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This week, Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll was released, the first in the Super Monkey Ball series to support the Wii Balance Board. Pretty sweet, but those of you who bought Wii Fit are still probably wondering: Just how many games support my balance board anyway? Well, here is every single one of them that’s cool for kids, with a helpful awesomeness rating out of 10 for each game to help you choose one.

• Academy of Champions: Soccer – 6/10 Awesomeness Rating
• All Star Cheer Squad – 7/10
• Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 3 – 7/10
• G1 Jockey 2008 – 3/10
• EA Sports Active (and Active: More Workouts) – 9/10 if you’re into exercise!
• Equilibrio – 5/10
• Gold’s Gym Cardio Workout – 7/10 again, just for exercise
• Imagine Fashion Party – 8/10
• James Cameron’s Avatar: the Game – 5/10 surprisingly terrible
• Jillian Michael’s Fitness Ultimatum 2009 & 2010 – 8/10 exercise only
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games – 9/10
• My Fitness Coach 2 – 7/10 only exercise
• NewU – 7/10 only exercise
• Overturn – 7/10
• Punch-Out!! – 9/10 and yes, there are two exclamation points in the title…
• Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party – 10/10 perhaps the most awesome
• Rock ‘n’ Roll Climber – 6/10
• Shaun White Snowboarding (Road Trip and World Stage) – 9/10
• Skate City Heroes – 7/10
• Skate It – 9/10
• Snowboard Riot – 6/10
• Tetris Party – 9/10 I’m sad that I’ve never been invited to a Tetris party…
• The Incredible Maze – 4/10
• Walk it Out – 6/10
• We Ski – 8/10
• We Ski & Snowboard – 8/10
• Wii Fit – 10/10 but surely, you’ve played it, right?
• Wii Fit Plus – 10/10
• Wii Music – 7/10
• Winter Sports 2: The Next Challenge – 8/10
• Yoga – 6/10 Well, it is just yoga…

Well, we learned in today’s Kidzworld gaming new releases post that in Wii Fit Plus, you can weigh your dog or cat, even though they can’t really play any activities! Well, I’m here to give Nintendo some ideas on how to better integrate our pets into the game:

1. If you have a dog, then the screen should show a picture of a kitten and make meowing sounds. That’ll get your dog running, or barking, or jumping, or something. At least he’ll be burning calories. Just switch roles if you have a cat.
2. Let’s add in some really high pitched notes into the game at various points, just see how your dog reacts.
3. Toy bone-shaped Wiimotes are a must.
4. Wii vitality sensor technology inside a tempting ball of yarn for your cat.
5. Maybe a new Wii balance board that can double as a scratching post?

And today’s question for you all: Do your pets ever even react to what’s on your TV screen?