Wii Vitality Sensor Gets Smoothly Fingered

@mikatron: They don't make videogamers like they used to, mikatron.

At one time gameplayers were enthusiastic about new uses for technology.
I don't mind the ignorance. It takes me back all the way to the pre-Wii days and pre-DS days.

Folks just don't know. NEVER UNDERESTIMATE NINTENDO.
John Lucas

@icanryme2002:
If you have a Wii Balance Board, which a whole lot of people don't have. The added price of that would come into play as well.

Blah8

I wonder if it will be able to detect whether you're horny and then make Samus take off her suit.

Foolish comments here (most of them).

You guys haven't figured it out by now?
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE NINTENDO.

They laughed at the DS. They laughed at the Wii. They laughed at Wii Fit.

...Nintendo had the last laugh.

They will have the last laugh again...

THIS IS MAJOR.
John Lucas

the real question is how long till someone sticks their manhood in it

Cory Kenneth Clark

@Demonbird:

Yeah, I saw the pic and realized that all they did was put a SpO2 finger probe on a wii-mote. :/

What's next? Medic Mama with a home AED kit?

@mfwahwah:
Yeah I agree, most of the things I listed were at least, an attempt to enhance the gaming experience, I was just listing some other ridiculous things Nintendo have done.

wow.. there is so much hate for this thing without even seeing what it could do.

What about a game like eternal darkness, but instead of the insanity meter, the game changes based on your pulse?

What about a shooter like Resident Evil, but your accuracy changes with your pulse?

What about a game where you are allowed some kind of special move when your pulse goes up a certain %, representing your increased adrenaline?

What about....?

They're just trying something new.. sheesh.

mikatron

@ShadowOdin finally got a copy of Suikoden III. Is upset wit...:
Nintendo Puu

ottothecat2008

I hate to be a negative nancy, and I think I might regret saying this but, I don't believe anything interesting can come of this device.

Ryodestined

@Emiat: In Japan, the N64 had a nearly identical peripheral. It clipped behind the player's ear and plugged in through a cord running to the N64 controller's expansion port. It was packaged with a version of Tetris that would adjust the game's difficulty according to your heart rate.

@LazyMan: successful =/= good, quality, worth anything, etc.

And I think we're all smart enough to figure out what a vitality sensor can do :/

@GauntFaceKiller: Seriously? Yes to all of the above. With everything you listed I can at least imagine why they thought it was a good idea. This thing is a joke.

@Pult|Ost - Dark Days Are Coming: it reminds me of MIND DRIVEN DEVICE!

deathscent

@Southrncomfortjm:

Funny thing is this Vitality sensor is probably more use than a 32x!

@Minister of Fun: I like the balance board for the sole purpose of Skate It.

@AxCrusnik: Hmmmm...the sad part is I would certainly buy that.

@Blah8: You can still use the nunchuk. You just need to get the new wiimote accessory splitter that turns the connector on the bottom of the wimote into two connectors! Only 19.99! (although you may want to hold out for the wiimote accessory splitter plus that will turn the connector into three connectors!)

AxCrusnik

@Lamak: then the wii remote will immediately announce how grotesquely fat you are and tell you to buy wii fit.

@492b2 3b5t5k4mk3 3ñx39: An Ocarina of Time remake perhaps? Hey, look! Your blood pressure is rising! Hey, look! It's rising more! Hey, look! Hey! Hey, look!

@Southrncomfortjm: nothing worse than a sega fanboy

siguysimon

@GauntFaceKiller: Uh, YES. This is the dumbest thing ever.

The consequences for horror games are interesting. Biofeedback given to, say, the AI Director in L4D could tell the Director "hey, this guy's heart rate is down - he's not scared enough" and thus cause the game to up the spooky effects/hurl more Horde at you.

Although for the most part it's a flop I agree.

blash

So we're supposed to hold one thing with a condom on it and stick our finger into a hole? Nintendo, please think of the children!

Gam3r

@ShadowOdin finally got a copy of Suikoden III. Is upset wit...: This is how I feel about this Wii peripheral, summed up nicely in this video.

+ Watch video

@GauntFaceKiller:
Yes, yes, yes, yes.. and yes.

This is the dumbest thing ever. They could so easily have made this actually really USEFUL for games such as Wii fit but the implementation is just horrid.

Worst thing ever.

..... wow, does nintendo think we will just buy anything these days? I thought we were all done with Wii junk, make the games!

otis123

Wii Bene Gesserit Gom Jabbar test confirmed.

Thermatico

This thing reminds me of the biofeedback system we have at my campus. Its use to help relieve stress and stuff.

animemecha

I just want a damn full body suit for the wii. With a headset with the video screen in it. Ultimate virtual reality!? one day :(

Spartan117x

Knowing Atlus they will use this in reverse, make the game go EXTRA hard on you if you find it easy. They could just skip to making it hard regardless of if you think it is easy though.

deuxhero

@GauntFaceKiller: It was close. I doubt it was anywhere near as cool.

The best part is that the Wii + that peripheral will still cost thousands of dollars LESS than PulseOX usually cost.

Nintendo doesn't want to smash Sony and Microsoft only... They want to smash the health industry while they're at it!

Jehuty

This is for all the Wii players in nursing homes. When someone flat-lines while playing they will know it is the next person's turn to play.

Yikes, the thing look creepy, like M$'s Milo. I wont put my finger into TAT thing

tingyu

That can work with some lie detecting software...guys who fool around don't say "yes" so soon when your wive ask you to play Wii together, ha ha ha.

jellyfish

@icanryme2002: Okay, so to play a game you gotta buy not one, but two peripherals?

I don't think so.

The vitality sensor is simply a bad idea. If it was wireless and ran on batteries, then at least you could use it during one of the many exercise games for the balance board - but you can't even do that.

It's a worthless prop and little more. While they are at it, why doesn't Nintendo give us a blood pressure cuff and an oxygen tank, that attaches to the Wii-mote, it would be just about as useful.

InvaderPhlegm

@Valnen: They did? Must have missed that little tid bit.

Oh yeah, relaxed does not equal sleeping.

Learn to english better.

@coolguyface: You sir, have a very small penis.

SEX_BISON

am i the only one who thought it funny that even they didn't have a tech demo for it? they cant even think of something un fun to do with it.

That is just a pulse oximeter. Gives you blood-oxygen level and pulse.

M0mer

It couls sense a new kind of immersion, istead of a rumble in Silent Hill 2 on the controller telling you your heartbeat, This can SENSE your real heart and use that in the game.
Also could be a new way of gauging "HardCore" players. 2 people may have the same K/D ratio, but if one kept his heartrate low during the whole thing and the other one was struggling to not die as much, it may show which is more badasser (yes I know, I made it up).

just a thought at least

Trauma Center, anyone?

This would be great for Wii Sex. The Wii Remote becomes a combination cardiometer/vibrator to help you stay healthy the fun way!

SENKOBEAN

Natal has no price, no release date, no real software, no real accomplishment. I liked the Natal video where everything worked peachy and the carefully programmed Milo video, but Natal has nothing to show for it yet. Neither does this silly Nintendo pulse reader, which puts them both on equal ground right now.

Despacio

Ahaha, how stupid. It sucks to be Nintendo when Microsoft has a product that will make your entire console irrelevant. And people claiming Natal is like the eye toy, think again. Its going to change the way games are approached, made, and played.

Wii Vitality Sensor, huh. The name seems kinda ambiguous. I think Nintendo are trying to sense the vitality of the Wii platform by seeing how well a seemingly totally useless peripheral performs in the market.

Namos

Not sure if it was mentioned, but this thing looks damn near identical to a typical pulse oximetry probe.

/why yes, I'm an ICU Nurse.

hypocaffeinemia

I'm sorry, this is dumb. Can't they concentrate on games rather than ridiculous peripherals?

@Bialia: Two words. Insider.

@Bialia: But then...then you'd stop loving me.

how do you achieve such great looking hands...?

behemoth79

another piece of crap

BlitzGrilo learned PK Starstorm

@Bialia: no shit.. i really lold hard when this was announced.

Damn it, Iwata! I'm a console, not a doctor!

This has Scientology written all over it.

Islandkiwi

@Demonbird:

Thank you. I thought the EXACT same thing. It's a pulse monitor for god's sake.

Maybe they're taking Dr. Mario to the next level...

Squirrelbot3000

This is so gimmicky that it's laughable. Seriously, what are you even going to use this for? This peripheral is limited solely to the "WiiFit"-type games, and while they pretended that the Wii Balance Board was going to be used with other more traditional games (just a handful have used it with very mixed results so far), at this point they're not even bothering to disguise it.

Also, I remember very clearly last E3 when Nintendo said they weren't going to make new peripherals for a while. What the hell happened to that "promise"? Or did the promise of more easy cash make you lose your scruples yet again, Nintendo?

Ugh, sorry if I sound fanboyish (I'm really not), but it's just that lately Nintendo has done nothing but pull my leg this generation.

RockyRan

Nintendo continues to try to improve us; but to what end?
First, hand-eye coordination. (Wiimote)
Second, body fitness. (Wii Fit)
Third, stress levels. (Whatever this contraption is named)
It looks like they are trying to make us into super solider fan boys. So, this is how the Nintendo revolution (or apocalypse) will start! I think Cobra Commander tried this once... So, I will not fall for in your diabolical plan this time, you fiend! Go Joe!

thomasonfa

@BoTheDestroyer: I agree.
This is stuuuuuupiiiiiiiiiiid.

@ShadowOdin finally got a copy of Suikoden III. Is upset wit...: God dammit, ShadowOdin, lay off the sauce!

Bialia

Is this like one of those things at Perkins where you put your finger in the latch and it tells you whether or not you're a stud muffin? Because if that's what Wii add-ons have come to, then they've already proven the most outrageous of critics to be right.

@LazyMan: Nintendo specifically said when they announced this that they want to make games that will put you to sleep.

Enough said.

@Brodka: Expanding on the survival horror, if it was procedural like L4D, it could monitor your heart rate, so that it could know the best timing to release a scare. or when to give you a break (anti-heart attack safety).

Cerabret100

It's funny how people are judging the damn thing when all they've been given so far is "here it is" type of news.

God, I just love the internet.

What happens if you put it on your pe- *ahem* never mind...

@Joghobs: And those things were successful no matter how much you hate it.

You don't even know what exactly the vitality sensor can do, all you know is that Nintendo is making it.

Nintendo continues to try to improve us. First, hand-eye coordination. Second, body fitness. Third, stress levels.

It looks like they are trying to make us into super solider fan boys. So this is how the revolution (or apocalypse) will start! Good move, Nintendo, good move...

thomasonfa

Looks pointless. I can't imagine this thing having a killer app for it...

So wheres motionplus again?

@kagebutsu: They're giving you two Mario games and a new Metroid game and Nintendo utterly betrayed you?

Sheesh, I don't wanna see how you feel if they stopped making games.

@GauntFaceKiller: It's amazing how history erases Nintendo's failures, right up until they release a new failure.

Compared to the Wii Wheel, I'd say this is their second weirdest peripheral.

(Note: I am a Nintendo fanboy, so no trolling here. I love Mario like a fat kid likes cake.)

@GauntFaceKiller: Ok the power glove is sweet.

meow-mixer

Only 2 games that I can see:

To Tell the Truth: The Video Game

or

24: The Video Game

...you have to pass a lie detector in 24 in order to continue with the game. At which point, it will then tell you to unhook the thing, plug the nunchuck in, and never use it again for the rest of the game.

@coolguyface: You just know somebody's gonna manage to get their dick stuck in there.

@Mark Oleski: NSMBW is a new game. It matches the visual style of its DS predecessor almost exactly, but all the levels in the video are new, and there are several new items and other gameplay features. It's a sequel, not a port.

MysteryPersonX

@EternalStar:
You forgot about the 2 seconds of Agent

@Cyrian: YOU WIN THE PRIZE

[en.wikipedia.org]

The Nintendo 64 Bio Sensor, as used in Tetris 64.

@pslong9: ONLY they are not that similar. Customizing levels does not a copy make.
And customized cars have been around for a long time.
Poor thing.

YOU ARE ALIVE

YEEEEEAHHHHH FUN TIME

manpersonguything

@ShadowOdin finally got a copy of Suikoden III. Is upset wit...: WHA-! HOW DID YOU-

Bialia

A crap showing by Nintendo all the way. Finger sensor? More Mario and no new IPs.

ez054098

Even though everyone is poo pooing this it could actually be pretty cool.

There is a whole field of Biofeedback that is most frequently used for stress therapies (among other things)... Some colleges have turned out low tech/complexity Biofeedback games with the goal to teach people how to relax. It isn't just pseudo-scientific googah, there is a lot of research into this stuff.

I remember reading about a very simple game where you race another player as dragons and the more relaxed you are able to get then the faster the dragon goes... kind of a trip when you think about it.

With some big money, the backing of a company like Nintendo the potential for more complex entertainment who knows where it could go? Could you 'image' a meditating monk's biodata and then try to mimic it in a game? Maybe the Kotaku crowd would be more interested in the biodata of Jenna Jameson as she works her way through a marathon of orgasms...

Dayvan Cowboy

@Aurongel:

And the world will be a better place because of that.

@pslong9:
It's okay, you can hate on Totally customizable mario kart/littlebig planet racer.

@TitillatedOcelot:
Haha, I bet you looked like The Rock doing the peoples eyebrow!

@Brodka:

Dumber than that Rob robot?

Dumber than the Virtual Boy?

Dumber than that Pokemon card reader thing?

Dumber than the early GBA's without a backlight?

Dumber than the power glove?

@Demonbird: Mod Nation Racers is basically a copy of TrackMania, which came out about 4 years ago. Hooray for lack of innovation!

pslong9

@Bialia: Glad to hear they arrive.

@EternalStar: I thought the same thing, but then I saw how we'd get to shoot poorly rendered orcs marching towards us, and I changed my mind completely

Didn't they already do this with tetris a while back?

Cyrian

@Demonbird: Seriously, don't give them funny ideas.

We don't need a WiiShit

This is quite obviously a response to all those wii's that have ended up in old folks homes.

Letiumtide

@Bialia: I'll just say what you want me to say.
"Yes they are simulating the fingering of a female's vagina"

@492b2 3b5t5k4mk3 3ñx39:

Wii Blood Test

Wii Hospital

Wii Diabetes

Look, I like Nintendo but this one is a little bit too much. Picking your nose in a game was never so accurate and precise!

@Blah8: what about using the wii fit for movement?

This will never be properly supported

Aurongel

Remember, kids, no wieners allowed. For that kind of action, you'll want the Nintendo Fleshlight.

sandwiches

users pulse is normal. response: send more zombies!
users pulse is racing. response: send more zombies!
user is terrified. response: send more zombies!

@Fontane: You mean you can't think of tons of awesome games you can play with one hand that wouldn't benefit from a pulse monitor?

Brodka

@skullkid:
I'd just about say Metroid Other M is a totally different beast.
I still say it feels like they had a new IP then slapped metroid on.

Finally, a game peripheral that will tell me if I'm dead in real life!

@Riktor: I'd just be concerned if they unveiled THAT..

@492b2 3b5t5k4mk3 3ñx39: Don't forget that you also basically lose the use of one of your hands while you "use" this thing.

Dumbest peripheral Nintendo has ever come up with, and that's saying something.

Brodka

@Minister of Fun: If it costs over 20 bucks on its own, then this product is done for me. I hope that Nintendo does have more to show soon. Speaking of which...

..Wii Motion Plus.

No zelda and a fucking finger attachment. FUCK YOU NINTENDO, I hope you have fun pleasing all of your soccer moms while you utterly betray the people who made your company what it is today.

kagebutsu

@Demonbird: totally different games, but undoubtedly the same franchise (it's a trilogy I'm told)and, fundementally, you can tell.

If Last Guardian is a new IP then Metroid: Other M is as well.

"This are Nintendo games" indeed, McWhertor. Trauma Center 3: YOU ARE THE PATIENT!

@Southrncomfortjm:Yeah, this is pretty lame.
"At the very least, it could make horror games more interesting."
Um, I guess. If there are any quality horror games out there that won't be making use of the Nunchuck, that is, considering how it takes up that port. If it didn't take up the Wii Remote's port, or at least allowed, like the Wii MotionPlus does, to still attach things on top of it, then I'd say it could be pretty cool. Too bad it doesn't... that was wasted potential there.

Blah8

Sigh. I am so giving up on you Nintendo. I've tried to keep the faith for too long. After this pretty weak E3, I'm just plain done. Oh sure, I'll dust off my Wii to play that Metroid game, and if you ever get around to releasing a new Zelda for it. But beyond that, you're just toying with me. Abusing my belief in you. And I'm through.

Jeff Weidner

can you imagine it, a wiimote with a motion plus, a nunchuk and a Vitality sensor? screw redsteel 2, now you have a controller long enough to be a sword.

@Antiterra: Wii Syringe. Also, the 12th installment of Trauma Center will require you to attend an actual hospital.

normalmode

WIIlford Brimley's DIABEETUS game confirmed!

@浴武士!!!! I'd like to start a manga like that: METROID OTHER M!!

Seriously, what more do you want??

They can claim all they want, it doesn't make it true.

ChandlerLachesis

From:
Nintendo

To:
People in the medical field and Oprah

Please continue to recommend our products to the elderly and lonely housewives.

Hrm. I never thought I'd be able to make vag jokes about the Wii, yet here we are . . .

@cfive3: Its been I think 3 years since I've played an adventure game from nintendo...maybe even longer, I regard Nintendo's adventure games to be some of the best....maybe i had my expectations too high this year...oh well i will wait another year

@billjrj:
There's nothing survival horror about rail shooters.

@Pult|Ost - Dark Days Are Coming: Woah awesome!

...I think I'd have been more excited if Nintendo had unvieled that instead!

I have seriously lost faith in Iwata today.

I don't know what this is, but is isn't video games.

@cfive3: i still want my zelda

kinganad

@death_to_midgets: hahaha i lol'd

kinganad

@EternalStar:
Mod Nation Racers. That game looks amazing.

@Accordion: Well, if you think about it, it's not really a new IP per se, SotC and ICO and this all take place in the same universe and at least SotC and ICO are somewhat related storywise.

Pyro Jack Frost

@Fontane: love your HHGTTG icon ;)

kinganad

@skullkid:
I'm not really sure you want to make the claim the this, shadow of the colossus, and Ico are the same thing, or not mostly separate entities.

@Antiterra: I think it's more than just the title. I mean, look at that image.

Certainly I'm not the only one who gets ... certain thoughts when looking at it.

@[twitter.com]: They have pills for people like you. I get emails all the time.

Bialia

next game! Wii-oxygen-level-in-blood. Really exciting. Right up there with thump print racing and wii-sweat.

Jultomten

Those hands have no soul.

how are you going to walk in a horror game without the nunchuck?

@Fontane: Have you considered the lie-detecting potential of the sensor?

What about a game based on Pinocchio in which you have to repeatedly lie to amass firewood?

Okay, that's a terrible idea.. but give them time!

@cfive3:
they gave you one new mario game, and then put a ds title on the wii

Mark Oleski

Such a weird idea...
I was expecting something else when he started talking about videogames and their difficulty. Why not just integrate the monitor into the strap? It's always touching your wrist anyway...

crabperson

@Michael Forsberg: Seriously, look at that last image. What the F is that about?!

Bialia

@Demonbird: You get a pass because I laughed out loud at your comment, but don't go giving them funny ideas... ;)

@492b2 3b5t5k4mk3 3ñx39: Miyamoto probably thought of one game in mind with this peripheral,

"Pull my finger"

Yes folks, it is true. (Probably?)

Nintendo Dong Cover, coming 2009.

KaneRobot

@ThisCharmingMan: Dammit, you beat me to it. Eternal Darkness 2 is going to be the only thing giving me hope that this is any more than another piece of junk.

What's odd is that they gave it such a buildup during the press conference, and then once they revealed it they never explained what the hell it could be used for. It would have made more sense if they showed it with Wii Fit Plus, but they didn't. My brain still hurts about this.

aperturius

@Riktor:
I mean used

I call bullshot!

Those hands have been airbrushed.

@Pult|Ost - Dark Days Are Coming:
all I can say is I wouldn't buy this product new.
everyone knows what every male gamer is going to try with it, can it detect my *****?

@Accordion: That's clearly part of the Ico series though, proving EternalStar's point!!

well, just remember to wear your wii-mote condom when you finger it's vitality sensor ;)

iNime

@Dtothewayneo: But we got a new Metroid, 2 Marios and Golden Sun for the DS.

And...this thing. As a whole I'm a happy camper.

@Michael Forsberg: Well they have succeeded at that a few times in the recent past. Nintendo may be weird, but they are not stupid.

It's interesting, I can think of a few ways to use it, but nothing that screams I'm willing to pay 20 bucks for it, but then I see no reason to buy a balance board. 18 million people see things differently.

@Lamak: That's what WiiFit is for, to get your flabby fingers in shape!

A friend told me about this and I thought he was joking. This is shameful, Nintendo.

TomSkylark

@浴武士!!!! I'd like to start a manga like that: Of course! It's not like they'd ever do something cool like give us two new mario games, or maybe a new Metroid. =P

cfive3

@Michael Forsberg: ZING!

When I read about this in the liveblog, I literally rubbed my eyes like in some old cartoon, and then reread what I just saw.

Lo and behold, this thing actually exists.
And it'll probably sell.

@Demonbird: I thought the same thing.

"What? I'm not ill, injured, shocked, or comatose, so why do I need this contraption?"

'Because we prescribed it.'

-Nintendo

Emergency: User Death Imminant *beep beep beep*

cfive3

@Bialia: nah its specifically designed to tell if the older gamers are having a heart attack and warn the nearest hospital by wii mail

death_to_midgets

@Sam Feinberg: They've legally renamed it to the WiiSpot.

gaijira

We've all been officially waggled and fingered by Nintendo now.

More gimmicks? Let's just change the Wii to the Gii...

Great, I get to finger it up while I"m playing with my Wii.

You'll never be satisfied, huh Nintendo?

In other news, top scientists at Nintendo laboratories believe they have made a major breakhthrough in their search for the elusive 'g-spot'.

Sam Feinberg

@Bialia: They should rig it so that it can deliver light electric shocks. Taking force-feedback to a whole new level.

Leanid

@Jump4816:
Actually, this.

+ Watch video

@Dtothewayneo:

pretty much, yea.

Srlsy, i mean. What game would you be able to play with it?

WiiSense?

You put your finger and wait for your pulse to appear, sounds like fun.

492b2 3b5t5k4mk3 3ñx39

Eternal Darkness 2 with this thing would be rad. Something tells me that this will get used for Wii Fit Plus 2 or something, rather than actual games.

@Fontane:
And of course, survival horror on the Wii are a dime a dozen. Well, they did show Resident Evil and Dead Space, but I fear those looked like rail shooters. Might be good, might not, so I'll withhold judgement for now on them for now.

billjrj

@Antiterra: *giggle*

The title is too funny!

@Lamak: Then you are doomed. Utterly doomed.

@Joghobs: The most successful useless Wii peripheral yet!

Leanid

@Southrncomfortjm: It's not just more junk! Imagine the possibilities! Wii: ICU! Wii surgery! The best part would be the multiplayer.

wox42

What a terrible fucking idea.

SEX_BISON

@EternalStar:

The Last Guardian is a new IP

what more could any self respecting gamer want?

Team ICO are Gods!!!!

@Pult|Ost - Dark Days Are Coming:

Ahh the taping game by sega. I wish that'd come here tbh.

Jump4816

Ok, now they're REALLY catering to old people.

Hopefully they release that Japanese ass poking game with this peripheral.

this is what you give us Nintendo instead of a proper adventure game?

its obviously not for anyone here :P

grimdeath9740

that image gave me a new idea of what to use that thing for...

I think I pulled a forehead muscle when this was announced. I've never had one eyebrow shoot up that much higher than the other! I hope my hairline is going to be all right...

You dirty, dirty man, McWhertor. Love the title! XD
@Lamak: Come on, be honest, it's not really a "fat finger" you're thinking of putting in there, is it?

I guess no one could have seen this coming. Sadly I would still pick one up just to see what it is about.

Emiat

Lie Detector Party!

What's next, the Wii Defibrillator?

Bialia

Does it come with lube?

coolguyface

God. I bet you guys are working at like... 88mph. O_O...

I wish I could snuggle with E3... *sigh* oh well... Back to Killzone 2...

That was the first (and only) thing I thought when I saw this was survival horror games. Can't imagine anything else that would actually be considered a game.

@Joghobs: and the Wii fit board...

@Ken: Grr... *Title

Ken

TBH I'm really disappointed in terms of NEW ideas coming from not only nintendo but with microsoft and sony really stepping up to the motion controlled plate it makes me sad. The games coming out of E3 look good but all of them are sequels no new IPs so far.

So, are they just walking around hospitals looking for ideas for new peripherals?

"What the hell is that!"

"Sir, that's a bed pan."

"hmmmm"

"..."

"Do they come in white?"

This is dumb.

Of course, I said the same thing when they first announced motion controls for the Wii.

McWhertor... tile... Ow... Ow... Ow...

*looks at picture*

... OW.

Ken

What if you have a fat finger?

Lamak

Nintendo - inventing ways to play you never knew you wanted.

Michael Forsberg

one of Dumbest things nintendo has ever made, and no zelda

Dtothewayneo

Hurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

BoTheDestroyer

Its just more junk that Nintendo wants you to buy. If only Sega could have convinced us to buy peripherals in such massive quantities they might still be making consoles.

It reminds me of that weird japanese finger box game.

After reading Dune I'd rather try to stay away from such boxes :)

michaelius

@Brodka:

You could clamp it to your Wii. Ow.

ChaoZ

Funny, I fell asleep during Nintendo's press conference and missed 3 things.

1) This.

2) Metriod Other M (sadface)

3) Super Mario Galaxy 2.

Oh well.. I did find it hilarious and amusing that Cammy Dunaway didn't smile AT ALL.

what next will nintendo make us put our fingers in to ?!

HeaveyMental

@grimdeath9740: Who IS it for, then?