How was Wii Fit created?

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  • čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
  • Wii Fit was a huge success. And that's down to a rather unusual source of inspiration. ...SUMO WRESTLING!
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Komentáře • 297

  • @adamgreene9938
    @adamgreene9938 Před 3 lety +104

    He didn't even MENTION "My body is ready."

    • @Rdanstew
      @Rdanstew Před 3 lety

      czcams.com/video/2Gc5cuekQto/video.html

  • @looxs4034
    @looxs4034 Před 3 lety +388

    Lol at first I thought the title was how WiFi took inspiration from sumo wrestling

  • @Yamartim
    @Yamartim Před 3 lety +224

    imagine landing a job at nintendo expecting to make the next mario or zelda and then miyamoto comes up to you like "ye so you gotta make a game about bathroom scales"

  • @PinkieOats
    @PinkieOats Před 3 lety +157

    I loved this game so much as kid. It was fun and got me moving, but I never really broke a sweat on the Wii Balance Board. Only in the jogging game haha. Ring Fit really feels like the successor to making you fit!

    • @greenbear7925
      @greenbear7925 Před 3 lety +2

      Woah 😨 I wasn’t expecting you “rock legend Bob Dylan”to be in a comment section like this.

    • @FreakishSmilePA
      @FreakishSmilePA Před 3 lety +8

      I never played Wii fit. Ironically enough, there was a Mario sports game where you could play four different sports. WITH NO MOTION CONTROLS, or at least very little motion controls. It's not very popular, but I loved it so much that I'd bounce of the walls and just get drenched in sweat. Ironic that you played a physically interactive game and never broke a sweat but a stationary Wii game was my exercise lol
      EDIT. I FINALLY REMEMBER, ITS MARIO SPORTS MIX...

    • @melandriqssb5142
      @melandriqssb5142 Před 3 lety

      Anakin Skywalker that's because you didn't had the high ground

  • @bibarel5097
    @bibarel5097 Před 3 lety +130

    1:17 I legitimately thought that Miyamoto would explode...

  • @tanline6662
    @tanline6662 Před 3 lety +228

    "One of the games is skiing, shown here"
    *Shows snowboarding*

    • @Sonictheoofhog4
      @Sonictheoofhog4 Před 3 lety +3

      Timecode, please.

    • @tileguy918
      @tileguy918 Před 3 lety +6

      Carolyn Moore here
      Edited bcz no

    • @RandomPyroYT
      @RandomPyroYT Před 3 lety +1

      @@tileguy918 nice 👌

    • @tileguy918
      @tileguy918 Před 3 lety +7

      memeazoid can’t let them know that it’s 10:32

    • @Bellyofthebeast6
      @Bellyofthebeast6 Před 3 lety

      To be fair, they DO look almost exactly the same. They just copy and pasted the same minigame but gave you a snowboard instead.

  • @gerking195
    @gerking195 Před 3 lety +111

    I swear miyamoto comes up with the randomest ideas that turn out great

    • @yodersitsgrandmagood1416
      @yodersitsgrandmagood1416 Před 3 lety +13

      A plumber and his taller but younger brother who eat mushrooms, flowers, and stars to kill a bunch of turtles to rescue a princess.

    • @TeaWithRandomStuff
      @TeaWithRandomStuff Před rokem +1

      @@yodersitsgrandmagood1416 a plumber and his taller but younger brother who eat random things out of blocks to kill living mushrooms, turtles, and a fire-breathing dragon turtle lizard man with an axe behind him to rescue a princess kidnapped by the dragon turtle lizard man with an axe behind him

  • @thevarietygameboy5569
    @thevarietygameboy5569 Před 3 lety +51

    10:50 the trampoline minigame was implemented on Wii Fit U

    • @razamirza5841
      @razamirza5841 Před 3 lety +2

      Amazingly, it is one of my favourite mini games.

    • @DolceArdore
      @DolceArdore Před 3 lety +1

      It sounds super fun

    • @mistressze8341
      @mistressze8341 Před 3 lety +1

      @@razamirza5841 same

    • @linkmaster8
      @linkmaster8 Před 3 lety +2

      Arguably the best wii fit that nobody knew about due to lack of marketing and ya know the wii u in general

    • @imafaux7424
      @imafaux7424 Před 2 lety

      @@linkmaster8 I honestly think the Wii U was good…
      For playing Mario kart Wii and super smash bros. Brawl

  • @flickerflame85
    @flickerflame85 Před 3 lety +41

    Miyamoto: alright men! Get me some bathroom scales!
    Nintendo: I’m sorry... what?
    Miyamoto: Did I stutter?!

  • @CoreyT97
    @CoreyT97 Před 3 lety +45

    This whole crisis makes it make so much sense as to why she's now in Smash Bros. They want to preserve a character that took so much stress to create lol

  • @loreleihillard5078
    @loreleihillard5078 Před 3 lety +11

    Wii Fit was definitely the reason my dad (who grew up as a small school equivalent of a jock) bought my family a Wii. Ever since, I've enjoyed video games as a pastime and the Wii has always remained my favourite console.

  • @EricDoesEverythingSeries
    @EricDoesEverythingSeries Před 3 lety +41

    I could just imagine the developers going like, oh frick, we forgot the twinkling sound effects. We need some twinkle. 🤣

  • @JMarcosArt
    @JMarcosArt Před 3 lety +55

    The Miyamoto animations had me laughing like an idiot 😂

  • @spocite
    @spocite Před 3 lety +173

    This is the definition of quality over quantity

  • @amf2k2xf
    @amf2k2xf Před 3 lety +26

    I noticed that Thomas still occasionally used the cardboard style even though it rarely appears in his recent vids but I noticed the piano ending is still absent in recent vids including this vid on wii fit but I still enjoyed the overhaul I just missed seeing it from his vids

  • @robandjoandalfie
    @robandjoandalfie Před 3 lety +112

    Top notch editing. Perfect scripting. I will award you the highest honour I can bestow upon you.
    A like.

  • @aidymch7805
    @aidymch7805 Před 3 lety +55

    thomas has inadvertently created an miyamoto inflation fandom 😶😶😶

  • @Brian-rx9sp
    @Brian-rx9sp Před 2 lety +3

    I'm having flashbacks to when Miyamoto told Retro Studios to give Samus a "bug's head" in Metroid Prime 1 and how everyone was completely bewildered as to what the fuck he meant by that until they realised he was talking about the visor mechanic. I want to know how many other Nintendo games were conceived because of bizarre and random ideas Miyamoto suggested. It's like working for The Riddler.

  • @II-pw6le
    @II-pw6le Před 3 lety +5

    Time traveler holds Nintendo switch in 2006 6:00

  • @bonegloveGG
    @bonegloveGG Před 3 lety +14

    Honestly at this point I'm not surprised that miyamoto came up with Wii fit, guy's a legend

  • @zigaudrey
    @zigaudrey Před 3 lety +8

    When Miyamoto want to attract non-hardcore gamer, it makes me love him even more.

  • @spearpanda8016
    @spearpanda8016 Před 3 lety +36

    Because of the Wii, so many things in Nintendo we’re greatly improved

    • @RandomPyroYT
      @RandomPyroYT Před 3 lety +1

      I like you're pfp

    • @RyanSeasunk
      @RyanSeasunk Před 3 lety +1

      Except Mario tennis ultra smash
      Or amibo festival
      Or chibi robo zip lash

    • @titangamingbot2521
      @titangamingbot2521 Před 3 lety +2

      @@RyanSeasunk NOT ON THE WII

    • @RyanSeasunk
      @RyanSeasunk Před 3 lety +1

      Fair enough. But they came AFTER the wii

    • @kingbill8155
      @kingbill8155 Před 3 lety

      @titan gaming bot plus it was on the wii u, which, face it, it’s basically a wii with a tablet

  • @ChiefBlueScreen
    @ChiefBlueScreen Před 3 lety +12

    4:50 sounds like a Nick Robinson setup. But they're already in japan

  • @jammfinalgirl
    @jammfinalgirl Před 3 lety +4

    1:20 I love this image so much

  • @MrKlimcio
    @MrKlimcio Před 3 lety +8

    9:16 "not only that, but the entire development team went and visited a gym for..."
    Me: "for the first time?"

  • @lxquid.ocelot
    @lxquid.ocelot Před 3 lety +32

    2007: a crisis was taking place
    2020: another crisis was taking place

  • @Nakia11798
    @Nakia11798 Před rokem +1

    I am SO glad they opted out of colouring the trainers.

  • @Bellyofthebeast6
    @Bellyofthebeast6 Před 3 lety +2

    I'm glad they pulled that trampoline minigame idea back out while making the last installment of the series. Whoever suggested it and got turned down originally must've felt SO satisfied when it ended up making it in the game.

  • @CyanicCore
    @CyanicCore Před 3 lety +3

    Quite a great story, and I'm really glad it payed off! Many came together, and so many more were impacted!

  • @dishman4694
    @dishman4694 Před rokem +1

    I am still lost on how GameCUBE didn’t exceed expectations. The ONLY Nintendo project on a disc. Minidisc at that. That contains an entire world.

  • @skull0gd222
    @skull0gd222 Před 3 lety +1

    Everyone at Nintendo: *working on Nintendo stuff*
    Wii fit duo: *can’t find a bathroom scale for the game*

  • @seandon3827
    @seandon3827 Před 3 lety +3

    I love this game! I just bought the Wii U version to get fit during this lockdown. This video explains a lot of the nuances in the game!

  • @papayapeaks1693
    @papayapeaks1693 Před 3 lety +2

    man these Nintendo Wives are really the backbone of the company

  • @Duckovile
    @Duckovile Před 3 lety +11

    Hey Thomas, i really love your content it's so good and bingeable you are so underrated, you gained a new sub, Just kidding i was already subscribed :) I can easily see you getting millions i hope you have a good day - Duckovile

  • @trevorrandom
    @trevorrandom Před 3 lety

    Your docs are awesome!

  • @eyesoftomorrows
    @eyesoftomorrows Před 3 lety

    This was a nice video! Your voice is calm and nice!

  • @Angelosflutecorner
    @Angelosflutecorner Před 3 lety +30

    AwEsOmE vId WaTcHeD tHe WhOlE tHiNg AlReAdY 😎👍

  • @ClarkBBravo
    @ClarkBBravo Před rokem +1

    I actually have the game and the board but I never there was a backstory within the game!!!

  • @pranayarajvaidhaya3020
    @pranayarajvaidhaya3020 Před 3 lety +1

    This channel is severely underrated its a mini documentary

  • @mainframehacker
    @mainframehacker Před 3 lety +2

    0:05 Nintendo on every single world 8 of every single Mario game

  • @potatoons3270
    @potatoons3270 Před 3 lety +1

    wow, I was watching this with a friend and *WII* never knew about this interesting backstory to the creation of wii fit.

  • @xenapaprika4555
    @xenapaprika4555 Před 3 lety

    I’ve been praying for a Wii fit episode thank you

  • @Nintendude.
    @Nintendude. Před rokem +1

    Truly the Sumos are the real heroes.

  • @Pawl0solidus
    @Pawl0solidus Před rokem +1

    Wii fit is an eternal game for me! Really well made and makes me exercise even today!

  • @28add11
    @28add11 Před 3 lety +7

    Thicc Myamoto is something I need more of in my life.

    • @OK-qg2zd
      @OK-qg2zd Před 3 lety

      I don’t get why everyone calls anything that’s big or fat,thick.Thicc is supposed to mean someone who’s certain body parts are attractive or appealing to look at.Bloated Miyamoto certainly isn’t that.

    • @zaycash176
      @zaycash176 Před 3 lety

      @@OK-qg2zd shut the $/$:74

    • @OK-qg2zd
      @OK-qg2zd Před 3 lety

      @@zaycash176 no you

    • @n1jigen
      @n1jigen Před 2 lety

      @@OK-qg2zd inflated miyamoto

    • @OK-qg2zd
      @OK-qg2zd Před 2 lety

      @@n1jigen fair enough

  • @jacquelynnpleis7096
    @jacquelynnpleis7096 Před 3 lety +1

    Hi, Thomas! Cool video!

  • @Spelltron1972
    @Spelltron1972 Před rokem +1

    Great video

  • @agamaz5650
    @agamaz5650 Před rokem

    I am surprised! Your videos are great!

  • @shojiki2962
    @shojiki2962 Před 3 lety +3

    "It was 2͟0͟0͟7͟"
    this is gonna be a good video

  • @liambaron7112
    @liambaron7112 Před 3 lety

    you made me want to try this game out. I believe I still have the disc somewhere.

  • @dagonkur
    @dagonkur Před 3 lety +1

    Finally made it here in time just to see Sumos.

  • @selalox373
    @selalox373 Před 3 měsíci

    the animation of miyamoto gaining weight is so beautiful

  • @Astaroth73
    @Astaroth73 Před 3 lety +6

    Bathroom scale company: "What in the actual fuck does Nintendo need a scale?"
    Sugiyama and Miyamoto: "us either"

  • @Neal1442
    @Neal1442 Před 3 lety +3

    4:44 uhh, its supposed to go on the back... WAIT, IS THE USB A DISC

  • @willag808
    @willag808 Před 3 lety

    i listen to these as calm background music

  • @iamaliveeee5414
    @iamaliveeee5414 Před rokem +1

    I miss my wii thanks for inspiring me to play on it again :)

  • @CC_MiniKid
    @CC_MiniKid Před 3 lety +3

    2:28 it’s was for this very Wii son

  • @LowLevelWarrior
    @LowLevelWarrior Před 3 lety

    10:45 that almoust sounded like a Mario mini game... (WAhoo!)

  • @t0biascze644
    @t0biascze644 Před 3 lety +1

    I have wii balance board, but only game i play on it is We Ski and Snowboard.
    Its really good game, it uses nunchuck and WiiMote as skiing sticks and by titling the sticks you turn, or you can use the balance board

    • @andysavs1838
      @andysavs1838 Před 3 lety

      I've heard of that game once and it sounds cool. I've never actually played it tho.

  • @pr3tty_v1sitor
    @pr3tty_v1sitor Před 11 měsíci

    07:58 THE SPLATOON FONT :D

  • @songokai2992
    @songokai2992 Před 3 lety +3

    9:25 Miyamoto is savage

  • @MadMario2401
    @MadMario2401 Před 3 lety +2

    Ironically, this video came out 4 days after my brother got Wii Fit Plus for my birthday.

  • @anaunusual9693
    @anaunusual9693 Před 3 lety +5

    wii fit called my fat yesterday.
    im quite skinny
    still hurt tho-

  • @xxbowserpartyxx7733
    @xxbowserpartyxx7733 Před 7 měsíci

    0:38 my favorite sport!

  • @jonnyxbower
    @jonnyxbower Před 5 měsíci

    10:41 says skiing. proceeds to say snowboarding 💀

  • @eleanorherzog5330
    @eleanorherzog5330 Před 3 lety +3

    Me looking at the title: “but it’s wii fit not wii fat”

  • @purplebearmom78
    @purplebearmom78 Před 3 lety +3

    10/10 content my guy

  • @bagelforks
    @bagelforks Před 3 lety +25

    Bruh the wii weight thing was calling me fat but sumo wrestlers have it cool? Wtf nitendo

  • @Atticblood
    @Atticblood Před 2 lety

    I remember my grandmother used to have a Wii for exercise

  • @powerzebra6464
    @powerzebra6464 Před rokem +2

    Well trampolining made it in Wii Fit U

  • @libosen
    @libosen Před 2 lety

    What a story wow

  • @AtomBacon
    @AtomBacon Před 3 lety

    To think I owe my main in a game about knocking your enemy out of the ring on a sport about knocking your enemy out of the ring.

  • @annadornbusch8104
    @annadornbusch8104 Před 3 lety

    I love that with any new idea Nintendo is like yo let's send some people of irl

  • @energeticmew69lastname55
    @energeticmew69lastname55 Před 3 lety +1

    Wait, in one of the pictures someone had a switch...were they from the future!?

  • @0RIGINALDK
    @0RIGINALDK Před rokem +1

    MY BODY IS READY

  • @daandanx
    @daandanx Před 2 lety +2

    2:00... But the Wii already released in 2006

  • @senseigoat4815
    @senseigoat4815 Před 3 lety +1

    I Love his videos

  • @padraigmaclochlainn8866
    @padraigmaclochlainn8866 Před 3 lety +2

    We almost lost the best Smash Porn

  • @worldofcyn
    @worldofcyn Před 3 lety

    very interesting story

  • @Zachruff
    @Zachruff Před 3 lety

    Trampolining was added to Wii Fit U which is cool

  • @Hot18Shot
    @Hot18Shot Před 3 lety +3

    Imagine instead 9:41 being in Smash...

  • @MxllowRbx
    @MxllowRbx Před 3 lety

    Doing it doing it woah

  • @Legitbo
    @Legitbo Před rokem

    "Trampolining would be boring! Where's the fun in that"
    Wii fit U: 😶

  • @alexmuratore95
    @alexmuratore95 Před 3 lety +26

    Will the "wii fit just straight up called you obese" boys please stand up?
    ...don't lie you know it happened to you😏

  • @galaxycat7172
    @galaxycat7172 Před 2 lety +1

    Ah yes the one thing from wii fit I’ll remember “my body is ready”

  • @ambivac
    @ambivac Před 10 měsíci

    just fyi, the scrapped trampolining minigame was used in wii fit u ^^

  • @RHTQ1
    @RHTQ1 Před 3 lety +1

    2:04
    Didn't the wii come out in 2006? How were they planning in 2007?

  • @ToBythe1nOnly
    @ToBythe1nOnly Před 3 lety

    Nice!

  • @bluesmandingo
    @bluesmandingo Před 3 lety

    good vid

  • @d11ita
    @d11ita Před 3 lety +1

    Interesting. But in 2007 Wii wasn't the next Nintendo console, it was the current one.

  • @NintentendoNova
    @NintentendoNova Před rokem

    "My body is ready"

  • @AarnavPotato
    @AarnavPotato Před 2 lety

    Okay great now we need one on Ring-fit Adventure

  • @Fidodo
    @Fidodo Před 3 lety

    That is the classiest please subscribe I've ever heard. "You can subscribe for more videos like this every week" is so much better than "Please smash that like comment and subscribe button!".

  • @kairinase
    @kairinase Před 3 lety

    Shigeru Miyamoto whenever a game he inspired turns out to be a success even if he's not the one making it:
    "Tokidoki watashi no tensai… sore wa hotondo osoroshīdesu!!!"

  • @selalox373
    @selalox373 Před rokem

    “no more video games!”
    “lemme play on my wii i will play wii fit”
    “what

  • @sussy_swedish
    @sussy_swedish Před 3 lety

    the trampolining is in the wii u version

  • @nateseymour8934
    @nateseymour8934 Před 3 lety

    Maybe that’s why I never lost weight playing wii fit. I always only played the minigames

  • @marthlowell6037
    @marthlowell6037 Před 3 lety

    Miyamoto has the craziest ideas he should make motion controllers for smash bros :)

  • @weichang9693
    @weichang9693 Před 3 lety

    how do you not have more subscribers

  • @ArtyRTArtie
    @ArtyRTArtie Před 3 lety +1

    we need more uploads but thomas has some stuff to do :(