Hands-on with Wii Fit and Nintendo Wii Balance Board

Today I got my hands-on the Wii Fit and the Balance Board for my Nintendo Wii; over the next week I will be giving this new gadget a lot of time and doing a hands-on review over a few posts. The aim will be to keep using this device so I can maintain and improve my health and fitness. For the people that do not know, the Wii Fit is a combination of fitness and fun, by using Wii Fit just a small amount of time everyday, you, your friends, and your family will be able to achieve personal fitness goals over time.

On this page I have taken some photos of what you get in the Wii Fit box that costs £69 in the UK and around $89.99 in the U.S. When I have finished this post, that’s when I get down to business just like millions of other Nintendo Wii owners as we do a body test daily with the Wii balance board to keep an eye on your body control, Body Mass Index (BMI) and center of balance. These results then provide you with a fitness age that you aim to improve on each day.

To improve your health and fitness you can use the training modes, you have a choice of Strength training, yoga, aerobics and balance games. While I go to the gym five days a week and also to a body combat class with the aim of getting and keeping fit, the idea of extra exercise while having fun playing games is a fantastic idea. The Nintendo Wii has become boring for me many times and when this happens I just go back to playing my Sony PS3, but I am hoping that Wii Fit and the balance board changes all that because we all could do with more exercise.

Its very easy to just get on with life and forget about keeping an eye on our health and fitness level, now I have Wii Fit this will not happen as I can keep an eye on my BMI and other parts of my overall fitness.

This all sounds good, but action is the best policy, so I am now going to give the Balance Board and Wii Fit many hours of gameplay and fitness. Check back for how I get on by joining our Feed or newsletter from the links below, also share your Wii Fit stories in the comments box below.

One thing I noticed already is how stable the Balance Board is, when you put it on a hardwood surface like in the photos, the board will not move and that was tested by trying to push the board to move it…the board will not move, and that’s obviously what we want. More photos below.