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Nintendo's Vitality Peripheral Baffles

Dude... a what now?


Yes, I get that it can be used to monitor your heart rate. But, seriously? I'll leave the commentary and speculation to you guys on this one.
n8on June 2, 2009 at 2:41 p.m.
man...  im relaxed!
SunKingon June 2, 2009 at 2:42 p.m.
Stupid.

Nothing more needs to be said.
Vendettaon June 2, 2009 at 2:42 p.m.
Bring on Lie Detector Wii
GeekDownon June 2, 2009 at 2:42 p.m.
aren't those things used in hospitals?
Nasar7on June 2, 2009 at 2:42 p.m.
The live blog has the commentary that is necessary...ugh.
JackiJinxon June 2, 2009 at 2:42 p.m.
Hi, I'm Nintendo, and I approve of this money...I mean, message.
Meowayneon June 2, 2009 at 2:43 p.m.
Even I find that stupid.


GregIsRadon June 2, 2009 at 2:43 p.m.
I can see all kinds of absurd/dumb ways to use this.

Like an FPS for the Wii, your aim becomes more jerky the higher your heart rate is.
joslop500on June 2, 2009 at 2:43 p.m.
Stupidest thing I've ever seen. All I can say is wow.
RipTheVeinson June 2, 2009 at 2:43 p.m.
ummm...console version of Rapelay?
HandsomeDeadon June 2, 2009 at 2:43 p.m.
You die in real life, you die in the game.
Magresdaon June 2, 2009 at 2:43 p.m.
Maybe you can plug it into Wii music and try conducting the orchestra by increasing and decreasing your heart rate. While waggling the controller of course. Always, always waggle the controller...
Guerrilla_Masonon June 2, 2009 at 2:43 p.m.
Over/under on how long till someone gets this stuck on their dong?
kiston June 2, 2009 at 2:44 p.m.
next step one for your winkle
Scarabuson June 2, 2009 at 2:44 p.m.
Worst idea for a peripheral ever.
Askaon June 2, 2009 at 2:44 p.m.
The only good thing I can see from this is the next Eternal Darkness, your pulse measures your sanity or something.  But keeping you're finger inside that the whole time?  Blehh....
Azteckon June 2, 2009 at 2:45 p.m.
What is the purpose for it? Is it really THAT interesting to know how fast your heart beats that you have to purchase something and display it on your TV?
Swishon June 2, 2009 at 2:45 p.m.
Its so you can measure your excitment of playing Women's detective club and style savvy
Endogeneon June 2, 2009 at 2:45 p.m.
Perhaps a game with gameplay that evolves depending how stressed out you are?

Hard to see what this could mean for traditional games i must say. Surely Nintendo has some plans up theirs sleeves for this and I'm quite curious what it is. Most likely it will not interest or concern most of us here but it is nice to see new ideas hit the market.

What would this E3 have been would Nintendo not have introduced motion controls some years back?
TheKidNixonon June 2, 2009 at 2:45 p.m.
I suspect that this will likely have some sort of medical application, for use to help people with consistent anxiety with relaxing exercises. Surprisingly Japanese, actually, and I could see it doing well there. Here...it'll be a tougher sell.

The strangest part of this whole mess is how Nintendo doesn't usually trot out a new peripheral without a test demo disguised as a game to show its capabilities.
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