3-3 1/2 stars: suitable make as motivation for sport, but only conditionally recommended for more efficient training

Wii Fit Plus is a sports game that includes several sports fields and is designed to train the body and balance. It shares a while the exercises in yoga, muscle exercises, balance and aerobics. Training Plus is another area can be found in the Games.

1) Content

I own the parcel of Wii Fit Plus + Balance Board. This includes the game Wii Fit Plus and Balance Board needed to. In addition, you need a Wii, Wii Remote and Nunchuk a. The Nunchuk is used for only a few exercises. There are a lot thicker instructions, but since the whole thing is to prepare relatively intuitive, they are not absolutely necessary.
The Balance Board includes a battery compartment (batteries included) for 4 AA batteries and there is also the sync button (red). It is recommended to place the balance board on a flat, firm ground. I myself can only rely on a carpet, but also works very well.

2) entry

The entry into the training is carried out with the selection of the trainer (male or female). Then it goes to the body and balance test in which the BMI and the Balancierfähigkeiten be measured. The result is our Wii Fit Age. Based on these results, we can create a training schedule. If we want to lose weight for example 4kg and sticking within 2 weeks, then we can in a calendar so.

3) presentation and functions

There are a whole lot of things that you can do in Wii Fit Plus. Some of these are useful, others rather less.

There are two main screens. One of the main screen is an overview of the calendar, settings, graphics on the training progress (BMI, weight, Wii Fit Age, ect.) And includes the ability to make the body test. From this area it is the second and more important main screen: the training. In the training area a pig shows us our time account. From here there are six ways it goes on. Firstly, here the individual areas such as Training Plus, yoga, muscle exercises, aerobics and balance are listed, and the other can be seen in the personal training area, 'My Wii Fit Plus', go. The individual sports sections contain an overview of all exercises of the area from which you can then select the exercise you want to perform. Every single overview an exercise of individual areas is the same structure. You can see a picture of the exercise of the information is obtained on the type of exercise / play. Then, how well one has completed the exercise, the number of stars. Furthermore a short description that explains what is at stake and the funds that you need for exercise (balance board, remote, Nunchuk). Beneath this is then the possibility of setting difficulty. A higher level of difficulty but is only unlocked if you have the previous stage performed well to very well. In the field of yoga and muscle exercises the trainers are at Erstdurchführung an introduction to the exercise. If necessary, the tutorial can be invoked repeatedly.

The 'My Wii Fit Plus' offers the possibility to personalize the training. This is especially important for yoga and muscle exercise, otherwise you probably desperately at constant confirmation click. But I will get a more detail later. 'My Wii Fit Plus' has the following sub-menus, which I regard as important less: Check calories, Fit-credit, trainer exchange and 'What are MET's'. Calories Check provides information on calories individual foods. MET's are the 'currency' of Wii Fit Plus. After each exercise there is this MET. The important points of the 'My Wii Fit Plus' range are but 'Wii Fit Plus programs', 'My program' and 'favorites'. Under Wii Fit Plus programs we find preset workout programs that are tailored to specific objectives. Three programs are subordinate in lifestyle, health, youth and form. Each program displays an overview of the exercises contained and how much time you need for it. One can also combine the individual programs. This sector, however, I find less successful, as some programs seem poorly matched for to what they are supposed to promise to train. There is only here the opportunity to link the four major areas. Under 'My program' can in fact be only the yoga and muscle exercises areas create a program. For this we can here even determine what exercises should be included accurately in the training program and how often these exercises are repeated. Again appears to us how much time we will need for the program created.

4) Aerobic

Aerobics includes many exercises. There are four doing exercises 'hula-hoop', 'Running', 'boxes' and 'Step', which included, excluded from the boxes all other variations in our aerobics.

The exercises are really well done. 'Hola Hoop' likely everyone knows from childhood, you have to swing a (imaginary) tire around his waist and is rewarded with points. 'Rhythm boxes' is a game by must complete a prescribed combination of left and right blows against a sandbag. 'Step' is getting on and off the Balance Board in different versions. Only the exercise 'Jogging' I find inappropriate, but that is mainly due to my aversion to the site to run. This is an exercise that I'd rather do then out and unsuitable for the home hold.
The aerobics area makes primarily for his hula hoop exercises and boxing a lot of fun. Step is also a good exercise to warm up without getting really strained. Whether the exercise is jogging for a little, everyone must decide for themselves. All in all, the aerobics area really well done.

5) Balance

Balance is the sports game categories of Wii Fit Plus. Among other sports on the Balance Board are implemented playfully. That the combination of sports and game guarantees a lot of fun and a can employ long, Wii Fit Plus is largely handsomely. While some games heavily to join in and encourage further play, some games are perhaps not quite as successful. Sometimes it shows that the Balance Board can be now and then a nasty handicap, when things are not quite as good responds. In general should be something for everyone at this abundance of games. This sector is also definitely something for children.
Personally, I find the games header, ski and snowboard slalom, ball Brett and flow ball very well done. They require reaction, speed, balance, concentration and precision and are well implemented. Less or no have me on the other hand fell hill jump, tightrope walking and Zazen. Especially since there is little 'to do' in these games are. Penguin Picnic gets extra points for the cuteness factor.

6) Training Plus

Training Plus is very similar to the balance area. Again, there are games that are more or less successful. Recommended are here: Skateboard, Flow Ball and board.

7) muscle exercises

While aerobics, balance and Training Plus areas still had a playful touch that target muscle exercises from a concentrated training of individual muscle groups. Here at last is the real thing and the fun of training you get more by the earnings factor as by the play factor.
There is not so much challenging exercises as well as exercises for advanced students who are specially marked. Before you start the individual exercise, you can see on the one hand, as the exercise is set up and, secondly, what muscles are strengthened thereby. The repetitions of an exercise can be (Advanced ect.) By higher level increase.
Who does not want constantly click the exercises individually, can make its own combination of muscle exercises together in a personal training camp. Then the exercises are taken in succession and many confirmation prompts with the Wii remote control fall away.
General muscle exercises area is well so far succeeded. There are many exercises and for both beginners and advanced students can find something. Sometimes, however, feel 10 repetitions as too little; to really feel something, sometimes you have only in the advanced mode or higher. Compared with some old sports videos that I know, the pace is very low, as it has a lot of 'downtime' by the intros. Even if one puts together his or her own exercise combination that breaks're noticeably long. In sports videos, it usually goes away after the other and I must admit that I like it better. Too many breaks can quickly lead to boredom. If you choose the exercises individually to, may be even faster, the fancy sports pass, because then babbles the coach each time merrily going on. A proper Cancel button, the same can be a jump to the exercise would bring about miracles here. Nevertheless, you have to be prepared that from what felt like an hour of training, only 40-45 minutes is really physically operated. In addition to this, to me personally, the Balance Board seemed sometimes unsuitable. In m horizontal stretching is necessary to lay the forearms on the board and then practically support his weight on it. Since the board edge (albeit round edges) has, which is indeed unbearable, but far from pleasant. Especially with the pushups, the Balance Board has disturbed me. Because if I run pushups without the board, then I spread my arms when the board is long farther apart. With Board I do not get a way without board it's much better. Maybe it's the other this way?

8) Yoga

I think it is clearly what is at stake in the yoga area: to Yoga. There are various yoga poses and, a division into beginners and advanced also in the yoga area as with the muscle exercises performed. In each exercise shows the coach, what to do and what not, and how to have the points at which to breathe. I have never done yoga, I know not therefore how important this is the right run the exercises. The area makes me while sometimes more, sometimes less fun. Some exercises are quite successful, others are personal to me 'lax'. Actually, this was the area in which I had been looking forward to the most. Ultimately, he has not fulfilled what I had expected. A bit more about breathing, and when I like to breathe, would have been to me a closer prefer. In general, I often had the feeling that perhaps you would prefer to make only a right yoga class, then go at least with more experience in these Wii Fit range.

9) Motivation and long-term fun

Parallel to play Wii Fit Plus, I also do sports without Wii. When it comes to achieve clearer and more effective results, I prefer the sport without Wii before clearly. So why does it use any Wii Fit Plus? In sports without Wii I draw my motivation from the knowledge that I am pleased with the result. With Wii Fit Plus, particularly in the areas of aerobics and balance, motivation arises from the fun. Probably that's the reason why I go to see more of these areas rather than yoga and muscle exercises. Time to go just on the slopes a ski slalom, I can without going to the mountains with the Wii. The Wii is not interested in it also and that I've never driven downhill. Can, I can about it anyway. Who does not play sports, for the Wii Fit Sport is definitely worth a look to begin with. It does not take much space and you do not have off-site to take advantage of it. In addition, the motivation with the bad conscience is: on the one hand, if you have the Balance Board parked within sight and have a nasty anfunkelt with long disuse, and secondly by the game itself, which reminds us how long we no longer look at us leave.

10) Positive points

+ Five well-selected areas with many exercises
+ More successful exercises as not successful exercises
+ Exercises for beginners and advanced
+ Exercises for adults and children
+ Different levels of difficulty
+ Preset exercise programs
+ Possibility to create their own sports programs
+ Tutorials for exercises

11) Negative Points

- Many confirmation prompts that taking into their own hands again and again require the Wii Remote
- Coach talks before the exercises too much
- Some exercises such as pushups and plank rather unsuitable for the Balance Board
- Balance Board responds sometimes not fast or accurate enough
- Possibility of the camera change unsuitable because it requires to take the Wii Remote in your hand
- Some exercises are boring (personal taste)
- Too much downtime between exercises
- Personal program be created with only 2 of 4 areas
- Not all preset programs useful

12) What could be improved?

- Introducing a Cancel button, so you really can jump directly to the beginning of the exercise
- To be able to Create a personal program with exercises that include aerobics and balance

13) Conclusion

Wii Fit Plus is for myself between 3 and 3 'of 5 stars. Deductions result mainly through the annoying confirmation prompts. Sometimes I had already put the remote control out of the hands to be able to pick up only to put them back, otherwise the exercise will not start. Furthermore, it is simply the time between exercises too large, even if they will activate training program. From one hour training are felt 15 minutes downtime by any meaningless sayings my coach or anything. Since the effect of Auspowerns for me is simply lost. Another point of bothered me a little, were the exercises that require a Nunchuk. I do not like it when I rumfliegt a cable front of the face and therefore tolerate only rhythm boxes because my a fun time and I as an eye zudrücke.

Positive contrast, I find especially the areas aerobics and balance. These are fun and at the same time you move yet. That's a great combination. That not all exercises are managed over I can overlook. Tastes are then but, fortunately, different. Especially aerobic and balance are the reasons that keep me on Wii Fit Plus. However, individual muscle or yoga exercises are done. The tutorials explain this largely exactly what to do.

Can I recommend Wii Fit Plus now? The answer is yes and no. If you have the opportunity, I would strongly recommend before buying the whole test only times whether one ever appeals. Wii Fit Plus is like any other game, a matter of taste. Even if a wide range is offered in different games and exercises, so it's crucial to know if one really wants to work with it and whether you want to play sports in this form. Those who enjoy sports and games, will probably find something for themselves. If you want to seriously train, this is probably doing more off the Wii.