We take a look at some of the things that might just put Wii Fit on the dusty shelves of used game sections.

By the time this goes up Wii Fit will either be just launching or only hours prior to. Thousands, maybe even millions of Americans with Wii systems will be looking for that fast and fun way to sneak some exercise into their hyper-speed lifestyles and some will even be sneaking in a bit of that quality family time. While no one can know for sure just how well Wii Fit will work for those better life seekers, my question is how long until we find tons of Wii Fits piling up on the used games shelves?

For those who haven’t been paying attention to the news recently, Wii Fit is Nintendo’s fitness game. Basically, the game will be a small, virtual gym where participants will no longer have to worry about their shame while trying to better themselves. This is one of things that I fear will contribute to the hundreds of Balance Boards I foresee piling up in used accessory sections, people taking Wii Fit way too literally as a fitness device.

While those of us who are informed of just exactly what Wii Fit is, the casual consumer may be getting far less than they will be bargaining for. Instead of getting a virtual Bowflex, casual consumers have to understand that Wii Fit is going to be more like your local gym-lite. You are not going to be developing six-pack abs anytime soon with this, but provided the thing works like Nintendo wants it to, you will be feeling better about yourself and hopefully will pursue more rigorous activities.

That being said, Wii Fit is not going to be subtle about telling you if you are obese or not according to what the game registers. In a news story reported by The Sun, a little girl who was playing the game at a friend’s house was apparently told that she was obese. Of course, she wasn’t and this went on to spark trouble for Nintendo who explained that the game uses BMI (Body Mass Index) to measure the player’s body fat and that the results are not always accurate due to differences peoples age and bodies, so people should use the results for reference only. This is all in the manual by-the-way, but how many people are really going to read it?

With today’s appearance obsession, how much trouble will Nintendo become forced to face with frivolous lawsuits about people being called fat? Furthermore, how many people are going to take those results seriously and go to outrageous lengths to better them? As a major company with a very popular platform and well-hyped product, Nintendo is may be playing with fire by trusting that everyone purchasing this product is going to have the common sense to use it. I know what you are thinking, what about the Eye Toy’s fitness game? That didn’t start anything right? Well, that is because hardly anybody bought thing.

Finally, there is the novelty of Wii Fit. The same term that plagues the Wii System itself is also going to haunt this as well. People are fast to give up on things and move to something else; very few people can actually latch onto something for long periods of time. Most of us have experienced it with our Wii systems and Wii Fit is not going to be an exception.

Despite having playing it in a Brain Age fashion where you only do so much in a session and you are done for the day, how many people are going to express the willpower to sticking with it? It’s the same thing that plagues diets and other exercise routines, but will having paid $90 influence your commitment? Probably not, since we paid $250 for our Wii systems and a majority of people’s are gathering dust waiting for the next big get together. This above all else is my biggest fear of what is going to attribute to those piles of Wii Balance Boards.

Of course, I hope I am wrong about everything I mentioned here and that Wii Fit goes on to be a really big phenomenon in North America. However, history is stacked up against it and there is no denying that I have probably only pointed out the obvious in these 700 plus words. So we, yes I am joining you guys, line up to purchase Wii Fit, keep these things in mind and ponder if it is really worth it or is this just going to end up on eBay or Amazon in the coming months.