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Fat Kid Mistakenly Banks Weight Loss on Wii Fit Plus

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

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Scott Little, a 315 pound French horn player for the Glenwood High Marching Band, announced today that the WiiFit Plus will likely inspire him to practice a healthier lifestyle, before sending him into a shame fueled tailspin of Big Macs and Nutter Butters.

The news follows Scott’s latest failure, a Prom date rejection by Melissa Kent, Glendale High’s flag team captain and two-time Forensics state champ.

“I really think WiiFit Plus will fill me with the same false hope as the original WiiFit,” Scott told Hardcasual during a round table interview at his favorite BBQ pit, Raw Hyde’s Raw Hide. “I’m already eating, like, three less bowls of black beans and mayonnaise a week. It’s tough, but no one ever said it was going to be easy.”

Mr. Little invited Hardcasual to his mother’s house to watch him use the original WiiFit, which he has stored in a plastic bin in the litterbox and laundry room.

“None of this is specially calibrated for me,” Mr. Little said as he absently stepped on and off the balance board. “I just get all tired doing these exercises, which makes me hungry. I’m pretty sure that it’s not supposed to do that.”

Mr. Little stepped off the board and turned the Wii off. He sat on the couch and pulled half a Twix out of his pocket. “This is my emergency bar.”

Hardcasual asked Mr. Little what he expected the Wii Fit Plus to do differently than it’s predecessor.

“It’s going to make all my problems disappear. I’ll be slim and handsome and flexible and I’ll be able to see my dick so Melissa Kent will want to fuck me. And I’ll grow hair… down there.”

He licks the wrapper and stares off into space.

“What am I saying? It’s a stupid piece of plastic. If I really wanted to lose weight, I’d get one of those lap band thingies.”

Mr. Little is just one of many overweight adolescents and hefty housewives in the area that feels misled by Nintendo’s latest trendy peripheral.

“I was promised a couple rounds of virtual boxing, inner tubing and ski-jumping a day would trim away my paunch fat,” says Brittney Daniels, a mother of three. “But all it’s left me with is a high score and a sense of self-doubt around younger women.”

Nintendo refused to comment on the growing number of dissuaded users, thought it did note its latest “lifestyle product”, Wii Sports Resorts, a title that promises all the fun of outdoor activities without all the necessary daylight and movement.