Pokemon Heart Gold Box

Remember Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand? it had a photometric light sensor that measured UV. you had to play it outside to charge your weapon. it was a giant pain in the ass.

@TheArtofBalance Yeah, I tried the emulated version, but the patch to give you infinite sun didn't work, bah..

@TheArtofBalance well, the difference is Nintendo has had a few other toys over the years that were glorified step counters. IIRC the Pikachu key chain pet that came out during the Gen 1 era of Pokemon was pretty much a similar concept. Except now they are syncing with the step counter rather than just having them be seperate.

Also, we are at a point, where step counters are toys in boxes of cereal.

I am just going to hope, that this only _adds_ to the game play, rather than is _required_ for the gameplay.

@KatrinaTheLamia
nintemdo has had a lot of lame peripherals in the past. gloves, mats, card readers, and more recently the wii balance board. plus this new Vitality Sensor. anything to make a buck. I don't think the step counter is going to help move units, and I really hope it's not a required part of gameplay.

@EarthboundX
I had the same problem man, finally I just gave up.

I remember that Pikachu pet key chain. Mine is lost in the ocean of time ;-(

@TheArtofBalance well, I actually liked my e-card reader--it was a shame that it only worked in the original Game Boy Advanced. I mean, yes, the games were crap, but they really did not cost that much beyond what cards like that would usually cost--even without games.

It was also technically a _seperate_ company that screwed Nintendo over, when they decided, "hey, lets change the bar codes on the Pokemon cards FOR NO RAESIN!"

I am pretty sure Nintendo would not be stupid enough to hobble remakes of two of their most popular games in the Pokemon series to date. I mean, ever since they came out, every other Pokemon would be compared to the Gen 2 games (Gold, Silver and Crystal), pretty much right away.

I mean, I am almost certain that the step counter is optional. Even if it you require to use it, these things are often very easily fooled. Even then, it is _really_ hard to screw a step counter up. I mean, these things are now toys in cereal (given away for free), and Nintendo is known for producing quality hardware.... most of the time. I will give you that the Glove was pretty screwed up.

And again, I really have no idea how a step counter will sell the game--except as a way of saying, "Pokemon players are active players"--or something like that.

I do not think this will be nearly as much of a fail as Boktai: the Sun At Your Hand. I mean even Nintendo employees not that as being pretty failtastic.

thats pretty cool. I feel sorry for the poor chump whose gonna have their creative freedom stripped when making wallpapers for it. I rather enjoyed it.

wait, i don't understand... do you have to walk irl to walk in-game? :S

i might get a DS, just to play them pokemans!

@Nyland I have thought about doing the very same thing many a time.

@HighSimSim @Nyland I has pokemans... let me show you my pokemans ^.^

-=- @x3lectricHero not entirely sure... I'd like to think no. As the HG/SS ROMs have now been leaked, and people are having no issues not having the step counter.

@TheArtofBalance My favorite game on the GBA... It's too bad Boktai didn't catch on in NA.

I'm just gonna shake the step counter vigorously...

@goldenXfinger As would most would prolly do here