"Western World's somewhat flabbier nations" - let's be specific, here is a link to the obesity data (2005) for all of the G8 countries plus Canada, India and China.

http://www.who.int/infobase/compare.aspx?dm=5&countries=840%2c124%2c356%2c156%2c250%2c276%2c392%2c643%2c826&year=2005&sf1=cd.0701&sex=all&agegroup=30-100)

Nintendo need to release it to the US first :) - Japanese people should be towards the back of the queue...

I'm one who will be hoping it's not out for xmas.

My kids will buy one if it is.

I'm fit enough already from the Wii with all the boxing and bowling and tennis and the rest.

"The game, which is based around Nintendo's Balance Board peripheral, initially goes on sale in Japan on 1 December for ¥8800 (£36/€53/$75)..."

I assume that the Sterling value was arrived by running 8800 through xe.com - I wonder what it will cost when it is eventually released in the UK. £69.95? £65.95? £74.95?

what's gonna happen when my just-under-300 pound self starts ski jumping? Crushed harder than an honest politician's hope for election.

People like me, who want/need such a thing, don't seem to be the design target. Though I suppose, like the DDR pads, someone in the hobby realm might strip the sensors and make a real tough one.