Continuing the active-play style of gaming characterized by Wii Sports, Nintendo announced today at E3 Wii Fit.
What makes Wii Fit special is the inclusion of the Wii Balance Board (tentative name). The pressure-sensitive board allows for increased interactivity with the games, challenges, and modes of Wii Fit. The Wii Balance Board is sensitive enough to pick up on a person's center of gravity, and whether or not their hips are twirling, useful for a hoop twirling game. The board will also be used for daily testing of a person's BMI, a weight evaluation based on a person's height and weight, and their Wii Fit Age. The Wii Fit Age is determined by a few factors, such as that person's BMI, their center of gravity, and other balance tests.
Aerobics, yoga, muscle stretching, toning, and more will be the focus of the exercising in Wii Fit. The style of exercising with Wii Fit is a "core" workout, emphasizing slower, controlled motions. The title features over 40 types of training activities. These activities fall within one of four types: aerobic exercise, muscle conditioning, yoga poses, and balance games. Aerobic exercises focus on 10-minute exercises for the heart, muscle conditioning relies on controlled movements of body parts, and yoga poses runs through classic poses focusing on balance and stretching. The balance games include a variety of fun activities, like ski jumping and heading soccer balls. Wii Fit also encourages communication, as progress and results can be reviewed between yourself and others on a new channel in the Wii Menu.
Wii Fit will be coming out in the first half of 2008.