Nintendo's Wii Fit and WiiWare on-line game service coming Stateside in May

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Nintendo plans to begin shipping its Wii Fit with weight and motion sensing Balance Board in May. Nintendo will also make good on a new online gaming game distribution service dubbed WiiWare. Right, that homebrew happy service which should result in vast quantities of cheap and innovative content previously only available in Johnny Chung Lee's imagination.

Update: Wii Fit on sale in Europe on April 25th, US on May 19th.

[derX @ Feb 20th 2008 4:10AM]

I, for one, cannot wait until people start complaining that their warranties were voided because their....roundness led to the annihilation of their Balance Board.

Those lawsuits will be delicious.

I *love* the American legal system. Better than cable, you cannot make this stuff up.

[ahdok @ Feb 20th 2008 4:45AM]

You know that Square are developing something on wiiware right...?

Might actually be quite successful.

[Ian @ Feb 20th 2008 5:10AM]

o PLEASE O PLEASE let them create a snowboarding game that uses this and the wiimote to do the tricks!!! AHHHHHHHH you couldnt have a better platform to do it on. sure its ment for being fit, but think of the possibilities!!!!! (it makes me excited for what can be)

[Jared @ Feb 20th 2008 10:26AM]

um...have you tried out SSX:blur? it does exactly that

[Ian @ Feb 20th 2008 11:48AM]

really?? huh no shit damn well im glad they followed my advice!! lol

[Loban @ Feb 20th 2008 3:18PM]

Well, SSX Blur obviously doesn't use the Balance Board, but it does use the wiimote for the tricks and it works beautifully despite all the negative reviews written by impatient, uncoordinated people. That is still one of my all time favorite Wii games. I really hope they make another SSX game for the Wii and improve on the mechanics even more.

[Ian @ Feb 20th 2008 3:53PM]

well then im still not satisfied i want that board to be the snowboard... i guess jared didnt get what i was thinking... his loss

[Vagrant @ Feb 20th 2008 5:34AM]

I always see these stocked up in the stores. I wonder how they'll do in the U.S. The commercials show various fitness routines and some Yoga, for obvious reasons, but it did show some hula-hoop type game and I think a skiing simulation. They sell for ¥8800 here. (About $80 U.S.)

[Jason Collin @ Feb 20th 2008 9:26PM]

Ummm, Wii Fit has sold over a million units here in Tokyo, if you actually live here. It smoked Super Mario Galaxy even. I see people walking home with the Wii Fit box in hand all the time.

And I've tried it at a friend's house, it's fun, but for how long? Who knows.

[Moorio || peacebyanymeans @ Feb 20th 2008 7:28AM]

Wait... wait...

You mean to tell me that Europe is getting something before us..?


...


*HEAD EXPLODES*

[Thunderbuck @ Feb 20th 2008 9:12AM]

Ummm, did you see that funny "Y" symbol with the lines? That stands for "Yen".

As in, "Japanese Yen"...

[Moorio || peacebyanymeans @ Feb 20th 2008 9:46AM]

Uhh... what?

[JET @ Feb 20th 2008 9:22AM]

The Square game is Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King. It should be available at launch (5/19), along with platformer LostWinds (by Frontier) and an as-yet-untitled episodic series by TellTale.

JET

[Hax Or @ Feb 20th 2008 10:02AM]

I wonder why it took so long to get it here in the US.

It's been out in Japan for "long-time".

[Mike @ Feb 20th 2008 11:01AM]

I hope the fat kid down the street from me gets one of these. I mean, damn!

[D22 @ Feb 21st 2008 9:44AM]

I........Want..........Wii.........Fit.....

[Hebrink @ Mar 21st 2008 7:17AM]

I Love Wii Fit http://www.t3l3.net/nintendo-wii-fit/