Wii Fitness
You're Going to need These:
The Wii
You must start with the Wii. The balance board requires this to do its magic. The Wii will hold your Miis (your avatars), it'll keep score, it'll remember your weight; it's the computer part of the process. The Wii Fit Plus Bundle (also required) does not include this. You'll be happy to know that there are a lot of games for the Wii™ too, games that you won't be working out to. However, there are many games that are compatible with the Wii and the balance board too.
The Wii Fit Plus Bundle
The Wii Fit Plus Bundle is the improved version of the Wii Fit that revolutionized the couch potato world. Released in October of 2009, it improves the Wii Fit with a customized workout for every member who uses it. Benefitting both experienced users and new, it enables people to make individualized workout routines to parallel their own unique schedules, preferences and fitness goals. The Plus brings more than 20 new activities to step up the fun, including a Segway™ course and a really fun skateboarding course.
Not only does the Wii Fit Plus have new activities, but workouts can be set to any duration (with five minute intervals) and users can choose from various specialized routines; warm up, slim down, or work on a specific area.
And you can sign in your pets (cats and dogs) too!
The bare minimum of the software is the Wii Fit Plus disc and the Wii Balance Board. All of the exercises can be performed with the balance board, the regular controller or the plugin nunchuck. You might want to get one of the special handles for golf, but it's completely optional.
