The hype over Mickey DeLorenzo's weight-loss program using the Wii is apparently far from over. Over at E-gear.com, a video interview with him has been put up to let us in on his healthy Nintendo Wii world.

Much of what he talked about isn't really anything new, or none that hasn't been written about yet. In the interview, he tackles more on his Wii Sports Experiment, and the various reactions of the people around him, like his girl friend's. But while that may seem like the same old stuff, he does, however, give his two cents' worth on the current attacks against video games and how this form of entertainment necessarily translates to all that is bad and evil and society. But unlike what the rest of the gaming community is getting, Mickey describes people's reception to his Wii experiment as the anti-thesis to all bad press concerning video gaming.

And it's not exactly hard to understand why. After all, he did help in catapulting the reputation of video gaming as something that can be healthy and more interactive. To know more about what the Richard Simmons of gaming has to say about it and more, just click on our Read link below to catch the video.

Because of the fun factor delivered to the home, the Wii has been a favorite console for many families. It helps get gamers off the couch and keeps their bodies in movement.

But people have begun to suspect a newer angle to the Wii success: it might actually be good for health. People to some respect have already complained about exhaustion, sore shoulders and a new condition becoming well-known as "Wii elbows."

The exertion for most gamers may be daunting, but with so much enjoyment and laughter, the entire experience becomes a good thing. But Perrin Kaplan, marketing VP of Nintendo of America, said two months before that the company never received any complaints about sores. She stated, "If people are finding themselves sore, they may need to exercise more. It was not meant to be a Jenny Craig supplement."

But people believe she's wrong. Some games, such as Dance Dance Revolution and Unreal Tournament for a few, have been contributing to improving and curing health. The technologies behind visual and audio immersion provides virtual interactive environments that can train people to use their bodies to extents in order to improve their conditions.

Last December, the now-famous Mickey DeLorenzo worked on his Wii Sports Experiment. Setting 30 minutes a day to play the Wii, he lost nine pounds in six weeks. His book deal, entitled "The Wii Workout", was signed this January and now together with Traineo.com, he features Wii workouts to dieters and fitness buffs.

"It's becoming something like a Richard Simmons show," DeLorenzo said. "People will write, 'You've inspired me to buy a Wii and start working out.'"

Today, however, Kaplan now accepts the Wii's exercising potential. She said, "One of our hopes was that people would find a way to enjoy the Wii sitting on the couch or getting up and moving their body around. This huge fitness craze was more than we had anticipated."

Well, what do you know? The Wii Sports Experiment sure is going places with, er, his Wii Sports Experiment. Yup, that's right. After enjoying a healthy dose of media coverage, from TV guestings to Radio interviews, he's now making his way to the local bookstore near you.

Uh-huh, thanks to the big buzz generated by his Wii Sports exercise program, he's now landed a book deal with no less than Sanford J. Greenburgers Associates, Inc. For those not in the know, it's one of the bigwig agencies on Fifth Avenue, NYC. Mickey DeLorenzo narrates that when his story broke out on The Philadelphia Inquirer and on the NBC 10 O'clock news, he received an email from Jeremy Katz, who expressed interest on working with him.

Katz is responsible for over two dozen New York Times bestsellers in a span of two decades, including "Pete Rose: My Prison Without Bars" and "The Abs Diet". He is currently with Greenburgers, who in turn represents other bigwigs like Kafka and existentialist Sartre, as well as contemporary authors Nelson DeMille and Dan Brown.

What about you? What have you been doing with your Wii lately?

If in case our report on Mickey DeLorenzo's "Wii Sports Experiment" didn't convince you, and you're more of the type of person who feels comfortable believing in things he sees on TV, here's a video (uploaded by heysuburbia). Because televised news reports is just so much more believable.

30 minutes of active Wii for six weeks will make me lose weight? Count us in. Of course, most of us will just probably end up sitting on our couch, wiggling the Wiimote at the screen instead of jumping around, wearing out straps, and swinging the Wiimote like 4 year old high on sugar.

One man, through an on-the-fly experiment, has managed to prove to the world that yes, besides being a video game console, the Wii also doubles as an exercise machine which can help you shed those pounds you gained over the Holidays.

A feat that has warranted coverage from Reuters, Mickey DeLorenzo came up with the idea of the "Wii Sports Experiment" back in early December, after a sweaty round of Wii Boxing. After realizing that what he just did practically counts as a work out, he then outlined a six-week regimen. The plan was to simply play Wii Sports for 30 minutes a day, without any form of dieting whatsoever, and see what happens.

From what he chronicles in his blog, the results were apparently more than he hoped for as he was able to lose up to nine pounds, and all that with just a total of 21 hours of playing the Wii. As proof, he provides the requisite before and after photos of himself, as well as charts which show his progress over those six weeks. On top of that, he also has a good amount of notes about his method, and a compilation video which shows how he did what he did.

Meanwhile, we find this whole thing to be rather brilliant. After all, it's still better than having to plod through those crazy exercise videos or use the treadmill, for that matter. God bless the Wii.

To check out DeLorenzo's notes and find out how he did it, just click on the "Read" link below!