Wii Fit Plus (Balance Board Not Included)

I'm an enthusiastic fan of Wii Fit - it is a fun way to get limber and in shape. Wii Fit Plus is an add-on for Wii Fit and adds a bunch of new games and activities into the mix! Plus you can weigh your pets!First, you definitely need Wii Fit to play the Wii FIt Plus games. This adds on to the basic Wii Fit set. So make sure you have Wii Fit - or that you buy a bundle of some sort - to be able to enjoy Wii Fit Plus. Make sure you have a balance board, as well as both a Wii controller and nunchuck. You'll need all of these to enjoy all the games.The Wii Fit Plus, first, adds in pets! You can enter a cute little avatar for your cat or dog. It won't let pets train, but it does track their weight. How you do this is you (the human) have it measure you - then you hold the pet in your arms and it measures you plus the pet. This is a great way to keep track of your pet's weight over time and to know if something is changing!For humans, there are lots of great new features. First, you can play a variety of multiplayer games. This lets you challenge each other to all sorts of fun.In my home I tend to be the only Wii Fit player, so I was more interested in the new games. I love the Kung Fu one, where you do various moves in time with the rhythm. I'm also a big fan of the segue game, steering your rolling two-wheeled scooter around the course with body movements. There's a juggling game, a snowball fight game, and a nice running game.An area I use quite a lot is the "routines" area. This lets you design a series of activities and have them just run non stop in a row. So let's say in the yoga area I enjoy tree pose, then palm, then sun salutation, then tree pose and then sun salutation again. You define that series of activities and then start it off. The game seamlessly steps you through those poses, one after another, and when you're done you get credit for all the time! It's perfect!I can't say enough good things about Wii Fit Plus. I love the yoga, how you can make the perfect routine for YOU, to meet your interests and the time you can spend. I love many of the new games. I find it really helpful to track my pet's health easily in the system.Is there a down side? I would love more customization. I would love yoga on a beach, for example, or in a forest. It can't be that hard for them to toss in new backgrounds. I would love new background music - or let us add in our own.I also think you should be able to choose your timer. Right now they have a "piggie" which I find a little inappropriate. Again it'd be easy for them to let you customize that, and really help out a lot.Maybe those things will come into play in Wii Fit 2!

I love the Wii Fit balance board and the original Wii Fit games, yoga, and fitness activities.So, I was VERY happy when an expanded game disc Wii Fit Plus came out. And even happier that ALL the old activities are present plus many new ones. Plus it has additional features like the ability to create your own workout.PROS:--$20 affordable retail--Includes all the old games/exercies plus the new ones so you don't to use 1 disc for some games and another for the new games. AWESOME!!--Everything is unlocked. Great since before Yoga would unlock a game, a game would unlock a strength exercise, etc. which could be rough for kids to get all the games unlocked if they were unable to do lunges or yoga. I feel all games should always be unlocked...at least at a starter level.--Allows you to make and store a workout that combines multiple exercises so you could do all the yoga and not have to keep stopping to select from the menu. Some complain you can't combined anything from any section, but, who wants to mix balance games and yoga poses? I think this was primarily added to enable and continuous yoga workout or stretching workout and that sufficient.--All the balance games on this, and especially the new ones are GREAT, fun, and easy to figure out, before you know it, you've been working out for and hour or more.--The Yoga poses actually give feedback on your balance, the only Yoga disc that really does this. EA Active & EA Active More Workouts contain no yoga. My Fitness Coach mere calls out poses and rushes through them with no instruction, horrible if you don't know the poses or how to transition to them. And Wii Yoga is supposedly really horrble, I don't have it, but, the reviews are awful. So, it amazes me that this game, the 1ft for the Wii actually helps you use yoga to improve balance and strength in a great way.--No jarring motions so this can be used by all people of all ages, all conditions, and even with injuries. Building better balance and posture is something everyone can work on even if they have bad backs or bad knees to gently improve over time unlike too many Wii workouts built primarily on jumping and running in place which can be very jarring if you have back or knee problems.CONS:--Nothing except I wish it had even more Yoga to choose from, this is a great way to use and learn Yoga.Based on glowing reviews and high expectations, I bought EA Sports Active & EA Sports ActiveMore Workouts and My Fitness Coach, and they were all horrible. I ended up selling them they were so bad. But, this I use again and again and enjoy it. Will sweat pour off of you, maybe not, but, it's a great add on to a physical lifestyle that is fun, can be played with other family members, and every calorie burned is progress you wouldn't make sitting on the sofa.