Wii Fit Systems

The new game, Wii Fit Plus, is now out in the US! Wii Fit Plus adds and improves some of the original Wii Fit games by making things like yoga and strength training more enhanced. Here are some of the new features:

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.

Wii Fit Plus is the follow up to the highly sucessful Wii Fit, adding all new game modes and features.

The game has 15 new balance modes and 6 new strength training games. There's even a new addition which is the calorimeter, which measures your daily progress as you exercise.

As with the original, the game will also come bundled with a balance board - just in case you don’t have one by now. More details over at Eurogamer.

This week, Nintendo releases one of the hot new Wii games of the year - the new Wii Sports Resort, based on the old Wii Sports.

This version, Wii Sports Resort, updates the old Wii Sports game that came with many Wii console packages when the Wii console was first released. Sports Resort has some new games, and also includes new features to take advantage of the Wii MotionPlus accessory, which is an accessory for the Wii controller that provides lots more control for the motion sensitive Wiimote controller. This new sports Wii game includes 12 different sports, including some new ones like archery, jet skiing, sky diving, and sword dueling.

Some of the early reviews have said the new games take advantage of the technology really well, but might not go far enough, because they don't offer a longer experience with the new MotionPlus technology. With the new games like swordplay and archery, the features of the better control are great examples of use of the MotionPlus technology, and also the older games like bowling and golf have been tweaked to make them a whole lot better in this version. Some reviewers though were somewhat disappointed with the fact that technical issues caused trouble, like having to recalibrate the controller constantly by setting it down on a level surface in between games. They also found that not all games, such as wakeboarding and flying a plane, are as interesting as the swordplay and archery games for example.

Some gamers might be bored with more sports, finding that the mini games are not be as much fun, and the games from the old version, like bowling and golf, don't add much. Still, using the new controller accessory means there's something new to try here, and improve the quality of game play. So, at least for practicing and trying to improve your score, it sounds like it's still worth buying. The Wii Sport Resort package comes with the Wii MotionPlus accessory included, so the $49.99 price tag might be worth it (the MotionPlus retails for $19.99 by itself). Right now, get Wii Sports Resort discounted at Amazon, with free shipping, for $46.99.

Our take is that ultimately, it is probably a good idea to get Wii Sports Resort to add to your Wii games collection and practice using the new Wii MotionPlus accessory.

Before it is even released, Amazon.com is cutting the price of Nintendo's Wii MotionPlus controller to sell more advance orders for this new product.

Right now, the Wii MotionPlus is on sale at Amazon for just $18.99, which is a 5% price cut off the retail price of $19.99.

The Wii MotionPlus is a new accessory for the Wii console that offers more accurate and motion-sensitive control for the Wii.

Coming out soon, each Wii Sports Resort, which is the sequel to the populuar Wii Sports games, will come ackaged with a Wii MotionPlus.  Wii Sports Resort includes new games like jetskiing, sword dueling, and disc throwing games, and has a retail price of $49.99.   Preorder Wii Sports Resort now at Amazon for 6% discount!