Topic: Wii Fit U without Balance Board?

Can you play wii fit u and a sufficient amount of exercised without the balance board or is it one of those required accessories?

It is required. Wii Fit U will not allow you to progress without a balance board connected, I'm afraid. (I tested this when I first downloaded Wii Fit U)

99.99% of the stuff on there requires the balance board.

Used balance boards are dirt cheap these days....Gamestop in the USA sells them for $15. That is cheaper than a fit meter.

What an awesome deal to get this game for free digitally when the fit meter came out. Digital is the way to go for this title....just spending a few minutes to do a body test each morning and wathcing what I eat I have lost around 35 pounds since it came out.

You can play Wii Fit U with the GamePad, but you won't have access to most of its games without a Balance Board.
I can't connect my Balance Board because I have a harddrive for Wii U that needs both USB ports on the back of the console (I have a very practical USB battery adapter for my Balance Board but it doesn't seem to work in Wii U's front USB slots).
I use Wii Fit U for the Wii Fit Meter (I bought separately), parts of the personal calendar, and the few games that only require a Wiimote.

So your USB problem means you don't use your balance board? Did you consider biting the bullet and putting batteries in it?

I use NiMh batteries for all my Wii stuff and balance board batteries seem to last a really long time anyway. I don't understand why any Wii user would use anything other than NiMh AA. Those charging stations and stuff are not as good a solution. They are often low quality peripherals and I had one nearlly melt a controller and burn my house down (slight exaggeration) when I first got my Wii. NiMh is approved by nintendo for Wii and they are great at holding a charge when in use or not (I always keep spares charged up and ready to swap).

Can't agree more. Those charging stations don't always supply enough power for a nunchuk or motion plus and I am sure are the reason I have a duff Wiimote. Non rechargeable AAs last for months with the balance board being used daily.

I am not too sure if you can do anything other than upload fit meter data without a balance board. There are games that don't need it but the game itself asks for you to step on the balance board as soon as you select a character.

i think yer supposed to stand on the game pad

I'm not using these charging stations. I hate those cheap unreliable hardware.
I'm using rechargable batteries for the Wiimotes, and I use a simple cable from Balance Board to USB slot, so I don't need to change batteries or charge anything when using the Balance Board.

The best solution would be a new external hard drive that's using up just one USB slot so I'll have one free for the Board.
I'm somewhat disappointed that I need to use batteries for my BB with my current setup.

What about a surge protector with USB slots?

I bought such a thing but it doesn't work. Switches off my ext. hd randomly until the point I was too scared to lose all my data.