Forget the flowers and candy — Nintendo’s highly anticipated “Wii Fit” video game will debut in the U.S. later this month, and Wal-Mart Stores online division is trying to persuade shoppers to order the game as “a perfect gift” for Mother’s Day.
This weekend, the Walmart.com homepage will be dominated by the Wii Fit — a physical exercise program that uses a pressure-sensing board as a controller — including a link to order the product now, ahead of its May 19 U.S. launch.
Through May 11, shoppers who “pre-order” the $89.74 game, or pay in advance to guarantee delivery when the game launches, will also get a $10 online gift card to use for a future order at Walmart.com.
This is, of course, in addition to lots of suggestions for spending your Recession Rebate Check there, too.
be sure to tell her the balance board was specially ruggedized for the american market [read: reinforced for fat people]
Give Mom a ‘Fit’, then she’ll throw one.
J/P=?
I bought this the other day and it’s brilliant. It’s much cheaper then a tread mill and fun too.
Another piece of hardware to keep you in front of the tube. Don´t be fooled by the “exercise” angle…
People, get off the couch/chair, off the sitcom/chatroom/youtube time wasters and go outside and just WALK. WALK for a regular 45 to 90 min. a day, for crying out loud…it’s all you need to be healthier.
They could call this the ‘Insensitive Family Spontaneous Ear Boxing Sale’.
One way or another, Mom will be getting lots of exercise, as soon as she opens this particular present.
So are you going to tell my Mom she needs to workout. I’ll stand back and wait for the ambulance to come pick you up off the ground.
Reminds me of the Amiga joyboard. See it at
http://www.atariage.com/controller_page.html?SystemID=2600&ControllerID=11