Bandai is taking a new approach in the herculean task that is enticing nerds to exercise. This pedometer/calorie counter casts you as a 16th century Samurai hell-bent on controlling Japan. More »
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13 billion years ago, a super dense ball of junk exploded. And it’s taken this long for someone like Bandai to come around and combine our least favourite thing (exercise) with one of our most favourite things (pointless, time-sucking RPGS, preferably featuring some sort of underage girl with oversized…eyes…who has a shrieky, ear-damaging voice and a dual penchant for carnal melee brutality and giggling).
Nintendo has confirmed the existence of their rumoured pedometer with the release of a Wii Fit meets Brain Training meets Nike+ game. Your Life Rhythm, as it is called, uses the little pod to record your physical performance, and it looks a bit weird to me.
Spotted in the OAMI (European trademark registry), this Nintendo-branded pedometer will most probably become an official piece of must-have Nintendo gear soon. Lacking any external screen, there’s no indication whether it will sync with the DS or the Wii (like for Wii Fit or something), but we’re assuming Nintendo has some decent software integration in mind for the device, since third parties have otherwise struck first in this niche. [OAMI via Kotaku]
