Okay so now it seems like everybody - and every kid - wants a Wii. But will they want a Wii Fit - the trippy balance board that senses and responds to your shifting weight? I tried out this gadget at last year's E3, and it was pretty weird. You stand on a sort of flat scale and then go through a variety of postures and poses. It wasn't so much a game as a physical version of the brain-building hit, Big Brain Academy. Instead of just watching a yoga tape on TV, for example, you perform the move and get judged/corrected along the way.
Gamers in Japan are the first to get their hands - and feet - on this peripheral, and they're digging it. According to a report on GameDaily, sales have topped 1 million since the Fit's debut on December 1st. Could this be the killer app to lure grown-ups (and moms) into the Wii's burgeoning universe? Personally, I'm more interested in gaming applications of the device - snowboarding, surfing, skateboarding. And of course a Wii Fit Rock Band hookup would be killer for those of us practicing our Pete Townshend scissor kicks.
