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Wii Fit U on the Wii U
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Wii Fit U, where fitness is fUn. No that's not their actual slogan, nor would it ever be a contestant for one, but from my own personal experience, Wii Fit has always been a fun and engaging experience. Where the series lacked in the past, challenge of keeping up your daily life with the game life, lack of variety over a long term, and ability to connect with friends,.... the new version for Wii U seems to be correcting all of this.


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Fun Fact: There's three tiers to how you can purchase this game. You can either...

A.) Demo the game Nov. 1st and buy a Fit Meter to secure the game for free. The Fit Meter costs $20.

B.) You can buy a Fit Meter and a disc copy of the game for $50. I believe that's on December 13th.

C.) You can buy the disc game, Fit Meter, and the Balance Board for $90 dollars, also December 13th.

For more information, check out Nintendo's webpage for Wii Fit U.



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10/29/13, 01:44    Edited: 11/08/13, 04:28
 
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But I don't live in the States. This is ridiculous. BLAHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

EDIT

Whining aside, I'm really enjoying this. Having it always on the Wii U is helpful, and I absolutely adore the gamepad "mirror." I feel like I'm actually doing the exercises correctly now.
11/08/13, 23:37   
Edited: 11/09/13, 02:13
@ploot
I got over this by using the rule: multiply by 2 and add 10%. But yeah, it was quite annoying at first.
11/09/13, 06:37   
@anon_mastermind
Oh yeah, it's an easy calculation but there's no excuse for it being this way.
grumble grumble grumble
11/09/13, 06:44   
I like this game but I'm frustrated ONCE AGAIN THIS YEAR by Nintendo's lack of retail merch! I can't find the Wii Fit Meters anywhere, my Toys R Us stores are all out. If I can't get one by the end of this trial, I'm going to be aggravated. I might even skip the game out of spite if that happens; what's the point in this promotion if no one can freakin' find the things?

Just sell them on your online store, Nintendo!
11/10/13, 05:29   
@TriforceBun

You can buy them from the Nintendo Online Store. Click here to do so.

They also seem to be in stock at some Toysruses. Yours seem to not carry them, so you could purchase from the website for added shipping. Nintendo's site is probably your safest bet.

Also, did you see my PM about your kickstarter?
11/10/13, 05:38   
@TriforceBun

I've got to hope that Nintendo will make them available for Black Friday at least, so that should get us in before the end of the month. If not, why even try Nintendo?
11/10/13, 05:38   
@Jargon

While the Nintendo site is a solution, it is indeed piss poor how this was handled. I cannot believe that checking five stores on my lunch on the 1st, I still had to go home and hit up Amazon for my Fit Meter. How hard would it have been to ship a handful of these out to various markets? Bizarro.... unless they are trying to hope people pay for the disc game or full package. I dunno.
11/10/13, 06:00   
It's weird here in Windsor. Only Best Buy seems to carry the meter. I bought one from my local store the other day, and they were all in the back room just sitting there...

Nobody seems to know about these things. Nintendo, COME ON!
11/10/13, 07:25   
@DrFinkelstein

Oh dang, they do have them online. Whoops!

Even so, I don't really like buying most things online due to shipping costs. I guess I'll bite for the meter, though, because I like Wii Fit U and I think the meter is a cool idea.

Still, Nintendo's handled this game really strangely. Despite a really great promotion/deal for it, they're barely talking about it and they have this weirdly super-limited release for the meters. Why have them store-exclusive anyway? Ship those things off to Target and Walmart!

Sorry about the PM, I'll get to it now. It was one of those things where I was going to answer it and then got distracted.
11/10/13, 07:28   
Joined up tonight. Cant wait to work off the supervisor gut im starting to get lol
11/10/13, 08:51   
I'm kind of sanguine about the availability of Meters, since I already hunted one down. They're making folks work for their free version!

Srsly, I don't think they predicted the demand for this product, since most Wii U games have had anemic sales.
11/10/13, 13:40   
Lost 2.5 pounds in my first week! Of course that could just be normal variance, but whatever, feels good.

So there's no way to just set your own reps at whatever you want? Seems like that would be one of the benefits of having a computerized trainer. Oh well.
11/10/13, 18:23   
@Jargon

Well, you can unlock higher difficulties/number of reps as you play. So like, after the 6 push-up/planks, you get a set of 10, then a set of 20. So there's some level of customization, although not a fully user-controlled one, which would be cool. You can always set your own routine, though, if you want to do more (so like, a set of 20 then a set of 10 right after). It's not quite the same, but kind of similar.

I really like the routine setup since it limits downtime, but I wish you could unlock stuff through it. Very weird that you have to manually pick the single exercise to unlock the later ones instead of just by playing them through My Routine.
11/10/13, 22:31   
I have have the outfits unlocked. I'm finding the game way more fun than the previous ones, and I'm not sure why. I never got this into the balance games before. I think it's partly the fun of taking tuns with the girlfriend this time around, and partly the fun of competing for high scores in a Community.

Anyway, got two Fit Meters coming in the mail.
11/12/13, 05:26   
I finally got batteries so that I could try some of the Wiimote stuff. That one where you have to lie down and get back up is ridiculous. She goes so fast. I swear I was doing more harm to my creaky old body (turning 30 on Thursday ) than good.

Puzzle Squash was a lot of fun, I'll definitely being going back to it, although I don't feel like it has much exercise value. I didn't really get the hang of the rhythm boxing when I played it, but it seemed like it could be a pretty good workout.

Having barely played Wii Fit in the past, this really feels jam packed with content to me. It'll be a while before I get around to seeing all of the stuff this has to offer.
11/12/13, 05:33   
If you say...don't use Wii Fit U in 2 days after you started, will the next time you boot it up show 28 days remaining or 30? (out of 31 days)

What if you use it for 31 days..will the game explode on day 32 and you lose out on getting it for $20 (with the Fit Meter)?

How are you guys enjoying it?
11/12/13, 05:55   
I think you get to play it as many "times" as you want, but you only have 31 days after downloading it to play it. So if you only play it once in that window, too bad.

I've been keeping up with this for at least half an hour every day, and I'm enjoying it. I've settled into a steady routine that I've saved that goes throug push-ups, a bunch of aerobics, and mixes in some balance games for fun.

I like the yoga ones too, but they're among my least played now since 1) there don't seem to be any new ones from the first two Wii Fits, and 2) there's too much downtime and not enough yoga-ing. I wish there was a way to string a bunch together, one after the other, without any button presses or anything. Like, you'd go from Tree right into Downward-Facing Dog, etc.

I tried the scuba one for the first time today. I liked it! Pretty serene, all in all, and the GamePad "window" effect is really neat.

I always enjoy the bicycle one too. Exploring Wuhu Island is entertaining for me.

I'm not a fan of Puzzle Squash, though--I feel like the controls are way more limited than something like WSR's Table Tennis. I wish I had full control over my racket.
11/12/13, 07:51   
I got my meter in the mail yesterday!

Then promptly forgot to wear it to work today. D'oh!

But I do have it synced up, so my game is free! What a deal!
11/12/13, 14:42   
Anyone else have issues with their Fit Meter? I synced up today to upload the past two days of data. Now for some reason, none of the altitude or MET data transferred over, AND I can't view my altitude or MET data for previous days, when it was recorded on the Wii U before. The steps and calrories data did transfer just fine.
11/14/13, 07:13   
@anon_mastermind

I've only had the Fit Meter for 2 days, not long enough to experience these problems.

All I know is that it's not the most accurate device in the world, haha.

In terms of tracked steps and distance, it's actually pretty good. The girlfriend and I went for a walk and I got 4.3 km while she got 4.1 km. Which is about what Google Maps showed. Not bad.

But we started and ended at our appartment, and somehow had a -7 meter altitude. :-/
11/14/13, 17:33   
Edited: 11/14/13, 17:34
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