Nintendo encourages healthy eating with DS Lite Magnet Stand

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Via joystiq

That's right. And the DS Lite is set to be reborn as a kitchen aid-$#@!-refrigerator ornament. To coincide with NCL's latest edutainment venture -- which is in essence a sequel to Shaberu! Oryouri Navi* -- the DS Lite Magnet Stand (as in, a stand which contains a magnet, and can thereby stand attached to a fridge door) will be released in Japan next week at ¥1200 (about US$10).

Presumably, this is to facilitate easy consultation when Japanese housewives are working their kitchen magic with the help of Kenkou Ouen Recipe 1000 DS Kondate Zenshuu (or, as we'd put it, "The Complete 1000-Recipe Healthy Eating Guide"). Or perhaps it's been designed to distract the portly gamer from reaching for so many refreshments. Either way, it's for the good of your body. And your body is your temple. Keep it clean. Over.

*More e-book than game, Shaberu! Oryouri Navi (which we'd translate as "Audio Cooking Guide") compiles more than 200 popular recipes and guides users through the whole process of making grub. It was, in fact, released in Japan in July of this year and continues to sell steadily.

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[The Tjalian]

Haha, that's awesome!

I'm surprised magnets don't kill the DS, actually.

[kcajblue]

i wont trust my that magnet with my DS Lite. :P

[Jeremysr]

I think magnets only kill hard disks and floppy disks. I don't think anything in the DS is magnetized.

[Video_freak]

I think magnets only kill hard disks and floppy disks. I don't think anything in the DS is magnetized.

I think he meant that he was afraid of the DS falling...

[TeenDev]

ya im with kcajblue on this one (something i thought i'd never say: lol) if my DS broke on that magnet i'd sue.

[PeterFile]

You do realise that there's a magnet inside the DS, so that when you close the lid it goes into sleep mode...better not use your DS - it might break it!