Wii Fit pad similar to 25-year-old Atari accessory

1982 was also the year I spawned into de_earth. I understand that I was weighed on the Joyboard. The doctors were confused with the weight until someone pointed out that that wasn't an electronic scale and the monitor was actually a TV showing a Pong demo someone left on.

All you people who say the Wii Fit pad won't be for hardcore gamers... you are forgetting the soon to be announced American History X game for the Fit pad!

Let's all go on as if the NES PowerPad doesn't exist, which was used for fitness games as well as others, mmmkay?

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Funny factoid: my power pad is sitting in its box in my living room right now.

Okay... clearly, despite what all y'all hardcore gamers are whining about, Nintendo has simply performed intelligently here - at least from a business perspective. Pleasing hardcore gamers might legitimize the brand within the gaming world, but as for making jumbo profits, prowling the rest of consumers, notably most of the population is just smarter. The Wii along with its list of add-on gizmos are just tapping into a more expansive market. You can't argue with money.

Besides that, if you're looking for great gaming entertainment, even for those of you who hate on Nintendo...go see KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS. I just saw it, and , it's friggin' great. It's a documentary about two ultimate arcade gamers facing off... definitely worth it.

Check out the trailer: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y6FTAbs0qeI

I'm offended that the title of "Hardcore Gamer" somehow has been defined that we are not Wii gamers. Jesus, stop stroking your man ego to think that hardcore gamers only play Halo or Gears of War or something of that nature.

I have been gaming for 20+ years. I love the Wii. I am a gamer and it provides the games. Playing Halo for 8 hours a day to try to become a top-rated player online is not a "hardcore gamer", it's called GET-A-JOB.

More plastic gimicks for a gimicky, little console. How cute.

The Joyboard! Man that infamous Atari accessory has got a history all of it's own, mostly due to an error message on a certain make of late 80's home computer.

so not only did nintendo copy kinetic for PS2, they also completely ripped off this joyboard and combined it with kinetic and called it their own and gets praised like they are pioneers. i am sick of nintendos BS. sony steals? think again... nintendo or sony didnt invent the analog stick either, atari had a true analog stick back in the day too.

and wii sports is nthing more then those plug in play games you see in commercials that come with a baseball bat or whatever.

The name Persuasive Games doesn't ring any bells but I recall the Joyboard as being produced as side projrct by the Amiga folks to generate cash flow while working on the Amiga chipset. The machine was then called Lorraine.

One of the things the Amiga crew did for amusement on long coding nights was challenge each other to stay balanced on the Joyboard in a lotus position. This was called Guru Meditation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Meditation

Peripherals that only work with one game always fail (and bring the game down too).. so i hope nintendo starts advertising a few other games it'll work ith before its released.

(the gamecube bongos were awesome fun.. but as they only worked in one or two games they weren't great value. And the problem with 3rd party peripherals is that the developers can't code with them in mind, as they can't be sure you'll have them. )