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Off-Topic Discussion => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: jdjtcagle on May 22, 2008, 08:25:15 am

Title: Wii fit
Post by: jdjtcagle on May 22, 2008, 08:25:15 am
I just got it and it's pretty fun.  :cool:

I think they have a successful product.  Especially for people who can't/don't want to go to the gym.
Man I'm sore...

Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: Ashrak on May 22, 2008, 09:12:48 am
I just got it and it's pretty fun.  :cool:

I think they have a successful product.  Especially for people who can't/don't want to go to the gym.
Man I'm sore...




sorry but thats so wrong.......
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: jdjtcagle on May 22, 2008, 09:14:55 am
:p 

Oh well...

Edit: just for an argument, why do you think so?
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: Warp Shadow on May 22, 2008, 09:15:27 am
This and wii sports are the only two games besides mario that even sold in japan.
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 22, 2008, 12:48:29 pm
The WII FIt is pretty fun, I don't like the Jogging, but hula-hoops, heading the balls and doging the trainers are fun.

But my highlight so far is setting the female Yoga trainer, and making her face away from me for the warmups  :nod: ;7



It's been a while :nervous:
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: Ashrak on May 23, 2008, 01:11:45 am
if you want to do some exercise, dont **** at home and watch TV, go do exercise, play something you like ffs not some sorry excuse for the outside.
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: jdjtcagle on May 23, 2008, 11:34:26 am
It's actually a little more than that.  You see I'm 19 have quite a bit of responsiblity, work, college (even through the summer), getting married. 

I don't have alot of time to watch TV (assumption 1)
When I get the time I will watch recorded BSG and that is the only thing on TV I ever get to watch.

Me and Melissa love to go out and walk (when I have time), we both aren't overweight and exercise for health. 
This is a great way to spend some time (together, even with my family, which are at the age where you don't see enough of them) while getting a little enthused about getting healthier. (which this software does)

I'm a family kind of guy and anything to bring a family that is falling apart, for whatever reason, together is a huge accomplishment.  (Wii fit or just the Wii is great to have fun when life gets too busy to be a harcore gamer.) 

The truth is, becoming a casual gamer kinda lets me see more of the world for myself other than just behind the computer screen.
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: Galemp on May 23, 2008, 01:54:19 pm
Well, I love the Wii Sports workout routine and the Big Brain Academy mental fitness test, but with a full-time job and over an hour's commute each way I'm lucky if I get to play at all during the week.

And on weekends, I tend to play games I like, or do FS modding.
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 25, 2008, 01:10:13 pm
I've a Gym membership which ive recently renewed, The WII fit is pure novelty for me, although its's nice to know my BMI once in a while... Also the tightrope frickin rocks.. :yes:
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: haloboy100 on May 25, 2008, 02:55:40 pm
If anybody cares about reviews:

http://www.gamespot.com/wii/sports/wiifit/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=tabs&tag=tabs;reviews

Sounds like a load of crap to me, from that.
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: Inquisitor on May 25, 2008, 08:08:07 pm
Sniped one on eBay for ~100.

Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: haloboy100 on May 25, 2008, 08:28:35 pm
Sniped one on eBay for ~100.

I luled.
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: Stormkeeper on May 25, 2008, 08:55:53 pm
To me the Wii was like a commercially sold sex toy. I have no idea why. I just get that impression.

Even with Super Smash Bros. Melee.
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: haloboy100 on May 25, 2008, 09:07:31 pm
Probably the name.
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: IceFire on May 25, 2008, 10:46:38 pm
To me the Wii was like a commercially sold sex toy. I have no idea why. I just get that impression.

Even with Super Smash Bros. Melee.
Haha I didn't consider that until now but it does seem to be the case, doesn't it.
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: Inquisitor on May 26, 2008, 07:31:56 am
Try playing Wario Ware Smooth Moves. It will cement that impression.
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: jdjtcagle on May 28, 2008, 09:19:44 am
Last night I had a sweat fest...

Weighed before and after and I lost 4.2 pounds in 42 minutes. :)
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: haloboy100 on May 28, 2008, 09:21:41 am
nice :yes:
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: aRaven on May 29, 2008, 07:25:10 am
know that you lost 4,2 pounds of water, not fat
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: Stormkeeper on May 29, 2008, 07:46:30 am
know that you lost 4,2 pounds of water, not fat

Probably true. You did say you had a sweat fest.  :lol:
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: jdjtcagle on May 29, 2008, 08:10:41 am
:lol: I believe every bit of that...

I gained 0.9 pounds this time in about 50 min. I'm hoping that's muscle cause I'm sore. :(
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: karajorma on May 30, 2008, 06:55:42 am
To me the Wii was like a commercially sold sex toy. I have no idea why. I just get that impression.

http://www.whoneedstelevision.com/?video_id=16249

I tend to agree.
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: Stormkeeper on May 30, 2008, 07:16:37 am
http://www.whoneedstelevision.com/?video_id=16249

I tend to agree.
The first few seconds of the video were proof enough for me.
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: jdjtcagle on May 30, 2008, 08:15:53 am
:rolleyes:




:p
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: haloboy100 on May 30, 2008, 09:20:30 am
http://www.whoneedstelevision.com/?video_id=16249

I tend to agree.
The first few seconds of the video were proof enough for me.
Ditto.
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: Inquisitor on May 30, 2008, 01:06:44 pm
And that is a bad thing why?
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: Stormkeeper on May 30, 2008, 01:28:48 pm
And that is a bad thing why?

Think of the 6 yr olds man!
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: Inquisitor on May 30, 2008, 07:06:42 pm
I see, I'd rather not, given the choice...

It is interesting though, worked up a mild sweat trying it out this morning. Might make a nice compliment to my fencing, which to date has been my only other form of excercise.
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: Black Wolf on June 01, 2008, 11:48:48 am
I'm really more interested in the potential for the peripheral when, for example, the next Tony Hawk game comes out for Wii ?
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: Inquisitor on June 01, 2008, 03:46:06 pm
We Ski supposedly has excellent controls using the board.
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 01, 2008, 07:45:30 pm
Ski would be fun using the remote and nunchuck. But skateboarding i can't see working due to not being able to kick off on the ground properly, you'd end up flying forward into your telly. :lol:
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: Stormkeeper on June 01, 2008, 11:12:43 pm
Ski would be fun using the remote and nunchuck. But skateboarding i can't see working due to not being able to kick off on the ground properly, you'd end up flying forward into your telly. :lol:
A wipeout if there ever was one.
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: tinfoil on June 11, 2008, 02:04:18 pm
i just don't see the wii as a fun system. yet
once the graphics improve it will be exeptional but the first thing i look for in a game is good graphics and the wii lacks that royaly.
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 11, 2008, 02:29:13 pm
Gameplay > Graphics. . . .look at smash brothers.
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: haloboy100 on June 11, 2008, 05:17:39 pm
once the graphics improve it will be exeptional but the first thing i look for in a game is good graphics and the wii lacks that royaly.
:wtf:
I don't get it. Look at super smash brothers, for one example.. The graphics are gorgeous really, and the low resolution (480P or 480i) is barely ever noticeable.
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: tinfoil on June 11, 2008, 06:18:14 pm
true but the systems graphics are nowhere near the ps3 or even a well equiped computer. i see where people come from on the wii but i personally wouldn't get one. plus the games are so damn expensive. and i'm a sim guy which dosn't go well with the wii
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: haloboy100 on June 11, 2008, 06:26:11 pm
Meh...
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: IceFire on June 11, 2008, 07:45:37 pm
true but the systems graphics are nowhere near the ps3 or even a well equiped computer. i see where people come from on the wii but i personally wouldn't get one. plus the games are so damn expensive. and i'm a sim guy which dosn't go well with the wii
The game lineup doesn't fit with a action/sim type of interest but the Wii's graphics are more than capable for what it needs to do.  It definitely flies in the face of the trend to make everything look super detailed.  Wii proves that gameplay is just as important or even more important than the graphics.  I have a 360 and that fits what sort of games I want to play on a console (not to mention its superb media capabilities which I love) but some of my friends have a Wii and its the single best party/group console ever.  The slightly less capable graphics are still more than good enough.
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 12, 2008, 09:57:21 am
More than. Twilight princess and Metroid prime 3 are great examples of what it can do. For less than two hundred quid i think it's value for money over the ps3 costing silly money. I'd only buy one for Metal Gear 4 anyway :p
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: jdjtcagle on June 12, 2008, 10:00:23 am
I agree, the games and their gameplay.  The only problem is I can't name many good games for Wii that nintendo didn't make.  I also love the VC :nod:
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: tinfoil on June 12, 2008, 05:20:39 pm
less than 200 bucks - where do you live?
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: Inquisitor on June 12, 2008, 06:54:03 pm
quid != dollar :)
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 22, 2008, 06:55:34 am
I don't understand your coding reference. :nervous: but yesterday i cleared 270 on Wii fit ski-jump :)
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: Inquisitor on June 22, 2008, 05:55:34 pm
You said 200 quid, he said 200 dollars. Those do not equal one another ;)

And I managed that myself this afternoon after fencing :)
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: tinfoil on June 22, 2008, 05:57:44 pm
Ohhh - He's from britain - forgot.

In canada quid means dollars - so does bones and bucks.
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 22, 2008, 06:14:37 pm
Sorry Inquisitor:) i got the meaning but i'm coding illiterate. B@ on thread topic, a very good friend of mine says the Wii Fit is a waste of  cash but i think it supplements a good exercise routine as a bit of fun :)
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: Inquisitor on June 23, 2008, 07:52:41 am
I don't think its a waste of money if you take it seriously.

Its an interactive excercise video, and Jane Fonda has been selling those for 30 years to some effect ;)

This one just has some way to measure progress and feedback :)
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 23, 2008, 08:53:24 am
I agree it's good fun and the target attainment is plausible in theory. But the exercises alone won't get ya fit. You need to get outside and do it properly. It's handy in tandem with a proper routine and i didn't agree with my mates statement. He's just jealous cos the "wife" won't let him buy anything like fun. Which is why i'll be having a boys night in when i buy Smash Bros brawl. :yes:
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: Inquisitor on June 24, 2008, 11:49:40 am
I totally agree. I use it to track strecthing via yoga and general warm ups before doing things like this:

(http://jkohl.smugmug.com/photos/317218340_ixAH8-S.jpg)

It also gives me something to do on days when not doing that ;)

I have little interest in gyms :)
Title: Re: Wii fit
Post by: SPARTAN-367 on June 24, 2008, 01:05:16 pm
if you want to do some exercise, dont **** at home and watch TV, go do exercise, play something you like ffs not some sorry excuse for the outside.

**** YA I was waiting for that!

I see it more like a stability exercise.