Wii Fit U

It is also the only game on the system to support the balance board.

• Title — Wii Fit U • Developer — Nintendo EAD Ganbarion • Publisher — Nintendo • Director — Hiroshi Matsunaga Hirofumi Irie • Producer — Tadashi Sugiyama Chikako Yamakura • Programmer — Minoru Sudo • Composer — Takayuki Kobara • Series — Wii • Genre — Exergaming • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — Wii U

Like its predecessors Wii Fit and Wii Fit Plus, Wii Fit U focuses on engaging the player in physical activities, including yoga and strength training, through use of the Wii Balance Board, a platform peripheral upon which the player stands during play that measures the player's weight and center of balance. Wii Fit U introduces additional activities that add the Wii U GamePad into gameplay. Owners of Wii Fit or Wii Fit Plus can transfer all saved data into Wii Fit U. Exercises are organized by category and by the amount of requisite exertion, measured in numerical values called "MET". Wii Fit U can display output on a television screen or only use its GamePad touchscreen. All retail copies of Wii Fit U are bundled with a foldable Wii U GamePad Stand and an activity meter (pedometer) called the Fit Meter, also available separately, which is carried while jogging or otherwise moving. The concept and overall design of the device are similar to the Pokéwalker released with Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. When the Fit Meter is placed near the GamePad, its data is transferred via infrared connection to the Wii U. Wii Fit U has all the exercises from Wii Fit Plus except the following: • Segway Circuit • Rhythm Parade • Big Top Juggling • Skateboard Arena • Tightrope Tension • Penguin Slide • Snowboard Slalom • Lotus Focus As well as merging the regular and Plus versions of Table Tilt, Balance Bubble, and Basic Run into single entries. Wii Fit U adds the following exercises: • Dance • Beginner Dance • Hula Dance • Jazz Dance • Hip-Hop • Locking • Flamenco • Salsa • Burning Beats/Stamina Steps • Aerobics • Puzzle Squash • Free Boxing • Orienteering • Rowing Crew • Balance Games • Ultimate Obstacle Course • Dessert Course • Hosedown • Trampoline Target • Core Luge • Scuba Search • Climbing

The game became available for purchase, in standard and Wii Balance Board bundles with Fit Meters, in December 2013 in the PAL regions and on January 10, 2014, in North America. In Japan the physical copy became available on February 1, 2014, although it had been released previously on the eShop than in North America and the PAL regions.

Wii Fit U, unlike Wii Fit, has been used for treatments in physical therapy and not just for basic exercise. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has used games that involve light to moderate activity in those with brain damage to aid in the patient's recovery. Research has found that users feel a better sense of balance and upper body motion, initiating a healing for those with brain injury. Concerning basic exercise, one study found that Wii Fit U is not fit for intensive exercise but rather moderate exercise and conditioning. The study concluded that the ability of the game's diverse exercises to increase physical growth is unknown.