At Nintendo’s E3 Media and Business Summit press conference on Wednesday, the firm introduced the latest Nintendo Wii peripheral device: the Wii Balance Board, designed for interactive exercises. According to Nintendic, a website monitoring the latest in gaming technologies, “representatives from the health and medical industries had also approached Nintendo, interested in how the Wii Balance Board might be implemented in helping patients with rehabilitation and recovery from certain injuries.”
Here is how Nintendo describes its device:
The active-play phenomenon started by Wii Sports now spreads to your whole body to the pressure-sensitive Wii Balance Board (name not final), which comes packed with Wii Fit. The board is used for an extensive array of fun and dynamic activities, including aerobics, yoga, muscle stretches and games
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