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Gameplay
As with the original Wii Fit release, Wii
Fit Plus is designed, as its name implies,
to improve the user's fitness. The game
contains a large number of activities that
fall into a variety of categories,
including: yoga, aerobics, strength training
and balance games. With all but a few
exceptions, which utilize variations on a
standard Wii Remote configuration, all
activities utilize the Wii Balance Board , either alone
or configured with either a Wii Remote alone
or the Wii Remote and nunchuck. The Balance
Board, like any other Wii controller acts as
a motion/pressure sensing device wirelessly
synched to your Wii and replicating your
body's movements. Each controller employed
occupies one of the Wii's four wireless
inputs, together mapping the reference
points needed to recreate most full body
motions on screen. Although this limits the
majority of the activities to a single
player orientation, various activities
throughout the game support up to eight
players in alternating play.
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To use Wii Fit Plus players
import their Miis from their Wii system, set up
profiles, establish a current physical baseline,
set fitness goals, and embark on a routine to
reach them. Wii Fit Plus tracks your usage, weight
and progress towards your goal over time, giving
you a status report as you start each session. At
any time players can choose whatever activity they
want, whether exercise or balance game, and as
they progress in these they will level up in each,
gaining points, setting high scores and unlocking
more activities.

Personalization Option
Via 'The Locker Room'
The original Wii Fit was designed to have
something for everyone. Now Wii Fit Plus raises
the bar by providing users with personalization
options that allow them to find/create a specific
workout routine that is exactly right for them,
their family and their lifestyle. One example of
this is "The Locker Room." Easily accessible
throughout the game, here players can choose from
a number customizable options that allow them to
maximize their time with Wii Fit Plus without
having to navigate through the game menu while in
the middle of a workout. In essence this allows
players to become their own personal trainer.
Customization options available within The Locker
Room include: preprogrammed and timed Wii Fit Plus
Routines; My Routine, where you choose your own
set of activities, optimizing their length and
area of the body to be focused on; and Favorites,
a notation of activities you frequent, which
provides fast access to exercises you enjoy doing
the most.
Addition Yoga and
Strength Exercises
Designed as an addition to the already substantial
list of focused, physical exercises available in
Wii Fit, Wii Fit Plus contains six new and
challenging strength and yoga activities. But
continuing with the game's commitment to
personalization, the key to these additions is not
in their volume, but in how the player chooses to
mix and match them. Do them in the order they are
presented, or combine them in whatever order you
want. The choice is yours. The player even has the
ability to repeat the ones that he/she prefers,
maximizing attention and effort where it is needed
most. In addition, for those to whom time is a
commodity, you can now omit unnecessary interludes
between exercises, making for a continuous,
timesaving routine.

A Wealth of New Balance
Games
Regardless of the considerable fitness factor
packed into Wii Fit Plus, the Nintendo brand is
and will always be all about having fun. With that
in mind Wii Fit Plus also comes packed with 15
new, entertaining balance games suitable for every
member of the family. Just a few of those that
players can expect to see are: Juggling;
Skateboarding; Snowball Fight; Obstacle Course, a
log-leaping, cannonball-evading event reminiscent
of what Nintendo icon Mario must go through; and
Perfect 10, a balance game designed to promote a
combination of physical and mental health. In this
final example the player's Mii is situated between
multiple color-coated balls, each showing specific
numbers, with the goal to swing your hips, hula
style, in different directions to tap out a total
of ten as many times as possible before time runs
out.
Key Game Features
* Users can input the amount of
time they want to spend on their workouts or
select an area for personal improvement, and Wii
Fit Plus will suggest a number of diverse
activities for them.
* For the first time, users can mix and match
which strength and yoga activities they prefer on
a given day. The seamless exercise flows make it
easier than ever for users to maintain their daily
workout routines.
* Users might be asked to run an obstacle course
across a series of platforms, zoom across a beach
on a Segway x2 Personal Transporter or flap their
arms to help their hilarious chicken-suited
characters aim for targets.
* The range of games and customization options
will make players want to play every day. They’ll
be having so much fun that their workouts will
seem to fly by in no time at all.
* Players also can see estimates of calories
burned and can even activate a feature that lets
them weigh their dogs or cats. |