Hey, remember that odd Nintendo pedometer we
spied the other day? Well now we've got a
possible explanation for its existence. According to info from our homeboys at Joystiq and some dirt we've dug up, the device -- dubbed the Life Rhythm Counter -- will be tied to a fitness game for the DS (and new
DSi, we assume). The hardware will sell for ¥1800 (or about $17), and the game will be the first title to allow Wii Miis to be transferred to the handheld. Needless to say, the entire Engadget team has begun rigorous training to prepare for the totally raw competition which will commence once this device / game is available.
Update: It turns out the game is called
Walking Can Tell Your Life Rhythm DS (translated from Japanese, of course), and we've got video after the break showing it (and the hardware) in action.
[Via
Joystiq]
posted Oct 3rd 2008 5:07AM
I wonder how they're going to do that without the GBA port on the DSi. Can they make pedometers small enough to fit in a DS card?
Wifi and batteries.
Looks like WiiFit will be coming to the DSi, not sure if this will work on the DS Lite?
DSi Fit?
I'm guessing that's an IR port on the pedometer, and there's one on the fitness cart.
Or that transmits and you use the DSi's camera to pick it up? no way of sending data the other way though...
This is true - the video the other day showing a hundred new games showed for about half a second the pedometer plugging into the back of the DSi.
You can now enjoy Wii-experience on the bus, train and plane - remember to hold your controller tight, airplane windows are not television screen.
Did you know you can't play guitar hero on tour on the DSi?
What a stupid design, why would i want two 0.3 mega pixel cameras? Why does everything i own have to have a camera in it?
Because they're cheap.
Because the world is filled with attention whores.
only one is 0.3MP, the other is 3MP, which is more than enough.
Apparently Nintendo thinks it is the spiritual successor to Apple. What they are soon to find out though is that unlike Apple, Nintendo actually has serious competition. (P.S. No, I hate Apple)
1... 2... 3 and 4. COME ON NOW!
Shake it... move it!
Trust me, I'm moving as far away from Nintendo as I can nowadays.
Just out of curiosity..
In US english speaking countries, is a pedometer a device that tells you how much you love kids?
No
I'm sure pedobear approves of this