MTV News foils Wii Fit, invents Wii Sit

by Ludwig Kietzmann { Jul 30th 2007 at 6:55PM }

After finding one of the Wii Fit games to be lacking in challenge, MTV News reporter and master of balance, Stephen Totilo, hoped to up the ante by lowering himself to the ground and turning the game's Balance Board into more of a stability seat. The resulting video confirms that Wii Fit can be played in full couch potato posture, most likely with a beer in one hand and a bag of nachos in the other. Take that, exergaming!

Of course, even minimal effort unlocks countless gaming possibilities and we honestly can't wait for the likes of Warioga, Metroid Meditation and of course, Mario and Ghandi at the Non-cooperation Gatherings. Careful you don't strain yourself too much though -- despite popular opinion, Wii Fit is not good enough... for you to poop on. (highlight to read)

Watch -- Wii Fit Played While Seated

Tags: Shortcuts, Totilo, WiiFit

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

blooh @ Jul 30th 2007 6:59PM

haha you said poop

hvnlysoldr @ Jul 30th 2007 7:44PM

Ha HA!

Phillip @ Jul 30th 2007 7:55PM

If he were to have said that in a webcomic, he would have won hands down. ;)

Evan @ Jul 30th 2007 7:01PM

Don't laugh. Studies have shown the "fidgeting", even while sitting, has a small but measurable improvement on people's health.

Jack @ Jul 31st 2007 10:50AM

Thats true! I read that too. People who fidget are more likely to be not obese.

Thats the thing about Wii. Sometimes I just want to sit and play. I don't want to continually stand and sit, waggle and point, make Ravin Rabbids mad at me because I'm not sitting close enough to the damned tv. I usually play Wario Ware in the laziest way possible.

Call me lazy but when I get home from work I want to relax.

Dan @ Jul 31st 2007 2:55PM

The first thing I thought about was that it would be a good ab workout to lean all over while sitting. Isn't a sit-up essentially leaning back and forth while sitting?

Ian Von Porter @ Jul 30th 2007 7:10PM

They had a smash hit with WiiSports and Miis with the casual crowd. But, now what?

I suspect they are running out of ideas to keep the hype among the causal crowd. I know a lot of casual gamers who are still only playing WiiSports months after they purchased their Wii. They're not interested in BrainAge or Wario Ware... they want more WiiSports.

The attach rates with these folks is basically ZERO.

Meanwhile, after E3, the gamer crowd has seen that Nintendo has nothing for them, nothing at all.. unless you're into Mario, Mario, Metroid 9, Pokemon Battle 17, Zelda 14, Mario, etc.. there's nothing.

Evan @ Jul 30th 2007 7:25PM

Don't underestimate the number of people who are into Nintendo's franchises... Last generation, Nintendo sold more copies of Super Smash Bros Melee on the GameCube than Microsoft sold of Halo on the Xbox!

blooh @ Jul 30th 2007 7:31PM

that's because smash broos is fun

MisterBean @ Jul 30th 2007 7:48PM

You are an idiot, why? You check the sales, casuals games are raping "hardcore games" Nintendogs has sold more then halo, halo 2, gears of war, and essentially every Microsoft Game every made.

Mario Party 8 is leading the NPD figures. Wii Play is raping the competition. Seriously... the Wii could have no games and outsell 360 and PS3 combined.

Oh wait... it already is. Anyway, I digress

This "Wii Sit" is stupid. That is all.

whosmav @ Jul 30th 2007 7:46PM

What reality are you living in? Attachment rates for the Wii are HIGH. Just peep the software numbers fool! Why come in here and make such baseless statements?
And yeah theres not gonna be ANY games for the Wii. ONLY every single 3rd party is expressing interest(including Rockstar! Never thought that would happen.

Nin isn't running out of good ideas, they're running out of good windows to release they're games.
And you're all wrong about WiiFit. Its gonna explode like Tai-bo.

See me in a year and I'll rub it in your face.

Alex @ Jul 30th 2007 8:07PM

I can't say I'm impressed with WiiFit or the balance board, and I agree the Wii could use some better software support for non-casual gamers, but it's hard to argue the Big N is having problems with its attach rate when four of last month's top sellers were Wii titles (three if you don't count WiiPlay as a game).

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/23/june-npd-nintendo-wiids-out-competition-industry-sales-grow-31/

And even if you don't personally care for Mario, Metroid, Pokemon or Zelda, those are some of the most successful franchises ever, so of course Nintendo's going to milk them.

Dan @ Jul 30th 2007 9:07PM

A great deal of people are!

rokerovakero @ Jul 30th 2007 9:15PM

How about those million-seller games? are people buying them to not play them?

samfish @ Jul 30th 2007 10:50PM

Oh shut up, you half wit troll.

BPM @ Jul 31st 2007 2:42AM

@Evan:
Yes, SSBM sold more than Halo (6 million vs. 5 million), but Halo 2 outsold them both (8 million).

Though, I care not for the Halo franchise (played the PC version, didn't care much for it), I've heard from most fans that the first was far superior than the sequel.

blooh @ Jul 30th 2007 7:24PM

that guy should lower his tv or it might impair his eyesight after playing for too long

Kye @ Jul 30th 2007 7:25PM

NDF ASSEMBLE!

INCOMING!!!

hvnlysoldr @ Jul 30th 2007 7:46PM

Earth!

Kye @ Jul 30th 2007 8:02PM

OK, who gave him the earth ring? Jody, was it you? Ferdinand?

Anyways,

Evan, Misterbean, whosmav, your now officially NDF. here are your rings.

FIRE!

hydralisk456 @ Jul 30th 2007 8:26PM

Can I be in the NDF too?!! Please??!!!!!!

Koopaknight29 @ Jul 30th 2007 8:59PM

Sorry, I haven't been on lately but...

WIND!

Tuatara @ Jul 30th 2007 10:26PM

Ugh.

...

Water...

Kye @ Jul 31st 2007 6:01AM

hydralisk456

here you go, heart ring!

Tony @ Jul 30th 2007 7:39PM

hvnlysoldr @ Jul 30th 2007 7:53PM

Eat more fiber.

Anti @ Jul 30th 2007 7:51PM

People are still watching Mtv? What's to watch?

People are still watching TV? Who watches TV?

whosmav @ Jul 30th 2007 7:55PM

True dat! MTV blows nuts, and I have grave concern for the current Gen growing up on Laguna Beach and Sweet 16 crap. Oh god....just mentioning those shows....ugh...I gotta go earl!

REUYL @ Jul 30th 2007 9:08PM

What's this "TV" you speak of? Radio is the future!

Leetbunny @ Jul 31st 2007 8:09PM

They should honestly just call Mtv "Tv", because there's
really nothing musical about it anymore.

mike @ Jul 30th 2007 8:23PM

the video wont paly. Says im not in the US. What kind of bullshit is that? now I gotta go change my windows settings. how lame.

Ty @ Jul 30th 2007 8:25PM

Wii golf could be revolutionary (joke, get it) with the wii fit board and a wiimote. using the board to analyze the golfers body movement and the wiimote to track the user's swing. I have a PS3 and plan on getting a 360 before halo drops, but if they came out with a super realistic golf simulator I'd be there.

ThornedVenom @ Jul 30th 2007 11:21PM

That's actually a pretty neat idea, as long as people don't get too carried away to the point where they'd lose balance off the board. =)

Realistic golf may be fun, but we shouldn't expect something that would be simulating golf extremely accurately because if a game has too many constraints, would it be fun for all?

embassy @ Jul 30th 2007 9:33PM

i think u guys are forgetting, that no matter how many casual gamers fall for nintendos trendy wii-[insert word here] gimmick, casual gamers just dont buy enough software to sustain a *home* console.

this isnt the DS, we arent talking about $120 hardware and $20-30 games.

we're talking about a $250 machine and $50 games here.

the people who bought a wii just for wii sports probably havent bought a game since, and if they did, it was more than likely wii-play.

while the attatch rate for the 360 is around 5 or 6 i think..which is insane..cuz "hardcore" gamers buy many more games and on avg spend more money on game related products than a soccer mom or a grandfather.

the wii will however get national attention for wii fit, oprah, the morning show etc will cover it, and the wii will do fine this holiday, but is that growing the industry creatively? mario party, wii-play and wii sports have all gotten so-so reviews, mostly becuase these casual games just dont pack enough punch and are relatviely light on content and/or challenge.

is this wat the industry needs? i know nintendo is banking right now but how is that benefitting the core nintendo gamer, or the industry in general?

how much money will grandma residually make for nintendo over 5 years? anywhere near the amount of moneny a hardcore gamer will?

i highly doubt it.

i think this philosophy works infinitely better on a handled platform than a home console.

wii fit is what, $60? so a causual gamer will need to cough up $310 to play with nintendos new contraption? thats no where near cheap for a person who doesnt play games frequently or has never played them at all.

im suprised nintendo fans arent more livid over this. i mean they get 3 solid titles this holiday that are getting little to no attention from nintendo, but wat after that? new franchises like project hammer and disaster get "indefinately postponed", wat is next for nintendo? are they going to come out with a new gimmick for the LIFETIME network crowd every year?

Word of the street. @ Jul 30th 2007 9:52PM

The only thing I dont like about Nintendo is that they are trying to compensate the lack of graphics with crap like the wii fit.Really Nintendo I would pay an extra 200$ bucks if you only update the Wii graphics.Those minigames look horrible,like really boring flash games and most of the wii games look PSPish.For the PSP is great but for a console that is well now more expensive than a handheld and suppose to be better is quite lame really.

Mr Khan @ Jul 30th 2007 10:11PM

Well, it certainly appeared a lot quicker than the video of the guy playing Wii Sports whilst sprawled on his couch

I still say that this game is going to be a sales coup, even if i'm not interested (unless it is sold with the Balance Board, as i feel it should be)

Grey Acumen @ Jul 30th 2007 10:56PM

Honestly, this is probably the best thing to happen for Wiifit.

think about it, everyone was going "Wow, I'll look like a spaz if I have to wave my arms around like that!" but then a couple months later, they realize they don't have to.

Now people are complaining "I don't want to have to stand up to play, I want to be able to sit down an relax!" And now, roughly a week after E3, they find out you can sit down to play! Tada!