Sure, kids today get to do so many things their parents can only dream of. They can get to cut off the heads of monsters with a phaser gun, or play tennis with Andre Agassi in the living room while in pajamas or even fly a Boeing 747 from their bed.

Indeed, fun and technology are much relying on technology these days than any other time. This has led some critics into claiming that fun and entertainment in the 21^st century are making kids lethargic and unrealistic – as they spend hours on end in the couch instead of mingling with other children. Instead of skating or baseball, children hunker inside the house with no physical activities. Obesity numbers in children in the United States support his claim.

However, technology has its advantages as well. By tapping into the deeper consciousness, children have become more creative, strategic and technology savvy because of modern entertainment modules. As we all know, being in touch with technology is not only a necessity but an essentiality in a modern world. The Internet has also allowed, family and friends to get connected regardless of physical distance.

Children, by watching, understanding and getting involved in highly-creative and technically demanding technology-based games push their cognitive functions higher as well. This is the great advantage of technology – it fuels thought and ideas that will only spurn a new wave of technology – and the cycle will continue.

There are bad sides of course. Health is on the top of the list. Children, while getting holed on video games must also learn the virtue of exercise. There is still no substitute for the great outdoors and family members and friends are influential in bringing the kids under the sun.

Social skills of children can also be developed by getting them involved in activities that may still be technology-based yet socially-demanding as well. There are tournaments for toy gadgets and contraptions that involve the children’s social as well as intellectual skills. Schools can also generate activities that will get students together.

These inventions are the most in-demand toys in the market today. However, with the increasing consciousness to health and fitness of the consumers nowadays, there is but one product that standout; that is the Wii Fit – a video game or software for Nintendo’s Wii for those fitness enthusiasts’ gamers out there.

With Nintendo’s Wii, you can just play any sports, there is under the sun with its unique remote control and wireless controller. You can play tennis and boxing, to mention a few. What really amazes is how Wii can enthrall people with its almost real-time wireless reaction to the gamers’ movements. Well, it’s Nintendo’s trademark secret after all; they will not divulge any information that would risk their edge over their competitors.

Now, fun and fitness are combined into one with Nintendo’s Wii Fit. It is an exercise video game developed by Nintendo for its console Wii. This is more fun than just watching some demo CD’s for taebo, boxing, yoga and the likes. The games are focused mainly on exercise activities.

The secret lies in the application that this game is using – a unique platform called the Wii Balance board. Aside from different exercise activities it can show, it can also calculate one’s body mass index (BMI) with just the user’s height as input. There are about 50 different exercises that are available in its database. It includes push up exercises, yoga poses, some training for the muscles, and body and strength training. Also, Wii Fit can allow players to take the body test and then compare the results later. It can also track the “Wii Fit Age” of the users using the results of the body testing with the player’s current age, weight, and athletic ability.

Wii Fit is more like an All-in-One gym inside the house. With this game, the activities are divided into categories just like the training or the exercise program in the gym. The following are the categories and its sample trainings:

Strength Training

• Extension of the Single Leg
• Lifting of the Leg Sideways
• Lifting of the Arm and Leg
• Stands of the Single-Arm
• Twisting of the Torso
• Rowing Squat

Aerobics

• Hula Hoop
• Rhythm Boxing
• Basic Step
• Basic Run
• Advance Step
• Free run

Balance Game

• Soccer Heading
• Ski Jump
• Ski Slalom
• Snowboard Slalom
• Tightrope walk
• Lotus Focus

Yoga

• Breathing Deeply
• Half Moon
• Dancing
• Cobra
• Shoulder stands
• Standing Knee

These are among the training that players will surely enjoy. These will provide core workouts to the players with emphasis on controlled movements rather than overexertion.

As such, Wii Fit holds a score of 80% on game rankings. It has sold a quarter of a million prior to its first week of release. It has also been outsold in Amazon .com and Wal-Mart in its pre-release in the US. A year after its release, it has become the third best-selling video game in the game console history with about 21.82 million copies sold as of June 2009.

There is a study now that Wii Fit is being used for medical therapy like the physiotherapy rehabilitation in some health clubs around the world.

Having fun and getting healthy and fit with Nintendo Wii Fit is really a value-for-money buy. It is not just a game for everyone to enjoy but is also a sure way of taking away the boredom; and as the video game name implies, it would help wash away extra fat in the body.  Innovations and ideas like this are worth every penny a consumer pays. So the next time you shop for those exercise demo CDs, why not try the new Nintendo Wii Fit? It might just be the one that you have been looking for all this time.