Video: Wii Fit trailer
posted at 3:41 pm on May 15, 2008 by Allahpundit
I posted a different trailer last year, but the game finally drops Monday in North America so an update seemed appropriate. The boss has already pre-ordered and Time gives it a rave review, although I’m suspicious of how fun any game can be if a sentence like this can be written about it: “The hardest part, I quickly discovered, was simply standing or crouching still for increasingly long periods of time.” Hey — 1.794 million Japanese can’t be wrong.
My only question: How, um … masculine is this game? It looks like a Nintendo version of Pilates, sufficiently so that my first thought when I saw that poor bastard doing a push-up on the Fit board was Vito Corleone slapping Johnny Fontaine in The Godfather: “You can act like a man!” Can you play it seated in an easy chair, a Newcastle in hand and the board at your feet? I guess that’s good enough, then.
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AP broke hotair this time!
lorien1973 on May 15, 2008 at 3:44 PM
Fixed.
Allahpundit on May 15, 2008 at 3:44 PM
sarcastic gamer’s wii-fit trailer rules them all.
lorien1973 on May 15, 2008 at 3:46 PM
Hey, if it gets people to exercise, it’s cool I guess. Masculine, was um, not the first word that came to mind though.
Spirit of 1776 on May 15, 2008 at 3:46 PM
My wife got a Amazon gift certificate as a reward at work, so we’re going to wait until Amazon takes orders again to get it there (they stopped allowing any more preorders over a week ago).
frankj on May 15, 2008 at 3:47 PM
Yes. Yes they can.
Slublog on May 15, 2008 at 3:48 PM
HAHAHAHA! Nice.
CP on May 15, 2008 at 3:49 PM
Since I’m the gamer of the household, I don’t care if it’s masculine or not. It shouldn’t matter anyway – I mean, who’s going to know what you’re playing unless you tell them or invite them over?
Cannot wait to get this, though. I’m hoping the hubby buys it – it would be in his best interest if he did.
the goddess anna on May 15, 2008 at 3:49 PM
I want it!!
NTWR on May 15, 2008 at 3:50 PM
Can’t wait for it to hit shelves.
amerpundit on May 15, 2008 at 3:51 PM
Don’t knock it til you try it, dude.
Allahpundit on May 15, 2008 at 3:53 PM
Well that was fun, I think I will pop a cold one…
right2bright on May 15, 2008 at 3:54 PM
This is the key Allah from Beta to Alfa male.
Maxx on May 15, 2008 at 3:55 PM
I still remember the horror that was Crystal Pepsi. The trauma remains.
This Wii Fit gadget might just be the key to talking my wife into letting me buy a Wii. Nintendo, you magnificent…
Slublog on May 15, 2008 at 3:57 PM
Yeah. Doing video game yoga. Truly this is what shall deliver me to studliness.
Allahpundit on May 15, 2008 at 3:58 PM
Those sound pretty good to me.
pedestrian on May 15, 2008 at 3:58 PM
The crack Nintento sales team seems to follow a strategy of supply meeting 10% of demand, so good luck finding a console or a copy of the game anywhere in America after the first week.
Allahpundit on May 15, 2008 at 3:59 PM
The review I saw made the comment that, if nothing else, it gets “gamers” off the couch and doing some physical activities. For that reason alone, I’m giving the game the benefit of the doubt even if it appears a bit “non-masculine” on first blush. The review actually said the Aerobics function was challenging.
highhopes on May 15, 2008 at 3:59 PM
no real cardio and it looks like the toughest manliest exercise is the pushup.
Which I can do without the game system?
Besides the totally rad BMI tracking system, what am I missing here?
John from OPFOR on May 15, 2008 at 4:07 PM
I think there’s a jogging mode that doesn’t use the balance board. Seems jogging on your living room floor would be pretty tough on the knees, though.
Slublog on May 15, 2008 at 4:09 PM
Nintendo killed videogames.
Typhonsentra on May 15, 2008 at 4:11 PM
yah… running in place? seriously?
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to dump on this thing before trying it…. I just want to understand.
John from OPFOR on May 15, 2008 at 4:12 PM
I like how all the exercises mimic real ones except for one – the repeatedly getting whacked in the forehead with a soccer ball event. Or is that popular in Japan now?
Hannibal Smith on May 15, 2008 at 4:13 PM
Or you could just do what I do, play the ps3 while riding a recumbent bike. That Star Tours sensation of motion thing while playing Motorstorm was a bit freaky though.
rw on May 15, 2008 at 4:15 PM
Pretty much. From what I’ve seen, you put the remote in your pocket and start jogging in place. Onscreen, your character follows a trainer.
Slublog on May 15, 2008 at 4:17 PM
I can tell this will be a huge seller for:
-Moms in their late 30s desperately clawing for an iota of relevance in their kids’ eyes
-Grandparents desperately clawing for an iota of relevance in their grandkids’ eyes
-Grown men that live to play the latest “Mario” games and believe Japanamation is a viable art form
-Urban professionals that read Time Magazine and listen to NPR with more money than sense
Nintendo is well aware there’s plenty of these people in America.
ScottMcC on May 15, 2008 at 4:17 PM
I will give you a copy of Sweat’n To The Oldies for free.
Express shipping to boot.
natesnake on May 15, 2008 at 4:20 PM
Is that a remote in your pocket or are you playing with your wii?
lorien1973 on May 15, 2008 at 4:21 PM
I’ll never understand the video game boom. Zero interest.
I’m 33 and had an Intellivision when I was 5. I always had friends who were obsessed with games, but I never caught the bug.
natesnake on May 15, 2008 at 4:23 PM
Why not save your money and get outside doing something, 3 to 5 times a week rather than play a game?
I’m only asking..
DaveC on May 15, 2008 at 4:23 PM
Dumb. Can’t believe Americans are going bonkers over a “fitness” video game. A low-res one at that. Whatever happened to Richard Simmons re-runs??
robblefarian on May 15, 2008 at 4:30 PM
1.1 pounds? She needs to lose 1.1 pounds?
EJDolbow on May 15, 2008 at 4:36 PM
They said much the same thing about Wii Sports too and that has been wildly popular.
highhopes on May 15, 2008 at 4:42 PM
Anything you can do on a wii, you can do outside, for real, in the sunshine. Y’all do what you will; I won’t have one in my house.
Think_b4_speaking on May 15, 2008 at 4:46 PM
It’s rained every day here for the past three weeks. Every. Day. Often with tornados. And it’s showing no sign of stopping.
When I can get outside, I do. But I’ll pass on the lightning-dodging game (and the local winter favorite: freezing-rain ankle-snapping), if you don’t mind.
Tanya on May 15, 2008 at 4:51 PM
I wonder when the Wii exercise bike or cross country skiiing games will be out?
pb5000 on May 15, 2008 at 4:53 PM
Tivo and a Treadmill..
there you go.. catch up on ‘Dexter’ or watch ‘Lost’ from last night and zap pass the commercials and have a nice walk..
DaveC on May 15, 2008 at 5:02 PM
Next up: Wii – the Gay Marriage game. Balance, strength, color coordination, chopping arugula. Can’t wait.
Vote Sauron 08 on May 15, 2008 at 5:08 PM
One knock on this–
The BMI here is pretty bad. Im a 5’8 200 llb man,(muscular, not husky) and I wouldnt appreciate Mario calling me a fat ass……
JVelez on May 15, 2008 at 5:16 PM
Yes it does.
I’ll stick to my GTA IV.
fanderbiles on May 15, 2008 at 5:19 PM
How does that equal “outside?”
Besides, a treadmill would take up most of my living room. I can barely make room for my Gazelle, and it’s half the size of a treadmill.
Tanya on May 15, 2008 at 5:37 PM
Does the weight calc take muscle mass into account? Nintendo support anorexia!
I could see myself on the snowboarding getting lost in the game physics trying to turn hard falling right over. I fell out of chairs just from playing things on my C-64 and 2600.
- The Cat
P.S. Does it have a “Dang, $%!&@ you fat!” setting?
MirCat on May 15, 2008 at 6:44 PM
I understand the health craze and all, but, LEAVE MY VIDEO GAMES OUT OF THIS. Video games are the anti-workout. I cannot reconcile the recent linkage of the two.
timmo on May 15, 2008 at 7:16 PM
Bah, I’m looking forward to Ninja Gaiden II!
TimboJackson on May 15, 2008 at 7:17 PM
Or use one of these and read (and comment on) your favorite blogs while you walk.
Laura on May 15, 2008 at 7:53 PM
In the words of Eric Cartman:
Lame. Really lame.
urbancenturion on May 15, 2008 at 8:34 PM
I -finally- finished “the snow storm” mission tonight. Took me like 20 tries. Damn cops on the way out were killin me each time. But I finally did it. Wife is glad I stopped cursing so much too :P
lorien1973 on May 15, 2008 at 8:42 PM
The Wii Fit also has a step aerobic mode, so it has some cardio.
If it gets people at the margin to exercise, I’m all for it. I managed to get a preorder from Amazon before they closed it off, and I’m actually looking forward to messing with it.
JohnTant on May 15, 2008 at 10:17 PM
Now all they need to come up with is a robot to stand on the pad and do the exercises while I sit on the couch, drink a beer, and watch.
RMCS_USN on May 15, 2008 at 11:31 PM
It looks lame
ketket on May 16, 2008 at 5:21 AM
You think that was bad? Wait until ‘Three Leaf Clover’.
fanderbiles on May 16, 2008 at 12:58 PM