Wii Balance Board: mars 2009

onsdag 25. mars 2009

EA Sports Active

EA Sports Active is a game exclusively for Nintendo Wii, and is designed in collaboration with some of the best fitness experts. As the title says, this is a fitnessgame with different activities.

With the new leg straps you also could use your legs in a new funny way. With a personal trainer that set up a trainingprogram every day that only takes you 20 minutes. And with the opportunity to make your own trainingsprogram you have a structured fitnessprogram. You can choose between 25 excersises and see how many calories you are burning.

With the Balance Board you also can get extra funcsions and get more out of EA Sports Active.

Some of the exercises are; Tennis, Dance, Boxing, Inline Skating, Volleyball, Basketball, Baseball, Running, Walking, Jumping and strenght training.

Here's a video:

Reviews Scores:

The game is waiting to be released the 21 may 2009.

onsdag 18. mars 2009

Family ski & Snowboard

The ski season never have to get an end. Because, 27. Ferbuary was the date when Family Ski & Snowboard was released and of course with the Balance Board compability. Choose between alpin ski and snowboard to go skiing down the powder snow. Jump and do tricks down the two mountains. The different modes: School, Slalom Challenge, Half-pipe and Enjoy the resort.

Here's a video to show the controls:

Reviews Scores:

Eurogamer 7/10

IGN.com 5.4/10

Gamespot 7/10

lørdag 14. mars 2009

Skate It

After the success with Skate, EA was ready for a new challenge. With the Balance Board everything was ready to let a skategame arrive Nintendo Wii. Electronic Arts saw the opportunity and took it!

Almost a half year later (released 20 november 2008) I am sitting on a PC and write about it. I have buyed Skate it, also got the Balance Board, and then tried to play on the Balance Board. You could set how sensitiv the Balance Board is going to be and do tricks around in the city. Sometimes it's easier to just take the Wii Remote and play with that instead, because sometimes there's could be a little difficult to handle the skateboard with the Balance Board. But, I must say that it is a lot funnier to use the Balance Board that makes it a little harder. I mean, it works great! The tricks can sometimes be a little randomly, but at all the tricksystem works good.

The game is set to San Vanelona just like in Skate, but this time San Vanelona have been damaged by earthquakes. So you have to use the rest of the city to learn new tricks and make cool movies to get to a new city. You will sooner be able to travel to cities like London, Paris, Shanghai and Rio de Janeiro.

This is a game that I recommend you to have a look on, especially if you own a Wii Balance Board!

Review Scores:

Gamerankings: 71/100

IGN.com: 8.5/10

Gamespot: 7/10

onsdag 11. mars 2009

Wii Fit

Wii fit was the first game to take Wii Balance Board in use. With 48 fitness exercises it is many minigames to unlock. These 48 minigames are divided into four categories; Yoga, Strenght training, aerobics and balance games. This Wii game is the third most sold Wii game and was first released april 2008 in Europe.

Wii Fit's gameplay is quite easy. Not every 48 minigames is unlocked at the beginning. Therefore, you must save up points in the Fit Bank. Also Wii Fit follow you every day you play and notices your body changes. Every day you also are going through a test that show you your Wii Fit Age. The test is based on your age, weight and how your doing the Balance Test.

Wii Fit was a really success for Nintendo, and the game did reach a new kind of gamers.

Review Scores:

IGN.com 8/10

Gamerankings 80/100

Gameplanet 8/10

Eurogamer 8/10

søndag 8. mars 2009

Little more info..

Post will be published soon, but it will take maybe a couple of days before a new post will come. While you wait you can read some info about Wii Balance Board here.

lørdag 7. mars 2009

Facts about Wii Balance Board...

On July 2007 the Wii Balance Board was first shown, during the E3 trade show. With this product Nintendo wanted to reach a new type of audience, and get the couch potatoes around the world to begin training, in a new funny way. In may 2008 it was released in USA, 5 months later then Japan, and it was bundled with the game Wii Fit. It became extremely popular and soon more Balance Board compatible games was under development.

The board is formed like a weighing scale and it's colored with typically Nintendo colors, grey at the bottom and white at the top part. With four AA batteries the board got power for around 60 hours. With sensors to measure your weight transfers, you could lean to the left on the game when you lean to the left on the board. In Wii Fit the board weight your weight and your BMI (Body Mass Index). The design supports people weighing up to 150 kg. When using the board it's common to stay barefooted so you get a better grip. The board does not support people that is jumping on it.

How does the Balance Board works?