On the product page the retailer states, "In an effort to provide as many customers as possible with the opportunity to purchase a Wii Fit, we are limiting the total number of Wii Fits that can be purchased."
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Nintendo’s Wii Fit was recently released in Japan just in time for the holidays at around $80. Online retailers such as play-asia have it on stock for $189.90. As I heard this news, I couldn’t help but flashback to this years E3. Specifically, when Miyamato’s next big game was revealed, Wii Fit. At this point, I believe a deafening silence swept Nintendo fan-boys everywhere.
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"We look for a 160%-plus increase in software sales and a 100% increase in hardware sales," Kaufman Bros. analyst Todd Mitchell said.
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Well ... on Amazon only. But still I didn't expect that today!
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Some interesting tidbits : it is true that Americans typically are bigger than Japanese people, particularly when it comes to their feet. In that sense, we did early on, in terms of developing the Balance Board, have a rather large American named Reggie stand on the Balance Board and measure whether or not our early prototypes were big enough for his feet and made changes based on that. (Note : Reggie is CEO of NoA).
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Nintendo design boss Shigeru Miyamoto had wanted to include a mode that would allow players to weigh their pets. He wasn't able to include it in the Japanese version, but in the North American version, available May 19th, players will receive a message informing them that if they weigh themselves while holding their pets, then weigh themselves again separately and subtract the two, the difference will tell them how much their pet weighs.
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"All retailers in the UK and Ireland have been aware of their Wii Fit allocations for launch since early March and as such we would see any stopping of pre-orders a sensible precaution on their part to ensure all current orders are met. Many retailers are still accepting pre-orders and we would advise people to shop around to secure their copy."
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Nintendo's Wii Fit has stayed at the top of the Japanese sales chart for the last four weeks and sold 1,283,000 units since Dec. 1.
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The magazine noted that Wii Fit has been quite the success story for Nintendo so far. To this, Miyamoto responded that if the game sees success overseas as well, Nintendo may end up releasing separate titles that make use of the peripheral.
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Translated : From Nintendo's Tokyo press conference. Release months for Wii Fit were finally confirmed. North America will get the title sometime in April, while Europe will have to wait until June. No price points, or balance board modifications were discussed. * Original Title : Wii Fit USA & PAL Termin
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