Nintendo Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board

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Clark, Ross A.; Bryant, Adam L.; Pua, Yonghao; McCrory, Paul; Bennell, Kim; Hunt, Michael (2010). "Validity and reliability of the Nintendo Wii Balance Board for assessment of standing balance". Gait & Posture. 31 (3): 307–310. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.11.012. ISSN 0966-6362. PMID 20005112. S2CID 7785113. a b c d e Parish, Jeremy (July 13, 2007). "Miyamoto Roundtable full transcription". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007 . Retrieved July 14, 2007. Game Informer, Interview with Shigeru Miyamoto: Different weight limits in different regions for Wii Balance Board

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Gantayat, Anoop (November 30, 2007). "Wii Fit Arrives in Japan". IGN. Archived from the original on June 6, 2021 . Retrieved April 18, 2016. Ultimately, how much you get out of Wii Fit depends on how much you're willing to put in. Some people get utterly addicted to Brain Training, for example, while others tire of the repetition after a week or so. And this is supposed to be exercise, remember.

The Wii Balance Board is officially compatible with both Wii and Wii U. Only one Balance Board can be synchronized with the system at a time and the board uses the fourth player controller connection, replacing any Wii Remotes that are currently bound to that position. Due to these two limitations, there is no ability to use multiple Balance Boards simultaneously [12] and the maximum number of players who can play a non- hotseat multiplayer mode involving it is reduced to 3. Some homebrew developers allowed the board to be unofficially supported by the Linux kernel 3.7. [13] Measuring center of pressure displacement [ edit ] Sugarman, Heidi; Weisel-Eichler, Aviva; Burstin, Arie; Brown, Riki (2009). "Use of the Wii Fit system for the treatment of balance problems in the elderly: A feasibility study". Virtual Rehabilitation International Conference, 2009. VR 2009. pp.111–116. doi: 10.1109/ICVR.2009.5174215. The shape of the balance board was initially a square, but it was decided that it was too hard to use for the exercises.