Full FeedWii Fit Plus endorsed by UK’s Department of Health
Nintendo’s Wii Fit Plus has been granted endorsement from the United Kingdom’s Department of Health. In a move that has surprised many, now Wii Fit Plus will be allowed to use the logo of the Change4Life campaign in its advertisements and stores - and probably on the product itself -… Continue Reading »
Beyoncé may get into the fitness game gig
Sultry songstress and actress Beyoncé Knowles recently told Billboard that she has ideas for her own fitness game. When asked what she has on her “to-do list,” Beyoncé said, “I’d like to get involved in videogames since I really love Wii Fit. I think it would be a great idea… Continue Reading »
Gamertell Review: Personal Trainer: Walking for DS
According to the latest inclusion in Nintendo’s Personal Trainer “game” series, I am not a fat, lazy slob. Instead, I am as active as a Daytime Deer and, some days, an Evening Owl. Thank you, Personal Trainer: Walking. You make me feel thin… Continue Reading »
Yoga and the Hardy Boys heading for the Wii…separately
DreamCatcher Interactive and JoWooD Productions have announced they will be bringing Yoga for Wii and The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft to the Nintendo Wii. Both games are currently under development and are set to be released Fall 2009. Yoga for Wii will utilize the Wii Balance Board as players… Continue Reading »
Wii Fit calls British teenager fat, Nintendo issues statement
“You are fat,” the Wii Fit game stated matter-of-factly, as the world crumbled around a 10-year-old British girl, who had been excitedly standing on the game’s Balance Board peripheral until the heart-breaking pronouncement. However, her father hasn’t come to terms with the game’s assessment of her stepdaughter’s body weight and… Continue Reading »
The era of Wii-habilitation
Revolution was what Nintendo had initially christened the Wii. The Wii has apparently lived up to its initial name by revolutionizing the video games industry. Beyond its impact on the games industry, it has also been touted as a fitness machine of sorts, though many studies in recent times have… Continue Reading »
Study: Wii not a fitness machine after all
There seems to be a general perception that the motion-registering Wii is a prime fitness device, with gamers being more physically involved in a Wii title as compared to other game platforms. But according to BBC News, experts in the UK don’t think too highly of the Wii as a… Continue Reading »
Health Games Research Injected with $8.25 Million Grant
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has announced Monday (November 12, 2007) that it will use its $8.25 million grant to fund project contributions that aid in RWJF’s Games for Health Project to develop and create games that improve health through interactive games. The primary research will be held at the… Continue Reading »
Weight Watchers studies health benefits of the Wii
There is an article published on Weight Watchers’ website that discusses the physical benefits of playing sports and fitnesss related games on the Nintendo Wii. The article cites research done at the Liverpool John Moores University in England that reported a 156% increase in energy expenditure in players of the… Continue Reading »
Experience what it’s like to download at unlimited speeds from a massive collection of over 800 Terabytes of user uploads. You’ll max out your Internet connection downloading a file in… Continue Reading »
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