| Remember the days when you used to sit in front | | | | playing games. The Wii provided more challenging and |
| of the computer and bash away at the keys playing | | | | competitive multi player games where the fun was |
| the latest game. When game consoles first came | | | | that you were playing against each other. This whole |
| along the excitement about he future of gaming was | | | | interactive idea of families spending time together |
| well lets say less than enthusiastic. At the time no | | | | soon caught on. |
| one ever imagined how far gaming would go and | | | | Soon after Nintendo released the Wii Fit. The Wii Fit |
| how big it would become. | | | | built on the already established family gaming aspect |
| When the Nintendo first arrived in the shops the | | | | of the Wii but addressed the other major concern |
| games were pretty basic and basically mimicked the | | | | about games consoles. Thee was growing concern |
| games available to play in the arcades. As the game | | | | that out children were becoming more sedentary and |
| console evolved the gaming ideas became more | | | | not getting the exercise they would if they were |
| unique and games were being developed for the | | | | playing outside. |
| abilities of the game consoles themselves rather than | | | | The Wii Fit added a whole new sporting and fitness |
| porting the latest arcade game into a console were it | | | | aspect to the games where you had to use your |
| didn't always translate that well. | | | | whole body to play the games. The idea was that |
| With the release of the Nintendo Wii a whole new | | | | you would be getting exercise without realising it. The |
| family gaming experience was born. Rather than | | | | Wii Fit has become a hit and has also attracted more |
| going for the latest wow graphics and sound they | | | | girls onto the gaming market with more games that |
| concentrated on fun and playability. If you were | | | | would be more appealing to women. |
| having fun playing a game that was fun then it | | | | You can now get Wii Fit accessories for your |
| wouldn't matter too much if the graphics were not | | | | Nintendo Wii that allows you to play many different |
| life like. In fact the cartoon graphics of many of the | | | | games such as skiing, yoga, hula hoops and many |
| Wii games makes it more endearing. | | | | other sporting and exercise based games. More |
| As the Wii developed a whole new generation got | | | | games are being developed all the time including |
| into gaming including the parents and even | | | | games that are less sports based but still require the |
| grandparents who would have never considered | | | | same level of physical activity to play. |