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Could be Vitality Sensor software?

Siliconera has uncovered a Nintendo trademark filing in Europe for "WiiRelax".

The site speculates that the title might apply to software for the Wii Vitality Sensor, the pulse-measuring peripheral that president Satoru Iwata revealed at Nintendo's E3 press conference last summer. Seems a reasonable supposition.

An Italian developer called Pub Company also announced a product called Wii Relax back in April this year, but no mention has been made of this recently and its website has disappeared.

According to Nintendo of America's president Reggie Fils-Aime, we'll find out more about the Vitality Sensor at E3 2010.

About Wii Vitality Sensor
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- Release date 2011
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- Developer Nintendo
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LHH #1 2 years ago

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So what use is this peripheral again? Aside from letting you know when your grandad has died playing wii fit
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Xerx3s #2 2 years ago

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Just curious, what is the point of trademarking "WiiRelax"? Surely it is already covered by the trademark on "Wii"?
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KDR_11k #3 2 years ago

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Maybe to be sure the courts will agree?
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Mkwone #4 2 years ago

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Why not just call it Wiilax people with stutters and stammers are goign to have a torid time trying to pronounce it.
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SG #5 2 years ago

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Obviously it's the next Zelda/Metroid/Pikmin.
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canIdoyabombsforya #6 2 years ago

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"While searching the European trademark database"

What a fucked up job a week before xmas.
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Canyarion #7 2 years ago

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Wiilax, take it easy!
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penhalion #8 2 years ago

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Could be. I'm willing to stake pocket change that it IS the vitality sensor software. It's going to be about heart rate exercises to calm and relax the individual, with some simple colour or/and sound games thrown in.
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sickpuppysoftware #9 2 years ago

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Very casual gaming?
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CallousB #10 2 years ago

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Seems fairly obvious it's the vitality sensor software.

It could do big business IMO.....especially when you look at how well all these self helf/ relaxation/stop smoking books and CD's do. Having some feedback to know how deeply you are relaxed/in a trance state could be very appealing for those who are into that sort of thing.

If I was Ubisoft I'd be siging up Paul Mckenna a.s.a.p and doing Wii vitalitiy sensor enabled "game" versions of all his cd's/books.
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telboy007 #11 2 years ago

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Sounds like something with a happy finish at the end. O_o
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Windypops #12 2 years ago

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It's the new peripheral required to play Nintendo's forthcoming Wii Sleep. It accurately simulates the thrills and spills of a good kip. Players are encouraged to lie down in front of their televisions for the full experience, though it works just as well if you tilt the wiimote slightly.
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LHH #13 2 years ago

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It's an online emergency cord, like the red cord you get in old peoples homes. Ninty will have a central server so that when your vitals drop it can alert the next of kin with an automated text message.
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electrolite #14 2 years ago

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My money's on something to do with Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Heart-rate being measured, exciting new uses for the Wii Remote, relax don't do it.....
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Poorandugly #15 2 years ago

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@electrolite

Wii is a family console, surely? Although I now have a picture in my mind I cannot shake.
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Stu #16 2 years ago

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Is it to help you relax when you Wii?
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