{"id":621,"date":"2007-07-15T20:13:52","date_gmt":"2007-07-15T12:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/2007\/07\/15\/wii-balance-board\/"},"modified":"2007-07-15T20:27:34","modified_gmt":"2007-07-15T12:27:34","slug":"wii-balance-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/2007\/07\/15\/wii-balance-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Wii Balance Board"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once again Nintendo<\/a> comes up with something that makes me more interested in video games! <\/p>\n

The Wii Balance Board<\/a> is a board that a player stands on to interact with games. It contains a bunch of pressure sensors and connects wirelessly to the Nintendo Wii. Users can play games by shifting their weight.<\/p>\n

The first game to use the accessory will be Wii Fit<\/a>. It appears to be a bunch of fitness themed mini-games including (what they clearly hope will sell the device to middle-aged women) some sort of virtual yogalates<\/a> class. It also uses the device as a scale to determine (presumably approximate) BMI<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Check out this Wii Fit introduction video from the E3 2007 Nintendo press conference:
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The Wii Balance Board Wikipedia page<\/a> mentions that Shigeru Miyamoto<\/a> (in an interview<\/a> with IGN<\/a>) noted that:<\/p>\n

Probably the simplest and most straightforward [idea] would be a snowboarding game.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hell yeah! I want that game!<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> As an aside, it’s great that Nintendo promotes their products in a very inclusive manner; demonstrating use by a wide range of people and focusing on families. Maybe this will help break the perception of the “video gamer” as social outcast!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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