Wii Fit: Look like an iidiiot iin the priivacy of your own home!

So I recently got a copy of Wii Fit, and well, it's a pretty great game. It rox the sox for several reasons:

(a) It's a game that insults you, politely, but still I hear about it any time I sneak a late night snack.
(b) It does take steps to improve your posture, something that many folks could use help with.
(c) it's simple enough for a child to do, but fun enough that an adult doesn't mind looking like an idiot doing it.

Wii fit is a set of several mini games aimed at improving your balance, doing aerobic exercises, learning basic yoga and strength exercises. One of the big time favorites here is the hula hoop exercise, where you emulate using a hula hoop on the Wii Balance board, (which you stand on). Kids look normal doing this exercise, but grown men look downright 'mentally challenged'. The simple balance games are addictive, especially the ski jump (which is just what it sounds like, a emulated ski jump hill), and the penguin feeding game, where you lean to and fro on the balance board sliding a penguin to flopping fish on an iceberg. Among one of the harder (read: lamer) games is the Lotus Focus game. The "game" is sitting on the balance board as still as you can manage for as long as you can manage. If the "trainer" deems that you are not still enough, a Kanji symbol appears on the screen along with a loud "Heeya!" sound, which when you are sitting still and focused makes you jump out of your skin and through the ceiling. I was only able to complete the game once, in a quiet and still house, hitting a deep meditation state. Yeah, that's going to happen in a regular house.

The aerobic games should really be called rhythm games. Basic and advanced step pay more attention to when you step on the board than where you step, and the rhythm boxing might as well be dance class, still fun.

The Yoga mode and the strength training mode aren't as fun, but you really feel as though you've done a workout after finishing a few of them.

I hear ya though, "That's all well and good Ives, but where in hell do you get the stupid game?" Well, forget about brick and mortar stores, those are bought up by craigslist or ebay scalpers before you even find out there are there most times. My Mother bought three copies of this game at different times for various family members, and always got it within a few days by ordering online. She used Toysrus.com, but I would imagine you could have same luck just about anywhere.

Sure, it's almost 90 dollar price tag is a bit of a killjoy, but think about a gym membership and how much that would cost you. and there, other people can actually SEE you being an idiot.