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14-Year-Old Breaks Foot On Wii Fit Balance Board

In a letter to the New England Medical Journal, Karen Eley of Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust details the case of a 14-year-old girl who fell off her Wii Fit Balance Board and fractured her foot.

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IanCube5193d ago

How do you do that? The thing is 2 inches off the ground...

-Alpha5193d ago

Well you don't have to be off a high place to break your foot.

Also, OMG People play Wii FIT??

indiemike5193d ago

I'm sure there's still some people first getting Wii Fit now. It's "evergreen," as they say.

Still, I can't imagine any scenario that results in a broken foot.

IanCube5193d ago

Wonder if someone pushed her during some crazy Wii Fit party or something.

lociefer5193d ago

words cannot decribe how stupid this is

CoffeewithChess5193d ago

IanCube this is a duplicate story that is originally days old, please remove it.

mikeslemonade5193d ago

Yay sue Nintendo they don't deserve the money! I've stopped buying Nintendo products a long time ago and so can you.

1800GETOWNED5193d ago

your a contributor you have the power to report the story as a duplicate...so do it and then shut up about it.

Lemmiwinks5192d ago (Edited 5192d ago )

somebody please think of the children. save the waste of a 100 bucks get ur daughter a tread mill or running shoes and tell her to jog like normal people or put your kids in sports. or get a gym pass wii fit is a joke and everyone who uses it are wasting your time and obviuosly not that interested in getting fit....ohhh and on topic this article is sad are the flamebait articles that slow today..wheres gaming bolt and ign when you need them....moving along

edit its a duplicate ehhh so theres really two contributers on this site that actually think this is gaming news wowww this site is going downhill faster than i thought.....

FACTUAL evidence5192d ago

See, if something "tragic" happens on a video game then people thinks it's game's fault, But oh boooy, no one would have got mad at stairs if the boy tripped and broke his foot on it.

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IanCube5193d ago

Who here actually know's someone (or is someone) that has gotten hurt playing Wii?

I always see stories, see YouTube videos, but have yet to actually know anyone...maybe all my friends are just too coordinated.

Theonik5192d ago

Don't know anyone that got hurt playing the wii but i have seen some pretty nasty wii accidents. Most of them have to do with objects such as ceiling lamps etc.

Darkspade5193d ago

She is so far my Hardcore Gamer of the year

IanCube5193d ago

She gets my vote too.

I can't wait to see what happens when Natal comes out.

Ninji5193d ago

What was she doing out of the kitchen?

Chnswdchldrn5193d ago

LAWSUIT

naw jk, but im surprised there is no talk of one in the article

IanCube5193d ago

Well I think the article was more focused purely on medical issues and injuries, but good point.

I wonder how much a great lawyer could get out of Nintendo for this?

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Hardcore gamer grandma plays 4,000 days of Wii Fit

This hardcore gamer grandma has put nearly 4,000 days into Wii Fit!

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Eonjay1889d ago

Exercise is exercise no matter how you get it.

BlacKJesu51889d ago

Looks like every other church going grandmother...good job

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Here Are the Top 10 Best-Selling Exclusives Since 1995 (USA)

The NPD Group has revealed the top 10 best-selling exclusives in the U.S. since 1995, and Nintendo holds all 10 spots.

Highlife1986d ago

Yeah as a gamer that list sucks. Wouldn't be to prod of that.

Paytaa1986d ago

Oh you're one of those real gamers

Literal_Cringe1986d ago

You're not much of a gamer then.

lxeasy1986d ago

Damn Nintendo Domination!

King_Noctis1986d ago

Kindda surprising actually. All games are from Nintendo.

darthv721986d ago

And the #1 game on this list is also the #1 game (and accessory) to be found at the local goodwill.

Imalwaysright1985d ago

Take a look at the 50 best selling games of all time https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

telekineticmantis1986d ago

Nintendo has always had the most mass appeal, my Mother would play Mario.

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EddieNX 1986d ago

There's landslides and then there's this. Wouldn't be surprised if the top 50 was mostly Nintendo games.

Paytaa1986d ago

The only other game's that cracked the Top 15 aside from Nintendo were Halo 3, Halo Reach, and Halo 4.

EddieNX 1986d ago (Edited 1986d ago )

Good. I adore Halo!! It's the only online shooting game for me.

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Technical Mistakes from Gaming's Past

A look back at some of gaming's biggest technological missteps from the past decade.

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ApocalypseShadow2716d ago (Edited 2716d ago )

Your article is trash and I'm going to not only post the "take out the trash" video, https://m.youtube.com/watch...
I'm going to dismantle your garbage.

**The super step up from the Wii and Playstation 3’s wonky imprecise motion controls, the Kinect was going to allow me to be entertained like never before. **

Lol!!.... LMAO!! You're a lier on imprecise controls with the move controller. You bought a controllerless camera with less precision. While with move you could play games like killzone 3 with it.Doesn't mean kinect didn't have fun games but you really failed just right there. It wasn't hype. You fell for lies that Microsoft said that it would do.

Wiifit's problem is that it wasn't for the core gamer. But I'm not going to knock it as new gamers were introduced to gaming. It got the old and the young on their feet to play. Nothing wrong with that. But it wasn't touted as replacing the controller. Just an OPTION in fun.

Vita? It still gets games to this day. Then you mention Ratchet, Infamous, GOW...
https://m.youtube.com/watch...
https://m.youtube.com/watch...
https://m.youtube.com/watch...
You can play almost ANY PS4 game and cross buy game on it on the go through streaming from anywhere in the world with internet. That is awesome. Every game you mentioned you can play on vita. Wait.. What.. COD IW on vita? https://m.youtube.com/watch...
You don't say... That just came out.

Guitar hero as a whole was a sensation. But still an option. Not replacing the controller. Just allowing those interested to feel like a rock star. Can't knock it. Just like sing star for those who like to sing with a mic karaoke style. For some, they don't play halo or uncharted. They just sing and rock out.

Lol! You purchased a failed format with HD DVD. Microsoft's way of slowing Sony and bluray adoption down that failed. And then, you spent more money on movies. Insanity.

VR is a totally different thing than HD DVD ,wiifit,wiimote,guitar hero, etc. It's not 3D either. It breaks the 4th wall. You don't just watch something in a 2D presence. You become part of the experience. No matter what happens in sales of all these VR devices, VR will not go away. Even as an option, PSVR changes the fundamental way you play, see, hear and touch entertainment. And VR goes beyond it with education, medicine, travel, music, etc.

And the fact that you can use those supposedly *wonky,imprecise* move controllers in VR TODAY means they're not sitting in the garage with your other products.

SpamnJam2716d ago

Snap... you are really torn up about this huh..... You do know that is an opinion piece... and being an opinion it can be different to yours. The article says somethings I agree with, some I don't but considering it is coming down to the personal experience of the writer well frankly you can't argue with that.

Oh as for your Vita point you do realise that functionality was never released in large parts of the world and it requires a stable, high end internet connection to function. Mobile internet just doesn't cut it. So no, The Vita never got any of those games. But don't let the truth get in the way of a good rant.

Kingthrash3602715d ago (Edited 2715d ago )

Alot of bad journalism this past 2 months.

OB1Biker2715d ago (Edited 2715d ago )

'being an opinion it can be different to yours'
And what's wrong with giving his opinion about it again?
Most articles are opinions nowadays and especially reviews have become essays written up to push a biased opinion. The thing is you shouldn't blame people for giving their opinions about articles/opinion pieces specially because not many sites allow it and those who allow criticising their own sites will have their own way to censor what they don't like.
And when censor doesn't come from the site it comes from the sites followers jumping on anyone criticising their beloved site and its great to have independent sites like N4G to talk about it.
'you can't argue with that. '
Thanks God you can.
I thought there was some BS going on with this article given the PSVR pic and I'm grateful of his comment saving me the click

madmonkey012715d ago

not all opinions hold any merit, nor deserve to be taken seriously, 90% of opinion pieces on here are just ill informed morons looking for hits.

ShottyatLaw2715d ago

I'm just amused that we've reached the point where even criticizing Kinect, WiiFit, and HD DVD still can't save you from this level of rage.

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Footyspacecadet2716d ago

Layoff the salt buddy.... will give yourself a heart attack

Silly gameAr2716d ago

Actually better than the actual article.

Pantz2715d ago

I don't even need to read what they wrote to know it's stupid.

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JoeBloggs2715d ago

Man there have been some shockers over the years. Good to see that the PS Move stuff has been resurrected with VR though. Oh and HD-DVD...... yeah I fell for that one too. Oh well.

FyBy2715d ago

According to move / Kinect controllers- its sad companies dropped support this gen . I really loved and still love motion control games . They are being reiterated with psvr and its great ! So much I enjoyed wii sports , and sports champions. I'm really considering buying PS3 just for them :-o