NEWS FEEDNES Powerpad Fitness Game Eerily Resurrected On Wii
03.06.08
On May 29th you can take a step back in time nearly 20 years and pay full price for it at the same time.
“Back in the summer of 1986, Bandai released a fitness game titled Family Trainer: Athletic World on the 8-bit Famicom which shipped with a flimsy mat controller. The idea was to get kids off the couch and in motion with simple mini-games that were played by stepping on the circular cues located on top of the mat. Sales were mediocre and Bandai eventually abandoned hopes of starting a video game fitness craze.”
Then:
Now:
The more things change, the more things stay the same?
Via NCSX
