01-22-2010, 08:07 PM
The best part of Wii Fit was a series of mini-games that let the player’s avatar ski or hula hoop, so it is fortunate that Wii Fit Plus has added, besides a handful of exercises and some minor other additions, 12 brand new mini-games. The result may or may not be a better workout game, but it is undeniably a lot more fun.
For those of you not familiar with Wii Fit, it is an exercise game that utilizes the Balance Board, which gauges shifts in the player’s weight when stood upon. Exercises are a mix of simplified yoga postures and standard strengthening exercises like push ups.
In yoga, players are asked to keep their balance, and the game tracks how steady they are. In strength exercises the board simply sees if you are doing something approximating the current exercise, but offers little useful feedback.
These exercises are lead by alabaster-skinned virtual personal trainers with the personality of cream of wheat. My reaction to Wii Fit as a home gym was that an exercise DVD would be just as good, and considerably cheaper. The mini-games served to make things a little more interesting, but only a little.
For those of you not familiar with Wii Fit, it is an exercise game that utilizes the Balance Board, which gauges shifts in the player’s weight when stood upon. Exercises are a mix of simplified yoga postures and standard strengthening exercises like push ups.
In yoga, players are asked to keep their balance, and the game tracks how steady they are. In strength exercises the board simply sees if you are doing something approximating the current exercise, but offers little useful feedback.
These exercises are lead by alabaster-skinned virtual personal trainers with the personality of cream of wheat. My reaction to Wii Fit as a home gym was that an exercise DVD would be just as good, and considerably cheaper. The mini-games served to make things a little more interesting, but only a little.