Nintendo\u2019s Wii Fit Balance Boards are now best used as welcome mats NintendoWhile dropping off packages, a delivery driver noticed that someone in a retirement community found a new purpose for Wii Fit Balance Boards. An accessory for the Wii, and later the Wii U, Nintendo\u2019s Balance Board hit the market in 2008 alongside Wii Fit. Sensors within the board tracked the user\u2019s balance and weight, providing data that Nintendo once claimed to be more accurate than the average consumer scale. Like the Wii, the Balance Board sold like hotcakes throughout its life cycle, moving well over 30 million units by 2012. Surely, someone\u2019s using the leftover Nintendo relics for something. People are still putting Wii Fit Balance Boards to good use The r\/gaming subreddit is getting a kick out of a post by POSITIVE, which shows exactly how folks who once invested in Wii Fit accessories are still making use of the products. During a delivery at a retirement community, the Redditor left packages at a residence that substitutes two of the Wii\u2019s Balance Boards for its welcome mat. It\u2019s a funny sight to see, but other Redditors noted the doormat comparison could be a tad bit reductive. Since this is at a senior living community, reason suggests the Wii Fit Balance Boards could be doubling as a step platform, making it easier for the resident to get in and out of their front door. Whatever the case, it\u2019s nice to know that the nearly fifteen-year-old Wii accessory continues to serve a purpose. Wii Fit software and its connected devices would\u2019ve come in handy at the height of the global health crisis in 2020. But plenty of people made do with Ring Fit Adventure, another of Nintendo\u2019s exercise-focused endeavors that took the world by storm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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