Do you remember Pocket Pikachu? This was a step tracker disguised as a virtual pet. Your steps and movement would earn you "watts" to feed little Pikachu, and the idea was that you might get your lazy ass off the couch and move around a bit to satiate the little electric rodent. And maybe burn off some of that excess Mountain Dew and pizza weight in the process.
Ubisoft's goals are similar for the previously announced My Weight Loss Coach, though this DS game is definitely more involved. What they both have in common is a pedometer -- and that would be a step tracker and not a child-obsessed pervert tracker. Ubisoft's newly unveiled pedometer doesn't look like much, but its DS connectivity and fitness stat tracking would make Pikachu pout.
To use, you just simply clip it on your belt or pants -- just like this perfectly fit grey-haired gentleman. Go about your daily life, and when you get home, plug this pedometer into the GBA slot of your DS. The software will do computations to see if you're still a fatty. But I could tell you that without all of the computations.
Would you be willing to rock a pedometer? Or are you so slim and trim that you can play regular videogames?
[Via Gizmodo and pics via DS Fanboy]
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11:45 AM on 03.11.2008
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Might be kinda fun though, I guess. We'll see how much it costs.
If your looking for a good pedometer though, the one that's bundled on pretty much all newish Sony walkman phones is perfect, good for keeping track how much distance you've covered on a night out!
And people wonder why a lot of young parents and babysitters shake their babies.
"Honestly, officer! I wanted to feed him!"
Damn you, Pokemon!
This pedometer Ubi is making is pretty cool though. It would have been better if it was more like the Nike+ sensor and could sync up with WiiFit (through DS connectivity!!) but I guess that's what expansions/sequels are for.
I won't buy it though because it lack online play and voice chat.
I still want a Pokemon Mini. Anyone who has one with the pinball game I will buy.
What? He needs to stay in shape as well.
A few years later, I found one at a Dollar General (like I said, you gotta watch those places) for $5, but it just wasn't the same without my obsene amount of steps.
Finally, my mom found it a year or two ago, and I broke a million on it while at an anime convention. I don't even know where it is now. D:
Oh goddamit, you beat me to it!
Nevertheless, I had that Pikachu one.
Damn you!!!
I had a totally different thing in mind...