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By fear Liszewski

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[ FriiBoard ] VIA [ GoNintendo ]

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This post is syndicated with permission from GamerFront.net

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.

[ Zoozen ] VIA [ GamerFront ]

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By Shane McGlaun

The Nintendo Wii makes for a much more involved video game experience than competing consoles. Some games like boxing are as much of a workout as Wii Fit. The popularity of the console for people looking for a fun exercise platform is undeniable with the Wii fit game being at the top of many sales charts.

For Wii Fit fanatics looking to get more from their workouts a new product will be shipping soon called the Riiflex dumbbells. The dumbbells are cut out to hold the Wii remote and nunchuck while you play games.

Two different weights are available with a pair of two pounds dumbbells selling for $34.95 starting this summer. Later a pair of four pound weights will be offered for $39.95. The dumbbells were announced earlier this year, but pricing and an estimated ship date were unknown at that time.

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By Evan Ackerman

Hey. You. You know what? You’re wasting electricity right now. And you could be harvesting all of that energy and pumping it back into your house. The Inlet Outlet concept is designed to be mounted next to your existing outlets, but instead of taking electricity out of them, you put electricity into them. The outlets will come with a variety of different adapter kits that let you convert waste energy emitted by things around your house into electricity generators, things like door hinges. Or a Wii Fit. Or a hamster wheel. Or bed springs: “hey babe, want to go generate some electricity?”

Realistically, that’s why this is only a concept, though… If it was that cheap and easy to turn everyday objects into electricity generators, wouldn’t we be doing it already? The sad fact is that for the near future, it’s almost always going to be less efficient to produce things like this than it’s going to be to use them. It’s still a cool idea, though.

VIA [ Core77 ]

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Sure, this device is borrowing not a little from the look, feel and color scheme of the Wii Fit, but the Weight Fat Checker is a little more direct in its naming schemes. A handheld body fat meter unearthed somewhere in Japan, we don’t know anything about its pricing or availability, but we assume we’ll never probably seen one in the flesh. Regardless, we’re pretty sure it’d make a fine gift for anyone you want to cross of your faves list a.s.a.p.

[Via Joystiq]

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Well, this was probably bound to happen. A fitness “expert” named Michael Torchia says he’s now preparing a class-action suit against NIntendo which will apparently seek to remove its Wii Fit from the shelves unless they add warnings to the product. The offense? Torchia claims that the Wii Fit actually contributes to obesity, essentially because it claims to be something that it’s really not — namely, a fitness tool — and discourages people from doing more traditional exercise. He also, however, seems to be concerned that the Wii Fit is dangerous — mostly because it doesn’t stress warming up enough, and users can do the exercises wrong, straining or injuring themselves. Now, we’re not going to delve into the validity of his claims (though, how do you explain this dude? Just saying), but we should note that Torchia is apparently getting ready to launch his airwave-rocking AM radio show, “Shape Up, America,” and we figure he’s looking to drum up some buzz for himself, so we’ll be watching to see if he ever actually brings his suit against old Mario and Sons. Step on.

[Via Joystiq]

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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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Ah, yes. Nothing like some robotics to shake all that pesky quaintness out of a well-loved, time-tested game. In this case, some folks from the Cowtown Computer Congress used a couple of servos and the ever so useful Arduino to connect a wooden Labyrinth game to a Wii Fit, which appears to up the difficulty of the game while still requiring as little exertion as possible. At just $60 total (not including the Wii Fit), the project is also relatively inexpensive, and it seems that it’s a fairly simple process to swap out the Wii Fit for the controller of your choice. Head on past the break for a video of the setup in action, and hit up the link below for the necessary details.

[Thanks, Steve]

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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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Our exercise-averse bones were certainly shaking at rumors of EA’s supposed onslaught on the Wii Fit-dominated “video games don’t have to be fun, they can also make you sore and grumpy” market, but we must admit we’re a little disappointed in the end product. EA SPORTS Active for the Wii eschews Nintendo’s Wii Fit peripheral entirely, instead opting for a leg strap to hold a nunchuck controller and track the movements of your rippling thigh, while an electronics-free resistance band is there to make everything harder. The good news is that Bob Greene, Oprah’s personal trainer, was involved in Active’s creation and the wide assortment exercises it will subject you to, so you know it’s going to turn you into an eternally beautiful and endlessly influential TV talk show host in a few short weeks. Speaking of, did everybody see that 30 Rock episode with Oprah in it? Can we just give Tina Fey all the Emmys right now, or do we have to wait until next year? Video of EA’s Active is after the break.