Wii, DS get new self-improvement titles

By Ellie Gibson Published 16 March, 2009

Nutrition Matters! Mind Storm 2! Etc.

505 Games has unveiled a new range of self-improvement games for the Wii and DS titled Mind, Body & Soul.

The idea is for users to "improve their everyday lives while having fun along the way", because videogames aren't just about having fun in a bid to improve our everyday lives these days.

First up is Nutrition Matters, which lets you track how many calories you're consuming and burning off. You can set targets and use the database to plan meals. The Wii version lets you use the balance board as a set of digital scales.

For the DS there's Big World Puzzle Book. It's got 1000 levels of word-based "puzzle action", along with a help mode and multiplayer options.

And finally there's Mind Storm 2, also for the DS. It sounds a bit like Brain Training, you'll be amazed to learn. It's out in April along with Big World Puzzle Book. Nutrition Matters will follow in mid-May.

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About Ellie Gibson

Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

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Comments (11) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • Malek86 #1 3 years ago

    From 505 Games, I'd rather have something like Knights in the Nightmare. Didn't they publish Yggdra Union over here?

  • Eraysor #2 3 years ago

    Pretty soon it won't just be "puzzle action" but "HARDCORE NON-STOP PUZZLE ACTION" etc.

  • MyPointIs #3 3 years ago

    To truly help people they should make a 'How to stop playing self-improvement games for Dummies'.

    Coming to your DS on November 25th.

  • menage #4 3 years ago

    I don't even know why a gaming website would mention this crap. Sure it's on a console, but it ends there imo.
    Edited by 2 at 16/03/09 @ 10:42

  • aine #5 3 years ago

    Didn't they publish Yggdra Union over here?

    Yeah, but no one bought it. so, y'know. i can't blame them for trying to make a bit of cash

  • Malek86 #6 3 years ago

    aine: well, I bought it ;_;

    Between a Cooking Mama and stuff like this one, they could also be taking their time to publish some good stuff. Remember Gigawings? Well, as much as the PS2 port sucked anyway. Or Riviera for PSP? 505 have an history of publishing these sort of games no one wants (except me). But probably this business model couldn't last too long. Too bad. I guess it's up to importing now.

  • drumbaby #7 3 years ago

    When are they going to bring out a good old fashioned game-sim? A game that simulates playing a fucking game well enough for it to actually resemble a game?

  • Doctor_What #8 3 years ago

    505 released Pic Pic, so I don't ever need to buy another DS game ever again.

  • Weezer #9 3 years ago

    Shhh... listen...

    That's the sound of no-one caring.

  • UNSCmasterCHEF #10 3 years ago

    Seriously though why write about this stuff on a gaming site? No one who reads this site cares and no one who buys these games reads this site!

    Frankly thats the way I like it. Perhaps Ellie should sell this article to hello magazine where the readers might actually care.

  • MyPointIs #11 3 years ago

    Hey! I do care. Please don't stop writing this articles.

    I'm very interested is seeing what gaming has become.