Will Wii Fit get you Fit?

Nintendo's Wii Fit will release on May 21, 2008. This game is designed to take advantage of Nintendo's marketing strategy of targeting EVERYONE and not just video game players. Who would have thought, a game designed around fitness?

Wii Fit will retail for $89.99 (that is if you can find one) and will include a fitness board and the game software. Here is what one can expect to do with this software:

Before you jump into doing exercises and activities, you'll start by creating your own profile. Choose a Mii, enter your height and age information, and do a few quick tests:

• BMI Check: BMI, or Body Mass Index, is a measure of body fat based on height and weight that is the standard used by agencies such as the World Health Organization and the National Institute of Health. To check your BMI, you'll enter your height then stand on the Wii Balance Board and let it read your weight.
• Wii Fit Age: After you've checked your BMI, you'll do a basic balance test and find out your current Wii Fit Age. This basic balance test measures how well you can control your left and right balance. Based on the results, you'll be assigned a Wii Fit Age.

Categories:

• Wii Fit features four main categories to choose from: Strength Training, Aerobics, Yoga and Balance Games. As you spend time exercising, you'll earn Fit Credits that unlock additional exercises and activities within these categories. Wii Fit also tracks the activities you do the most and puts them into the Favorites category.
• Strength Training: Put your strength to the test with muscle-toning exercises like Single Leg Extension, Sideways Leg Lift, Arm and Leg Lift, Single-Arm Stand, Torso Twists, Rowing Squat, Single Leg Twist, Lunge, Push-Up and Side Plank, Jackknife, Plank and Tricep Extension. Challenges include Push-Up Challenge, Plank Challenge and Jackknife Challenge.
• Aerobics: Get your heart pumping with fun, interactive Aerobic exercises like Hula Hoop®, BasicStep, Basic Run, Super Hula Hoop, Advanced Step, 2-P Run, Rhythm Boxing, Free Step and Free Run.
• Yoga: Work on your balance and flexibility with Yoga poses and activities like Deep Breathing, Half-Moon, Dance, Cobra, Bridge, Spinal Twist, Shoulder Stand, Warrior, Tree, Sun Salutation, Standing Knee, Palm Tree, Chair, Triangle and Downward-Facing Dog.
• Balance Games: Get into the action with fun, balanced-based games like Soccer Heading, Ski Slalom, Ski Jump, Table Tilt, Tightrope Walk, Balance Bubble, Penguin Slide, Snowboard Slalom and Lotus Focus.

Tracking Results:

• Keep tabs on your daily progress with easy-to-understand graphs and charts. Using your personal profile, you can set goals, view a graph of your BMI results over time, see how many Fit Credits you've earned, check your Wii Fit Age and even enter exercise time you've done outside of Wii Fit. It's all about coming back and exercising a little every day, and the personal profile makes tracking your daily progress simple and easy.
• You can quickly check your Wii Fit Age and BMI without even putting the game in the console by going directly to the Wii Fit Channel.
• Up to eight family members can create their own profiles in Wii Fit. On the profile-selection screen, everyone in the family can see each other's recent BMI progress and Fit Credit total. This will allow families to have a friendly competition to exercise and get fit.

This game will sell extremely well due to its incredible uniqueness. This is the type of game that casual players can not only enjoy but get a better understanding of fitness in the process. If Nintendo has not solved the supply and demand issue regarding its hardware (Wii) by the time this game comes out, expect these supply and demand issues to continue through the remainder of this year which may cause supply and demand issues for Wii Fit itself.

Will the Wii Fit game get you fit? I don't know but you can order one from Video Game King and find out for certain.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Super Smash Bros. Brawl releases on March 9. Video Game King customers will receive a FREE Mario Kart or Link Wall Graffix with the pre-order purchase of this highly anticipated game. Offer is valid while supplies last. Offer expires March 4, 2008.

Enter the code:

MKWALL for Mario Kart Wall Graffix
LKWALL for Link Wall Graffix

Super Smash Bros Brawl Delayed.........again!

Nintendo of America announced today that the highly anticipated Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Nintendo Wii System will be delayed again. This is the 2nd time in the last 4 months that Nintendo has pushed back the release date of this much expected game. The game was first set to release in December 2007 then pushed back to February 10, 2008 has a new "unofficial" release date of March 9, 2008.

"The launch date for Super Smash Bros. Brawl has shifted a few weeks to March 9," a Nintendo spokesperson stated. "The development is taking slightly longer than expected. As we're sure you have seen on the Dojo site (www.SmashBros.com), the game contains an unprecedented number of characters, options and experiences. Be sure to keep an eye on the Dojo site for the latest information."

Happy New Year

We wish everyone much success in accomplishing your goals this year. May the peace of God, which passes all understanding, guard your heart and mind.



Antonio R. Davis
President
www.videogame-king.com

Rock Band will be in Short Supply

EA CEO John Riccitiello commented recently that the highly anticipated music game Rock Band will be in short supply for the holidays. He said that even though they've got "a lot of inventory," he's not anticipating EA/MTV being able to meet demand here or in Europe this calendar year or even this fiscal year through March. The game, which retails for $169 on Xbox 360 and PS3 (it ships on PS2 for $159 in Dec.), is "one hot product", said Riccitiello. He advised consumers that unless they "wait in line outside their favorite retailer" on November 19, they're going to have a very hard time finding the game this holiday season.

Be certain that www.videogame-king.com will have some. :)

Call of Duty 4

Modern Warfare-(Wiki) involves the widespread use of highly advanced technology. As a term, it is generally associated with technologically advanced weaponry and tactics.


Just when you thought gaming innovation was stagnant, Infinity Ward/Activision re-creates their WWII best selling game into a tactical menace that will pull many gamers from Halo 3.


Yes I said it. This game will pull gamers AWAY from Halo 3. This game delivers the most intense tactical shooting game to date. For the first time in the series, Call of Duty moves away from the WWII era that brought it much success to the modern battlefield. Armed with an arsenal of advanced and powerful modern day firepower, players are transported to treacherous hotspots around the globe to defeat enemy rogue groups threatening the world. As both a U.S Marine and British S.A.S. soldier fighting through an unfolding story full of twists and turns, players use sophisticated technology, superior firepower and coordinated land and air strikes on a battlefront where speed, accuracy and communication are critical to your squad's success. The epic title also delivers an added depth of multiplayer action providing online fans an all-new community of persistence, addictive and customizable gameplay.

We rate this game a 9.8 crowns out of 10.

By Antonio R. Davis

The Future Gamer's Tour

Attention Atlanta area gamers. The Future Gamer's Tour is coming to the Gwinnett Center on October 6, 2007. This tournament will feature such games as Halo 3, NBA Live 08, Madden 08, Heavenly Sword, Metroid Prime 3, and many more. For more information call 678-492-8169.

Oct. 6: Sonar Entertainment presents: The Future Gamers Tour, noon. $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Gwinnett Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth. www.gwinnettcenter.com.

Directions: From Downtown Atlanta Take I-85 North to Sugarloaf Parkway exit. Make right off exit and cross back under I-85. Travel approximately 1 mile and entrance to Gwinnett Center is on the left.