Wii Fit shipping Stateside Q2 2008, says Nintendo

Alright America, you've got yourself some prep work to do: Nintendo's about to foist this whole nefarious "exercise" paradigm on you, in the form of the Wii Fit, and we know how you fell for that whole "Wii" fad a year or so back. The thing has a 300 pound weight limit at the moment, though it's unclear if Nintendo is going to "upgrade" that for American users, but you'll just have to risk it. We figure a few dozen Twinkies a day, on top of a couple potlucks a week, and a few barrels of Pocky to keep it cultural, and you should have yourself out of contention for silly balance exercises and hula hooping tomfoolery by the time Q2 rolls around, Nintendo's promised ship date. Crisis averted.

[LaWanda @ Jan 28th 2008 2:01AM]

With a 300 pound weight limit, I don't think they need a stronger one for US. Most people who weigh that much are not going to want to play physically challenging games anyway.

I think it looks like alot of fun, I can't wait to do it. My 18 year old daughter and her friends are excited about getting one too. We like the wii because it involves more than just sitting. It is more interactive which is what we find the most fun.

[Blob Truly @ Jan 19th 2008 6:09PM]

So...like...uh...does a WII come with it? Otherwise, can it be hooked up to something that's...you know...available?

[Flashpoint @ Jan 19th 2008 9:12PM]

I know 6 graders who weight over 300 pounds.

[skulldriveshaft @ Jan 21st 2008 1:50AM]

pre-ordered :]

Hopefully people will realize that if you can't play video games because of your weight, you should be talking to a doctor about your weight.

Can I get a whole bunch connected and actually play in team sports situations?

[Paul @ Jan 19th 2008 6:14PM]

I don't think any gamers will be buying this, but that's not what Ninty is going for. This will sell BIG for all those non-gamers. I expect at least 3 million in the US, alone

[404error @ Jan 19th 2008 7:10PM]

I'm a gamer and I want to buy it... I doubt I'm alone.

[David W. @ Jan 19th 2008 7:55PM]

I'm a gamer and I'm considering it...

[phoomp @ Jan 19th 2008 9:29PM]

My wife *hates* video games ... yet the Wii Fit was on her xmas wish list

[Matt @ Jan 19th 2008 10:21PM]

Gamers won't buy it? Yeah, because no gamers bought the Power Pad either. This thing is going to be HUGE. I might buy it just for the skiing and snowboarding.

[Andrew @ Jan 19th 2008 11:19PM]

I'm a gamer who wants Wii Fit as well.

[MikeG @ Jan 20th 2008 10:46AM]

I'm considering it. Always looking for interesting ways to get a bit of exercise into my day. I need to do more research, though.

[Anthony @ Jan 20th 2008 8:10PM]

Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie...

[killab138 @ Jan 19th 2008 6:26PM]

or we could upgrade it for canadian and uk users and make it dull, lifeless and unfunny and a little bit simpler to use since they're all inbred.

[Phil Perman @ Jan 19th 2008 6:34PM]

"unfunny"

Oh the irony

[Phonixfire @ Jan 19th 2008 6:49PM]

Worst. Joke. Ever. Period.

It's like the difference between Mitch Hedburg saying "Don't worry little turkey, I love you just as you are", and someone else saying "I love turkey, me. Harhar."

One is infinitely more funny than the other. So leave pl0x.

At least, *checks name* Paul is able to write subtle racism in a funny way ;), yours was just "Oh, yeah, UK and Canada, inbred and boring, hardeharhar, I is funni lyk."

[Zak @ Jan 20th 2008 3:11AM]

So killab..going by what you say..if what you say is true?

Are you British or Canadian?

[grider @ Jan 19th 2008 6:34PM]

This is remarkable.... an American that's actually heard of Canada and the United Kingdom. I bet a 100 Twinkies you couldn't find them on a map. Perhaps Miss Teen South Carolina can help you.

[fischju @ Jan 19th 2008 6:58PM]

What the hell is it with America in popular culture around the world? People in other countries talk about the US's media, while their's are pushing the same negative stereotypes that all Americans are either inbred rednecks or fat asses.

[paul34 @ Jan 19th 2008 8:35PM]

The irony just drips from your post. Accusing all Americans of such ignorance when your post... oh, nevermind. Not sure you're capable of understanding =)

[grider @ Jan 20th 2008 9:38AM]

You're right.... I'm being unfair. How about completing the following simple test:

Name the leader for each of USA, Canada and the UK? What are their job titles?

Be honest with yourself and don't use Google.... Did you get all three right?

[Tom @ Jan 19th 2008 6:56PM]

"The thing has a 300 pound weight limit at the moment, though it's unclear if Nintendo is going to "upgrade" that for American users"

bwahaha. funniest line I've seen in here for a while.

[Wayne Li @ Jan 19th 2008 7:08PM]

I'm sick and tired of all these racist comments, us Canadians living in CANADA, yes CANADA are not aliens. We are just like you Americans, we just don't have as many screwed up people as you do. If you don't have anything good to say about another country then just shut up and stick it.

[Josh L @ Jan 19th 2008 7:26PM]

Is this comment supposed to be ironic, or are you really that hypocritical?

[David W. @ Jan 19th 2008 7:58PM]

I don't insult Canadians, but I'm attempted to after your comment insulting Americans :)

[Steve A. @ Jan 19th 2008 9:48PM]

Since when has 'Canadian' been a race?

[Dave A. @ Jan 19th 2008 10:07PM]

I've been wondering the exact same thing, Steve.

Last I checked, "Canadian" was a nationality. Same as "Mexican" and "American".

[John @ Jan 19th 2008 10:14PM]

I think ignoring racism is probably a better route to go than bitching about it until everyone who wasn't racist in the first place is annoyed too.

[derX @ Jan 20th 2008 1:10PM]

Great idea, John, let's just ignore problems.

Excuse me while I drive my Hummer (H2, of course) modded to use diesel fuel to drive to get some sweatshop-manufactured sneakers directly from the children who make them then continue to the Amazon to go logging. If I have enough time, I might go to the Artic to go penguin clubbing....or I guess I can go to the Galapagos Islands to club those penguins, instead....they're endangered, right? That'll make the hunt that much funner.

[Senor_Tom @ Jan 19th 2008 7:10PM]

America...tut
Ruin our language, ruin our erm....yeah u messed up English!
but dang your stuff is cheap...in fact an off toic comment.
People on this blog were complainin bout payin $1800 for the macbook air, we have to pay £1200...$2400. And why!?

[TheNomad @ Jan 19th 2008 8:54PM]

The only thing Americans are good at is shooting armed forces that are on the same side as them because they are too lazy to try & find the enemy.

[derX @ Jan 19th 2008 11:37PM]

Nomad, your comments stink of ignorance, but, worry not, I will fix that. Now, read the rest of the post in its entirety with great care.


Open a newspaper. Drop it. Pick up a book and bludgeon yourself until you cannot tell the difference between a book and an 18-wheeler. Then, and only then, will you be truly cured.




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Disclaimer- derX does not take responsibility for the actions of those dense--that's a nice way to say stupid, right?--enough to follow those directions.

Yes, Nomad, that means it was, in fact, a joke.

[Zelatio @ Jan 20th 2008 1:17AM]

Nomad: Go. Kill. Yourself. Now.

At least as Americans we really are trying to find terrorists. Believe it or not they do exist.

[Ricardo @ Jan 20th 2008 6:44AM]

Messed up English? Why don't you take a look at your own writing? Since when are "u", "toic", "complainin", "bout" and "payin" words on the English dictionary? I'm not even a native English speaker and you manage to do it worse than me, while complaining about people messing up your language. How ironic is that?

[Dahk @ Jan 20th 2008 11:15PM]

Actually Ricardo, "bout" is an actual word =).

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bout

[Backlin @ Jan 19th 2008 7:10PM]

Man, it'd better be here by the time Nintendo says it will. I don't want to stop eating Twinkies for nothing!

[AJ in the East Bay @ Jan 19th 2008 7:29PM]

Is your avatar also blacklisted for racist comments?

[Reader @ Jan 19th 2008 7:36PM]

There's a difference between a character in a show and the actor.

[apw76006 @ Jan 19th 2008 7:18PM]

Trying to find a Wii to hook the Wii fit up to will be exercise-o-plenty. It's a good thing that I am already a hot lil' barrel of monkey sex.

[KeefReef @ Jan 19th 2008 7:34PM]

Just a thought, if you weigh 250lbs and exert a force larger than 300lbs, would it break?

[Leroy Jenkems @ Jan 19th 2008 9:50PM]

there's a 300 lb limit, and weight is a force, so yes it will not be supported. the only way you can exert that much force is if your fat ass jumps (if you can jump) or if you have something or someone else on there with you i believe.

[David W. @ Jan 19th 2008 8:00PM]

good question actually...but I would think the thing would be able to handle over 300 pounds...but they want to cover their butts :)

[Tim @ Jan 20th 2008 12:02AM]

my roommate has the japanese version and i don't think the games has any jumping up and down involved in it, but hey, you never know what they'll do for the US version.

[Dylan K @ Jan 19th 2008 7:46PM]

*insert unfunny joke to make Americans mad and make Europeans laugh here*

[David W. @ Jan 19th 2008 8:01PM]

LoL

...wait...I'm American


*runs off to watch baseball and eat apple pie*

[Jonathan @ Jan 19th 2008 8:19PM]

I LOLD HARD FOR THAT AMERICAN JOKE.

[misterthingy @ Jan 19th 2008 8:14PM]

Hey I'm canadian and someone killed his baby like 5 blocks away, it was interesting. I read it on the now newspaper..... Canadian are just as f'd up as americans.. But I guess you'll find whack cases which ever part of the globe your in...

[derX @ Jan 19th 2008 11:46PM]

Wow, you seem to be an all-around bad person.
Note the following:

"Hey I'm canadian and someone killed his baby like 5 blocks away, it was interesting."
--> You find the killing of babies interesting? Hrm, interesting.

Also, SERIOUSLY, IT'S CALLED GRAMMAR, ACQUAINT YOURSELF WITH IT. You don't have to master it, but don't abuse it either.

[Wayne Li @ Jan 19th 2008 8:25PM]

Remember, i'm not saying all Americans are screwed up. I live 5 minutes away from the border, I go to the states almost 3 times a week. I've seen some good people, but i've also seen a lot more rotten eggs.

[Thomas @ Jan 19th 2008 8:49PM]

Apparently this thing is quite big in Japan right now. Their ad is going up on the JR line's train, posters and even the Panasonic Showroom in Odaiba has on sitting on a corner doing demonstration.

But to be honest, I don't think THAT many people are over 300 pounds, and even in Japan I've seen a few that pushes the 250 pound limits, so obesity is not just a North America thing.

[Jason Collin @ Jan 19th 2008 9:37PM]

I can second the Fit's popularity in Japan. Just look at the sales figures for it in Japan. The ads on the JR train are entertaining. And at least once or twice a week I see someone carrying a Wii Fit home.

And....I've actually played on one! A friend has one, and like the first time you play Wii Sports, you get that feeling like it's the coolest thing ever.

It will be a smash at parties, as the various mini-games are ripe with laughs for first time players.

Ski jumping is very fun.

To my knowledge, there is no actual jumping on the Fit board itself. In fact, there are warnings not to jump, even in the ski jumping you just shift your weight by bending your knees.

About seeing Japanese over 250 pounds, in the past year I could probably count the number I've seen on one hand, and have fingers left over. There are fatties of course, but ginormous ones, those are a very rare site.