Holidays have you indulging a little more than usual? Just in time for those New Year resolutions and post-holiday diets, the Wii Fit is expected to be released in North America in January. Released earlier this month in Japan, Wii Fit sold over a quarter million units in the first week. The game was designed for families to exercise with activities like stretching, yoga, step aerobics, push ups, jogging and much more. The additional system to the Wii console uses a pressure-sensitive platform called the Balance Board which players stand on, hop or press against. The platform can measure an individual's weight, body mass index and tracks the information to show your results over time. The Nintendo site states that activities focus more towards working out the "core," emphasizing slower, controlled motions.

The official price hasn't been released yet, but in Japan Wii Fit sold for about $80 US.

With Americans so much fatter than the Japanese, I wonder if the Wii Fits to be shipped to the States will be more reinforced or if the console will allow users to play while seated on a Lazy Boy. Sigh, if only it could really be sold as fast as actual hotcakes...