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<blockquote data-quote="The Feedster" data-source="post: 536470" data-attributes="member: 259515"><p><img src="http://mos.techradar.com//classifications/home-entertainment/gaming/images/wii_boxing_with201-200-200.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> New York, New York. So good they named it twice and decided to charge upwards of $2000 (£1000) a month for a poky studio flat.</p><p></p><p>Now Manhattanites fed up with breaking crockery or putting an arm through a wall of the city's famously petite apartments while playing their Nintendo Wiis can lash out to their heart's content.</p><p></p><p><strong>Wii Sports as it should be</strong></p><p></p><p>The Gravity fitness centre at Le Parker Meridien hotel on West 57th Street has converted an entire squash court into the ultimate Wii installation, boasting a digital projector, Wii Sports, Wii Fit and even a human trainer.</p><p></p><p>Mark Natale, executive director at Gravity, told Tech Radar: "We project games on a screen 20ft high and give players 800 square feet of space to work in. It feels much more lifelike, much more immersive. But it's the human element that really makes a difference."</p><p></p><p>Each $120 (£60) session with Wii Sports involves one-on-one coaching from a coach to help you tackle your digital boxing opponents or close out that tricky bowling split.</p><p></p><p><strong>Trainer pushes gamers</strong></p><p></p><p>"The trainer gives you that extra kick in the pants you need to get a good workout," Natale claims.</p><p></p><p>If you don't fancy splashing out over a third of the price of a new console for a single Wii session, you can forego the human element and simply rent the installation for a much more reasonable $50 (£25) an hour. "We've seen a lot of corporate clients. We've had 45 people playing against each other."</p><p></p><p>Wait a minute. 45 people playing computer games in a sweaty, enclosed, urban space? Surely you can buy a Travelcard and have the same experience on the Tube for about a fiver...</p><p></p><p><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/189f7af/mf.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=http://www.techradar.com/434288&link=Wii Fits nicely into New York gym" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=http://www.techradar.com/434288&link=Wii Fits nicely into New York gym" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/14855272313/f/8513/c/669/s/25819055/a2.htm" target="_blank"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/14855272313/f/8513/c/669/s/25819055/a2.img" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/189f7af/story01.htm" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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