Nintendo Wii + Wii Sports - Good for fitness in children?

The Nintendo Wii it seems, puts pay to therandom challenges, after which you will be
concerns in recent years over the inactivity inassigned a fitness age, based on your
children due to their interest in video gamesperformance. Sound familiar? The Nintendo DS
consoles. The Wii console really sets itself apartgame, Brain Training comes to mind...a physical
from the rest with its revolutionary motionversion perhaps?
sensitive controller, which actually requiresThe important thing here is that gamers are
movement in order to play the games.becoming more physically active without even
The Nintendo Wii comes with the game Wiirealising it - you could say it has a 'kill two birds
Sports, which includes tennis, baseball, bowling, golfwith one stone' effect, combining video game play
and boxing. In tennis you will be swinging thewith physical activity. Given this 'physical' nature of
remote as if it were a tennis racket and flicking itthe Wii game play, I wouldn't be suprised if
up to toss the ball into the air with a quick swingparents rushed out to buy the Nintendo Wii
to serve just like the real thing. The other Wiiconsole just to get their kids off the sofa!
Sports games work in a similar way simulatingAnother great thing about the Nintendo Wii is that
controller movements for like movementsit appeals not only to children and teens but to
onscreen. Boxing however is the only Wii Sportsadults too, so its something the whole family can
game that uses the nunchuk attachment and isenjoy.
the most physically exhausting game of them all.Could the Nintendo Wii revolutionize the way we
In order to hit your opponent in the head orplay video games in the future? It will be
body, you will have to aim high or low with yourinteresting to see what Nintendo's competitors
swings.come up with next - this could be a tough one to
There are three different activities with eachbeat!
game. In training mode, you will participate in