Response from: Josh Baltzell    (05/23/08 8:36am)

I just bought it last night. (See? I don't hate Nintendo.) :)

It's something different. I bought it for the same reason I bought the Wii in the first place. It is something different.

I had nearly forgotten that this thing is for exercise before I bought it. I treated it like a toy and played around with it for about 30 minutes straight before bed and I was surprised how tired I was.

I have never done Yoga before, but it turns out I kind of like it. It is relaxing and challenging. The board makes it doable though since it can give me feedback on whether I am doing it well where a workout DVD never could.

I think you might be right about it not being ideal for a "fatty-fat-fatty" (Though we have met and I would consider you husky at worst.) But maybe if you think of it as one more thing you do to get in shape then it seems more useful. I just lost about 30+ pounds and I still was straining to do the Yoga with good form and (embarrassingly) struggling at the push-up exercise.

I am not positive I can give an enthusiastic recommendation to spend the $90 (!!!) on this yet, but I can say it is interesting and I don't feel super ripped off.

Response from: Rob Howard    (05/25/08 8:06pm)

I don't know what it is, because I have used "video game fitness" type things (like DDR) and enjoyed the heck out of them, but I'm just not feeling it with Wii Fit. I may get on board later on. I have a lot of confidence in Nintendo's ability to make quality product- I don't doubt it's solid at least.

Also, I think the price is a big factor. What I would like to see is additional software support (other than Wii Ski, which seems a little bit like weaksauce from what I've heard). That's what made the Zapper (or, since that isn't a required peripheral, the idea of light gun gaming) so attractive: it didn't take long for a nice handful of games from third parties to fill the shelves.

Thanks for your review of the product, though! Hopefully my readers will benefit.