14 DAY TRIAL // Clearly, there are many risks inherent to a company deciding to release a product that is going to deal with one of the most hard-to-deal-with problems of mankind: weight. And that is exactly what Wii Fit does: it tells people when they are overweight and many are completely shocked by that (even though this is indeed a matter of personal opinion, as I have said before - a mirror should do a better job in deciding if somebody is fat or not). Anyway... just a few days ago, we have reported the sad (and funny in a sick kind of way) story of a little girl that felt traumatized by the Wii Fit when the game told her she was fat (or overweight, for those who take things too literally).
Now, it appears that another problem has appeared and this time it might be just a bit worse than before. The story is simple: a guy bought the Wii Fit, planning to use it to lose all his extra weight, but he realized that he was just too big for the balance board (it has a 330 lb limit). Fortunately, in this specific case, the guy did not become traumatized, but you can imagine he didn't feel too good either. Here's what he said:
"Though it's kind of a letdown that I can not play the game, it's actually very motivational for me to lose weight not only so I can actually play the game but so that I can keep my weight in check. I weight just under 350 lbs and intend to lose enough weight by the end of June to be within the board's weight limits. I've actually lost lots of weight before (at one time over 100 lbs) so this shouldn't be too hard of a task."
So, with a weight of "just under 350" pounds and a height of 6'8", the BMI calculator clearly states that the guy is, indeed, overweight (as you know, Wii Fit uses a BMI calculator to decide who's fat and who's not) and that is even more important to know, keeping in mind that the game is created to keep people fit and help them lose weight... So, to anyone who plans to get a Wii Fit - check the limitations carefully, you don't want to be shocked, do you?