Move your body to Wii Fit

If you've been procrastinating on your New Year's resolution to exercise more, the Nintendo Wii console might hold the incentive you need to get moving.

Announced on Wednesday at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, Nintendo's unique Wii Fit product will be available on May 19.

When used with the bundled Wii Balance Board peripheral, which looks like a regular bathroom scale, Nintendo Wii owners can exercise, stretch and do yoga with on-screen avatars – all designed to help keep you fit and lose weight.

For example, you may be asked to step on and off the wireless board in time with music or keep one foot on the board while lifting another up towards your waist.

Fun mini-games will also be included, such as using your body to ski downhill, leaning left or right to head-butt soccer balls out of a net or rolling marbles around so that they fall into a hole in the floor – without falling off the edge.

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