Wii Vitality Sensor Revealed
by Nick Breckon, Jun 02, 2009 10:00am PDTNintendo today announced a new prototype device called the "Wii Vitality Sensor" which will measure a player's pulse.


"Maybe everyone under pressure in our stressful society could use this to relax with a videogame," said Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, who did not detail any software which made use of sensor.
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How they are going to make games around this device however, I have no idea...
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In general, Nintendos announcements have been a great disappointment so far. From a gamers perspective the Wii isn't very exciting. It's just a party and family console (and a very good one for these target groups).
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If at least you could use them in other games (Wii Speak during Mario Kart for example), but no, their console-architecture is THAT limited...
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Nintendo finally has some experimentation money huh? It is a mistake to reveal this thing without a compelling game or software package to go with it. But I'll wait and see...
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"Quickly grab me one of those pulse monitors from a hospital". "Okay.. now who's got a Wii Mote that we can photoshop with this thing!"