Wii Fit U adds a pedometer, lots of activities, and a handful of other useful features that add up to making the sequel to Wii Fit worthwhile as a fitness tool.

We dug into the loads of content in Wii Fit U and Wii Sports Club and picked out the best features and activities.

The big news for this version is that we’ve added new courses for Fit Meter Challenge! There are twelve new courses each for Walking Challenge and Climbing Challenge.

Wii Fit U's obstacle course events essentially amount to playing a Super Mario level with your feet. What I am pleased about, though, is that Wii Fit U has done what I hoped it would: motivate me.

I'd say Wii Fit U is certainly a great alternative workout for winter but only if you can't afford, or find the time, to get out to a gym.

Wii Fit U frequently failed to recognize that I was turning, forcing me to run dead on into an obstacle. Other times my Mii would turn too much, sending him flying off the side of the course.

One of the new exercise games is a first-person activity that "essentially has you acting like Mario, and you are running and jumping on an obstacle course," Dunaway says.

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