For the European health concious out there – Walk with me! Do you know your walking routine? – the fitness aid for Nintendo DS is set for June 5th release in Europe, the Big N announced.
The exclusive Walk with me! lifestyle software has been developed to help its users include walking as a part of their fitness regime. Included are two specially designed ‘Activity Meters’ (aka pedometers) which measure the user’s daily steps one by one. All data is stored on these devices for seven days in which time you can upload it to your DS to monitor your improvements.
Videogamer has more features of Walk with me!
“Walk with me! Also offers a variety of mini-games designed to help motivate users to walk more. Players can use their collected steps to unlock trivia, create images and find out how much electrical energy their walking would have generated for the day.
Using the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection it will also be possible for users to compare their walking routine with people all over the world. There are two other great ways of bringing your walking routine to life and sharing the fun.”
The most interesting feature for me is the ability to compare your results with the rest of the world:
“You can post your own step data to combine it with users around the world and create a world step count. This is then used to plot a virtual walk across the solar system. The distance between planets has been calculated in steps and you will see graphically how you and other world users are doing on your journey through space.
Every Sunday the walking rankings for all users will be updated on a global scale with an interim ranking every day covering total steps, highest step count in the world and the previous week’s step count. Anyone who then updates their game will be able to view the world’s top ranked players and how far they have walked.”
Source: Videogamer
