Vying for a portable-gaming equivalent to the Wii Fit audience, Ubisoft has announced that their Nintendo DS title My Weight Loss Coach will ship with a pedometer peripheral, that will allow the game to track your movement throughout the day, independent of the game or DS.
The special pedometer uses an internal battery to keep track of its movement while separate from the DS. Users carry the device around with them in their pocket. Once plugged into the GBA slot of the user's DS, the device then transfers that data collected into My Weight Loss Coach, which factors in the movement into its daily health calculations.
Due out this summer, My Weight Loss Coach sounds like an interesting addition to Ubisoft's growing lineup of non-games targeted at the casual audience. And who doesn't love pedometers?
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Posted: Mar 10th 2008 4:19PM (Unverified) said
"Lose weight without diet and exercise... well that pretty much leaves disease then." - David Letterman
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Posted: Mar 10th 2008 4:30PM philringsmuth said
Not to burst Ubisoft's bubble, but doesn't that pedometer look *huge* when compared to just about any other pedometer you've seen? Any pedometer I've seen that I can think of, even the $10 WalMart ones, are very small and discrete.
This one is, well, not...
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This one is, well, not...
Posted: Mar 10th 2008 4:35PM philringsmuth said
@Zertoss:
You win this round :-).
Also, as is the case with most things, it's probably a lot smaller than it looks once held in person. Sorry I kinda jumped the gun back there.
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You win this round :-).
Also, as is the case with most things, it's probably a lot smaller than it looks once held in person. Sorry I kinda jumped the gun back there.
Posted: Mar 10th 2008 4:37PM (Unverified) said
It is somewhat commendable that someone would try to couple weight loss techniques (exercise) and gaming, but surely there are more effective methods. I somehow fail to see the efficacy in using "My Weight Loss Coach" as a serious way to lose weight.
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Posted: Mar 10th 2008 4:47PM Shagittarius said
You can agree or disagree about the Wiimote being a gimmick but you can't deny that the wii has given rise to the number of gimmick/psuedo-science oriented titles.
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Posted: Mar 11th 2008 7:18AM bm111 said
Dude, it's an article about a DS app. And besides, ss I recall these training games started on the DS before the Wii was even out. But regardless, who the fuck cares? Does it keep you up at night? Do you rag on the PC platform because someone made a USB powered beer fridge?
As always, you're a complete fucking idiot.
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As always, you're a complete fucking idiot.
Posted: Mar 10th 2008 5:08PM (Unverified) said
Oh come on now. be serious for 5mins nintendo.
WHAT!! is nintendo trying to say something about its consumers? Brain age. big brain academy. and now wii fit and this hunk of plastic to be a (coach)?
SO we're Fat morons?!
i mean you do keep releasing the same games year after year after year. and year after year we still buy them in droves. you must be doing something right.
congrats on the sucess BIG N!!
for finally listening to what the most important part of gaming had to say.... the consumer.
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WHAT!! is nintendo trying to say something about its consumers? Brain age. big brain academy. and now wii fit and this hunk of plastic to be a (coach)?
SO we're Fat morons?!
i mean you do keep releasing the same games year after year after year. and year after year we still buy them in droves. you must be doing something right.
congrats on the sucess BIG N!!
for finally listening to what the most important part of gaming had to say.... the consumer.
Posted: Mar 10th 2008 10:46PM PoisonedAl said
So you're saying Nintendo are aiming this at the fat and stupid?
I would make a stereotypical remark about Americans, but it would be far too easy and it would leave me feeling cheap and dirty.
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I would make a stereotypical remark about Americans, but it would be far too easy and it would leave me feeling cheap and dirty.
Posted: Mar 10th 2008 6:52PM rabidmonkeyman said
so what, this think gauges how much of a pedophile you are?
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Posted: Mar 10th 2008 9:27PM Extinction said
I had a pedometer for GBC, the Pocket Pikachu. It was much smaller, and better
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Posted: Mar 11th 2008 12:12AM NO DOUBT GET LOUD said
If you really want to lose weight while gaming, just play DDR. 'nuff said.
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Posted: Mar 11th 2008 7:28AM (Unverified) said
Is it just me or is this a very disturbingly named peripheral? pedo... meter, ugh :(
Does it give the player a rating based on how sexy they find young children?
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Does it give the player a rating based on how sexy they find young children?
Posted: Mar 11th 2008 7:47AM (Unverified) said
It's called a pedometer because it's... a pedometer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedometer
"Ped-" from the Latin, meaning "foot"
"Pedo-" as in "Pedophilia" comes from the Greek word for "boy." One word's prefix derives from Latin, the other Greek. This has been your language lesson for today.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedometer
"Ped-" from the Latin, meaning "foot"
"Pedo-" as in "Pedophilia" comes from the Greek word for "boy." One word's prefix derives from Latin, the other Greek. This has been your language lesson for today.
Posted: Mar 11th 2008 7:52AM (Unverified) said
Yeah, I knew that, your explanation is less amusing though.
Not that there is anything funny about pedophilia, however there is amusement to be found in intentionally misinterpreting product names.
This has been your (poor taste) comedy lesson for today.
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Not that there is anything funny about pedophilia, however there is amusement to be found in intentionally misinterpreting product names.
This has been your (poor taste) comedy lesson for today.
Posted: Mar 11th 2008 3:09PM WhatIsThatThing said
Don't quote me on this, but I think the "-phile" suffix is Greek. So, no.
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Posted: Mar 25th 2008 9:54PM hvnlysoldr said
When I first read this I wanted to comment on Pocket Pikachu should make a come-back. I'm glad someone was like-minded.
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