Talk:Wii Balance Board

Merge?
I think it would be a good idea to put this in a wii peripheral section Sharpie 7:55 PM july 16, 2007

I think it'd be best if this article were merged into Wii, under the hardware section. None of the other controllers or peripherals for the Wii have a separate article (except the remote, but that article contains info on pretty much all of the different controllers). Miles Blues 22:15, 11 July 2007 (UTC)


 * My first though was to merge it into the Wiimote article, but then I relize that it isn't an extention of the remote so that wouldn't work. The Wii article aperse to be the best place to merge it into. I'm going to add the merge templates to the articles.--Bobby D. DS. 23:25, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Perhaps we could merge it with the Wii Fit article? Bladestorm 00:15, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Merge it with the Wii Fit article. However, if other games end up using it (which Nintendo hinted at), perhaps it could go into an article about Wii peripherals? The article could cover this, the steering wheel from Ubisoft, the Wii Wheel, the Guitar Hero controller, etc. Lrrr IV 05:32, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * There is significant opposition to either here. SenorKristobbal 10:23, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree with Senor, all all votes on the merge to Wii should be placed here. Any discussion on [Wii Balance Board]] and any discussion not related to merging should be placed in this talk page, but otherwise it seems if you want your opinion and vote to count on the merger you should go here instead JayKeaton 16:46, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * If merge, merge to Wii Fit, not the main article. SYSS Mouse 01:01, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * They should be kept seperate articles. Otherwise also merge 'Xbox Live' with 'Xbox', 'Dual Shock' with 'PlayStation', 'Sega CD' with 'Genesis', etc. DCEvoCE 02:44, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

I think its best the articles be left alone, or the balance board be merged with Wii Fit. The balance board has not been introduced in many parts of the globe. Slyfield

We need to first decide if it should be merged with Wii, and when we have reached a decision on that then think about other things. Too many votes end up in No Consensus simply because too many people were talking about too many different things. In any case it seems pretty clear that this will not be merged with Wii, so if someone still wants to merge it somewhere then we should continue discussion either here or on Wii Fit JayKeaton 06:59, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Disagree with merge because many other systems' peripherals have separate articles. 65.94.55.73 18:15, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't think that we should merge the articles. I think that it should be left exactly the way it is or merged with the Wii Fit Article. But what if other games are announced that use the Balace board that aren't Wii Fit? User: NinjaRooster

It looks like the proposed merge did not go ahead and the merge tag is no long there. So we can now all start using this talk page properly without fear of it being messed with a merge. So remember, if you have something to say, use the new topic thing ==title here like this== JayKeaton 22:59, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Weight Limits?
Has anyone come across any reliable data about the physical stress limits of the balance board? Will severely obese people be able to use the board without fear of breaking it? Can one hop up and down without damaging the sensors? I feel like these are very important pieces of information that should be in the article. Lemon-lime 14:33, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I have found that the Japanese Balance Board weight limit is 300 pounds. I'd imagine it to go up for the US release. http://kotaku.com/gaming/wii-xl/wii-balance-board-has-300lb-limit-309813.php. I've never incorporated info that is cited, so I'll leave that to someone who knows how. --TerraGamerX (talk) 02:33, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

According to the following article, there is no difference between the Japanese board and the "western" board and the stated weight difference is merely a result of differing laws in Japan and elsewhere. It has nothing to do with us obese westerners. 2008 Interview with Miyamoto --JonathanWardRogers (talk) 19:16, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Can someone explain how this could be possible? What law would forbid them from saying it goes up to 150kg? --Random832 (contribs) 19:34, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Different countries have different quality laws. For instance Japan's quality laws probably say "units must be able to carry 220% of specified load." Whereas the US laws most likely state that "units must be able to carry 200% of stated load" (these were worked out using the stated weights and physical capacity of the board). This is a very common practice in my field of electrical power distribution and is in place to make sure that 'catastrophic failure' (destruction of the device) doesn't occur at the instant the parameters are exceeded. So they are actually the same device just labeled differently according to local laws. 210.23.130.14 (talk) 01:02, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Pricing
Has the price been announced? Or does it come with Wii Fit? -Anthony- 02:20, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
 * It comes with Wii Fit, and I believe the price is going to be $69.99. Cipher (Talk to the hand) 18:42, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * It also comes with Wii Fit Plus, but if you buy the Wii Balance Board with Wii Fit Plus, then the price is $99.99. Keyboard mouse (talk) 04:00, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

What happen to the pictures.
A little while ago this article had pictures but now there all gone what happened Richardson j 03:54, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Merge discussion
I am proposing a merge discussion on several Wii articles - the discussion to be, however, what to merge and where. If anyone would like to join in, please go to Talk:Wii. - A Link to the Past (talk) 17:52, 28 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Family Ski is the first third-party game to use the perephrial and plus this is silly. --12.206.2.37 (talk) 17:09, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Sensors
Can we get some more technical info about exactly what it senses? Something comparable to the Wii Remote article.--Henke37 (talk) 10:00, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Connection?
It'd be good if the article could mention how this thing is physically connected to the Wii (or Wii remote?). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.236.128.9 (talk) 14:22, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * It isn't connected to it. I found some good articles on the board the other day, I'll try to incorporate some referenced info from them. --AquaHaute (talk) 15:14, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Height
Does anyone know how the board senses someones height as that is necessary to calculate the BMI? It could be that it just asks you to input your height in which case this would be useful to know. -- Dolphonia (talk) 13:48, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

ANSWER: The software asks the user to input their height.

Power?
It might be worth mentioning, in the "Design" section, how the Balance Board is powered. I assume it's some form of battery, but as I haven't seen one yet, I can't add it to the article. Kelvingreen (talk) 11:05, 28 April 2008 (UTC)


 * The board uses four AA batteries. I added it to the article. --Kusunose 12:14, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

"fail to behave correctly"?
In regards to the flat surface/thin carpet thing - is there a significant semantic difference between "behave incorrectly" and "fail to behave correctly"? If not, I'm thinking "behave incorrectly" would be a LOT clearer here.AquaHaute (talk) 19:09, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Software
In the software section, the whole paragraph about Square-Enix seems quite irrelevant to the article and category. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.188.40.36 (talk) 17:35, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Software section also states that the Balance Board "uses two of the four player slots" this is technically incorrect. The Game "Shaun White Snowboarding" to which the source for this statement refers uses the Balance Board plus a standard wiimote, which use one slot each. The Balance Board on its own only uses one slot, as it acts like a wiimote with a Balance Board extension. I can't give proper sources for this, so I'll leave it on the talk page for now --84.56.162.236 (talk) 13:49, 23 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I've replaced that part of the information, referencing the Balance Board Operations Manual for the information. Basically it states that the Board uses the P4 connection, and the Wii can only sync one board at a time. --eXonyte (talk) 15:03, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Yet to be confirmed?
How do we actually know some of these games use the balance board?

78.146.213.34 (talk) 16:19, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

With the exception of boogie everything else has a source. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.188.40.36 (talk) 04:39, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Just a little something
Hey me again from the post above but please can you not post edits of games without sources of the actual game to link to a wikipedia webpage as it may not be confirmed. And i added a status bar please could someone edit that properly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.65.135.102 (talk) 16:08, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

The fact that there's isn't a page for the Jimmy-game, does not mean the game has not been confirmed. The game was confirmed by Majesco (see source 16). I suggest putting the game back in the list. 82.171.127.63 (talk) 22:38, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Using the board Barefoot
"It's recommended that the balance board be used barefooted." The line above has a citation needed tag next to it. The fact is stated right in the Wii Balance Board instruction booklet. Not sure how to cite it though, so if anyone knows how please do so! Thanks -Zomic13 (talk) 17:59, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Only "Wii Board" in Europe?
While the official website calls it "Wii Board", the game Wii Fit itself knows it as the "Wii Balance Board" on the packaging, in the manual and in the game. I think we should take note that it is not called "Wii Board" in all European sources. - Comartinb (talk) 20:08, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Complaints
http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/05/07/wii-fit-has-a-broad-definition-of-fat/

There have been many complaints about the wii fit in which it has not been measuring correctly and has been labling underweight people "fat". This should at least have a mention 79.66.113.13 (talk) 00:36, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

That would belong in the Wii Fit article, not the balance board itself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.188.40.36 (talk) 02:10, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

To do list

 * fix the mix of date formats, in particular the list of games section
 * I fixed the formats, but refs are still needed. Additionally, why are some of the cells green? —Ost (talk) 19:02, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Why do the dates sort alphabetically? —Edgical (talk • contribs) 23:26, 16 February 2011 (UTC)


 * refs for details of all unreleased games
 * consider moving the games list to a separate article
 * I support moving to a list if articles such as List of Wii games that use the Nintendo GameCube controller are kept. Otherwise, the information is likely WP:INDISCRIMINATE and should be removed. —Ost (talk) 19:02, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

--Oscarthecat (talk) 06:41, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Related, but one thing that bugs me about this article...why is it High priority? It seems more likely to be Mid.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 20:04, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
 * You're probably right that it should be a changed to Mid. The scale at WP:VG/A doesn't specifically talk about peripherals with hardware, but it's probably safe to say that most aren't as important as a major consoles. —Ost (talk) 21:35, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

"Balance board acts as a Wii Remote"
I'd like to see a reference for that, given that the Balance Board will not connect to the Wii unless a supporting game (such as Wii Fit) is running. --Thunderbird8 (talk) 17:56, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Use outside of the Wii?
I heard on CNN that airport security officials are starting to use the Wii Balance Board for customs. Should we include it? Secret Saturdays (talk) 23:07, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Update this article
This article should be updated, especially the part about unreleased games. ~Jasonxu98 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.81.199.96 (talk) 00:44, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Zumba fitness
Zumba Fitness does not use the board. (In fact the linked article doesn't say that it does.)

I'm not confident enough in the coding to delete it from the table and the cited articles. 108.73.94.227 (talk) 22:16, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

List of Compatible Games
Where's the link to the list of games that allow use of the Wii Balance Board? I think that would be a useful bit of reference information to make handy from this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Everlong (talk • contribs) 05:40, 23 September 2011 (UTC)