Ubisoft's DS pedometer wants you to lose

It's not enough that the Wii Fit is trying to cajole you into getting off your couch and actually engaging in physical activity -- now the DS is worming in on the action. Developer Ubisoft is rolling out My Weight Loss Coach for the handheld, and going the extra mile (ha ha!) by including a pedometer add-on which interfaces with the system. Apparently, the idea is that you'll keep the pedometer in a pocket or on a belt buckle during the day, then plug the unit into your DS and let the software calculate how much fat you've burned -- thus keeping track of your daily regimen and adjusting accordingly. The game / device combo is launching in one-croissant-too-many Europe this summer, no word on when it hits the morbidly obese States.

[Via DS Fanboy]

[x20mar @ Mar 11th 2008 10:37AM]

Rape!

sorry but it's far more amzusing than saying first

[x20mar @ Mar 11th 2008 10:38AM]

But seriously thou, is anyone really going to use this

[PJK @ Mar 11th 2008 10:49AM]

I thought it was a stupid idea, until I read its not attached to the DS all the time. Sounds like a nice way of keeping track of calorie burn for bloated thirty somethings who otherwise would only use the DS for Brain Training. Throw in a barcode scanner for food intake and a little holder for amphetamines to really feel the burn and we're on to a winner!

[RikF @ Mar 11th 2008 10:52AM]

You sir must be amused with an ease that I cannot begin to fathom.

[x20mar @ Mar 11th 2008 11:02AM]

Sorry, I know that everyone here hates people that say first on posts, but I thought it would be funny. I mean we get people who quickly fire a post saying "first" every so often and we low rank them, if your going to do it then at least make some sort of funny post. I understand that the joke may of offended people. I would like to apologise now and I promise not to do that again

[UseMe2UseYou @ Mar 11th 2008 11:08AM]

Offended by the word rape? Nope. Offended by your poor sense of humor? Definitely.

[NHAnimator @ Mar 11th 2008 11:13AM]

at x20mar:

May you someday end up in prison and may the biggest, baddest SOB there see you and yell "First!"

[prateeko @ Mar 11th 2008 11:53AM]

Fission Mailed

[Flashpoint @ Mar 11th 2008 10:42AM]

This is in no way better than the average pedometer you can get in Rite Aid or Walgreens.

A pedometer should be light enough to run with and not intrude on body movement. You should be able to run with a pedometer. This thing is HUGE and if that clip on doesn't support the weight of the DS, your little DS is gonna fly off and hit the ground.

Kids are NEVER going to fight for their parents to buy this over Smash Bros. Brawl.

FAIL.

[Flashpoint @ Mar 11th 2008 10:42AM]

This is in no way better than the average pedometer you can get in Rite Aid or Walgreens.

A pedometer should be light enough to run with and not intrude on body movement. You should be able to run with a pedometer. This thing is HUGE and if that clip on doesn't support the weight of the DS, your little DS is gonna fly off and hit the ground.

Kids are NEVER going to fight for their parents to buy this over Smash Bros. Brawl.

FAIL.

[Ian @ Mar 11th 2008 10:54AM]

The pedometer will work by itself. Then it plugs into the DS to transfer its information to the My Weight Loss Coach software. It may not work any better than the average pedometer that's available nearly everywhere, but then it does collect info that can then be transferred & become part of one's exercise history in My Weight Loss Coach.

[Zak @ Mar 11th 2008 12:23PM]

You aren't so good at reading, are you? Read the article again.

[sockatume @ Mar 11th 2008 11:01AM]

So you didn't read the Engadget summary, let alone look at the article? You just looked at the picture and became enraged?

Bravo! Bravo!

[Khris @ Mar 11th 2008 11:10AM]

Mr. Flashpoint's comments are never based on logic or rational thought.

[Julian Weisser @ Mar 11th 2008 10:47AM]

Flashpoint you didnt even read the article. You walk around with just the pedometer and plug it into the ds to get the data at the end of the day (You are not running around with the ds hanging from your belt!)

[Khris @ Mar 11th 2008 11:04AM]

Does it come with a Moomoo? How about a phone dialing wand?

[lupinstel @ Mar 11th 2008 11:42AM]

What an awful product !!1! Someone needs to keep these pedo-philes away from our children with their sick pedo video games. Disgusting 1!!

[Zak @ Mar 11th 2008 12:24PM]

This made me LOL. 10 points for you sir.

[LOLWHUT @ Mar 11th 2008 11:59AM]

Why don't you take a seat right there?

[Balam Herrera @ Mar 11th 2008 12:05PM]

Piece of crap. Pedometers dont do anything. Im a runner and bought the best pedometer I could find. It kept giving me either a lot more or a lot less distance every time. They are no good and have very little accuracy. Only good for really naive people.

If it was a GPS tracker like gamins forerunnes, that I would buy!

[CraigJ @ Mar 11th 2008 12:50PM]

Agreed, Pedometers "kinda" work once you have them trained, and you don't change your stride when running, which of course, everyone does. If you're serious enough to invest in a device to track your time / distance GPS is the way to go, plus it works for biking too...

[Hax Or @ Mar 11th 2008 1:50PM]

Here's the thing about pedometers: they work fine.

If you change your rhythm, it doesn't matter, it still can tell when you hit the ground on each foot.

It tells you how much effort you put in, so if you jogged really hard, but didn't 'go very far', the pedometer will accurately report that you ran the equivalent of 2 miles.

Sure, you may have been jogging in place at a stop light, but that still counts. It's a pedometer, not a jogging tripometer.

That's how it was explained to me anyway.

[Barry @ Mar 11th 2008 2:18PM]

"Sure, you may have been jogging in place at a stop light, but that still counts"

Where is this mythical place where joggers actually obey traffic laws?

[Dave @ Mar 11th 2008 3:58PM]

@ Barry

You win!

My wife once gave an earful to a jogger who, upon crossing in front of her while she was driving, began yelling "Hello! Jogger here!" at her. My wife slammed on the brakes and gave that woman a colorful lecture in who had the right-of-way. I swear she must have weaved a blanket of obscenities that, to my knowledge, is still lingering above our fine city of residence.

[webon @ Mar 11th 2008 9:39PM]

Pedometer in Spanish sounds more like a fartmeter which would have been Fuuuny