Education Campaigners call Nintendo Wii in Schools as Gimmick

Nintendo Wii Education Campaigners have expressed their strong disapproval on a project that aimed at school kids to play Nintendo Wii to reduce childhood obesity.

Termed as a ‘gimmick’, this programme noticed active console games that needed users to mimic the actions required for real sports that led to an increase in participation in context to physical exercise.

However, Nick Seaton, chairman of the Campaign for Real Education, dismissed the idea. Earlier, schools did try out this scheme that was designed by the Droitwich and Worcester City School Sport Partnership. Endorsed by the Department of Health, the active computer games made gamers do more than simply press buttons for improving exercise rates.

He explained this scheme by saying that it’s pandering to the views of the physically idle. Adding, “Pupils would be far better doing serious competitive sports and games than this sort of thing.”

On the other hand, a spokesman for the Department Health maintained that this scheme could represent the first step towards getting people involved in more physical exercise. It is termed as an innovative way of promoting healthy lifestyles to students.