Technology - Mreneo To

With swing control equipped by motion censor, Wii offers nontraditional game. Before Wii came, video game player must use joystick. But with Wii, player must sway the console control, like racket, when playing at game tennis. If play golf game, Wii control must be swayed like golf stick. And so do when player plays at other game, for example baseball. By sways Wii control, automatically game player does body movement.

“Before playing Wii, gamer had to do enough warm-ups like in ordinary sport. Warm-up is importance to avoid muscle wounded risk," said Tim Hutchful from British Chiropractic Association (BCA). BCA also develops five special points warm-up pattern for Wii player, there is warm-up for shoulder, wrist, arm, neck, and back. Nintendo have also given a warning for Wii player to rest at some certain game time.

But, the researchers from Liverpool John Moores University said, Wii is effective to overcome obesity. Because the player must make a body movement, player can burn calorie. A teenage can burn calorie 40 % more with Wii than when playing at classic console which having passive character. With average usage of 12 hours per week, Wii ready to burn until 1.840 calories. In one year, Wii player can lose their body weight until 12, 24 kgs.