For the second installment of Iwata Asks (the Wii Fit version), Iwata gets the nitty gritty from the developers of the Balance Board. It's pretty interesting to see what the board could have ended up looking like. Take, for example, the crazy octogan-shaped thing about. Also, whenever reading about a development process, it's almost scary to know all the problems and obstacles that the makers run into.
Of course, the developers prevailed and the Balance Board was born. From Sumo wrestlers to Miyamoto slamming a table, the interview has some nice insight on what it was like to make the unique peripheral. As per usual, click the picture or the "read" link to check it out for yourselves.
Iwata Asks about the Balance Board
Posted Feb 16th 2008 6:00PM by Candace Savino
Filed under: News, Interviews, Peripherals
Tags: balance-board, iwata, iwata-asks, wii-fit
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2-17-2008 @ 5:22AM
international viewpoint said...
This is really gay. Not as in homosexual, but really, really happy. This whole concept is flawed and there is no need for discussion. Oh, how we need a real games company in the arena. These gimmicks are getting too much.
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2-17-2008 @ 8:35AM
Perverted said...
So low price was the most important? Not quality? They admit to it basically being a scale....the money they must be making......
What I did like was the whole angry M thing.
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2-17-2008 @ 10:53AM
hvnlysoldr said...
Selling a millionS of boards adds up costs.
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2-17-2008 @ 2:02PM
nayten said...
That octagon thing reminds me of the Sega Activator... yikes.
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