Random: A Keen Wii Fit Grandmother Has Reached 4,784 Days In The Game

Very nice work! That takes dedication!

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When she gets to 5,000 days we should start a GoFundMe and get her a Switch with Ring Fit Adventure or a Wii U with Wii Fit U.

I bet she will still just play the original though (and there is nothing wrong with that).

It's always interesting to see some casuals still using their wii so much this many years later. Also, that streak is very impressive! I know my mother once had a streak over a hundred, at least I think so.

Not pictured is her rock-hard abs. Word on the street is that she can crack walnuts between her abs.

@nessisonett “No sonny, let me help YOU cross the street.” [proceeds to overhead press him and trot across to the other side]

Huge fan of Wii Fit, Wii Fit Plus and Wii Fit U. I miss playing that game. Must have played it regularly for a few years but nothing like this. Respect to this lady.

My mom loves her Wii bowling!

@Low_ink interesting how you can class someone who has put that much time and dedication into a game as a "Casual". If someone had put that much effort into a single FPS or Online title they would be classed as a "hard-core gamer".

@Mr-Fuggles777 I understand what you mean, but I just couldn't think of a better term. She's using Wii Fit as a part of her life, not as a game.

Under my definition of casual, It would be anyone who isn't consistently buying games / consoles / gamepass or something. But even if they are, you can tell whether they're casual or core based on the types of games they play.

Somebody might buy a new console just to play Just Dance every year. Does that make them a core gamer? No, not if all they play are casual games. Does this mean those two types of people can't overlap, no, people will enjoy whatever they want to.

Also I don't judge based on how much time someone puts into a game, because that isn't a good metric. Like hey, someone puts over a 1000 hours into Cooking Mama, does that make them a core gamer? No, not if all they play is casual games.

I hope you understood my point, because I'm not always the best at communicating it through text. If you didn't, oh well, I just feel like you interpreted my calling her a casual as a bad thing. Regardless of silly terms, what she's been doing is really cool and something to be proud of! I bet she is.

I wish I could get my folks to do something like this.

Play The Last of Us 2 for 25 hrs: Hardcore
Play Wii Fit for 1000 hrs: Casual

She has played a little over 13 years.

That's what I call dedication.

Sadly, this streak will end once she dies. Sorry, but that's the hard truth.

@Low_ink Ultimately, I think creating divisions in the types of people playing (core vs. casual) is about groups wanting to feel they are more important or special than another group.

I don't think anyone wants to be called casual at something, beyond that I think the word is incorrectly applied here (and throughout the hobby where it is routinely used to denigrate players).

Casual - noun - a person who does something irregularly.

That definition does not apply to this person.

Wow, she put in that work. Good for her. 👍🏾

Nope, if she had been using it for the past couple of weeks the graph would look like this:

Edit: the "XXXX day" part is from your first usage, you could have not used it for ten years and it would still look like that.

There's casual gamers, and there's hardcore gamers, and then there's hardcore casual gamers.

I'm at day 302 in ring fit. Go me!

@westman98 Could you please let people try to actually discuss things instead of getting likes? Thank you.

@cyrus_zuo I think the term was created by by companies figuring out what type of game to make, as well as what demographic to market it towards.

On a scale, I'd put it like this: Nongamer, Casual, Core, Hardcore, Pro.
Nongamer is self-explanatory.
Casual should be easy enough to understand as well. But just incase it isn't, I'll give you the rundown. Casual gamers are people who don't play too many games, and when they do they don't do it for too long. They also primarily play Casual Games, like Mario Kart, Wii Fit, Nintendogs, Mario Party, as well as brand things like Pokemon, and Licensed games. But if they do play games a lot, it would probably be with their friends. You'll easily know one when you see one.
Core is your average gamer, they like a variety of games, and keep up on some of the news.
Hardcore is a step above that. They generally spend lots of time on a certain game, and are very close to mastery. They might not spend time on a large variety of games, but the ones they do play will impress many onlookers.
And as for Pro... Well these are the people that go to tournaments. They either play only a few games, or a large variety. In single player games, you most commonly see these people as speedrunners.

As you can see, there is a wide variety of types of gamers. I'm sure there's more I didn't mention, too. What I meant in my original comment, was that it's really impressive that a casual would spend so much time doing the same things. I was not in any way trying to put myself above ANYONE at all. All humans were created equal, after all.

As for people being called casual, well, I don't see anything wrong with it. I'm a casual reader. I occasionally read books. I find nothing wrong with people calling me that. What I would be mad about, is if people said it in a harmful way. 'Oh look, it's a stupid casual, we should make them feel BAD!' I don't think anyone likes being mocked or told they're lesser than others.

As for the definition, well I wouldn't say it really applies here. That is, after all, a very broad definition, going outside of the realm of gaming. The definitions I gave were very broad as well, but at least they were focused on games.

Regardless, thanks for triggering the writing part of my brain, it's always fun to do stuff like this! Even if it takes an hour of my life. If you want me to send you my thoughts on what makes a game, I'd be more than happy too. Until next time!

Interesting.
So, I guess I am a Hardcore when talking about DDR but I am a Core / Casual when talking about the majority games I played.

Awesome! Wii fit is great!

@ValZ
Quite unnecessary and depressing comment to insert

@Low_ink That's hardcore. Doesn't matter what genre it is, but if someone dedicates thousands of days to a game, they're a hardcore gamer, and can likely beat most people at the game. They didn't go into detail here, but there's quite a lot of games to play within Wii Fit and I'm sure by now she's an expert. Not only is she not a casual, Wii Fit isn't even a casual game; it takes hardcore dedication and physical strength to be good at that game. Maybe something like Bejewelled would be or the original Cooking Mama where there's no stakes, but here in Wii Fit there's difficulty unlocks, high scores, your increasing your real-world stamina, weight tracking, building muscles. There's very few games more hardcore than that.

@Nintendo_Thumb Given the definition, you are correct that she isn't casual. JUST casual, that is. Also I have done every entry of Wii Fit, so I know how it works. I assume all she does is the daily check and a few minigames every now and then. But for the sake of the argument I'll assume she plays at least 5 minigames a day.

( You really don't consider Wii Fit a casual game? Really? Whether or not something is casual doesn't depend on how hard it eventually gets, it depends on who it was built for. And I can guarantee it wasn't built for Nintendo's core fanbase.)

And I'll have to disagree about you needing to be extremely fit to be good at the game. The only minigames I can really think of requiring you to be somewhat okay is the biking, walking, hula hoops, and the weird one where you go on and off the balance board. But the thing is, unless you're in extremely bad shape or have a disability, getting through everything will be fairly easy. Yes, even if you're trying to 100% it. Of course it's not like some games where you can do it in a month or so. You'll have to train your body on what to do when, as well as making sure you conserve stamina to do so.

The game she's playing is a casual game. Therefore, she does fit into the casual category. If we assume she plays tons of minigames and is great at all of them, (Which again, is unlikely) she would also fit into the Pro category. People can go in multiple categories at once, either in the same game, or different ones. Check Anti-Matter's comment for an example.

But for the final nail in the coffin, look at shaneoh's comment. He provides ample evidence that she doesn't actually play every day! I honestly find this really funny, especially considering an entire article was written about this.

Also given the way you structured your comment it doesn't look like you fully read my previous comments. I made good arguments there that you should have read before replying. And if you did read them, well, please just be a bit more polite next time. Having discussions on topics like this is a lot harder when communication is slowed from rude short talk.

Wow, i thought Japanese hold that record