Kotaku
Let down! Wii Fit isn't one hundred percent exactly as Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto pictured it. Instead of just weighing people, Miyamoto wanted it to weigh pets. According to Newsweek:
...Nintendo design boss Shigeru Miyamoto had wanted to include a mode that would allow players to weigh their pets. He wasn't able to include it in the Japanese version, but in the North American version, available May 19th, players will receive a message informing them that if they weigh themselves while holding their pets, then weigh themselves again separately and subtract the two, the difference will tell them how much their pet weighs.
No word whether Miyamoto also hoped to have balance board mini-games for pets.
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It would be funny if Wii Fit automatically recorded the weight of all it's players and posted the average online. As an American, I'm not so proud to say we'll be # 1 again.
Uh... Kay.
I guess this is another way to make my cat feel even worse about himself.
Blue Ocean.
Can't wait to weigh my cat and find out he weighs as much as the last time I weighed him, which was years ago...
My dog is fat.
wow... I'm gonna get clawed
This is Miyamoto and Nintendo's way trying to expand the Wii audience beyond just hardcore and the casual gamer, now they want Pets to play video games too.
@Heyyou27: Then out of no where the Canadians take victory.
How? What sort of mad man could have envisioned that outcome?
The truth? They doubled up on the mats as a favor for Oprah. "We're losing weight girlfriends!"
Welsh Corgi....
He will never be fat. If he does get fat ...
Poor Doggie! :(
My cat is kind of fat. Maybe this will get her to exercise.
@Solarman: Coming soon, My Dog/Cat/Bird/Fish/Ostrich is more HardCore than your Dog/Cat/Bird/Fish/Ostrich!
@GUNDAM-RX-78-2: Damn IT! forgot to add Reptile's, Bugs (includind aracnids) and other Miscellanious creatures.
@Black-Dog-Howls: If Wii fit is featured on Oprah then walmart is gonna be raided by a mob of mothers.
The power to take over the world lies in oprah
Pets? What!?
I wish I had a little bit of Miyamoto's crazy.
This is gonna be a huge selling point for my girlfriend!
I'm sorry, but... WHAT!?!?!
He's insane.
If you dog is small enough to hold, couldnt you just weight it on a normal scale?
I think Miyamoto's had one too many Mega Mushrooms.
and you can't do that on your own becauuuuse?
why do you need a game console for that?
Shigeru Miyamoto is crazy. Who cares about weighing pets? Who cares about this lame idea called "Wii Fit" anyway?
I don't care if you guys buy it, because I sure as crap won't. If you guys DO buy it though, hope it turns out to be well worth your money.
What is even happening anymore? Wii just crossed the fucking line.
Note: This also works on a regular, non-$90 scale.
For me, the Wi crossed the line when I found out that half of their most heavily marketed games either suck or are crappy PS2 ports that I played on the PS2 a year ago. There are some games that are good, but I don't want to play the same PS2 games AGAIN (especially Okami, I've had the original since it came out.)
You can do this with real scales. My cat weighs loads.
@creid: The first message says, "Congratulations! You just payed nearly a hundred bucks for something you could do for free at a green grocer sans math!"
Next they're going to come out with Wii iit, a digital fork-and-spoon for which to eat virtual foodstuffs. $130. The welcome message tips? "Combine Wii Miit with warm Wii Water to make Wii Soup!" and "Chew real food while eating Wii food to simulate that high-def, next-gen flavor!"
@justhesh: High def food? It's a Wii.
You guys realize you're getting worked up over a "feature" that's not even going to be on the box, right?
Mannnnn that would have made it just like Crystal Chronicles for gamecube
Would have to buy a pet to fully utilize the wii fit board. Then would have to buy shots for the pet. Then food.
Then the total cost of WiiFit would be like 600 dollars. No goddamn way Nintendo.
I appreciate this man in the way he takes the time to think of others.
@justhesh: Ever put a basset hound in a fruit scale? It's harder than it looks...
And then the QFC employees yelled at me...
But on topic, wii fit for animals? I love Shiggy, but this is a bit odd, even for him.
I can see me @ 260lbs holding my ~95lb American Bulldog and cracking the board like a grahm cracker
cant you do that with a regular bathroom scale? miyamoto san is the master of superfluous gimmicks...
@FlashIV: My 280lbs self is gonna try that...*Snaps*...Oh S***! I JUST BROKE THE DEMO UNIT!!! CHEESE IT!
@KirbySS: That's why they have to simulate. In fact, they're coming out with Wii iit DLC soon after launch. They send you 2 spiceless freeze-dried beef cubes for $25.
I sure do love my $340 scale.
@justhesh: Are Nyko going to make a wireless variant?
@JimElNino: PFFT Common sense is not allowed around these parts! what are you, new?
Anywhoo,
Good google moogle that is one jolly looking man!!!!
Nintendogs Fit? Totally possible.
This is mathematics wizardry at work! I would have never thought of that!
But what if I want to weight my Saint Bernard?
Miyamoto needs to share the weed he is smoking.
Either that or start making good games...
come on nintendo are you serious?
the wii is ready to take the gamecube nosedive
@FlapDangerous:
If by 'gamecube nosedive' you mean my Wii can go down a flight of stairs and still work, just like my gamecube did, than we're a-ok! Mines already made the trip and was safely in one piece, you shouldn't be worried. :)
What is he holding, a box of hamsters and chocolates?
Miyamoto, you crazy!
LMAO off. That picture please abuse because I'll never stop laughing at it.
@KirbySS: You mean it's not wireless? ARGH.
And like Japan, is there a weight limit? I doubt I could hold my lab/great dane mix and stand at the same time.
@Heyyou27:
Us Californians feel estranged from the US nowadays, even our pets weighing less than ever.
Viva La Arnold!
@ZombiePuppy: They don't have any big dogs in Japan, maybe?
Anyone who's ever tried to get their cat to stand on a scale knows this is the only way to weigh the squirmy little critters.
@TheCleaningGuy: I can picture that, long ears dangling down, looking sort of mournful as he rotates slowly in the sling.
I don't know why a lot of you are so upset about this idea. Suppose you are going to buy Wii Fit. Buying it to weigh your pet certainly isn't the PRIMARY reason that you do. Hell, they can weigh your pet at the vet's office while you take them in every month, so quit acting like doing it on Wii Fit is a selling point at all.
Yes, it's a silly idea. I'm not going to disagree with you. My own (medium-sized) dog doesn't enjoy being lifted off the ground, though she can be, and I can imagine that other people have pets that a) dislike having no feet on solid ground OR b) are generally too large to do this with.
I wouldn't worry about it. If you're really that intent on bashing the thing instead of calmly letting it pass by your radar, then you can surely do it for what it'll mainly be used for.
thats the seccond time they used that photo! lol I see what kotaku did here!
Does anyone else look at that photo and think that they're looking at a crazy person?
@wKarrde: Genius'es's tend to be crazy. The crazyer the better!
@Trygle12:
Best. Dog. Ever.
Now why didn't Johnny Chung Lee think of that?
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