Get Fit with Pokemon [with pedometer of sorts]

**Shrygue** · June 8th, 2009, 20:15

via IGN

Nintendo is remaking Pokemon Gold and Silver into Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver. We've known this much since last month.

But what no one knew about until now is the little special extra Nintendo is preparing for the title. In Japan, each copy of Heart Gold and Soul Silver will come bundled with a PokeWalker, a pedometer that looks like a Pokeball.

You can transfer a single Pokemon from Heart Gold and Soul Silver into this device, carrying your little friend with you when you go out. As you walk, the internal Pokemon gains experience and grows happier.

Additionally, the PokeWalker converts your steps into watts, a currency that can be used to catch wild Pokemon and shop for tools. These can then be sent back into Heart Gold and Soul Silver.

Nintendo hasn't shared pricing for Heart Gold and Soul Silver in Japan, so we're not sure if there will be an extra charge for the included hardware.

Currently, this bundle deal applies only to Japan, although we imagine Nintendo would keep such a deal intact when bringing Heart Gold and Soul Silver to the rest of the world.

In addition to this news, we've managed to get our hands on first official media for the remakes. Check out our media gallery for art of the game's selectable male and female characters; the first three Pokemon, Chikorita, Cyndaquil and Totodile; and two Legendary Pokemon, Ho-oh and Lugia. We also have a few screens from early in the game.

Heart Gold and Soul Silver hit Japan this Fall.

**Qmark** · June 8th, 2009, 20:24

So, um, what's to keep me from taping the the pokewalker to a paint mixer?

**wiggy fuzz** · June 8th, 2009, 20:35

i knew this'd happen. it was in pokemon diamond/pearl, and i knew nintendo will try and make exersise out of it. i just got my brother to run in circles for me in the game.

**User Name** · June 8th, 2009, 20:54

You can run around and get you pokemons up to level 100 without a single battle thats so cheap I mean really like what if Dragon Quest Monsters people did that it's no fun and nintendo says video games are not responsible for obesse then why did they keep making this crap?

**bobdotexe** · June 10th, 2009, 17:07

wow there going all out with this new pokemon game,
the "pedometer" is actually a remake of
the Pikachu2 GS (gold/silver)
(see here)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Pikachu

A virtual pet you could take care of, and you could connect it to your pkmn gold/silver game!

this new version looks a lot better!