Wii Check-up Channel will link you to health professionals, Dr. Mario
By Thomas Ricker 
posted January 27th 2009 5:12AM
posted January 27th 2009 5:12AM
It was inevitable we guess what with everyone plus your grandma using the Wii. Now Nintendo Japan has announced a new Wii "Check-Up" channel that acts as a health guidance system between you and health professionals. Scheduled for an April launch, the system developed in partnership with Hitachi, NEC, Panasonic and a health insurance company is said to provide 2-way communication between users and health leaders who'll provide "healthy guidance" to otherwise Cheeto-stained gamer-types. The service appears to be compatible with both Wii Fit and its Balance Board as well as NEC's mobile phone health platform for checking progress or accessing advice remotely. It also appears to be usable anonymously. We'll update you just as soon as we get all these Japanese press releases translated.
[Via Akihabara News and NeoGAF]
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[Via Akihabara News and NeoGAF]
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Wqy to suck the fun out of the Wii guys!
Its not fun to be healthy?
Do not let Dr. Mario touch your genitals. He is not a real doctor.
Especially when you're on the receiving end of the doctor playing Wii Prostate Exam.
That's the most stupid thing I've seen in a long time....
Then where have you been the last 8 years?
Nintendo: Games for Grannies.
Come OOOOOON, what is next? Wii defibrillator? Wii Canes?
Its a videogame, for crying out loud.
Wii Malpractice
What the hell? "and a health insurance company" ...
I wonder what said insurance company would do if they found out you suck at Wii Fit, A.K.A you are too sick/obese to be covered by them. Very innovative way of collecting that data...
FFS.
Mario on gameboy
Super smash bros.
Mario and sonic at the olympics
mario galaxy
mario 64
mario golf
mario kart
paper mario
mario tennis
mario baseball
mario basketball
mario football
Now mario is a doctor.
what next, lawyer? chiropodist?
¬_¬ give it a rest, nintendo.
Mario has already been a doctor (hence the picture) in er..... Dr Mario
Turn your head and cough.
Super Mario Wright - Mushrooms and Tribulations
Mario has been a doctor since the very start.
http://madpercolator.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/Dr.%20Mario.jpg
http://arcadegamer.googlepages.com/DrMario.jpg/DrMario-full.jpg
ANd i have to admit that i love the game.
can anyone pinpoint when Wii stopped becoming a gaming console?.. coz, i've not seen anything worth 'playing' in months.
Glad to see that Mario hasn't let that medical malpractice suit destroy his career.
Please be warned....Dr. Mario is not a real doctor
I think Dr. Mario is a Proctologist, if you know what I mean!
Report from Dr. Mario:
Your Mii is fat. Please adjust your avatar's height-to-width ratio and select Save to gain health.
Then take one of these blue pills. It will help with the size of your Wii.
Or take the red pill and see how far the rabbit hole goes.
(Sorry, I had to.)
"Stop playing video games and get some exercise."
"But.. but..."
"Now!"
"Ok, I'll sell all of my video games and never play them again."
O noes, this will hurt Nintendo's sales.
Dr. Mario is like Dr. Pepper :not a real doctor.
Since they can't make any good games besides wii sports they need to do something with the wii.
It's only a matter of time, once the push to make medical records digital, you'd be able to use a plethora of devices to interact with your preferred physician without needing to leave your home or, in this story's content, your couch.
"You-a fat!"
We're sorry but we've denied your claim.
"Itsame, Mario" was not found in your list of approved health care providers.
For a few gold coins, Dr. Mario will write you prescriptions for medical psychedelic mushrooms.
http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Space-Station-Video-Games