Video game fitness programs have in a way taken the world by storm, allowing users to turn working out into a game. One popular video game fitness program by Nintendo: Wii Fit is expected to release a new version of the game this fall that turns working out not only into a game, but also into a competition.

The new version of Wii Fit, appropriately titled “Wii Fit Plus” will allow users to compete with friends and family members on their Wii to lose weight or to complete against each other in other activities within the game.

Adding the competition element to a video game certainly isn’t new. Almost every video game in the world is in some way a competition. Adding the competition element to a fitness game though is a bit of a new frontier. It will be interesting to see how Nintendo creates the fitness element of the game.

Nike currently has a competition element to it’s Nike + program. The Nike + program allows users to track runs they take using a pair of specialized shoes and upload each run to Nike’s website. Users can challenge each other to runs, and fight to see who can run a distance the fastest or run those longest distance over a period of time.

Since Wii Fit measures a players weight, it will be interesting to see if Nintendo decides to incorporate that into the game. While I personally use Wii Fit in the privacy of my own home, I don’t know tat I would want to play a game where my weight (or my weight loss or gain) was displayed for all my friends to see.

What do you think about the idea of competing against your friends using Wii Fit? Would you do it? Do you think the competition element would make you lose more weight?

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