Wii Aches: Couch Potatoes Working it Up

Genocaust writes: While the new controller on the Wii is proving to be a success, it's turing out to be more effort than some die-hard couch potatoes bargained for.

In Rochester, Minn., Jeremy Scherer and his wife spent three hours playing tennis and bowling, two of the games included with the Wii. Mr. Scherer says he managed to improve his scores — at the cost of shoulders and back that were still aching the next day. "I was using muscles I hadn't used in a while," says Mr. Scherer, a computer programmer who describes himself as "not very active." Mr. Scherer is vowing nightly "Wii workouts" to get in better shape.