I bought this in Japan last month, and only now have managed to secure a Japanese Wii ready to play it (cheers to IanE) as it doesn't work at all on UK Wiis (works on US ones though but I found the Jap Wii first and didn't want to take any chances with forced updates and the like).
After an update that took almost an hour to complete (it was on 2.0J), I've just started the game.
I'm still recovering from a cold since Thursday so won't be doing anything strenuous yet, but it looks pretty nifty.
I'm 25 and my 'balance age' (notice a pattern here?) was also 25 which is cool I think, BMI is 24.10.
First stumbling block, language-wise, is the bit I'm on now that asks how much weight you want to gain/lose (it says 目標を入力してください). Luckily that Kanji Sonomama DS thing and Firefox+Rikaichan will help me out. Talk about Wii-DS interoperability
After that, it's asking how long I want to train for (2 weeks, 1 month, then monthly up to 1 year). 2 weeks should be cool, don't wanna overdo it!
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(I'm typing this while playing, see)
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OK I've been playing the minigames, they're so much fun! I unlocked a tightrope walking one which is really cool - you have to do the steps as well as keep your balance, and baddies come down the rope that you have to jump over. You're not allowed to actually jump off the board, and if you do actually jump, as soon as you lose contact the game ends which is good as it means I won't need to keep telling my mates over and over again not to jump and break my board!
The skiing ones are really great fun. There's two so far - slalom and the jump. As well as turning left and right, leaning back and forward changes your speed, and there's an area where if you lean into it you go really fast, with wind streams and everything
I had a go on the yoga but it was too strenuous for now. I'll blame the cold. Yeah, that's it. It's the cold! I haven't tried any of the other stuff, but it seems like there's loads to do and unlock. The greyed-out yoga excercises look particularly daunting...
So far, I can definitely say it was worth the £40. Looks like the Wii'll be staying in my room from now on...
@ Legendary: You shouldn't need that much room I reckon. The most room you'd need is probably for the press-ups/push-ups. I've got about 6-7feet by 3 feet myself, and it should be fine. Right now I'm using it in the living room, but the idea is I'll have it in the bedroom once everyone gets back from holiday!
After an update that took almost an hour to complete (it was on 2.0J), I've just started the game.
I'm still recovering from a cold since Thursday so won't be doing anything strenuous yet, but it looks pretty nifty.
I'm 25 and my 'balance age' (notice a pattern here?) was also 25 which is cool I think, BMI is 24.10.
First stumbling block, language-wise, is the bit I'm on now that asks how much weight you want to gain/lose (it says 目標を入力してください). Luckily that Kanji Sonomama DS thing and Firefox+Rikaichan will help me out. Talk about Wii-DS interoperability
After that, it's asking how long I want to train for (2 weeks, 1 month, then monthly up to 1 year). 2 weeks should be cool, don't wanna overdo it!
...
(I'm typing this while playing, see)
...
OK I've been playing the minigames, they're so much fun! I unlocked a tightrope walking one which is really cool - you have to do the steps as well as keep your balance, and baddies come down the rope that you have to jump over. You're not allowed to actually jump off the board, and if you do actually jump, as soon as you lose contact the game ends which is good as it means I won't need to keep telling my mates over and over again not to jump and break my board!
The skiing ones are really great fun. There's two so far - slalom and the jump. As well as turning left and right, leaning back and forward changes your speed, and there's an area where if you lean into it you go really fast, with wind streams and everything
I had a go on the yoga but it was too strenuous for now. I'll blame the cold. Yeah, that's it. It's the cold! I haven't tried any of the other stuff, but it seems like there's loads to do and unlock. The greyed-out yoga excercises look particularly daunting...
So far, I can definitely say it was worth the £40. Looks like the Wii'll be staying in my room from now on...
@ Legendary: You shouldn't need that much room I reckon. The most room you'd need is probably for the press-ups/push-ups. I've got about 6-7feet by 3 feet myself, and it should be fine. Right now I'm using it in the living room, but the idea is I'll have it in the bedroom once everyone gets back from holiday!
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