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There are worse things the Wii Fit could say
BY Kristen Spencer Feb. 11th, 2009 More on:

With Wii Fit sitting pretty atop the software sales pedestal, it’s only natural for the game industry-ignorant media to try and knock it down. Which is why we didn’t pay much mind to The View’s Elizabeth Hasselbeck railing against the balance board’s lack of tact when it comes to calling a spade a spade. An obese spade.

Nintendo’s top seller has come under fire for its BMI measurement system, which calculates body fat based on an adult’s height and weight, making it an inaccurate indicator for some younger users due to varying levels of development. I understand parents not wanting their children to starve themselves to conform to impossible standards of beauty, but the fact that people are still filing lawsuits, writing articles and debating on talk shows about some game calling their kid fat is ridiculous. Maybe your kid is fat.

Frankly, the surprisingly spot-on measurement system isn’t nearly as offensive as that passive-aggressive little “Oh!” the Wii Fit lets slip every time you step onto the balance board. If Wii Fit were a person, I would have punched it in the face ages ago. But seriously, considering this is a game geared toward getting notoriously sedentary gamers to move more than their trigger fingers for a change, there are much worse things the Wii Fit could say. And we’ve compiled some of them after the break!

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    1. Emmanuel Petti
      February 11th, 2009
      at 11:05 am

      Hasselback is a moron. Her opinion on anything is about as valid as a fishes opinion on walking. I love nachos.

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      Evan ODonnell
      February 11th, 2009
      at 1:02 pm

      Well played. Our society is so damn sensationalistic, it’s absurd.

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      lauren
      February 11th, 2009
      at 5:07 pm

      “Teenage suicide - don’t do it!”

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      Dexter345
      February 11th, 2009
      at 7:57 pm

      On the other hand, the fact that Nintendo used the BMI is pretty dense of them. Not only is it inaccurate for children, but it doesn’t take into account muscle mass. When I was in my best shape, I was 170 pounds, at five-four. Sure, I had a thin layer of fat on me, but according to the BMI, I was obese.

      Basically, the BMI is bunk, and Nintendo should have used an entirely different metric–or none at all.

      Still, I do like “One at a time, please.”

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      Matthew Razak
      February 11th, 2009
      at 11:20 pm

      “Winners aren’t fat, but they do use Joydick.”

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