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]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Zorque @ Oct 3rd 2008 5:23AM
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?
Fizzl @ Oct 3rd 2008 6:43AM
Wifi and batteries.
paul @ Oct 3rd 2008 5:27AM
Looks like WiiFit will be coming to the DSi, not sure if this will work on the DS Lite?
DSi Fit?
Ethan @ Oct 3rd 2008 5:29AM
I'm guessing that's an IR port on the pedometer, and there's one on the fitness cart.
Phoenix @ Oct 3rd 2008 10:24AM
Or that transmits and you use the DSi's camera to pick it up? no way of sending data the other way though...
Peachey @ Oct 3rd 2008 5:30AM
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.
Viaono @ Oct 3rd 2008 5:34AM
You can now enjoy Wii-experience on the bus, train and plane - remember to hold your controller tight, airplane windows are not television screen.
matthewlikestoburn @ Oct 3rd 2008 6:12AM
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?
Ethan @ Oct 3rd 2008 6:17AM
Because they're cheap.
kraken @ Oct 3rd 2008 6:45AM
Because the world is filled with attention whores.
Amz @ Oct 3rd 2008 6:46AM
only one is 0.3MP, the other is 3MP, which is more than enough.
ybd @ Oct 3rd 2008 6:48AM
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)
Metamorphic @ Oct 3rd 2008 8:46AM
1... 2... 3 and 4. COME ON NOW!
Shake it... move it!
Ignatius @ Oct 3rd 2008 3:32PM
Trust me, I'm moving as far away from Nintendo as I can nowadays.
Josh @ Oct 3rd 2008 9:51AM
Just out of curiosity..
In US english speaking countries, is a pedometer a device that tells you how much you love kids?
KarlW @ Oct 3rd 2008 11:59AM
No
memil @ Oct 3rd 2008 12:33PM
I'm sure pedobear approves of this