For The Love Of Food

An In-Depth Look at the nintendo wii games

There are also a few practical issues with Wii Fit. If theres limited space in front of your TV, youll have problems. Some require the player

to lie out on the balance board, and most people will presumably hit their nintendo console feet on the couch from this position. Of course, you can place

the board to the side, but this brings us to the next problem - keeping your eyes on the TV. Some routines track actions via a meter, but these

same routines often require the players head to be facing downwards.

Either the player jeopardises correct positioning by looking up, or simply hopes they are doing well. Its also often a bit of a conundrum as to

what to do with the Wii remote. Youll need it to select activities and to advance past text instructions, but you definitely wont need it for

the routine itself. Exercise in Wii Fit therefore often devolves into the bend down to pick up the Wii remote move as a result. Localisation

is also a bit of an issue, and has only been done as far as localisation for the UK is concerned. The trainers all have British voices, although

we were pleased to see that the game recognises that Australia uses the metric system and not inches and pounds.

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