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Wii Fit Plus

Posted by admin On December - 16 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

This is obviously not a new gadget, but it is still a cool gadget and is the second generation of the Wii Fit product line. I have the older version at home and it provides great motivation for “getting off the couch.” In an increasingly sedentary society, the Wii Fit system is an awesome interactive system to increase the burn rate of those daily calories (especially after those great holiday meals!). The Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board is rated an average of 4.5 stars out of 5 from 680+ buyers at Amazon.    Available Now at Amazon.
Cool Tech Gadgets: Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board

Amazon.com Product Description

Wii Fit attracted millions of new players to the world of video games. Now Wii Fit Plus offers a range of new features and enhancements to help players reinvigorate their workouts, along with exercises and balance games designed to keep them fun. Players will find a new dimension to the Wii Fit experience as they easily set their own customized workout routines, or choose 20-, 30- or 40-minute workouts based on how much time they have available.

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Yoga and strength activity selector in 'Wii Fit Plus'
6 new yoga & strength activities.
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The 'Perfect 10' balance game from 'Wii Fit Plus'
The ‘Perfect 10′ balance game.
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Workout personalization options in the Locker Room in 'Wii Fit Plus'
Personalization options.
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The 'Obstacle Course' balance game from 'Wii Fit Plus'
‘Obstacle Course’ game
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Targeting specific body areas for excercise in 'Wii Fit Plus'
Target specific body areas.
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Users will also be able to choose from specialized workout routines that focus on all-around individual personal fitness goals or certain target areas. And with the addition of activities like Skateboarding and Rhythm Kung Fu, players will be using the Wii Balance Board accessory in a variety of new and fun ways.

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 (included with this bundle), 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.
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

  • The Wii Fit Plus Bundle includes the game software and the Wii Balance Board.
  • 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.

Product Description

Your life as a couch potato is officially over. Welcome to Wii Fit, an innovative challenge that combines the strategy of video games with the movement of exercise. Simply step onto the included Wii Balance Board and run and jump your way through energizing challenges. With more than 40 activities based on strength training, aerobics, yoga and balance, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Take the fun route to physical fitness with this new, active way to play on your Nintendo Wii.Start by creating your personal profile. Set up your Mii, enter your height and let the Balance Board take your weight. In just a few short seconds, you’ll know your current Body Mass Index (BMI), a measurement used to determine your Wii Fit age. You’ll also take a balance test to determine how well you can maintain your left and right balance. As you progress, you can watch these statistics improve and find the motivation to practice every day. Keep at it and soon new exercises and activities will become available. Wii Fit will even remember the activities you choose the most and put them in your Favorites category. Get out of your seat and into the winner’s circle with this entertaining way to get in shape. FeaturesIncludes Wii Fit video game, Wii Balance Board and 4 AA batteries Requires Wii Remote (not included) to play Earn Fit Credits that unlock additional exercises and activities within four categories: Strength Training, Aerobics, Yoga and Balance Games Yoga exercises include 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 Perform muscle-toning exercises such as Single Leg Extension, Sideways Leg Lift, Arm and Leg Lift, Single-Arm Stand, Torso Twists, Rowing Squat and Single Leg Twist; challenges include Push-Up, Plank and Jackknife Get moving

Lego Star Wars (Wii)

Posted by igadget On December - 10 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

On day 11 of Amazon’s daily video games (click here), the theme is “kids playtime.”   One of the cool Wii games offered for $14.99 USD is the “Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga” title (note that this is just one of 58 deals offered by Amazon today).  I originally purchased this game for $39.99 USD. My kids are both Lego and Star Wars fan, and this is one of their favorite games.   The Wii Lego Star Wars is rated an average of 4.5 stars out of 5 by 340+ Amazon buyers.   Available Now (25% Discount) at Amazon with Free Standard Shipping.

Cool Tech Gadgets: Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga

Product Features

Platform: Nintendo Wii
  • Play through the events of all 6 Star Wars movies in 1 videogame for the first time ever
  • Solve puzzles that encourage creative thinking through the use of teamwork and unique building situations
  • New characters bring the total count to over 160; upgraded Character Customizer
  • Enhanced Force powers; new power-ups; new Challenge mode; revamped levels
  • Wii version provides motion-sensitive inputs for exciting new ways to control the LEGO Star Wars characters

Disney’s Epic Mickey (Wii)

Posted by admin On November - 23 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Disney’s Epic Mickey is the latest game to be released for the Nintendo Wii. This game is produced by Disney’s Interactive Studios and combines action & adventure along with an innovative teaching style for kids. The game has received several awards as indicated in the graphics below. If you preorder from Amazon today, you will receive a $10 USD discount for a future video game purchase.
Pre-Order now at Amazon. Cool Gadgets: Disney Epic Mickey Wii

Product Description

Disney Epic Mickey is an action-adventure platforming game for Wii™ console that sends Mickey Mouse on an epic journey of creativity and discovery. As Mickey, the player is propelled into Wasteland, an alternate world made up of Disney’s forgotten creative efforts, and is given the power to wield paint and paint thinner to dynamically change the world while determining Mickey’s path to becoming an epic hero. Through the use of this unique paint and paint thinner, the key components of animation and Mickey’s tools for impacting his world, players will have the ability to shape how the story unfolds as they discover the concept of “Playstyle Matters” – an innovative style of gameplay created by Disney Interactive Studios’ Junction Point, led by industry luminary Warren Spector, where players creatively tackle different challenges in the world to explore all the possibilities and storylines – but with consequences for their chosen actions.

Product Features

  • Use paint and paint thinner to change the world, interact with friends and enemies and solve challenges
  • Choose the best path to become an epic hero because “Playstyle Matters” and choices will change the outcome of the game
  • Explore and solve challenges in an alternate Disney world ruled by Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Walt Disney’s first cartoon star
  • Travel between lands in Wasteland through classic platforming levels inspired by animated films and shorts
  • Experience an innovative mix of platforming, action-adventure and light role playing game elements
  • Collect over 75 virtual Disney pins in the game by completing specific challenges, quests and discovering hidden collectibles

Awards and Nominations
Best of E3 Award Winner

About Disney Interactive Studios

Disney Interactive Studios, part of Disney Interactive Media Group, is the interactive entertainment affiliate of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS). Disney Interactive Studios self publishes and distributes a broad portfolio of multi-platform video games and interactive entertainment worldwide. The company also licenses properties and works directly with other interactive game publishers to bring products for all ages to market. Disney Interactive Studios is based in Glendale, California, and has internal development studios around the world. For more information, log on to http://www.disneyinteractivestudios.com

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Product Description

Disney Epic Mickey is an action-adventure platforming game for the Wii console that sends Mickey Mouse on an epic journey of creativity and discovery. As Mickey, the player is propelled into Wasteland, an alternate world made up of Disney’s forgotten creative efforts, and is given the power to wield paint and paint thinner to dynamically change the world while determining Mickey’s path to becoming an epic hero. Through the use of this unique paint and paint thinner, the key components of animation and Mickey’s tools for impacting his world, players will have the ability to shape how the story unfolds as they discover the concept of “Playstyle Matters” – an innovative style of gameplay created by Disney Interactive Studios’ Junction Point, led by industry luminary Warren Spector, where players creatively tackle different challenges in the world to explore all the possibilities and storylines – but with consequences for their chosen actions.

Wii billiard kit

Posted by admin On February - 15 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Wii billiard

If you are not a fan of playing a pool in real life now you can sort of pretend to play billiards on a Wii with the Wii Billiard Attachment. Jabbing at the air hasn’t been more fun. The kit comes with different sized Billiard attachments that screw right on to your Wii controller. For $13 you can get this five piece kit for the ultimate in Wii pool. It’s a cool addition to your wii console. Invite your friend and shoot some balls.

Wii cooking kit

Posted by admin On February - 15 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Wii cooking

Though most would agree cooking mama wasn’t the best game created for the Wii system, now you can make virtual cooking just a bit more realistic. It has all sorts of attachments for pretend cooking with your Wii controller. At least on the Wii, no one can taste your cooking. Plus, the attachments are dull enough so you won’t accidentally do any unnecessary cutting, like cutting your fingers off. The Wii cooking Mama Kit includes frying pan, knife, fork and spatula. It’s a great game accesory making the game more interesting.

The Wii may not be the first choice for most fans of fighting games console, but he began to respect for a little more with the release of Tatsunoko vs Capcom, and important new Mad Catz Arcade Stick Fight to win d ‘go with it. The best news is that like Mad Catz, fight sticks for other consoles, it is for those who prefer to change the authentic arcade parts, packing the same features that are not their peers Xbox 360 PS3. The most notable is that there is a toggle that the Council joystick or D-Pad on the Classic controller or the analog stick left or right, that is, it is also in a position that will allow a wide range of use, contains Virtual Console titles. See what you $ 80 back.

After all the “Nintendo”, which in Japan, took the Nintendo Wii Classic Controller Pro in the country to ensure that the Americans were adequately Nintend’d. For example, a control mechanism, with its own slightly different set of buttons (this time, two shoulder buttons) and ergonomics (some DualShock confuse style handles) to the bottom and the joy of Wii users unhappy. Interestingly, the driver his debut in April as a package with Monster Hunter Tri has is the game with the best remote + Nunchuck combo and the Wii Classic Controller irrelevant compatible, but we believe the extra buttons professional side will be very useful if the hunt on the gameplay of Monster. In addition, the controller is in the colors black or white for $ 20, while the game controller, and is included for $ 60 at retail. Our dignity as the owner of a Wii once so proud? Apply no ads on Craigslist.

Nintendo DSi LL with 4.2-inch Display

Posted by admin On October - 30 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

LL Nintendo DSi officially announced, comes with two 4.2-inch LCD screens. Basically, LL DSI DSI is identical to the original, with the exception of the big screen, compared to 3.25 inches, the screen DSi. The lower screen is a touchscreen.

The DSI mearuees LL 161 x 91.4 x 21.2 mm and weighs 314 grams, compared with ISD 137 x 74.9 x 18.9 mm and 214g. The camera is in Japan 21st November. There will also be launched in Europe in Q1 than the ISD XL 2010.

Nintendo shipping black Wii to Europe

Posted by admin On October - 20 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

Nintendo – Why? Americans who have little power, quicker guys on the console when you can send ‘em here for years, but reflects our deepest longings for a Wii in a color other than white look centered. We have not made it clear to ourselves? If our votes do not count? “Of course you may have heard about for Europe, as people in the United Kingdom and Ireland to buy a black Wii to the 6th of November as part of a limited edition package includes the game Wii Sports Resort and Wii MotionPlus dongle to see. The rest of the European continent, the same package Nov. 20, and as if that were not enough, a Black Classic Controller Pro and a few black accessories Wii will also accompany the package for those who for the action. Of course, there is no indication of a price, but since you did nothing to the game probably still in the Wii Black Limited () join any questions pay.

Wii and PS3 console sales slump in US

Posted by admin On July - 19 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

U.S. industry, which seems to be constituents of the recession in the past year, a draft horse in the first half of the 2009th

The sales figures published in June by the NPD research firm, on Thursday evening in the fourth month in a row declining year. Jun 31 percent, the steepest decline over previous year monthly decline since September 2000 when the industry fell by 41 percent.

“The first half was difficult, mainly due to the comparison of the efficacy against a very good first half of last year, but at this level will certainly result in reducing the pain and the reflection in the industry,” said Anita Frazier, analyst in the NPD.

No plans for black US Wii says Nintendo

Posted by admin On July - 17 - 2009 3 COMMENTS

What difference does a color. Nintendo Wii modest, usually quiet and simply by her white ball is a danger, excitement and Devil May Care Garbo Japanese black variant, but this type of illegal exciting color is of course for the U.S. to treat. Nintendo confirmed that they “do not plan to have other colors for the Wii in the United States.”

Unfortunately, this means that, while the Japanese players tired to clean, white wise is in the position to the Wii called Kuro 1st August there is no change in sight are caught up in the U.S.. Of course, if the sales of the black version of Nintendo themselves surprised at their enthusiasm, their “no card” can change suddenly.

Currently, however, it is best a spray bottle and a tape roll (Note: not really SlashGear is a can of paint on your console), or the use of black glasses to mimic the effect of accommodation black. However, if you are looking in the console instead of on the screen when the game, the color is less of a problem.

Therefore, we saw a lot of accessories for WiiSports over the years, but most of them are just some of the sports like tennis, baseball and golf. And since everyone knows your bowling, CTA Digital came with the Wii Bowling Ball

His debut at E3, this accessory is that it was a real bowling ball, enough to your Wii remote into the ball. Next, place your fingers in the holes, but I’m not into all the holes. The buttons are in a configuration, the holes are, so I will not say I understand very well what is for them.

But supposedly you can only play as usual from there. Set up the table and the pine trees. Of course, maintaining the loop around your wrist. We do not want from an LCD screen bright blue ball stuck in the middle of them! Not at the price or the disclosure of information has been published, but we keep you up to date to date.

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