The Wii Mommies Nintendo Wii Fit Plus Citizen Journalist Program

By now, everyone has heard about Julie's weight loss using the Nintendo Wii Fit, and now Nintendo has come out with the Wii Fit Plus, which offers busy individuals a way to stay active without leaving the house and a way for families to play and have fun together. The game includes all of the activities from the original Wii Fit software and adds in more than 20 new activities, the ability to customize workouts, multiplayer mode, a calorie counter, and more. The Wii Fit Plus allows you to customize your workout in two ways – by creating a saved “My Routine” or by inputting the amount of time you would like to spend working out (from five minutes up to an hour) and having the game create a randomized routine to fit that time frame. For example, you can create and save a workout under “My Routines” and track your experience as you do this routine daily. You can also utilize the game to create a quick, randomized workout when you have an extra 10 or 20 minutes that pop up during the day. Experiment with an all Yoga workout, an all Strength Training workout and a combination of both.

The Wii Mommies have found five individuals who are unfamiliar with the Nintendo Wii and the Wii Fit Plus to participate in our Citizen Journalist Program, where they analyze specific elements of the Wii Fit Plus assigned to them and submit weekly reports on their findings over a period of three weeks What is a Citizen Journalist? Here's the Wikipedia definition-

Citizen journalism is the concept of members of the public "playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information," Authors Bowman and Willis say: "The intent of this participation is to provide independent, reliable, accurate, wide-ranging and relevant information that a democracy requires."

Already have a Wii and a Wii Fit Plus? We want to hear from you as well! There will be a section created within The Wii Mommies website dedicated to the Citizen Journalist Program, where the five journalists selected will submit a weekly report on their progress, complete with a final review summary and we'll also have a section for members who already use the product to add their thoughts and reviews on the Wii Fit Plus as well!

The first artice will be on Monday, March 22, 2009

*These products were provided free of charge in exchange for reviews from Nintendo and doesn’t affect any views or feedback of the product or service. These reviews are based solely on the personal opinion and experience of the five (5) citizen Journalists working on this project.