MTV News never talked to Shigeru Miyamoto about exercise before, and certainly never about an exercise video game.
An exercise game, however, is just what Miyamoto was in NYC last week to demonstrate and discuss. He was showing Wii Fit, a game that emerged from his recent obsession with weighing himself and that has sold, he says, close to 2 million copies in Japan.
It releases for the red-hot Nintendo Wii, which just sold 720,000 units in March, according to the NPD group, on May 19. The game will come with the Balance Board, a small exercise board that contains sensors that detect the player's balance. The sensors enable the game to not just weigh the player, but to control several dozen yoga, strength-training and aerobic activities - as well as play mini-game activities, such as ski jumping and soccer goalie.
This hardcore gamer grandma has put nearly 4,000 days into Wii Fit!
The NPD Group has revealed the top 10 best-selling exclusives in the U.S. since 1995, and Nintendo holds all 10 spots.
And the #1 game on this list is also the #1 game (and accessory) to be found at the local goodwill.
Take a look at the 50 best selling games of all time https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...
Nintendo has always had the most mass appeal, my Mother would play Mario.
There's landslides and then there's this. Wouldn't be surprised if the top 50 was mostly Nintendo games.
VGChartz's William D'Angelo: "Today we take a look at the top 10 best-selling games for yet another platform. Up to this point we have looked at the original PlayStation, the Nintendo 64, the PlayStation 2, the original Xbox, the GameCube, the Nintendo DS, and the PSP. This week it's the turn of Nintendo's most popular home console, the Wii.
The Wii is the fifth best-selling video game platform in history and the third best-selling home console in gaming history. It is also the best-selling home console not released by Sony. It sold 101.18 million units lifetime."
Just like the DS list, every game on the Wii's list has sold over 10 million. Not even PS1 and PS2 did that. That's very incredible
Who cares i already sold my wii for a cheesburger.
The problem with this guy, that he things he's a god or something. mr "know it all".
now he take care of our health, tommorow what?
my Yoko-Loko, please get down to earth, and bring us next-gen console with next-gen games. not something from the ICE AGE.
So if the Wii can help them get fit then by all means, it's a good deal. I however am not out of shape and could care less. If people would put down the cheese burgers and coke then perhaps there would be less of a reason for the Wii fit in North America? lol
This is a travesty to gamers but whatever gives people motivation to work out i guess...
Think about it...doing what you love to do, which is playing games, and there's a benefit, omg! You get to be fit too? My competitive nature would help me ignore the pain. So this is a must buy for me. :D