Don't let Wii Fit U's cute, clean aesthetic fool you. When you turn it up a notch, Nintendo's fitness game will have you breathing hard. Some of the options seem superfluous, and the gym functionality is totally ignorable, but it's still a fun, effective way to get your sweat on.

Great exercise variety; Reasonable goal setting; Fun walking meter

Poor online gyms; Balance board issues

Do you even lift, bro? If the answer to that is "no," and you've got big bones and a crummy metabolism, get ready for your Balance Board to call you names like "overweight" and "obese.

The variety of activities and games; Great GamePad integration; Fit Meter makes you forget you're working out

Inaccurate BMI test; Online features don't add anything; More of the same exercises

When the Nintendo Wii was released eight years ago, everything about it seemed new. It was something you'd look at with awe. But when the Wii U hit stores, it seemed both too familiar and too complex. The bad news is that Wii Fit U can also seem too familiar.

Nice for casual fitness fans; orienteering is fun; meter lets you go mobile

Not for hardcore fitness fans; can be confusing; needs audible training

Many years ago Wii Fit was a revolutionary video game. It improved the images of gamers, and helped families get healthier. That was back in 2008. Here we are five years later, and exercise video games have improved and progressed. Families have numerous choices to exercise with video games.

Easily the most complete, balanced Wii Fit game to date.

Fit Meter; Gym Communities keep you motivated; New Dance and Balance Games; Robust and customizable routines

Have to unlock harder exercises; Too much stopping during workouts

Parents need to know that Wii Fit U is a collection of mini-games that encourages players to be active in front of the TV to perform various tasks in the game. There is support for an optional, wearable pedometer, too.

Moving forward one step at a time You are logged out. Login | Sign up Of course, as gamers, we all have the uncontrollable urge to unlock everything ever so it's a solid motivation to get moving or at least shake your Fit Meter back and forth quickly (cheater).

Im wholly disappointed in this. They didn't bother to update the activities to use the Wii Motion Plus, and the result is that games like snowball fight where accurate tracking is required are unusable. When trying to aim quickly, the target jerks around the screen.

Zero stars on this. I'm pretty sure someone returned it and then it was passed off to me on Walmart.com. Stuff was opened , used and missing. We returned it to the store and hoped to get another one. They didn't have anymore.

Just a word of warning: buy or have the balance board before getting this game..it appears to not even start without it