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4 unusual facts about Wii Fit


Friendly Fires

In May 2008, their song "On Board" was featured in North American television commercials for Nintendo's Wii Fit.

Seacroft Hospital

The hospital has been noted for its unique and positive use of the Nintendo video game Wii Fit to assist patients with prosthetic limb in learning how to use them effectively.

Toe socks

This provides a non-slip surface and provides for a more complete range of motion for form-fitting yoga, pilates, or Wii Fit exercises.

Wii Balance Board

Wii Fit was the first game to make use of the Wii Balance Board.


Brockbank Jr. High

The Physical Education program is superb, with racquetball, tennis, and basketball equipment & facilities, as well as a workout room, and video game systems with sports-related games (i.e., Wii Fit, Just Dance, and Dance Dance Revolution).


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Physical education

Other technologies that can be used in a Physical Education setting would include video projectors, GPS and even gaming systems such as Kinect, Wii Fit and Dance Dance Revolution.

Wii Fit Plus

In designing new minigames for Wii Fit Plus, Miyamoto desired to create activities that played upon the Stroop effect, requiring coordination of both the player's mind and body; minigames in which the player uses both the Wii Remote and the Wii Balance Board at the same time became a major focus.