The European launch of Wii Fit is finally upon us and Nintendo seem to be pushing it harder than we had ever anticipated. A walk through the local shopping district yesterday uncovered three seperate store promotions. Rep’s with Wii Fit t-shirts and stores with Wii Fit bags were everywhere.

Have you picked up your copy yet? If so, share your experiences on the Wii Fit Forums

Staff at popular retailer Game have been trying out Wii Fit and documenting it on the company’s website. The team have been trying out everything from Step Aerobics to Ski Jump. They are only one week in but so far things looks positive as they keep a watch on their BMI. You can follow the experiment here

In other news, Game have actually stopped taking pre-orders for Wii Fit due to overwhelming demand.

Interest in Wii Fit seems to be increasing with the European and American launches. As a result we’ve added a Wii Fit Forum so that you can share your experiences with others. Its only new so don’t be shy about signing up!

It looks like Nintendo may be adding downloadable content to Wii Fit at some stage in the near future. Game Designer Shigeru Miyamoto made the indication in an interview with PC World recently.

The only content that seems to be confirmed so far is Nutritional Information but there will surely be plenty more to follow given the massive success that Wii Fit has been so far this year. Expect to see the Wii Fit Bundle flying off the shelves across Europe and America these coming weeks!

It looks like Wii Fit is set to become a huge success in the UK. All pre-orders for the long awaited health inspired game have sold out in a single day.

The figures come from popular online retailer play.com but come as no shock given the phenominal sales figures for Wii Fit in Japan. The game’s uk price is set to £69.99 with Free Delivery. Its not as cheap as a regular wii game but given that you get the balance board accessory it’s good value. Regardless of the price, it seems that the public are still keen to snap up a copy.

There’s an interesting article over on one of the Wired blogs reflecting on one months worth of Wii Fit usage. The findings by the author, Chris Kohler, praise the balance board.

All in all, I’m quite impressed with Nintendo’s exercise software, especially the Balance Board. Wii Fit is certainly not the first example, even in recent times, of a product that attempts to turn exercise into a videogame. But it’s probably the most successful one, and a lot of that is thanks to the controller. Since the board can determine quite accurately how well you are performing a set of standard exercises, the feedback that you get from the game is meaningful.

The gradual increase of difficulty that Wii Fit provides also seemed to help with making progress with your training plan.

Wii Fit itself has ramped up the challenges for me as I’ve gotten better at them. Doing six reps of the push-up game used to be all I could manage, but I can now do 20. Finishing that for the first time with 100 points felt great. Same with the jackknifes, which are like crunches but you pull your arms and legs up into a V shape: Doing 30 or more of those with decent form is no longer an issue.

Its a good article that’s well worth checking out. Click here to read it.

Came across this nifty little wii fit accessory on wiifanboy. Its essentially a silicone cover for your balance board. The Tsubu Tsubu from Japan Trust Technology will supposedly sooth those aching feet after a hards days working out on Wii Fit. Its one of many Wii Fit balance board covers that are emerging at the moment. More crazy Wii Fit Accessories are sure to follow!

The boxart for the US Wii Fit Bundle has been revealed. It shows four Wii Fit users from of various ages posing on their balance boards to demonstrate just some of the various activities. The box art is clean and appealing so it should definetly appeal to the mass market that Nintendo is aiming for.

Following on from yesterdays news on the Wii Fit Price in the states today the european prices have come to light. Nintendo has confirmed that the bundle which includes the balance board will be available in the UK for £69.99 and in the rest of europe at a price point of €89.99.

Its now only a matter of time before we have the opportunity to start flailing around like some crazy fools on our balance boards trying to keep our Mii on a tightrope

Toys R Us began accepting online pre-orders for Wii Fit this week at a price of $89.99. They list the release date as May 19th. Wii Fi has been available in Japan since December of last year and has sold over 1 million units. Nintendo are hoping to see the same success in Europe and North America.

There is an insightful interview over at wii.com in which Nintendo President Satoru Iwata talks with legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto about Wii Fit.

It seems that early in the development Miyamoto and his team considered the DS as a portible diary for recording food intake.

“We even thought about making it so that you could take your DS out with you and store data on what you ate. With health as part of the Wii catalogue, we also saw the subject of food ahead of u”

When talking about how they wanted Wii Fit to do things that the many fitness DVD’s out there couldn’t do Miyamoto commented

“Many DVDs related to exercise are already on the market, so when we started thinking about what couldn’t be done with DVD, we hit on the fact that we could check whether or not you were actually exercising. So we continued the experiments while using radio exercise music, and by measuring balance we found out we were able to do a lot of things quite accurately.”

“if you’re in the middle of exercising by standing on one leg, and lose your balance and put your foot down, they’ll tell you, “Did I see you put your foot down during the exercise?” You couldn’t do that on DVD.”

You can read more over at wii.com

In the name of not having to take ourselves too seriously we’ve added a wallpaper section to Wii Fit Guide. It’s just something that came about after some playing around with photoshop and seemed like it could be a bit of fun.

Anyways, to get the ball rolling, behold the first addition to Wii Fit wallpaper. Chuck Norris!