Pedometer-equipped walking game steps into Europe with a terrible new name

by JC Fletcher { Dec 12th 2008 at 12:00PM }

While Nintendo of America has settled on Personal Trainer: (Activity) for DS training games, and Japan takes a more freeform approach (the only constant is really, really long names), Nintendo of Europe's approach for training game titles (with the odd exception of Maths Training) is now (Title): (Question about title activity?) -- as in Cooking Guide: Can't decide what to eat? and Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How old is your brain?

The latest training game to use this naming convention is Walk with me! Do you know your walking routine?, which we know as Personal Trainer: Walking, the walking trainer that brings Miis to the DS for the first time, and also includes two wireless pedometer accessories. That accessory is known as the Activity Meter for the PAL release. Data collected by the device can be sent to Nintendo via Wi-Fi for use on leaderboards and a total worldwide step count of all users. The press release says that the data is transferred to your DS via infrared signal, but we're a bit skeptical since the DS doesn't have an IR port.

Nintendo of Europe will launch Walk with me! on February 20. You can see English screens in an obtrusive Flash interface at Nintendo's Walk with me page.

Gallery: Aruite Wakaru Seikatsu Rhythm DS

[Thanks, RICANJO!]

Tags: mii, pedometer, personal-trainer-walking, training, walk-with-me

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

leonus11 @ Dec 12th 2008 3:49PM

THATS IT!! i'm going rambo on nintendo HQ!! >:O

RupeeClock @ Dec 12th 2008 4:14PM

The Gameboy Colour had an infrared port, not the DS. :P

WhatIsThatThing @ Dec 12th 2008 5:02PM

Walk with me? Pedometer?

...Maybe Nintendo was going for a different crowd with this one?

JC Fletcher @ Dec 12th 2008 5:05PM

Adults!

Zuyva @ Dec 12th 2008 6:20PM

The pedometer actually connects to the game cartridge which has an IR port.

Bowser Rogozhin @ Dec 13th 2008 7:15AM

Title: Walk This Way

Advert: a geriatric Steven Tyler gurning at some little kids and their pedometers.

???

Profit

Chop chop, NOE. These awesome ideas only come about once every blue moon. And when you make out my royalty check make sure you address it to 'Mr Bowser.' Kay, thanks.