Wii Fit in a box!

Before I start, I’ve decided that I’m gonna update this a minimum of once a month, when will vary but I will try to make sure that posts aren’t consecutive (I can’t remember if that’s how its spelt). Now, on with the show!

Very much earlier this month, we got Nintendo’s updated "Lets try to grab as many people into gaming by aiming it at families" game (I don’t care if it wasn’t aiming it at families, I still don’t like the idea of it): Wii Fit PLUS.

This game seems to be largely based on making act like a complete twit while giving you the delusions that you’re getting better. Granted we haven’t had it a month and I haven’t been able to use it for a good portion of that because of revision (I HATE exams!) so I’m not expecting much.

The game seems rather pointless, and I really doubt that its paying much attention to whatever it is you’re trying to do on it short from acting like a futuristic pair of scales.

Then you got the various characters who act as trainiers or your mirror-self or something like that. The game expects that you can do whatever it is doing onscreen, and then grades you based on where your balance was. Except I really doubt that half their target audience can realistically do what its asking them to do, at least with injuring themselves. To be honest, that was the highest my foot has been up my body with having to move to a side and it screwed up my balance because it didn’t want to be there. "Yoga Novice" oh, screw you game.
My major problem with the trainers is that the don’t move their mouth, c’mon Nintendo! CG people have been doing that for years, so it can’t be that hard. I find it rather off putting to see the teacher try to encourage me when they aren’t actually communicating to me like anybody else would. There’s subtitles, so sign language would work… except for the parts where you have to put your head down, but you get the picture.
Finally: the board, oh god. He/It (voice doesn’t sound very feminine, not to be sexist) has a voice designed to amuse 6 year olds and parents (I want to categorise them further but I’m not sure how) and I fit neither category. This means that I find it annoying and what it says somewhere between "****ING STOP IT NOW" cute and offensive. It says "ow" when you get on in a horrendously cute way. "Keep still" I am still, I centred my balance about two seconds after I got on and haven’t moved enough to worry you. "See you again tomorrow (or something to that extent)" STOP WAVING YOU ****! You’ve just gone and told me that I’ve (somehow) put on weight and I’m bouncing between getting weaker and in peferct health!

…Yeah I don’t like that thing

Finally note, and this isn’t just this game. I don’t like games which want you to play everyday, I have other things to do, my attention and mood don’t work like that. Some days I feel like playing Animal Crossing, other days its Star Wars or watching the Matrix, take your turn and be happy that I bothered to come back to you!

…I’ll stop now