Nintendo will announce the release dates for both the paunch-targeting Wii Fit (Wii Fitness for us Europeans) and WiiWare - its platform for online distribution of new games - at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco today.
The news comes from the Wall Street Journal, which tells us that Wii Fit will launch on May 19th, while WiiWare will sneak in a week before on May 12th.
On the off-chance you've been hiding under something heavy since Nintendo's E3 announcement, Wii Fit will get gamers buff through a series of exercise routines, and will ship with the pressure-sensitive Balance Board. For more on the title see SPOnG's review here.
WiiWare, meanwhile, will enable developers with smaller budgets to distribute original Wii games online in a manner similar to Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. Nintendo has said that it will only perform minimal checks for bugs on the games, but that they must be rated by the appropriate authorities.
No dates for Wii Fit or WiiWare have been given for Europe as yet, but we await an announcement in the very, very, very, very, very near future...
Wii Fit launched in December in Japan and had sold a million copies by early January.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
The news comes from the Wall Street Journal, which tells us that Wii Fit will launch on May 19th, while WiiWare will sneak in a week before on May 12th.
On the off-chance you've been hiding under something heavy since Nintendo's E3 announcement, Wii Fit will get gamers buff through a series of exercise routines, and will ship with the pressure-sensitive Balance Board. For more on the title see SPOnG's review here.
WiiWare, meanwhile, will enable developers with smaller budgets to distribute original Wii games online in a manner similar to Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. Nintendo has said that it will only perform minimal checks for bugs on the games, but that they must be rated by the appropriate authorities.
No dates for Wii Fit or WiiWare have been given for Europe as yet, but we await an announcement in the very, very, very, very, very near future...
Wii Fit launched in December in Japan and had sold a million copies by early January.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
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SuperSaiyan4 20 Feb 2008 12:58
1/4
Ok considering the population in Japan + the huge number of Wii's sold only 1million Wiifit have been sold? Seems very low imo.
Absinthe-Review.net 20 Feb 2008 14:03
2/4
well, it just came out recently, so 1 million is by no means a low number, especially for this type of game and the fact that you're investing in a peripheral.
But it wil be here so soon...*tear of joy*
But it wil be here so soon...*tear of joy*
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Rainny 21 Feb 2008 00:32
3/4
I have been considering buying a Wii system, I don't understand if the Wii fitness is a game by itself or if you can use it with the Wii system you already have, or if I should wait until the Wii fitness comes out. I am in the elderly age and want to use it to get in shape. Any advice.
tyrion 21 Feb 2008 08:29
4/4
Rainny wrote:
I have been considering buying a Wii system, I don't understand if the Wii fitness is a game by itself or if you can use it with the Wii system you already have, or if I should wait until the Wii fitness comes out. I am in the elderly age and want to use it to get in shape. Any advice.
Wii Fitness is package containing a game and a piece of hardware - called the Balance Board - that are designed to work with a Wii console.
If you want to make use of Wii Fitness you'll have to buy both a Wii console and the Wii fitness package.
On the plus side, you'll get a game called Wii Sports with the Wii console and it's a pretty good game that enables you to play versions of tennis, 10-pin bowling, baseball, boxing and golf.
Hope that helps.