Designed to help you take the first steps to a healthier lifestyle and have some fun at the same time, Wii Fit helps you to meet your personal fitness goals through a wide variety of entertaining exercises.

From today, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata gets the low-down on the original concept and development process behind Wii Fit by speaking to the people responsible for its creation. Throughout the course of his ‘Iwata Asks’ interviews, the Nintendo President has face-to-face chats with the two men behind the Wii Balance Board, the Wii Fit software developers and other key figures involved in bringing Wii Fit to fruition.

In the first interview of the series, Mr. Iwata talks to veteran game developer Shigeru Miyamoto about his initial inspiration for Wii Fit and hears how his own interest in keeping track of his fitness acted as the starting point for the project. You can check out the first volume of the interview at wii.com, with further volumes following on in the days ahead.