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Bandai Pedometer Includes A Samurai Adventure To Encourage Gamers To Exercise

If you can only do one of two things today, which one would you rather engage in, a jog around the park or a handheld video game?   Count me in for the video game crowd – all while downing some chips and a soda at that.  For folks like us, Bandai is hoping they have a solution – a pedometer/calorie counter that integrates a game with your calorie burning.
Who are we kidding?  A pedometer that uses the distances we travel as input for an integrated game won’t exactly make us want to exercise.  Unless the game is good and has a compelling storyline, that is.  Now, does it?
According to the press release (which I don’t understand since it’s in Japanese), the pedometer casts the lazy exerciser as a 16th century Samurai with his eyes intent on taking control of Japan.  You can choose any of three famous daimyo characters [...]