Wii Fit (Includes Wii Balance Board) Reviews: Nintendo Wii Exercise game

+ In the 5-6 weeks that I have owned Wii Fit, it has become my personal trainer, motivating me to use it daily for exercise and work out routines. This has resulted in me losing a stone already, and the graph that builds up in your profile gives you the incentive to stick with it for long term goals. Battery life is amazing. It takes 4 AA batteries, and comes with a set in the box. I have used the board for almost 20 hours now and am still on the first set of batteries! Simply the best method of keeping fit and losing weight that I have ever encountered.

- Once you have unlocked all of the mini-games, it can get a bit repetitive, but as there is a leader table for each game, you still have the incentive to beat the top scores each time. Also there are many games in the pipeline that will make use of the Balance Boarde, so it is a peripheral that can be used in the future for more than just Wii Fit. No real bad points!

+ Good fun for not so serious fitness. Wii fit is for people who want to have some fun whilst participating in light muscle workouts,yoga,aerobic & balance games.You get from this as a fitness aid from what you put into it. Don't think it's suitable for younger children, more of an adult game. It brings out the competitive streak in you which makes it great entertainment when playing it with your partner.

- I don't believe anyone who is serious about their fitness & attends regular gym or fitness activities will gain anything other than fun when buying this. Could do with more aerobic & more balance games!

+ Great fun and does actually exercise you.

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+ It is fantastic family fun for everyone

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+ Good fun for all the family and gets you fit too.

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+ It is an excellent tool for fitness. Last month my husband had a knee operation and used the wii fit to get back into shape for an attempt at "The 3 Peaks".. climbing Ben Nevis in Scotland, Scarfell Pike in England and Snowdon in Wales all within a 24 hour period. He used it so effectively that his recovery time was halved and he completed the 3 Peaks last week with 25 minutes to spare!
Because it is very low impact it is perfect for people who have joint issues but still want to be fit.. and it's fun!!!

- Weight readings can be a little erratic.

+ brilliant cheaper than the gym

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+ fun, good value for money, you work out just as good as the gym so it saves you money!

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+ I've done at least an hour of exercise with WiiFit every day in the 38 days since WiiFit was delivered. The way it gives you feedback on your performance and keeps your scores gives me the incentive I need to keep going back to get more exercise (I haven't missed a day in four weeks). The use of the Miis is charming, too, and helps keep you entertained on a long jog.

- I wish there was an option to turn off some of the more repetitive messages since they take up time that I would rather spend exercising.

+ Excellent fun for fitness fun and laughter

- Family all want to use it

+ This product is fantastic, great for all members of the family you and old. Great for gentle exercise, fun excercise and a good work out in the comfort of your own home, as a busy working mum i dont get chance to go to an exercise class, and doing the exercises with the family makes it fun. Would recommend to anyone.

- The only bad point i can find is that we fight for use of the Wiifit!

+ You can exercise in your own home at your own pace. Good variety of exercises for all abilities. It makes exercise fun. It has a good personal touch even though its only a machine. Overall I feel it was an excellent buy and Iv'e only missed 2 days since Iv'e got it. So it must be good too keep me motivated. I got it with the intention of getting fitter, not losing weight as I don't need to but I have lost a couple of pounds over the last month ( only doing 30 -40mins a day) which I suppose as a woman is always a bonus!

- Can't really think of any. My son already had the consule so I only had to purchase the wii fit, if you havn't I suppose it could be a bit expensive for some.

+ Quick, easy to use, provides encouragement to keep using it.
Variety of tasks means it does not get boring.
The balance board itself is also bound to be used by other games so it is a very worthwhile purchase.

- Easy to get dirty.
Quite hard on bare feet and hands when doing certain excercises.

+ Really works you hard, i have actually sweated! (nice)
Good Fun
Games build up in difficulty which is really good, you dont feel overworked too soon.
Easy to navigate.
The wii board guide encourages you rather than chatising you for not workin out everyday, its sweet really, does improve motivation.

- I dont feel there is enough of a range in games in aerobic section. Out of 9 activities, 2 are hula hoop, three running, 3 step and one boxing. there all really good, but i find myself struggling sometimes to decide what to do, and seem to do the same activities over and over ttryin to get a good level of aerobic workout (they do work tho)

+ easy to use,fun for all ages

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+ its a good laugh

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+ i've lost 23lbs in weight it's easy to use and it's not the gym with all the body beautiful people i can have lots of fun at home with it

- all my friends want to use it, all the time because they can't find any in the shops

+ Th eproduct is great fun and gets everyone in the family involved

- The only bad point is that youngsters (in my case a seven year old) is told what her weight is and this is not helpful and could lead to young children devoloping poor self esteem and worring about their weight.

+ The Wii Fit encourages you to exercise in your home and is fun for all the family. My whole family enjoy using it.

- If young children use the Wii Fit, it allows you to set weight loss or gain targets regardless of age. I don't think this facilty should necessarily be available for people under 18.

+ It is really good for Adults and children alike. It helps keep the family active in the comfort of your own home. Easy to set up and easy to use great fun for all. The more time you spend on it the more games/exercises you unlock so it does become adictive. You can set yourself goals of weightloss but it is not all about losing weight it is about good body allignment and strength.

- Some of the instructions from the Trainers do get a little repetative but you can forward through quite quickly. Best to warn any children who are over weight that it will tell them how over weight they are, but it also does tell you if you are an ideal weight which is encouraging them hopefully to get within that region without going to silly and losing too much weight!

+ Its fun

- I'd prefer if it had harder aerobic workouts on it

+ its great fun for all the family my daughter loves it & shes only 8

- its quite delicate as you can`t jump on it

+ You are exercising whilst having fun in the privacy of your own home

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+ I am not a sporty person , but I wanted to do more exercise.
On the whole I manage about 15 minutes of fun exercise every day , its not a chore , I do not have to go out to a gym ( which I would hate) I have great fun with it and benefit from exercise I probably would not do if I didn't have it

- None from my point of view

+ Easy to use, fun and good for your health and fitness!

- None so far!

+ i enjoy everything on there

- i would like more things to add to it now!!

+ Fun, Keeps you active, board will be able to use in other games for the future

- Expensive! Lost interest after a few weeks.

+ Great fun, very innovative, nice to watch your stats improve

- Easy to trip over when doing the step!

+ Excellent game, hours of fun. Now need to buy more games to go with board!

- Made my wii mii fat! (Was hilarious though!)

+ innovative and fun

- slow to switch between users - it's not intended as a 'game' really, but is a fairly serious fitness system.

+ Wii Fit is very fun and it doesn't feel like exercise at all. It's great that you can unlock new exercises, so the game keeps you going back for more. After all your yoga and muscle workouts, you can have a quick fun game to wind down. It's good to see your posture improve and the weight drop off!

- Quite Pricey, They should supply a yoga mat too, as there are some exercises that require you to lie on the floor - not ideal if you have a wooden floor! Some of the Yoga exercises require lots of practise and very good balance!

+ good family fun that we all can play

- very hard to get hold of at first,difficult to master

+ none whatsoever

- everything about it.

+ Great fun for all the family. Excellent activities and it really does make you work out. Superb !

- Not a product you can use together - it is somthing one person can play on at a time

+ fun way to get fit and nimble

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+ As a family we have had great fun with it! Even a few sore bits the day after!

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+ Makes exercise fun.
High build quality.
Brings the gym to gym to your front room.

- Brings the gym to your front room.

+ A lot of fun and very good exercise

- It is quite costly which may put some people off buying and also it was difficult to find in stock

+ Plenty of variety to suite ALL the family

- Horrible squeky voice

+ It is fun for ALL the family from Gradchildren to Grandparents! It also encourages people to get fit which has to be good thing.

- I can't really think of one.

+ Its not boring, you can do it at home.

- This is a personal one. I like step and its just a shame they dont do more different sequences.

+ This can be played by the whole family. It is a whole new way to play games and I am looking forward to seeing what other games come out using the balance board (surfing, anyone?).

- Trying to watch the screen on some of the exercises whilst maintaining balance on the board (mainly yoga and pressups).

+ Excellent fun for all the family!

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+ Good to get you motivated, and is alot of fun.

- The novelty does wear off quite quickly, and once you have not been on it for a while it lets you know you have been bad

+ great fun, for all the family

- not enough time to play with it

+ Makes getting fit and toning your body fun.

- Addictive!

+ Easy and small to store

- Not sure how it will stand up to use over time, does not feel made strong enough though no problems as yet.

+ Gets you active in the comfort of your own home (and not having to embarass yourself silly at the gym).
Easy to use. Stupidly cute! Like anything it's about being disciplined enough to get the most benefit from it, but it's a great start for those (like me) that are gym shy.
It won't replace any substance exercise regimen, but is a nice way to get active.

- Tracking down the Wii Fit! These things are like gold dust. Do Nintendo do this on purpose?!
Some of the games/activities could stand to incorporate both upper body & lower body. At the time of writing, so far, I've only uncovered the rhythm boxing that's the closest to this. But don't let that put you off, it's still great value for money.

+ Very simple to use a good form of basic core excercise and competitive

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+ It's really easy to use and great fun for all the family. Great for someone who doesn't feel they can go out to a gym.

- It's a little expensive but cheaper than a gym membership though.

+ Great if like me you are not stretchy and therefore no good at Yoga and too embarrased to take the class at your gym.

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+ fun as well as exercise.

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+ Fun

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+ Appeals to all ages. Combines exercise with computer games.

- Wii fit mini games do not have long term appeal.

+ With various types of exercise that is available to suit anyone of any age, also it is good fun which is the main thing.

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+ Good fun for all the family

- Try and have a go when the kids are around

+ It is a great game for the whole family and is great for keeping everybody fit instead of sitting in front of a games console just pushing a joypad.

- The only thing we didnt like is that it told our son who is only 9 years old that he was overweight after he had put 2 lb on - the week before he said his weight was ideal. This influenced our son greatly and he was quite upset that it told him at 5 stone 4 lb that he was overweight - that I dont agree with.

+ fun, competitive, good excise

- Say's over weight and obese for children could give them a bad complex about there size

+ Its a laugh for the whole family, Does actually make you work and sweat!

- Shame not more 2+ player games

+ GREAT FUN FOR ALL THE FAIMLY

- HAVE NOT FOUND ANY YET

+ fun

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+ Great fun, and more uses to come from the fit board

- Finding time to play it enough

+ Great fun, particularly the hula hoop & balance games

- I can't think of any

+ Encouraging seein the time you've been exercising growing as you do more exercises!

- I've done yoga before an there could be more guidance on some of the postures. E.g. on the tree posture it says to put your foot on the opposite thigh. But if you're not as flexible and fit it doesn't say don't rest your foot on the knee joint but instead lower down the leg instead and you can work on improving your flexibility over time and soon enough you'll manage to get your knee as far as the thigh. It should mention more in the yoga section tat the poses are something to aspire to and show easier versions. I know its not a ful yoga workout but a bit more info would be really helpful. More guidance too on the breathing as you're going through the poses as a reminder, and not just in the tutorial for a start and also reminders of how your posture should be e.g. reminders during pose to keep back straight (or whatever that pose requires).

+ Great addition to the Wii. Allows for easy fitness workouts which are fun and do not involve leaving the comfort of my home and paying gym fees.

- Having to fight the rest of the family to get them off so I can use it!!!

+ Seems expensive for what it is but I'd read good reviews. They were right - the Wii fit board is easy to set up. Its been used by all the family every day for different reasons - health checks, fitness and fun.There are also good games that can be bought for the Wii Fit so can buy these in the future.

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+ It is an excellent tool for motivating me to exercise, and good fun too.

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+ Good family entertainment

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+ The Wiifit is a brilliant product - it is fun to use when with friends but I also use it on my own to exercise. Having a 'trainer' is a brilliant concept - I like the yoga and having someone talk you through it and encouraging you to hold the pose is a real help. None of my family particularly like exercise - but we are all happy to use the Wiifit. Would really recommend it.

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+ great for getting you moving when the weather is naf! Good for all ages, general all round fun!

- nothing, other than i need to go on in more!

+ Motivating for fitness. Whole family can use. good software that comes with it.

- None that I've found.

+ fantastic

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+ Lots of fun for all the family

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+ Very good - you can definitely feel the burn on some exercises! the balance board is great - very responsive and good value for money.

- The only negative is that it some of the activities get really boring after a while.

+ GOOD HEALTHY FAMILY FUN.

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+ good family fun, keeps you entertained and also fit

- gets dirty easily if you do not use a silicone cover also if you are not wearing grip socks it might be slippery at some exercises

+ well built, does what it should, good fun

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+ Easy to use, you can take the games and exercises at your own pace. Wii fit makes you more aware of your weight, bmi, centre of gravity and fitness levels and you can set your own targets if you want to lose weight.
The whole family can use it - my 5 year old is currently jogging around the park!
Good fun all round!

- It is a lot of money to pay out in one go but I would say it was worth it.

+ Great fun for all ages - lots of laughs at the Hula Hoop game.

- None really, unless you are expecting a genuine workout from it, in which case I wouldn't recommend it.

+ Great fun and easy to use

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+ Amazing and very entertaining.

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+ Great fun product with lots of games that'll have you off the sofa and keeping active

- It's brutually honest about your current fitness (or unfitness) level

+ Great variety of exercies and this helps kids (and parents) have fun without realising they are improving balabce and co-ordination.

- None really. A USB keyboard is useful for sending emails from it but nothing is a problem.

+ best thing since sliced bread. great fun and fitness without paying a gym membership. fab

- not got a bad thing to say

+ The product can be taken as seriously or lightheartedly as you wish according to circumstances. It is an ideal way to improve health and posture when setting aside just a little private time, and yet it can be a fun to compete with family and friends whenever you chose.

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+ It is great fun while great for you at the same time. it offers a variety of exercises and games to tone and improve your posture and balance - great motivation to beat others and your own previous scores!

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+ An excellent product which has provided hours of fun over the festive period for all the family. It has also helped some members of the family with thier weight loss and exercise routines.

- Although it came with batteries it didn't really state anywhere that you really need a re-chargeable battery pack which you buy separately. We needed to buy one of these shortly after Christmas.

+ Good clean family fun!!!

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+ Excellent product. Whole family using Wii Fit!

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+ its fun and involving as well as an aid to incentivise some exercise in your life. Its not a replacement for actually getting out and about having a walks and trying to stay fit. Its colourful and the whole family can have ago even my youngsters who are 2 and 4 as well as Nan who is over 70. Other games like snowboarding and ski ing are available so we havent been bored on rainy afternoons at all since Christmas.

- It takes over the telly when youre playing you may forget that the one program a week you want to watch is on !!! Then youve missed it, but catch up tv is gradually solving that problem. Friends who come round have had a go and got one themselves so it really is catchy and a good inhibition breaker.

+ love it, great fun for adults and kids

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+ excellent all round accessory

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+ keeps you fit, easy to use

- where to store

+ spurs you on to keep fit

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+ Its fun and great for all the family to keep any eye on their daily exercise regime

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+ Lots of different exercises, some fun and some more serious. You also unlock further exercises as you work out more. I like the way that you are guided through the fitness process with encouragement, targets and tips.

- It made me ache so much the next day!!! But I think this must mean it's doing the trick.

+ Opens up many new things to do with your Wii. The additional games included use the Wii Fit which add fun to doing something physical.

- I'm not convinced you'll get 'fit' using it but it could help you become toned and have fun in the process.

+ all the family can play and it bring everyone together.

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+ Great product. Good fun for all the family.

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+ Its superb for use on your own to get some exercise, it was as good as going to the gym or bringing out when you have friends over its just brilliant. If you dont already have it you have to buy it!!!

- None, I just love it!!