Now Nintendo is coming out with the Wii Fit, an add-on to the gaming system designed to appeal to women looking to lose weight. (Cause eating right and excersize is too hard) The $90 attachment, dubbed the "Balance Board," expands the range of games that can be played on the Wii to include activities such as yoga and push-ups. The Balance Board -- which resembles bathroom scales -- also tracks a user's weight and body-mass index. I think this is a little bit of a gamble since women aren't really into video games. Well (fingers crossed) maybe this get FAT AMERICA a little skinnier.

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Next week, the video game producer will unveil its latest product aimed mostly at women, the Wii Fit, as part of its strategy to vastly broaden the world of gaming. Marketing to women has helped Nintendo defy industry expectations and garner blockbuster sales, soaring profits, and an audience of loyalists along the way including senior citizens, teen girls, and working moms.

"Nintendo noticed prior to 2006 was that the amount of people who were participating in the video-game market over time was actually shrinking," said Matt Ryan, spokesman at Nintendo of Canada Ltd. "[Chief executive] Satoru Iwata and his team decided they needed to do something if they were to stay vital."

I can't wait to get into shape! Now I just need cheat codes for this Wii so I don't have to work out as much.

I gotta get me one of those wii fit things but can't find them any where

My husband has been talking about those Wii Fits for weeks so he had me pre order them all over town so he could sell them on ebay. I didn't think they would sell out like they have but it turned out to be a pretty smart move we sold all 5 of the ones i got to people just by word of mouth... probably could have made more if we had put them up online but I didn't want to be greedy.

Good for you, you greedy housewife b-aaahtch. Real nice of you to come on here bragging about having too many when the rest of us can't even afford one let alone being able to find one with he company throtling the release. It's people like you that really make my blood boil.

I have seen some commercials for it, and I was thinking about getting one of those wii fits for my house. Not only could I use it for fitness, yoga, etc. but also the kids could use it, too. I had no idea they were sold out like that. When will they be available?

I can't believe these are the people I am competeing with to get one of these things... You don't even know what it is.