Wii Fit... the First Game with a Weight Limit?

So I was in the store the other day speaking with our awesome Nintendo Rep was told about something that was kind of interesting. It turns out that "Wii Fit", Nintendo's new aerobic game, will only be able to withstand people who are under 330 pounds! First of all, this is the first game I can think of that actually has an actual weight limit (if i'm wrong, please correct me). For those who aren't aware, Wii Fit will sell for $89.99 and include a "Wii Fit Balance Board" that allows players to interact with the Wii in fresh new ways. The game uses weight based technology that is able to measure a persons weight and center of gravity which allows players to perform aerobic exercises and other fun, unique activities. This definitely sounds like a cool idea and I can see myself probably picking this up. I know I need to exercise but I just can't seem to choose that option when I could be playing video games! So this obviously fixes that problem by allowing players to do both at once.

While discussing this with our Nintendo rep, she informed me that this game may not be tailored to some of America's "fluffier" (exact wording) inhabitants. This makes sense when you think about it considering that Japanese citizens are typically a lot smaller or "less fluffy" than most americans. My only concern now is how it will affect us on the retail side. I obviously can't tell someone that they may be too "fluffy" to play this game so how am I supposed to handle a situation like that. I can see it now: Thousands of americans run... "or maybe park in the handicap spot and walk to" retail stores to try and return their broken Wii Fit Balance Boards! The prospect of this is kind of frightening and I can only hope and pray that Nintendo has some kind of plan for if this kind of situation were to arise. With that said, this game definitely looks like another hit Wii title on Nintendo's hands. I predict that this will probably be one 2008's biggest sellers on the Wii. We will have to look at this subject in retrospect on our end of the year podcast in December.

-Nick