Not so long ago, we asked if you knew where your Wii Balance Board was. After the runaway success of Wii Fit, millions of these peripherals were sold worldwide, only to be shoved into a cupboard after the allure of keeping healthy via video games inevitably waned.
Nintendo's attempt to revive the game via the Wii U wasn't as successful as it hoped, which would suggest that there are still a great many Balance Boards out there either gathering dust or being used to prop open doors.
The guys at Braille Skateboarding clearly thought this was a bit of a tragic waste, as they decided to see if Nintendo's hardware could double as a skateboard. As you might imagine, this theoretical stupid idea ended being a stupid idea in reality, with the bulky board proving to be no match for the real thing.
Even so, the unlucky individual tasked with testing this notion still managed to pull off some half decent moves, as you can see from the video below.
[source gonintendo.com]
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You can hear the balance board saying "ooh" when you drill into it.
Well that was certainly interesting.
Still a better use for the peripheral than Punch-Out!!...
Well, he's burning calories...
Nintendo missed a trick there!!
What a moron! And as for his derp of a friend why would you just throw the game WHY! people think this is cool? I stopped watching half way as it was boring!
I disagree. Please do turn your Wii balance boards into skate boards and post videos of your spectacular fails online so we can have a good laugh.
Great thanks to that stupid banner which doesn't disappear any more I can't get the whole of the video without it being cropped by nintylife gunk.
40 year old men playing with things meant for children, which those kids don't even want. What a perfect Nintendo analogy.
Turned out better than the article makes it sound.
Makes me wish I was good at skateboarding so I could turn random things into skateboards ha ha.
@BlastRadius nope lol and unless my age deceives me I am entitled to my own opinion
I'm just sittin' here, thinking "Why aren't they getting ice cream?!?!"
@Technosphile I was under the impression that the balance board was more or less meant to be used by adults.
Not much you can do, as it seems the top surface can't keep a good grip, so yeah...
The fact Nintendo haven't made a Winter Sports or Extreme Sports game that uses the Balance Board completely baffles me. Just a 1080 remake would be nice but stick Skiiing and Surfing in and you'd have a nice game.
@wolvesboy Lol whatever.
Hardware abuse!
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