Wii and Health
It is not that Wii gaming eliminated more calories than normal, it is just that it stands so much more attractive for the current generation of children who grew up with video games. Take for instance sitting down for a Nintendo Wii game or standing for it, all actions for a Wii game requires a physical body movement. The game controllers such as the Wii remote and Wii Balance Board have been designed for maximum body movement in mind. The best part is its just fun for everyone or the whole family to be exact. Obese individuals will find it fun to play and gain aerobic movement out of the specially-designed Wii fitness or sports games while seniors stand to gain from the gentle movements of bowling and golfing. The current generation of youths become a part of the game instead of turning into crouch potatoes.
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Wii Fit
Wii Fit or Wii Fitness is an upcoming video game for the Wii video game console currently in development by Nintendo. It was only recently announced at Nintendo's E3 press conference on July 11, 2007, by famed video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, the same person who came up with the likes of Super Mario Bros and the Nintendo Wii. The game was designed to function with the Wii Balance Board peripheral to allow gamers to perform the following exercises:
- Yoga exercises
- Press ups
- Step aerobics, including a game in which the player must step on and off the Wii Balance Board in rhythm to the background music
- Hitting on-coming soccer balls by leaning forward
- A ball-rolling mini-game
- Hula hooping
- Ski jumping, whereby the player squats as low as possible, whilst maintaining their balance, and then quickly stands as fast as possible in order to gain a good jump
Wii Balance Board
The Wii Balance Board is a balance board accessory for Nintendo's Wii video game console. It was first revealed on July 11, 2007, at E3 2007, in combination with its software counterpart Wii Fit. The Wii Balance Board is shaped like a household body scale, with a plain white top and light grey bottom. The board is wireless and contains multiple pressure sensors that are used to measure the user's center of mass and body mass index. It is used in conjunction with the Wii Fit to allow gamers to exercise while playing.
Wii Sports
Wii Sports is a collection of five sports simulations, designed to demonstrate the motion-sensing capabilities of the Wii Remote to new players. Players use the Wii Remote to mimic actions performed in real life sports, such as swinging a tennis racket. The rules for each game are simplified in order to make them more accessible to new players. The sports included are tennis, baseball, bowling, golf, and boxing.
The game emphasizes five sports:
- Tennis - The Wii computer controls player movements while the gamer will use the wireless Wii remote to perform tennis swings.
- Baseball - Players can choose to pitch or stand at the home plate. Players will try to swing their Wii remote to perform as batters.
- Golf - In Wii Golf, players will use their Wii controllers to swing. Their real-life swinging action will determine the direction, strength of the in-game swing.
- Boxing - The gamer will hold both the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to punch or jab. Real-life boxing movements will be reflected in the game.
- Bowling - In the bowling game , the real-life player swings the controller backward while holding the trigger button on the Wii controller, and then swings it forward and lets go of the button to release the ball. Bowling spin can be put on the ball by tilting the controller either way.
Wii Sports comes packaged with all Wii consoles in all regions other than Japan.
See Also
- Fitness Experts Endorse Wii For Health Benefits, GameSutra, Accessed 29th July, 2007
- Gaming consoles
- Wii Sports promotional video