Nintendo announced that the wireless balance board accessory for the gaming console Nintendo Wii finally has a North American release date which is May 19. Get ready to workout those abs.

The Nintendo Wii Fit bundle pack (Disember in Japan) will sell for $89.99, it’s not exactly cheap gaming accessories, but at least it’ll bundled with a battery of exercises—including yoga, aerobics, training for strength, and balance—that’ll surely get you off the couch and will make you sweat.



IGN (via Yahoo! Games) has a thorough reviews of Nintendo Wii Fit, but here’s the main points for the Nintendo Wii Fit pack: You’ll get the wireless, plastic balance board (which, supports a whopping 660 pounds, although it stops measuring over 330 pounds) including the battery of 40 mini-games, exercises and training.


Packing inside: strength-training exercises, plus a push-up/yoga combo (sounds difficult huh!), single-leg extensions, arm/leg lifts, a variety of squats and lunges, and side planks (wow!). There’s also some of aerobic action, including steps, runs, and rhythm boxing (great!). Then there’s the yoga, complete with your standard deep breathing, half moons, a potpourri of poses, just name it.


What makes Nintendo Wii Fit more fun than your standard exercise DVD or CD is the on-screen trainer (either male or female) who will critiques your form and doles out encouragement, as needed.


For sure, the greatest element of Nintendo Wii Fit is the Wii-wireless balance board, which incorporates two plastic pads and one for each foot—which is precisely can measure you weight and balance.


From the demos, Wii-wireless balance does an uncanny job of detecting your overall stance and posture; indeed, based on your weight and balance, it’ll compute your body mass index (BMI) and tell you if you’re overweight, underweight, or just right. The Nintendo’s Wii Fit software will also track your daily BMI and tell you the progress over time. For all these, it’s not such a bad thing, considering that you’re playing a video game.


The Nintendo Wii Fit demo during last year’s E3 gaming conference looked pretty great; as example the soccer ball head-butting game, which lets you (natch) head-butt a torrent of virtual soccer balls, all from the comfort of the balance board—it’s so nice.

So, who out there’s looking forward to buy a Nintendo Wii Fit? Keep your body fit!