Edit: Yes, it was an April Fool's joke. =D
The real sequel is Wii Fit Plus - it's less than $20 at Amazon.com!
The following press release from Nintendo of America winged its way to my e-mail inbox this morning, announcing the long-awaited sequel to Wii Fit - Wii Fit 2: Full Body Workout. Read below for all of the exciting details, including new game modes, MotionPlus support and the Wii Weights accessory.
Nintendo of America announces Wii Fit 2: Full Body Workout
Since its launch in Japan on December 1st 2007, Wii Fit has sold millions of units worldwide, and Wii Fit 2: Full Body Workout builds on that successful formula! Wii Fit 2: Full Body Workout aims to get families across America up on their feet and moving their bodies as they experience daily exercises like never before.
Wii Fit 2: Full Body Workout will expand on the 4 training categories included in Wii Fit - Aerobic Exercises, Muscle Workouts, Yoga and Balance Games - that will help you and your family to develop bodily balance control ability, burn fat in the body, help tone and condition muscles, as well as help increase aerobic stamina. Discover over 80 different activities within these training categories such Tire Run, Hill Climb, Rock Climbing and Rowing, all of which support the new MotionPlus Wii Remote accessory for increased interactivity. Those looking for an even tougher challenge can do so by adding the new Wii Weights accessory, which attach to the Wii Remote.
Through Wii Fit’s training program, helpful tutorials and encouragements from your on-screen fitness trainer, who will change his or her verbal instructions depending on how you actually perform, and the included Wii Fit Channel, you will continue to have endless fun whilst having the satisfaction of knowing you are aiding yourself, and your family, on towards a path of a healthier lifestyle.
Wii Fit 2: Full Body Workout comes bundled with the Wii Balance Board, an accessory developed exclusively for the Wii console. Its innovative, exciting and most of all fun and simple for all to use. It is a pressure sensitive, wireless balance board that goes on the floor – so someone can stand on it in front of the TV. It senses weight and shift in balance in any direction and therefore by standing on the Wii Balance Board during activities allows players to follow along to movements ensuring they have full control of the on-screen activities. This allows personal improvement goals to be set to effectively help you and your family to train and stay fit.
Wii Fit 2: Full Body Workout launches in North America in Q4 2009.
About Nintendo
The worldwide innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii™, Nintendo DS™, Game Boy® Advance and Nintendo GameCube™ systems. Since 1983, Nintendo has sold more than 2.5 billion video games and more than 430 million hardware units globally, and has created industry icons like Mario™, Donkey Kong®, Metroid®, Zelda™ and Pokémon®. Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, visit the company's Web site at www.nintendo.com.
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