Wii™ Fitness for Dummies®

Chapter 1. Getting Started

In This Chapter

• Getting acquainted with Wii Fit Plus

• Preparing your Mii

• Using the Balance Board and other controls

• Navigating the Wii Fit Plus software

After you make the decision to incorporate Wii Fit Plus into your healthy lifestyle, the first step is to set up the system. Unlike most games, setting up Wii Fit Plus is a multistep process befitting its unique combination of sophisticated hardware and software. This chapter helps to make this process a breeze so that you can get down to the serious — yet surprisingly fun — business of working out.

In this chapter, you find out how to set up Wii Fit Plus to work with your Wii console. You also discover how to activate your Balance Board, prepare your Mii for the activities ahead, and establish your baseline physical fitness level. We go over what the Balance Board can and can't do, how the Wii Remote and Nunchuk are used, and how to navigate around the many Wii Fit Plus menus.

Introducing Wii Fit Plus

One of the major reasons the Wii Fit phenomena has been so strong is because it relies on a unique bundled peripheral called the Balance Board. This innovative wireless controller has become the face of the Wii fitness revolution, adding a new dimension of interactivity far beyond what is possible with just the Wii Remote and Nunchuk.

Although the original Wii Fit features over 40 strength training, aerobics, yoga, and balance activities, the exercise experience is unstructured and mostly solitary. Although not a ...