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wraggster
December 6th, 2012, 11:07
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/12/screen-shot-2012-12-05-at-12.12.39-pm-1354727987.png (http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/05/nintendo-wii-fit-u/)Buried amongst Nintendo America's (http://www.engadget.com/tag/nintendo/) amusing (and often silly) Direct presentation from today comes news of the next iteration of its popular lifestyle experience (http://www.engadget.com/tag/WiiFit/): Wii Fit U (http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/26/wii-u-launch-day-lineup/). Outside of a few brief screens and a very vague first half of 2013 release window, not much is known about the updated title save for one bit -- an included pedometer dubbed the Fit Meter. Functioning much like the Fitbit (http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/17/fitbit-one-fitbit-zip/), this additional peripheral will, presumably, be clipped to users' clothing, gathering movement data that will eventually be transferred to the Wii U console (http://www.engadget.com/wii-u-review/nintendo-wii-u-review/) for use in over 77 game-based activities. Health-tracking is fast becoming a crowded space (http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/13/jawbone-up-2012/), so it's no surprise the Big N would want to extend that plastic scale's functionality with some real-world info. We'll keep you updated on any further news as it's released. In th

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