As much as WiiFit may seem like the all-in-one exercising machine, it isn’t. Even Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto agrees. Speaking in an interview with the Times Online, the famed game designer stated his belief that playing WiiFit should only complement your routine exercise activities, not replace them.

Spending too long, staying in and playing any video game is not good. I always tell my children to get out on a sunny day and I, myself, went jogging in Central Park yesterday. But I do my stretching on Wii Fit. They work together.

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