Keepin' it real fake, part CCVI: yet another Balance Board edition
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted May 11th 2009 4:37PM
posted May 11th 2009 4:37PM
Why should authentic, honest-to-goodness Wii owners be the only ones to indulge in some mindless escapism -- or a spirited virtual workout, for that matter? To this end, the heads at Chinavasion have dreamt up a two-tone, quasi-legal Balance Board KIRF for you and your game console. Sure, this is by no means the first such beast we've seen, and there's no telling whether or not this bad boy is compatible with your WÜ, MiWi2, or Chintendo Vii, but it does sport handsome light blue accents. Take one home for $67.91, or save a few shekles and buy 'em in lots of three or more. Intrigued? Take a closer look for yourself after the break.
Ha! I like the High Quality durable edition! Such a joke!
Emphasis on >>DURABLE
anyone else remember that guy's over the top comment about how good some wii remote ripoff was? it was in like.. december or something... i still laugh a lil to myself about that idiot
jeez, guess not. please excuse the random anamnesis discharing hedgehog disorder (aka ADHD)
The website says you need an actual Nintendo Wii. Maybe this is a real thing and not a real fake thing.
I'd hit it.
you mean "I'd hate it"?
With that impostor board sure
"Created by Chinavasion"
yeah, invasion!
Aren't knockoff's supposed to have worse graphics than the original?
They both have round heads.
Second picture - why the hell is she floating? Is this a hover board? :)
I love this KIRF stuff! Keep it coming!
The company's name should have been Chinaversion. Sounds much better.
I see my earlier comment has been deleted, no doubt by the author of this article because I accused him of racism. The jist of my comment was that if the author had read the website he links to in the read link then he would have realised that this balance board is an actual accessory to the Nintendo Wii, no different to third party Wiimotes by Madcatz. Of course Madcatz is a Chinese company and so their products aren't fake rip offs (although they're most likely made there), but a Chinese company's products are automatically the opposite. If that's not racism then I don't know what is.
I too do not get this being brought up as an example of fake products...
It is a third party balance board. It is used in the exact same way as the real Wii Fit balance board - connected to the Wii, with compatible software. It`s just made by a third party producer.
I have a feeling that no one would be pointing and laughing if HORI decided to make their own version of the balance board - even though it would be no less "fake" than this.
Thank you for understanding what I was trying to say. The point you brought up about HORI is also interesting, that is a Chinese (or at least Asian) manufacturer iirc, yet they are more known than Chinavision, maybe that is another reason for the negativity towards their balance board.
Wow. Product like this one existed before Wii was developed. Very popular is Asian.
very popular is asian?
is it me or what you said made no sense.
and.. does the author of this post have some unmitigated hatred for the wii? Atleast the balance board.