G4 - The Feed - Expert: Kids Shouldn't Play 'Wii Fit'
Apparently some think that kids shouldn't exercise with Wii Fit because it grades kids' performances. I see it as a motivator and not an insult. :p
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G4 - The Feed - Expert: Kids Shouldn't Play 'Wii Fit'
Apparently some think that kids shouldn't exercise with Wii Fit because it grades kids' performances. I see it as a motivator and not an insult. :p
The fact that this is what they think about kids these days is the real insultQuote:
Originally Posted by the 'article'
I heard of a girl who got super uber sad one day. It said she was overweight. So, I guess the correction should be that young girls who believe that being called something that could loosely be related to the word "fat" in any way at all is the apocalypse should not play Wii Fit. Chances are, they're fat. :3
Wii Fit bases its claims on BMI, which is shoddy enough for adults - it's completely useless for measuring a child's weight, health, or anything else at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kentarou
True, but it won't be any harm to one who knows that, now will it? :p This is more about taking a comment from a game than anything, it seems.
Doctors > Games.
Being on the other side of your front door > Wii FitQuote:
Originally Posted by Harle-Quin
When I saw the Wii Fit, the ads for it, the early previews, everything to do with it, I thought I had gone mad. After I realised the sky was still blue, the grass was still green and the milk had turned sour from being outta the fridge too long, I instead began to think more along the lines of "remnants of an April Fool's joke that people are accidentally taking seriously kinda like that FF8 Gaiden thingy".
Then I discovered they were serious, and I made remarks not fit for print here. It appalls me that Nintendo would release a plastic chunk that is supposed to replace simply going outside one's house once in a while. Besides, isn't Dance Dance Revolution much better? At least DDR claims to be a game, not a lame-ass fitness program, and even then it has a mode that counts your current alleged calorie expenditure.
There's Eyetoy kinetic or whatever too.
Should little kids even worry about thi? I thought WII Fit was targeted for ages 16 and above.
Since when is being told you're fat horrible? By a machine none the less? Should they not go near a scale either?
Jesus Christ, what the hell happened to this world.
Well, it was around the time that society decided 'fat' wasn't a descriptor, but a perjorative, and that you were allowed to say pretty much anything you liked about fat people with no repercussions, that people starting getting upset about the idea of being fat. When fat people are treated so badly, of course it'll be unpleasant to be called fat.Quote:
Originally Posted by DMKA
It's not meant to actually replace going outside once in a while, you silly goose. It only makes observations of your health based on various things, and has some out-side flavored games that use the Balance Board. It's basically Wii Sports but with a new peripheral, and some yoga.
I've not made any comment whatsoever on it's purpose, I've just said, the reason people don't like being called fat is because being fat is only slightly more acceptable than being a drug addict in the current cultural climate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kentarou
Wow, that was so painfully unfunny I couldn't make it past 40 seconds.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cim