We hate to accuse Nintendo of selling snake oil round these parts, but we’ve just learned that the ‘Fit’ part of Wii Fit is all a big fat lie. With emphasis on the word ‘fat’.

During an aggrandising promotional interview with Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, mop-topped banjo-strummer Shigeru Miyamoto broke the news like the morbidly obese break deckchairs: “I forgot to mention something earlier: I don’t think Wii Fit’s purpose is to make you fit; what it’s actually aiming to do is make you aware of your body.”

You “forgot to mention”, did you? Thanks for letting us know. This is verily the most mildly disappointing news since the time we learned that crab sticks don’t actually contain any crab.

Of course, we knew for sure the game (or lifestyle product, if you will) wasn’t going to make us slim and buff. Nevertheless, its very name may mislead those hoping for a cheap fix, before realising that wobbling about on a plastic board is about as useless doing press-ups face-first into a plate of chocolate eclairs (probably).

Source: The Escapist

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This entry was posted on Friday, February 15th, 2008 at 12:48 am by James Lyon
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