I'm thinking of getting a Wii, does anyone here have one?

I don't have a Wii yet, but my husband and I are thinking about buying one. At first, I thought it was another game console like PS2 or XBox (my husband has a PS2) so I wasn't very interested on spending more money on gaming when we already have one. But then, a couple of weeks ago, I saw this new "gadget" they have launched, they call it Balance Board and the game is called Wii Fit. Has a lot of very interesting features and sets apart the Wii from other consoles (it's my opinion!). Now you can actually benefit of the time you spend playing. First you have to set up your character and your specs, like weight and height, and the program even tells you if you are ok or if you need to gain or loose some weight. You can set an objective or a goal, for example, you can set it up to loose 5 pounds in 2 weeks, and you can check how good/bad you are doing agains your goal and the other players. With the Wii Fit you cuold have a personal trainer, do some yoga, do some jogging, improve your posture, tone your body and so on. You were saying that your mum doesn't go out as much as she should, with this Wii Fit I think she would have a lot of fun, keep in shape and even maybe invite some friends to play.

Yes I have a Wii system and I really like it, when I get the chance to play it that is... There are alot of games for it I really like the bowling one though, they do have a tennis one as well... I am not sure though if a 83 year old should be really playing games like those, there is alot of movement in them, but hey if she really wants to try I say go for it.. They now have a Wii Fit system, I am trying to see how many people the system and the fit program, yeah time to for me to get in fit... **Giggles** Over all though the system was made for all ages which is great!

Dragon Thank you for asking this question. I was planning to ask about the television set size, as wanted to make sure my television is big enough. It sounds like its fine. If you do get it, then let me know what you think of it for helping to lose weight. There are certain activities I enjoy like bowling and not headed to the bowling places, as haven't played in years. Some of the games do sound very entertaining.

My sister are saving money to buy a Wii. we had a playstation 2 and have a blast with it. I do think you should buy Wii. It will be good for your mom and you to had fun together. They do had many games of family oriented. I do not think it a waste of money. PS: If you do buy Wii, beware that you spend more time on yout TV screen than here in myLot.

I have a wii but im squat an games. the only games that i have are zelda twilght princess and wii sports. The online is good and its compatible to download deoms to the ds. One of the good parts are the wii shopping channel. you can download any retro game that u've enjoyed over the past. I want to get mario kart which is a good game. The online mode will rock!!

OMG the WII IS NOT A TOTAL WATER OF MONEY!!! it's soooooo awsome i reccomend it! i think it's great for people of all ages...my mom is handdicapped she has to walk with a cane and she played bowling while holding my arm and she WON! she had a blast! i totally reccomend it!

My family enjoys the Wii a lot. We especially have fun with the Olympic games. You definately can get quite a workout. I picked up my Wii Fit today, it was just released today, and that looks like it will be a great way to start my day. I also like the mental exercise games like BrainAge and My Word Coach. HTH

i don't have a wii but i have played one. it was really fun. i think it would be great for your mom if she likes to play games. maybe they'll come out with a bingo one lol. (ok bad joke about old ladies liking to play bingo) So, from what i've played I really enjoyed it and so did my husband. i would love to get one but we can't afford it right now. i haven't heard anything bad about it. aside from the people getting hurt playing it because they got too wild lol.

My brother got one resently off a friend, for 50$. And the games on it he has are great. Granted you need to watch WHICH games you get as some are more complicated then others, but overall I love it. Even got my grandmother into playing Bowling.

Do you know, I had never considered a Wii as being anything but a kid's plaything! My son and his friends spend hours playing on it when allowed, but I didn't realised that there were games available that might interest a more adult audience. I guess I'm just not interested enough to have ever investigated, but I think it's a really good idea if your Mum would enjoy it. And sitting on your bum playing a game sounds so much more funt han actually going out and jogging LoL

A friend of mine was interested in getting one. When I asked about it she told me she'd decided not to get one because you need to have a widescreen tv to be able to use it. I never investigated it but it seems really weird that wii is such a hype and nobody ever talks about the special tv set you'd need!

I own a Wii! It's very family oriented and fun! i reccommand it for anyone!!

We have a Wii and it is awesome. At Christmas my mom and dad(they are 63) were over here and we finally got them to try the Wii. They loved it. Of course many moons ago they used to bowl in a league so they loved the bowling. My mom got diamonds for Christmas and she took back the diamonds and went and bought a Wii the next day. We now have the Wii Fit and it is awesome!