From stuff.co.nz:

“But if you’re anything like the rest of the population, you would rather spend your lunch hour at a nice cafe than locked into the sauna-like atmosphere of the local gym. Enter one of Nintendo Wii’s most popular games, aimed at the unfit masses. The Wii Fit is a game with a twist: it’s an exercise video/machine that lets you perform anything from yoga poses to lunges, twists, contortions and step classes without leaving the comfort of your lounge; essentially a personal trainer for people who don’t like personal trainers.

Nintendo’s Wii console, one of the best-selling in the world, takes the concept of video gaming and makes it hands-on. Each game makes use of up to two controllers: the Wii-mote and nunchuck, which can be used to mimic the swinging motion when hitting a golf ball, a baseball, cooking or in the case of Wii Fit, anything from hula hoops to slalom skiing.”

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