Nintendo apologizes on behalf of Wii-Fit

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http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/17/obesity-experts-frown-on-wii-fits-fatty-labeling-nintendo-apol/

Video games can occasionally be the source of some pretty disheartening self-realizations -- like the time Rock Band revealed that you've been lied to your entire life about your angelic singing voice, or when Vampire Rain made you realize that you have incredibly poor taste in video games. However, something tells us these revelations are a bit less heartbreaking than those about to be unleashed by Nintendo's latest best-seller, Wii Fit -- especially when the heart in question is the fragile, butter-soaked heart of an overweight child.

Or an average-weighted child, for that matter. You see, Wii Fit measures the user's Body Mass Index (BMI), a weight/height ratio commonly calculated by physicians, though the use of BMI measurements in children is criticized by many dietitians for its frequent inaccuracy. Nintendo recently issued an apology following an incident involving the hurtful labeling of a "solidly built" 10-year-old girl. So, it's like an electronic, $90 version of our fifth-grade gym teacher? We're sold!
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They didn't have to apologize. Like I said in the last topic, BMI can't distinguish fat from muscle, so it's not a good way to see if you're overweight.
 
That's right Nintendo! Ya Chubby Turd! You better apologise to those fat kids! NOW GET ME SOME TWINKIES!! RAWR!
 
i still think they shouldn't apologize >_> i mean come on accept the fact that you are fat...wasn't that the reason to buy the wii-fit on the first place???? (and is funny nobody argued anything about brain age)
 
yeah... no apology needed here IMO.

yet another retarded brick in our over sensitive society. Really... we are becoming politically correct, over sensitive, panzies!
I mean... in some cases it's needed, but people are expecting too much, expect things are owed to them that are not. I could go on, but it won't do any good here :)

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There's some BMI machines that are excellent at telling the difference between fat and muscle..but I don't think they put THAT much time into this version. No apology needed though.
 
It didn't even call the little girl fat, or overweight, or out of shape, or anything. It called her "solid." What the hell is wrong with that? It's like getting mad at someone who is being politically correct because they're not being overly politically correct.

I agree with everyone else in this thread. Nintendo should have responded by giving these people a reason for demanding an apology.
 
Also, to go with this, on Nintendo's press site, the update saying WiiFit was exclusively at the Nintendo Store on the 19th said it measured "BMI to calculate how physically fit an adult is."
 
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