Forget about steroids or any other performance-enhancing substances. The way to improve your baseball game is by playing the Nintendo Wii.

San Diego Padres pitcher Heath Bell considered himself to be in pretty good shape, after all, he’s a professional athlete. But when he stepped onto the Wii Fit Balance Board, the game informed him his Mii was obese. Bell told the Wall Street Journal he wasn’t in it to lose weight. Instead, he said, “I wanted to make my character smaller.”

Nintendo’s latest press release revealed quite a bit about Wii Fit, the fitness game/program that is being heralded by some as the second coming. The bundle, which will include the program and the Wii Balance Board peripheral, will be available on May 19, 2008 at a starting price of $89.99. I say program rather than game since it features aerobic, balance, strength training and yoga training rather than, well, an actual game.

What struck me most is the price. I was thinking that the whole bundle would cost somewhere between $69.99~$79.99. After all, the average price for a Wii game is $39.99. Not that the official price is ridiculous, mind you. After all, Guitar Hero III with a guitar for the Wii costs $89.99 – unless you go to ShopGoodwill where the bundle costs between $5~$44. I suppose I just figured that it wouldn’t be that high, considering the potential for the Balance Board to get boring.

Let’s take a look at other things you could buy with the $89.99 you’re going to spend on Wii Fit…

Regardless of what you think about the revamped E3, this was still a big yea for announcements. Be it new games, new peripherals, redesigned gear or just updates on the games announced last year, E3 2007 was an exciting potpourri of information.

Click through for the Gamertell writers’ takes on a few of the most anticipated things announced at E3 2007…