Wii Fit also known as Wii Fitness is an upcoming video game for the Wii video game console and it is a unique innovation of exergaming which was previously revealed under the code name Wii Health Pack. Exergaming as the name suggests is a term used for video games that also provide exercise. Exergames are sub divided into two main executions, one those with a game specifically designed to use an exercise input device and the other implementations using a genre of, or a generic game. The game is designed to function with the Wii Balance Board as a peripheral.



Nintendo Co Ltd has announced to launch this product of home fitness game in Japan in on Dec, 1. 2007. The Wii with its outstanding features offering easy-to-play but innovative games expanding the gaming population beyond young males to women and the elderly. Nintendo President Satoru Iwata expressed his aim to expand the definition of videogames as well as their user base "With 'Wii Fit.

Wii Fit was earlier revealed as Wii Health Pack which was then described as a "way to help get families exercising together. Keeping fit requires commitment. Health conscious people will sincerely maintain their routine but those who desire to look fit shows their interest in the beginning which later fades away with time and they fails to keep themselves in the track with the regular routine. When asked most of them say that they don't find interesting and fun any more. Making use of this opportunity and Wii Fit came with a fun and entertaining approach around the idea to catch up with the concept of allowing the viewer to perform exercise with fun.

Wii Fit use a unique platform peripheral called the Wii Balance Board that can measure a user's body mass index and their center of gravity and will provide the user with 40 different activities, including yoga poses, press ups, and other exercises with an added facilities that will allow its players to compare their fitness by using Wii Fit's own channel on the Wii Menu. Training within Wii Fit will be divided into four categories that will involve Aerobic Exercise, lasting ten minutes, Muscle Conditioning, Yoga Poses, and Balance Games, including ski-jumping which will provide a maximum workout in a slow and controlled motion together with fun and entertainment. Nintendo promises to give its popular Wii game console another boost by offering efficient network services so that it will help people to download games as well as to play with others online and see other content and information from the Net.