The Wii Fit balance board is cloned, magically sprouts an LCD display
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted August 1st 2008 9:48AM
posted August 1st 2008 9:48AM
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posted August 1st 2008 9:48AM
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what will count here is responsiveness. the higher price is already a no-go, but wouldn't you rather be inclined to trust motion-reliant hardware from the company puttnig out the console it's for? just a thought.
Whats the point of this if it doesn't come with a software? Buy Wii Fit first and then rather than plugging the board that comes with it, plug this one?
Will the people using this be able to see the LCD display to read the weight?
FUPA ftl
This product may well have one advantage over Wii Fit board: It might actually be possible to find a shop which has some in stock.
Looks like there's a speaker in the center of it too. That'll be awkward when it comes time to do the single-leg balance test.
I hope it makes creaking sounds when people stand on it.
£64.99 is actually cheaper than the £69.99 RRP on the official Wii balance board. Once converted to dollars it may be more expensive on your side on the pond, but that just illustrates how much more we pay for stuff over here.
So you are saying that they are cheaper than the Wii Fit in the UK but if I purchased it in USA from a web site in the UK @ £64.99 it will convert to more in US $ than £69.99 would?
now my head hurts
Original Wii Fit USA RRP = $90 (I think)
Original Wit Fit UK RRP = £70 which is $140
This third party board = £65 which is $130
So it's unfair to say it's more expensive than the original board because you're comparing an import price with a native price. No doubt if it's released direct to the american market it'll be much less than $130.
but that's not what you said. Had you said that in the first place I would have agreed with you. Don't dump on me because I called you on your mistake.
Chad what on earth are you talking about? There was no mistake; what Tottenham said makes perfect sense.
This copycat board is £5 cheaper than the official WiiFit board. It's more expensive than the US price, but then it's not aimed at your market (yet).
Engadget is becoming more like digg every day. I refuse to even post on digg because of all the immature banter and now it is infecting this place more and more. I try and post a humorous retort to a poorly written comment and get lambasted. tottenhamhotspur's first comment does not make sense without the followup which makes perfect sense.
Basically here is what was said
NJoy board
UK£ 64.99 = $128.18 US$ (As of today's exchange rate)
Wii Fit
UK£ 69.99 = $138.04 US$
128.18 > 138.04
I know what he MEANT was the actual price of the Wii Fit as it is marketed in the US but that is not what his first post SAYS. Good God it's never funny when you have to explain the joke!
Tell me about it.
I always felt like a lack of an actual scale made the game funner for most. When I see an overweight friend or relative play Wii Fit, I always see them looking around for something to tell them and everyone else in the room just how over weight they are.
When they realize it doesn't actually do so, they breathe a sigh of relief.
i hope the speaker on thie Njoy thing is fitted with a laugh track to go along with a possible scale. shame the fatties!
Too bad about the LCD display. I have the same problem with my ATM machine. Maybe if I'd taken the SAT test I'd do better.
It's ATM....the M in ATM stands for Machine. Just like you don't enter your PIN Number...you enter your PIN (or, if you want, your PI Number).
Too bad "ATM Machine" or "PIN Number" have become almost socially acceptable these days.
His comment flew so far above your heads iIm amazed you even saw it to begin with.
I thought that it said "KO" in the LCD screen...
But then I remembered that this was in the UK, not the USA.
You know, the thing that gets me about the Wii Fit, is that it's only going to help the completely sedentary get fit.
And while that's admirable and good for the kiddies, adults who are completely sedentary and need the gimmick of a video game to get them exercising are probably going to be over the 250lb weight limit of the balance board.
So my point being, make an aftermarket board that supports up to 400 lbs, and THAT would be useful. Nothing worse than being obese, buying the wii fit, only to crush the balance board like a box of Krispy Kremes.
You haven't played Wii Fit, have you?
A gimmick videogame > A gimmick TV-Shop abmusclenator 30000++
Umm.....Actually the Wii Fit board supports up to 330 lbs. (150 kg) so unless you are morbidly obese or a linebacker you can use one. A Wii Fit isn't going to help much if you are morbidly obese anyway.
Im just trying to figure out how they thought putting an LCD Screen onto a board that people stand on is a good idea. Oh and how they made it more expensive for something less? I mean sure you get a speaker and a screen but that doesn't really warrant an extra $40 imho.
"Im just trying to figure out how they thought putting an LCD Screen onto a board that people stand on is a good idea."
Um, ever used a scale, fatty?
That LCD screen has to be worth at least a buck or two...
@Ryan
I have 2 questions First, are you speaking from personal experiance and Second Are their videos(doesn't have to be you)of a fat kid breaking the balance board. I'm really hoping that there are videos...
Lol, no, I don't have a Wii, and I've never played. I'm going on what I've read about Wii Fit on Engadget (remember Ryan Block's 30 day test?).
And no, I wouldn't break a Wii Fit board if I got onto one. I'd just rather ride my bike to the gym.
I'm selling my Wii Fit. Used it twice in 3 months. It's a nice idea but the software is dull, ponderous and frankly isn't very likely to get you fit.
Yeah, I tried it at my brother's. I wasn't impressed at all. The software sucked, and the board itself was way too laggy to enjoy playing games with.
Just get a gym membership for a couple months instead. Same cost, much better results.
HEY you short term memory general public... are we to forget Ryan Block weaseled out of his Wii fit challenge?
Good luck keeping Veronica interested now, bro!
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I really wish US websites would stop saying things are more expensive because they're comparing an exchange rate price.
Do your jobs and actually spend 30 seconds researching. It's just not that hard. Check the actual UK price of the Wii Fit, then if the price of this is less, low and behold this is cheaper than the official board. There was no mention of a US price, so don't invent one for story purposes.
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