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Wii Balance Board Breaks Guiness World Record

By Ishaan . January 14, 2012 . 10:30am

Wii Balance Board Breaks Guiness World Record

Nintendo’s Wii Balance Board — the device used to play Wii Fit — was recently awarded with a Guiness World Record. Yes, the Balance Board itself, not the Wii Fit software. Nintendo of Europe say that the Wii Balance Board has set the Guiness World Record for the best-selling personal-weighing device.

 

The Balance Board actually broke the record back in 2010 with 32,114,428 devices sold. That’s 22.6 million with Wii Fit and another 9.4 million with Wii Fit Plus.

 

Of course, Wii Fit Plus kept on selling well after that, which brings us to the most recent sales figures as of 2012:

 

Wii Fit: Over 22.67 million

Wii Fit Plus: Over 19.31 million

 

Yup. That’s a lot of Balance Boards.


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  • Ryos

    With sales figures like those, it’s little wonder why Nintendo’s gone away from riskier ventures of late.

    • antperze17

      so true!

  • kupomogli

    Someone hit the Guiness Book of World Records with the Wii Balance Board and it broke?  *makes note*  Wii Balance Board.  Doorstop and lethal weapon.

    • Testsubject909

      You forgot paperweight.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000423822552 Mohammed Khaled

        How big is the paper you use? o.O

        • Testsubject909

          Big enough that Rupan the Third approves.

          *points up* Look, he even liked it.

  • KasuRuiza

    That’s a lot of fat people.

    • Hraesvelgr

      While I’m sure you were being sarcastic, I don’t really get where you came up with that. In fact, fit people are more likely to be concerned about their weight than unfit people.

      • Gatchaman1

        (Ahhh) Girl look at that body, (Ahhh) Girl look at that body,(Ahhh) Girl look at that body,
        I-I-I work ouuuuuuut 

      • fafewfwefafewaf

        remove yourself from the gene pool, cretin.

    • Testsubject909

      I take it you didn’t get a look at that youtube video of Girlfriend on a wii board from long ago showing a guy enjoying the sight of his rather thin girlfriend shaking her ass.

      • KasuRuiza

        ;p

      • NaruKami

        I remember that! After that, I considered getting Wii Fit. XD

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Akshat-Jiwan-Sharma/1187421478 Akshat Jiwan Sharma

    Talk about games deteriorating health!

  • poisui

    Go Nintendo. =)

  • http://twitter.com/BurnMyApathy BurnMyApathy

    “…the Wii Balance Board has set the Guiness World Record for the best-selling personal-weighing device.”

    Damn, so there were more Wii Balance Boards sold than, like, bathroom scales? XD

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Akshat-Jiwan-Sharma/1187421478 Akshat Jiwan Sharma

      ha!

    • Ryos

      I was wondering the same thing when I read it.  :P

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/S42ONH6C3L63N2MEAFXB6E26XE wahyudil

    more than any Mario Galaxy or Mario kart or Monster Hunter out there …

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