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By fear Liszewski

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[ FriiBoard ] VIA [ GoNintendo ]

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For those that are attempting to get the perfect bod from the Wii Fit, here’s an attachment to raise the Wii Fit Balance Board.  It goes underneath your Balance Board for when you’re doing aerobic steps.  It raises up the Balance Board a whopping four inches to make it a bit more challenging.  They claim that particular height is the same size as the average height of a stepper you’d find at a real live gym.  I have a couple of issues with this item, first of all I’m skeptical as to how well this would actually support the Balance Board.  With that in mind, the price tag is far too high on this one.  It will cost you $39.99 for this flimsy attachment.

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It was inevitable we guess what with everyone plus your grandma using the Wii. Now Nintendo Japan has announced a new Wii “Check-Up” channel that acts as a health guidance system between you and health professionals. Scheduled for an April launch, the system developed in partnership with Hitachi, NEC, Panasonic and a health insurance company is said to provide 2-way communication between users and health leaders who’ll provide “healthy guidance” to otherwise Cheeto-stained gamer-types. The service appears to be compatible with both Wii Fit and its Balance Board as well as NEC’s mobile phone health platform for checking progress or accessing advice remotely. It also appears to be usable anonymously. We’ll update you just as soon as we get all these Japanese press releases translated.

[Via Akihabara News and NeoGAF]

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By Andrew Liszewski

The Wii Fit balance board provides a surprisingly fun ski experience in the comfort of your living room, but it’s got nothing on this SKIGYM simulator available from Pro-Idee. It was developed in Germany with ski instructors, sport scientists and even physical therapists to provide an accurate recreation of the motions used while skiing, and even appears to include a set of ski poles that somehow interface with the simulator.

The included software, Alpine Ski Racing 2007, is PC-only, so you’ll need to use a laptop or computer instead of a gaming console, but it comes complete with 32 different courses from 18 real life venues including Beaver Lake, Lake Louise and Chamonix. You also have your choice of 6 different disciplines including super G and slaloms, and the ability to adjust the difficulty level from junior to amateur to professional as you get better and better. At about $2,280 it’s considerably more expensive than Wii Fit, but I’d feel more comfortable tackling the real thing after practicing with this, than Nintendo’s offering.

[ SKIGYM Ski Simulator ] VIA [ Random Good Stuff ]

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The Wii Balance Board may be all well and good if you want to play things safe, but those looking to up the danger level a tad will no doubt want to give this new SKIGYM simulator some serious consideration, with it promising to improve your skiing ability and give you a workout in the process. Apparently, you can either hook the fully-motorized device up to your PC and play the included Alpine Ski Racing game, or simply use it on its own as a piece of exercise equipment — we’re guessing it’s also only a matter of time before someone uses it to control a robot. Not surprisingly, this piece of living room clutter will also put quite a dent in the old bank account, with it running €1,649, or roughly $2,300.

[Via Random Good Stuff]