Wii Fit to Launch at $89.99

By Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews

Nintendo filled in the last bit of information for the Wii Fit game on Tuesday, announcing that when it launches in the U.S. on May 19th it will cost $89.99 (MSRP). $90 for a game? Well, it’s more than a game; it includes the new Wii Balance Board controller, and anyway, let’s not forget that Guitar Hero III for the Wii is the same price.

And also, when the Wii Fit launched in Japan, it was 8800 yen, which is now the equivalent of $88.

According to Nintendo’s press release, those who pre-order Wii Fit from the Nintendo World store in New York’s Rockefeller Plaza will get a bonus item.

From April 18-20, the first 1,000 consumers who place a $5 deposit for Wii Fit will receive a limited edition Wii Fit T-shirt featuring the image and reproduced autograph of legendary Nintendo video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto.

Wii Fit has already sold 1.4 million copies in Japan; we’ve often wondered if the delay in getting it to the U.S. was due to having to strengthen the Balance Board controller to handle the more robust (all right, fat) bodies of Americans.