i.i.com | Sun, Nov 16

But where do we go from here? If Wii Fit is as successful in North America as it has been in Japan, there will be a seemingly endless amount of directions Nintendo can take with incorporating the balance board into other applications besides Wii Fit. Miyamoto explained that once there's a solid install-base of Wii Fit users, Nintendo can entertain third-party game developer's interest in creating games that take advantage of the hardware. This has already taken place in Japan with a skiing game from Namco Bandai. Miyamoto even flirted with the idea of incorporating connectivity with the Nintendo DS as a part of Wii Fit--we're certainly hoping that will come to fruition. On whether we could see the balance board being used in first-party Ni...

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