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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[wiimarkable]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JACOB]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 10:21AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[A Wii pun? <br><br><br>Wiily?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Derbeste]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 10:41AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[wii-diculous comment]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 11:17AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[I see Elmer Fudd has turned to teaching vocabulary lessons after retiring from hunting...<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Esat Dedezade]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 12:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[Can't wait for it to drop in Canada on May 18th, and the first good snowboarding/skateboarding game to come out.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JC]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 10:29AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[lol....this is so friggin stupid, another Wiitarded device.<br><br>Flock to it nintendo fanboys, cuz nintendo shall do no wrong in your eyes!<br><br><br>I've been waiting soooo long to be able to work out, wow revolutionary!!!!!!!!! Now I can!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Felterup]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 10:30AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[I find it hilarious that a person who used:<br><br>A Wii pun<br>The words "fanboy", "cuz", "friggin", and "soooo"<br>Commas in place of periods<br>Multiple "!"s at the end of half of his/her sentences<br><br>all in the same post is calling anyone else stupid.<br><br>Do people STILL think you can have fun the wrong way?<br><br>I can think of nothing more stupid than that notion.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Derbeste]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 10:39AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA['All over the UK and EU'<br><br>Erm... you know that the UK is part of the EU, right?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Russell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 2:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[GOT IT :D]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jimbo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 10:32AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[Costs $142 in the UK, $89.99 in the USA.<br><br>I hate being in the UK.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[King Mustard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 10:32AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[... and $180 in Norway. Ugh. On the other hand, this certainly makes me look forward to my vacation in the US this summer.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JonV]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 11:01AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[it may cost more but your standard of living is higher and higher wages. So it evens out, just like here in the states, living in Los Angeles is more expensive than IOWA and thus the wages are higher than IOWA]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[francisco]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 11:25AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[don't forget those european prices also include all sales taxes, while the usa price does not. in uk vat (value added tax) is 17.5% or ireland it's 21%, compared to the usa which has between 8-10%.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[luke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 12:47PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[Tesco are selling it here for €75 (~£59). Others, like GAME, an Irish video store (Xtravision), and PC World are selling it for €80 (~£64). If you really want to push the boat out, you go to HMV (€95/~£75) or zavvi (€100/~£79).<br><br>I got it for my mother (it's her birthday soon) for €72 (~£57) using a 10% loyalty card discount I have in a place called Smyths toystore. That's still US$112, but still...*calculates* if I take 21% VAT off, it works out at US$89! Yay!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[RobertFoster]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 2:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[robertfoster<br><br>is xtravision really an irish chain? we have it here in northern ireland too so i figured it was a UK thing.<br><br>and also you did your maths wrong, you took 21% of $112 instead of 21% of $89. just thought i'd point it out :)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 26th 2008 8:34AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[$89 -- the Japanese are taking pity on us and our pathetic neo-Ameripeso...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[DorianGray]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 10:33AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[yet again, europe gets screwed over pricewise.<br>makes a change for in NOT to be JUST the UK]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dervheid]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 10:36AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[what if i'm a 340lb dude, will the board break when i stand on it ?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[bigfatboy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 10:40AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[You're just out of luck, the maxium weight is 150kg. <br><br>I tried it last night a friends place, I thought it was pretty damned fun. I liked the ski-jump game. And one could get it for the health aspect alone. It calculates your BMI and helps you lose weight and stuff through training programs.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[some dude]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 11:01AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[well 150kg is 330 pounds, I assume you fluctuate about 7pounds between morning and night, so if you were to take a reduced salt diet for a two or three days, and then weigh yourself in the morning, you'd probably be right at the level you need.<br><br><br>also, I seriously doubt the 330 pounds is a hard cutoff, so yea, give it a shot.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Windzilla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 4:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[Cant wait to get my stimulus rebate!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[OneLove]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 10:42AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[I think the reason why Europe is more expensive is because they are not a scoiety of overweight people like the U.S. So Nintendo will sell less in Europe so they jack the price up to make up for the loss in quantity sales.<br><br>Just my two cents though]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JakeB]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 10:49AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[That's not how economics works.<br><br>If supply is constant, a lower demand will equal lower prices.  That's basically the first law of economics.<br><br>Nintendo also probably try to push a HIGHER demand in Europe because of the strong Euro vs. US Dollar.<br><br>No.  There is only ONE reason Europians are paying more than Americans.........<br><br>They have shown time and time again that they'll pay it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Derbeste]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 10:53AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[europeans are definatly as lazy as those in the US. infact people in the US are crazy workaholics.<br><br>also the France is full of fatty's threatening to take that golden twinkey crown from us in the states.<br><br><a href="http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-in-france-citizens-children-getting-fatter20sep07" rel="nofollow">http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-in-france-citizens-children-getting-fatter20sep07</a><br><br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/25/international/europe/25obese.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/25/international/europe/25obese.html</a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Windzilla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 4:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[oh damn, talk about lazy how about a freaking poof read,<br><br>"the france" makes me sound like "the tool" that "i am"<br><br>freaking a]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Windzilla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 4:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[This thread should be called "Wii now fit for Europe"...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[iBSOD for iPhone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 10:48AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[I know why Europe is really paying more, I was just trying to see how many people would be offended by me saying they are fat lazy slobs and try to prove me wrong<br><br>:P]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JakeB]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 11:37AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[The problem there....is that I doubt many would disagree with you.<br><br>Weight is a real problem in the U.S.<br><br>So you probably didn't anger many people....just depress them.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Derbeste]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 11:45AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm just curious as to whose dumb idea it was to keep a Fitness video game  from the country that needs it the most? I understand Nintendo likes to give Japan alot of first release/exclusive stuff. But come on people, what country has the high obesity rate, and what country is getting Wii Fit last??<br><br>USA! USA! USA!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[daniel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 11:38AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA["And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm fat."  At least the big N from Japan is blessing us with VERY low prices.  People here are too ignorant to appreciate that b/c no matter what,  they believe msrp is a ripoff.  Except anything Apple related of course. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[epictink]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 26th 2008 10:41AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[I just bought it.  Should've taken unboxing pics but who cares, really?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Raheem]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 12:37PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[I posted a video review of the Wii Fit at: <a href="http://techvideoblog.com/cebit/nintendo-wii-fit/" rel="nofollow">http://techvideoblog.com/cebit/nintendo-wii-fit/</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Charbax]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 12:45PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[Someone here needs a geography lesson. "The rest of the Union?". Oh, please, when will you learn that the EU is *not* synonymous with Europe?! <br><br>The really important point I'm trying to make is that we *don't* have the same currency all over Europe! From Danish Kroner to Czech Koruna, the Euro is only used in a few, large countries.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 1:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[YAY Europeaan Union ROCKS YAY GO EU]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 4:35PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[At John Lewis Kingston we sold 90 of them during yesterday and the first two hours of today. That was all the shipment we got, although we have a fair amount more coming from the main warehouse it seems.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Moyler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 26th 2008 4:01PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[And please don't forget Switzerland. I paid 129 CHF. That's 78.42€ or 60.85£ or 119.12$.<br><br>Anyone saying Switzerland is an expensive country? I don't think so. And by the way the tax is included.<br><br>For everyone who doesn't know, Switzerland is that small spot on the map which is not in the EU where every country around it is.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeevanand Kuharajasekaram]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 26th 2008 7:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Wii Fit now available in Europe]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/wii-fit-now-available-in-europe/</guid><description><![CDATA[Where i work we sold out of wii fit in one hour, 48 in total and we are only a small supermarket lol]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[cromo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 27th 2008 4:55PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
