Speaker: Takao Sawano
WiiFit Examples
- Family weighing themselves and tracking health * Father doing push ups on balance board * Mother doing yoga on the board * Games: Kid taking headers playing soccer goalie * Games: Grandfather using ski-jump * Games: Mother walking on a tightrope
- Sold over 1.4 million units
- Europe: April 25th * US: May 19th
Wii Fit Package Contents
- Balance Board and software
Not born of strategic process,
Please don’t post photos (women right next to me took a picture)
Party Play
Wii Sports -
In the center is a section called “Health Pack”
Became Wiifit, was at the center of the slide, plans for original Wii
body management, health, calorie control, scale
My Miyamoto: “I have fun just weighing myself and collecting my weight data, so this idea is bound to lead to something interesting”
“Developers must always approach their projects with the belief they are developing a million seller”
Develop a cost-effective scale
- Start from scratch rather than reuse existing (needs to be more than a scale) * rotary encoder stick from N-64 controller, minimal friction and great precision
Something wasn’t quite right, fear/doubt of project
Japan’s National Sport: Sumo
- Sumo wrestler’s need two scales to measure “aha moment” * Sample 60x per second * Part of the body test was balance * Show how to visually show how weight is transferred from left/right side * Heart of the weight detector is a rotary encoder * Rumble: Rumble for your legs - just not enough power and would kill battery * Foot controller: Should it detect forward and backward shifts? Devs said left/right was fine, but still wanted.
Checked Nintendo Service Center (returns)
- How do you keep costs low and keep it simple so that you don’t balloon servicing cost
Strain gauge to measure difference and force. Wiifit ships with 4 sensors
Multiple revisions to incorporate a number of factors
Make it wider, shoulder width * larger also means higher cost * build it so that tall/short people can play and have it work worldwide
President review feedback: It’s clumsy to plug in a wiimote * Radio interference,
WiiFit - Body test features
- BMI, balance test, * WiiFit Channel - Add Wiifit bodytest as a channel (so you don’t need the disk) * Training: Yoga (15) , strength (15), aerobics (9), balance games (9) * Use remote to measure balance and players body movements * Trainer can give advice based on their movements (video of European version) * Dynamic coach and ratings (Couch potato) * Wii Fit Island - Running course, doesn’t use balance board, just wii remote * Allows players to switch to broadcast so that you can watch regular TV and use wiimote as a speaker for aerobics * Workout while watching TV * Fit Credits - The time you spend exercising is automatically counted, you can also count external
Balance Board Specs
- 60 samples/second * measurable weight 330 lbs, max 660 * Weight 7.7 lbs * 4 batteries = 60 hours * Sync to register bluetooth * LED display - flashes when BT is syncing * software can check the battery life * always registered as Wii Remote 4
As a foot controller
- Control from 360 degrees, wave of a hand arm movement detectable * how much force * can even detect when a small weight is picked up or put down
Highest selling title that requires a peripheral (1.4 million sell through)
Bandai Namco Games - Family Ski
- video of Japanese comedian playing * Swishing legs * Play to Nintendo’s strengths - easy to show
Purchasers
- Families * 72% of other family/friends play game