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Wii Fit U
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Developer(s)Nintendo EAD
Ganbarion
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Release date(s)Japan October 31, 2013
Europe November 2, 2013
Australia November 1, 2013
North America November 1, 2013
Platform(s)Wii U
Rating(s)ESRB: - Everyone
PEGI: - Ages 3+
CERO: - All ages
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Wii Fit U is a 2013 exercise game released by Nintendo for theWii U. It is an expanded version ofWii Fit Plus and is the last game in theWii Fit series.

Activities

New activities

Choose from Yoga, Strength Training,Dance mode. There are plenty morenew activities andlevels to explore. Check out the activities andsee for yourself!
— Wii Balance Board

Wii Fit U contains most of theactivities fromWii Fit Plus, as well as additional ones. It also introduces the Dance exercises, which focus on movement involving specific parts of the body.

Aerobics

Can help burn body fat.
— In-game description

There are 15 totalAerobic Exercises, with 4 new exercises being added to the game.

Aerobics
ActivityIconInstructions
Hit the ball to knock the panels off the wall. Work up a sweat and a high score!
You can box just on the GamePad! Just listen toyour coach's voice, and it will tell you what to do.
Burn some calories and jog your memory! Find theMii characters based on their photos.
Row in sync with your crew to win the race! Focus on your timing and burn some calories.

Dance

You might be surprised to find out how much of a sweat you can work up dancing tomusic
— Wii Balance Board

Dance games are exclusive toWii Fit U, and are described as exercised that "can help you work up a sweat to the beat!". There are 8 total Dance exercises.

Dance
ActivityIconInstructions
This dance is great for beginners! Have some fun as you move to the groove.
Relax your mind with a gentle hula rhythm.
This jazzy dance step will help you work your waist and legs.
Give your thighs a workout, and show off your best hip-hop moves!
Locking is all about the arms. Help tone your upper arms as you dance!
Work your arms and legs, and feel the passion of flamenco!
Keep it smooth as you work your shoulders and back.
Burn calories to the beat in this endurance challenge!

Balance Games

Can help develop your sense of balance.
— In-game description

There are 18 totalBalance Games, with 7 new exercises being added to the game.

Balance Games
ActivityIconInstructions
Bend your knees and go soaring! Tone your legs and hips, and work your balance.
Test your judgment as you take aim with the Wii U GamePad and step down to spray water.
Focus on your sense of balance as you deliver delicious goodies to your hungry guests!
Face the direction you want to move, and step your way through this challenging new course!
Hop on the sled and slide at super speeds! You'll also work your abs as you tilt your body to steer.
Work on your sense of direction as you explore. Look for treasure and watch your oxygen level!
Make this a full-body workout by grabbing with both hands and stepping up to scale the wall!

Returning activities

The following games have returned from the previous entriesWii Fit andWii Fit Plus. While a majority of exercises remained in all three games, some of the exercises have been removed fromWii Fit U. Games that received "Plus" versions introduced inWii Fit Plus have been combined and consolidated into one exercise as an additional difficulty option. These games includeBasic Run Plus,Table Tilt Plus, andBalance Bubble Plus.

Aerobics
ActivityIconInstructions
Sway your hips to spin the Hula Hoop®. Get a good workout and help align your pelvis!
Sway your hips from side to side to help align your pelvis and burn off calories.
Basic Step(NA)
Step Basics(EU)
Step to the front, back, left, and right to help improve your sense of rhythm.
Advanced Step(NA)
Step Plus(EU)
Step on and off the balance board in time with the rhythm to help burn off calories.
You can do aerobics while you watch TV by following the sound of the Wii Remote controller!
Throw punches in time with the rhythm. This workout can help you burn your body fat.
Basic Run(NA)
Jogging(EU)
Put the Wii Remote in your pocket, and run in place to help burn that body fat.
2-P Run(NA)
2P Jogging(EU)
Have a friend join you with a second Wii Remote! Only your data will be saved.
Free Run(NA)
Free Jogging(EU)
Go for a run while you watch TV, and let the Wii Remote guide you.
Island Cycling(US)
Cycling(EU)
Step on the Wii Balance Board to pedal. This will help work your lower body.
Use the Wii Remote as your club, and can analyze your swing.
Balance Games
ActivityIconInstructions
Soccer Heading(NA)
Heading(EU)
Head the soccer balls and dodge other flying objects.
Bend and extend at just the right moment, and jump for glory!
Lean your body left, right, forward, and backward to drop the balls into the holes.
Mimic kung-fu moves to the beat. This tests your sense of rhythm and coordination.
Lean left and right to ski down a slalom course.
Shake your hips and do the math! This tests body and mind coordination.
Work on your judgement skills and reaction time as you fire away!
Step in a place to walk. Straighten your legs to jump. This tests your timing and agility.
Tilt the Wii Remote controller, and shift your weight. This tests your hand-eye coordination.
Guide your Mii down the river by controlling your balance.
Flap your arms to fly. This trains your upper-body strength and sense of balance.

Removed activities

The following activities were removed fromWii Fit Plus:

Multiplayer

The multiplayer mode returns fromWii Fit Plus where the players can take turns using the controllers. The only activity that was removed from the multiplayer mode wasObstacle Course, which was instead replaced byUltimate Obstacle Course. The multiplayer consists of three Aerobic Exercises and eleven Balance Games.

Multiplayer games
Soccer Heading(NA)
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Updates

Ver. 1.1.0

An update was released on November 12, 2013.[1] The following changes were made:

  • A bug regarding theWii Fit andWii Fit Plus data transfer was fixed.
  • Fixed a bug that changed data measured on the Fit Meter when transferring the data to the game.

Ver. 1.2.0

An update was released on March 13, 2014.[1] The following changes were made:

  • Fit Meter data can be accessed immediately from the Fit Meter transfer menu.
  • Fit Meter activity can be posted to Miiverse from the main menu.
  • On theFit Bank screen, players can display their consumed calories upon transferring data from the Fit Meter.
  • Fixed a bug where Fit Meter Challenge data would be miscalculated if transferred when the date changes.

Ver. 1.3.0

An update was released on June 9, 2014, which the director Hiroshi Matsunaga announced onMiiverse.[1][2] The following changes were made:

  • Data from the Fit Meter can be transferred on the main menu.
  • The Fit Meter can display changes in the altitude on the graph.
  • Added twelve new courses in the Fit Meter Challenge mode for the Walking Challenge and Climbing Challenge / Altitude Challenge.
    • The new Walking Challenge courses take place in multiple unique countries that the player can explore and learn historical information pertaining to the country.
    • The new Climbing Challenge / Altitude Challenge courses contain additional historical mountains and buildings found worldwide.
    • Twelve Mii costumes can be unlocked by completing the twelve new challenge courses.
  • Switching between routines in the My Routines mode has been automated, no longer requiring a controller to proceed to the next exercise.
  • Showcases individual dates for changes in weight instead of an average weight change every month on the graph screen.
  • When setting a goal to "maintain current status", the previous goal will be the next target goal.
  • Miiverse posts with images appear more frequently.

Staff

The following is a list of staff who have worked onWii Fit U:

Staff ofWii Fit U  
PositionName
General ProducerShigeru Miyamoto
ProducersTadashi Sugiyama
Chikako Yamakura
Product ManagerShuji Yoshida
DirectorsHiroshi Matsunaga
Hirofumi Irie
Sub DirectorYugo Hayashi
Planning LeadHirofumi Tsurumoto
PlanningAkira Inoue
Natsumi Doi
Programming DirectorMinoru Sudo
Game ProgrammingYuji Hoshino
Satoshi Tomita
Satoru Noda
Tomoki Goto
Akihiro Goto
Hiroki Morishita
Hiroki Odagako
Tatsuya Motoyama
Akira Uemura
Design DirectorTsuyoshi Sato
Technical Art DirectorHirohisa Kitamura
Design WorkGo Takeuchi
3D DesignKuzutaka Kishi
Noriyuki Kondo
Toshiaki Kawada
Shigeru Hayashi
Makoto Baba
Sequence DirectorJunichi Ishikawa
2D DesignYoshinori Sugiyama
Yui Nakayama
Effects DesignYuka Tanaka
Music/Sound EffectsTakayuki Kobara
Sound EffectsYuichi Hirose
Design SupervisorYoshiyuki Oyama
Programming SupervisorKatsuhisha Sato
Sound SupervisorRyoji Yoshitomi
CoordinatorMitsuhiro Takano
Training SupervisorKaoru Matsui
Dance-Training SupervisorChiaki Tomida
AdvisorMotohiko Miyachi
Hardware DesignKenichi Mizushima
Kazuhiro Maruyama
Noriko Akita
Takuya Kaminosono
Manami Suzuki
Yasuhiro Inoue
Akihiro Yoshikawa
Tools SupportRyota Maruko
Hisashi Sekoguchi
Technical SupportTakehiro Oyama
Shotaro Iwanaga
Yasuhiro Ishii
DebugNaofumi Terazono
Kiyoshi Ishibiki
Kenkichi Miura
Keita Tsutsui
Yoshikazu Tanaka
Junya Hanai
Akira Ito
Kelichiro Tomohiro
Taro Kotabe
Koji Fujimoto
Shunsuke Imai
Makoto Ata
Ayane Morioka
Mario Club Co., Ltd.
Special ThanksNorio Asakura
Aki Sakurai
Kenji Yamamoto
Katsuhito Nishimura
Yosuke Oshino
Hitoshi Yamazaki
Kingrun Co., Ltd.
OG Sports Co., Ltd.
Panasonic Corporation
PUX Corporation
SRD Co., Ltd.
Executive ProducerSatoru Iwata
VoiceVanessa Ackerman
François Anseaume as the MaleTrainer(French)
Isabelle Arévaio as the Female Trainer(Spanish)
Félix Callens
Hannah Childs
Démone Gore
Steve Heinke as the Male Trainer andRay(English)
Corinne Kempa
Jorge Madrid as the Male Trainer(Spanish)
Horacio Mancilla as the Male Trainer(Spanish)
October Moore as the Female Trainer(English)
Eduardo Roman
Natalia Ormeno Santi
Localization ManagementNate Bihldorff
Reiko Ninomiya
Tim O'Leary
Leslie Swan
NOA LocalizationGema Almoguera
Hélène Bisson-Pelland
Dave Casipit
Natacha Faubert
Raúl Guerrero Plaza
Sabrina Jouillat
Noriko Kaji
Lars Knudson
Araceli Mazón Figueroa
Ed Murray
César Pérez
NOA Product Testing

The staff credits forWii Fit U can be viewed in the settings. In the credits sequence, manyCPU Miis introduced on the Wii U appear acting out a different exercise in the game, wearing the outfit that corresponds to the exercise. The player can zoom in and zoom out during the credits. When the credits conclude, theWii Balance Board waves to the camera. At the end of the credits, the trademark note "Hula Hoop® and the Hula Hoop logo are registered trademarks of WHAM-O, Inc. All Rights Reserved" appears. A second trademark note states "Nintendo and GANBARION are the authors of this software for the purpose of copyright. All rights reserved. ©2007-2013 Nintendo."

Gallery

Main article:Wii Fit U/gallery

Trivia

  • In multiple screenshots on the Nintendo UKWii Fit U website, text on the GamePad screen is incorrectly labeled with theYoga exerciseDeep Breathing instead of their respective exercises.[3]
  • Nintendo partnered with fitness trainerKathy Kaehler to promote the game in North America.[4][5]

References

  1. 1.01.11.2"How to Update Wii Fit U".Nintendo Support.
  2. Whitehead, Thomas (June 18, 2014)."Wii Fit U Update Adds New Features, Extra Challenge Courses for Walking and Climbing".Nintendo Life.
  3. "Wii Fit U".Nintendo UK.
  4. "Wii Fit U - Fit Tips from Kathy Kaehler & Video Testimonials".Nintendo. Archived from the original on September 24, 2014.
  5. "Kathy Kaehler’s Health and Wellness Tips" (PDF).Nintendo. Archived from the original on December 10, 2014.

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