The Wii Fit is like the friend everyone has but no one wants. You know, the friend who is constantly judging and excoriating everything you do? The one who lives to see you fail and deprecates you every chance he/she gets? This is the Wii Fit.
Perhaps I should start from the beginning. The Wii Fit was given as a holiday gift to my sister and me. I myself, not particularly one for working out (or moving in general), was not ebullient about receiving the gift, but my sister was ecstatic. We coalesced forces and set it up in our basement to start registering ourselves. This process was very saturnine for me. First, I was told to step onto the board so the Wii could measure my center of balance, my weight, check my BMI, and decide whether or not I was obese or healthy. Although I was considered to be of a healthy weight, I am apparently unbalanced and according to my work-out skills I should be twenty-eight years old. It even asked me if I fall down a lot while walking!!
Anyway, after registering I was able to start playing some of the work-out games. The Wii Fit features four main categories of games to choose from: Strength Training, Yoga, Aerobics, and Balance Games. The Aerobics and Balance Games are especially fun, because you can actually simulate hula-hooping, skiing, playing soccer, and walking on a tight-rope. I invited my friends over to play the Wii Fit with me. My garrulous friend Jess was amazing at hula-hooping, while Sam was great at playing soccer. While we were eating comestibles like chips and dip and having fun with the Wii Fit, I decided to play a skiing game for the first time. The directions were amorphous, leaving me unclear as to the rules of the game. Of course I played the game incorrectly and all of my friends laughed. I wonder what the makers of the Wii Fit were thinking when they invented it. Is the point to actually get healthy or is it just to insult the players? The Wii Fit should come with a warning label: "Likely to be invidious to users."
3 comments:
I am the Calorie Incinerator! Haha
But no, Clofoso, don't worry you just had a little trouble with the arrows for the skiing game you got the hang of things. Plus, hellloooo! You were the best at the tight-rope game! You would've crossed it if it wasn't for Meg!
But I agree - the people who invented the Wii did not realize how cruel they were going to be with their advance. I was offended every time they said that there was a noticeable weight difference between you and me. How rude! (yes that's from Full House)
I agree with you completely. The Wii really judges you incorrectly. I mean, there is no way that a 2 by 1 ft machine you could stand on could magically tell you whether you're obese or whatever. For example, when I stepped on the Wii and tried to do my thing, it said I was like overly obese and like 43. Of course the Wii can't see you or anything, so it doesn't realize that a lot of the extra weight on me is muscle mass or whatever else. So screw the Wii, I'm gonna go play xBox.
ha so true
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