it after purchase.
"Best Buy Co. Inc.'s online division on Mon. sold out of Nintendo Co.'s Wii Fit following a restock of the product on the same day.
Wii Fit has held a sold out status at most retailers due to high-demand for the fitness product.
The $89.99 SKU includes the Wii Balance Board, a scale-like device that allows owners to facilitate more than 40 yoga, muscle training, aerobics, and balance exercises."
"Videogames are known to improve hand-eye coordination but can they help someone quit smoking or lose weight?
Hot on the heels of Nintendo's smash success, 'Wii Fit', game makers are introducing new titles with a healthy focus, such as French game publisher Ubisoft's "Allen Carr's Easyway to Stop Smoking" that hits on Nintendo DS in November.
Over 10 million smokers worldwide have turned to Allen Carr's Easyway books, clinics or DVD in order to stop smoking but now smokers wanting to qui..."
Online store Zavvi Direct Ltd, which went live June 4, has been accused of ripping off hundreds of customers, by pretending to be connected to Zavvi Entertainments (a firm which took over Virgin Megastores last year) and taking orders at £69.99 for copies of Wii Fit, then never delivering. Police are currently investigating the situation, and have thus far seized £50,000 from the company.
The online store currently has a note up with some contact information stating the following:
Zavvi...
According to a UK poll, one fifth of women who own the Wii Fit have gotten carried away while playing the game and ended up breaking objects in their houses. Since it's release, the Wii Fit has caused approx £20,000,000 worth of damage to UK homes.
This is very similar to the physical injuries people had recieved from playing the game article.
"While one young lady is benefiting with fame following the viral 'Why every guy should buy their girlfriend Wii Fit' video, another is damning its very existence.
New York City resident and librarian Lauren Bernat (who happens to share her name with the Floridian YouTube star) feels that her future career path could be hindered because of the association with the name."
Over a week ago, a guy uploaded a video onto Youtube that showed his girlfriend "being sexy" on the Wii Fit. Gaming sites speculated that it was an official Nintendo advertisement (albeit a viral one), despite not really looking like one.
But Nintendo were quick to debunk this rumor...
Bored of Wii Fit? Looking for something to use your balance board for? GV is here to help!
After tirelessly trying various methods to improve their ability to drum on Rock Band, GamingVerdict have finally stumbled on a flawless solution. With a little help from Wii Fit you'll find your drumming technique improved almost instantly!
Balance Board Blog's found a video on Youtube and it appears as though women exercising with Wii Fit in nothing but a bra and panties and voluntarily posting it on the Internet might be becoming a new fad.
Either these girls are really comfortable with their bodies and don't mind showing off what they've got or they're just trying to tease the guys out there who are still going through puberty. I honestly don't care either way; I'll still acknowledge a good looking girl when I see one, es...
It's fair to say that the release of Wii Fit has divided many a game journalist and fitness expert, and even a few weeks after its release, condemnation of the exer-gaming product is still filtering through the mainstream press - this time from the Washington Post, who damn the game's release.
"Today, Ohio's Lake Hospital System revealed that they have successfully used the Nintendo Wii to help patients recovering from strokes, surgeries and broken bones. Using Wii Fit and other Wii titles with skiing and bowling, patients are improving their cardiovascular fitness, aerobic strength and balance.
"The Wii complements traditional and functional therapies while engaging patients in their therapy in a fun and entertaining way," said Nancy Ditzel, a physical therapist at Lake Hospita..."
"If the reception to Wii Fit and the interest from many a third party developer were anything to go by, then the future of the Wii Balance Board looks like being a secure one, but should we really be getting overly giddy about what has been touted in many circles as a revolution in game control, or is the Balance Board limited to offering only a little more than is possible at any old videogaming arcade, a limited, gimmicky piece of kit?"
"Konami's Dance Dance Revolution and Nintendo's Wii Fit have often been referred to in the same breath, much due to both games having the knack of leaving their players collapsed in an exhausted, sweaty heap on the floor after an intense session of play (intentionally or neigh). One DDR producer explained the firm is considering the Balance Board for future versions of the game."
"If like many thousands of others in the US, you are still struggling to find a copy of Wii Fit on store shelves anywhere in your region, one analyst believes that it isn't because Nintendo couldn't ship enough to the country, but instead because they decided not to.
Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter reckons that a weak dollar and because Nintendo know that Americans will be just as fat a few months from now" when [it] will have more units available," means that it has nothing to worry about..."
"Nintendo title nosedives from No.2 as it fails to dent this weeks full chart
Nintendos phenomenal-selling Wii Fit has had the worst week of its existence in the UK dropping all the way out of the ChartTrack/ELSPA All Formats top 40.
The spectacular drop likely due to stock issues at retail has seen the game slide from second position last week, a drop of more than 38 positions.
The game registered 15th position in ChartTrack's Wii single-format chart."
For many players, Wii Fit is something of a phenomenon that has appeared out of no where, but the reality is that there have been years of toiling to create what has eventually become the finished product. From sumo wrestlers to a Central Park launch event, WiiFitChat.com documents the history of Wii Fit in a timeline.
Most Wii Fit reviews have been positive in nature; praising the title's method of getting those who don't exercise much, up off the couch and moving. However, Maxim magazine takes a very different tact, exclaiming to Nintendo that Wii Fit can *bleep* off.
"Nintendo has apologised to those offended by Wii Fit after the software came under fire for dubbing children "fat".
Update: Nintendo has issued CVG its full statement regarding Wii Fit complaints: ""Nintendo would like to apologise to any customers offended by the in-game terminology used to classify a player's current BMI status, as part of the BMI measurement system integrated into Wii Fit.
"The BMI classifications featured within Wii Fit are universal, standard measurements widely u..."
"There have already been countless stories about how titles such as Wii Fit have been integrated into rehabilitation programs for poorly patients, and now it looks like Wii Fit and the Balance Board will have a part to play too."
"Not yet released in the US, Wii Fit has already sold millions in Japan since December and over 338,000 copies in the UK since its release two weeks ago.
With such massive promotion, experts are predicting that the exercise title is set to become the best-selling interactive fitness tool ever, outselling the likes of fitness DVDs."
"Electronic Arts has revealed that it is currently developing an exercise-title for the Nintendo Wii that makes use of the Balance Board and aims to rival Wii Fit.
The firms Peter Moore explained that he wanted to create a title that was more western in approach compared too Wii Fit; a title that will make players really sweat while working out. The key, however, making it fun:
Ill call [Wii Fit] more eastern fitness, where it senses weight and balance, like Tai-Chi. Its more abo..."
"Online shoppers seem to have fed frenziedly on Wii Fit at Amazon.com, up for pre-order as of April 15, with the retailer already claiming its allocation of the Nintendo fitness title is already at capacity. The site says it is "actively seeking more of this product from suppliers" and we suspect that the impression that one will be able to get their hands on the game/non-game day oneas we foolishly suspected would be possible with the Wii itselfis looking less and less likely."
"Forget the flowers and chocolates, what Walmart wants you to treat your mother to on her special day of the year is a copy of Wii Fit. The American retail giant is pushing Nintendos exercise title as the perfect gift for Mothers Day.
The firms Internet homepage is dominated by Wii Fit, with an offer that gives consumers a $10 voucher to spend on the site if they place a pre-order for the software.
Initial response is extremely strong, and were feeling really good about Nintendo W..."
"This is a bit of a strange one, and something we can't see many consumers agreeing with. It seems that retailer GameStop is charging a non-refundable handling fee of $9.99 USD when purchasing Wii Fit online, bumping the price up from $89.99 to $99.99."
A survey conducted recently by TNS Technology revealed that a fifth of those that they questioned said that they were willing to cancel their Gym Membership in favour of exercising on their Wii Fit boards.
As if we needed another reason to stay in doors, the Wii Fit sure seems to be doing just that.
"PSP 99000
Wii 49000
DSL 40000
PS3 11000
PS2 7800
360 1900
1.Mario Kart Wii 143000 (952000)
2.MHP2G 120000 (1851000)
3.Senjou no Valkyria (PS3) 78000
4.Taiko no Tatsujin DS 2 60000
5.Summon Night (DS) 44000
6.WiiFit 36000 (1890000)
7.Bokura ha Kaseki-Horida (DS) 25000 (65000)
8.DS Bi-Mozi Training 22000 (185000)
9.Musou Orochi: Maou Sairin (PS2) 18000 (332000)
10.Pokémon Ranger: Batonnage (DS) 17000 (463000)
11 DS NARUTO 15000
12.Mario Kart DS 14000 2979000
13.Pro Basebal..."
In an interview with the Times Online, Wii Fit designer Shigeru Miyamoto said people should strike a healthy balance between outdoor activity with their gaming habit. Well, maybe if you stopped making your games so awesome, Shiggy, we'd think about it.
"Girls Aloud pop group member Sarah Harding and ex-Playboy model Nell McAndrew both turned up to promote Wii Fit at its launch on London's South Bank yesterday - and both, unsurprisingly, came away with nothing but praise for it - ex-Playboy model McAndrew describing it as "perfect for her."
"Wii Fit lands on European shores this Friday, so with that in mind Nintendo's UK arm has announced that its official microsite for the fitness title is now open, giving gamers the chance to inspect the software that little bit closer."
"During the two hours, Miyamoto demonstrated the game and mostly talked about Wii Fit's origins, many of which have been discussed in the Iwata Asks series published on the game's official site. Five years ago, he says he started weighing himself every day and graphing the results in his bathroom. Eventually, that evolved into the game that will soon hit store shelves."
The Nintendo Wii Fit is being priced at $89.99 for the American gamers and will be hitting the stores on the 19th May 2008. In addition to this if you live around New York and preorder the Wii Fit (within the first 1,000 to do so) then you will receive a special edition Wii Fit that.. Wait for it, will have a reproduced Shigeru Miyamoto signature on it.
Hurrah, good times.
Japan's caught Pokemon fever once again with the release of the newest Pokemon Ranger game, as shown by the Simple 2000 Software chart, which includes sales from March 17 to 23. Also on this list are some new releases and older favorites, such as Wii Sports, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games.
Translation credit to Kotaku.
"Dead Space (Oct 31, 360/PS3/PC)
Dead Space feels eerily similar to Aliens, but the introductory trailer and our first hands-on demonstrated a level of suspense, mood, and intensity we haven't seen in a while. The premise: the entire crew of a deep space mining ship has gone missing, and it's up to you, the sole survivor, to rid the vessel of alien baddies. It should be noted that EA's survival horror only marginally beat out Left 4 Dead (360/PC), the fast-paced Zombie Killer by Valve with ..."
"Ill make this easy for you:
Wii Fit:
USA - May 19
Europe - April 25
Wait what? Europe gets a game like Wii Fit before the US?! Preposterous! But alas, it is confirmed, as Nintendo told GamesIndustry.biz that there is no special reasoning for the earlier release, stating that they just decided to release Wii Fit in Europe first.
WiiWare (Wii Software in Europe):
USA - May 12
Europe - ?
So Nintendos original content rival to Live Arcade and PSN will arrive just one ..."
In the most recent "Iwata Asks" article on Wii.com, Iwata interviews Nintendo's legendary designer Shigeru Miyamoto about the inspiration, development, and design of the Wii Fit.
And in an afterthought Miyamoto also added that the Wii Fit isn't supposed to make a person fit. It is merely intended to make people more aware of their bodies.
Hmmm ... probably should have kept that part to yourself, Miyamoto.
In a recent interview with Famitsu, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto talked about the company's new plans for 2008.
And although the interview's main focus was aimed towards his plans for the Wii Fit, the highlight was the mention of a possible Super Mario Galaxy sequel and a new Legend of Zelda title for Wii.
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"The study revealed that the Nintendo Wii, while certainly promoting an increase in physical activity, failed to impress in terms of convincing as a decent form of cardiovascular exercise.
Specifically, the 30 minutes of boxercise emerged as the most taxing on the cardiovascular system, while the 30 minutes on Wii boxing came in second and a 30-minute walk came in third."
It picked up an Emmy in 2007 for its invention of the D-Pad, and now the Wii Remote, Nunchuk, and DS dual/touch screen functionality have combined to see Nintendo scoop another Emmy at this year's awards in Las Vegas.
It's another zany sales week in Japan, with DS and Wii sales shooting through the roof in a Nintendo-dominated top ten, and some weird and disheartening PSP sales.
There was a flip-flop at the top of the rankings, as this week's top seller was last week's #2, Mario Party DS, selling 180k units. The #2 seller is last week's #1, Wii Fit, with 124k units sold. Rounding out the top five is the only non-DS/Wii game in the top ten, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (PS3 - 116k - BD Version), Professor L...
"The prospect of stepping onto the Wii Fit pressure board might fill some gamers with dread, not least because Nintendos drive to reach every possible demographic looks to be creating a great many experience that cannot be categorised as games, new Wii Fit trailer clips are revealing that theres a lot of fun to be had while working up a sweat."
We already know that Nintendo is currently leading in the current console war. This week's Famitsu magazine seems to confirm this. When asked about what systems and games retailers expect to have the toughest time keeping in stock due to the high demands of the public this holiday season, Nintendo products such as Wii Fit and the Nintendo DS Lite topped the list.
Tony Hawk stated that using the Wii Fit Board as a controller for a future Tony Hawk game could work, but they just have to figure out how they'd make it work, considering as how it would change the control scheme of past Tony Hawk games completely. To me, it seems like it would be fun in a way. It'd probably feel a lot like playing those virtual-skateboarding/snowboarding games at arcade room.
Nintendo is arranging some form of Zapper demo using a Zelda mini-game called Zelda Crossbow Training. Could this be the Zelda that was said to be in the works, and is this one game or is it going to be a mini-game collection? Believed to use the Twilight Princess engine, the demo was shown off to GameStop managers in Las Vegas today.
![Box shot of Wii Fit [North America]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvTmludGVuZG9fV2lpL1Nwb3J0cy9PdGhlcg==/wii_fit_frontcover_small_AanRFj7UnIZlNaC.jpg)