New Nintendo Patent Hints at Wii Health Pack?
“A wireless controller for a video game console is disclosed and includes a main body including a measurement unit including a control circuit including a first amplification circuit, a control IC, a second amplification circuit, an ADC, a display circuit, and pins for setting, a top recess, a display, two first measurement devices adapted to contact the fingers as the hand holding the main body for measuring pulse and body temperature of a user playing a video game on the video game console, and a rotation counter for counting the number of rotations of the main body; a control unit mounted in the recess; a band including two second measurement devices for measuring blood pressure and pulse respectively by wrapping the band around the wrist; and a cable interconnecting the main body and the band.”
A long time ago, Nintendo mentioned a game called “Wii Health Pack”, but most have said that was just a placeholder for the eventual Wii Fit moniker we see today. So does this new patent refer to a future Wii Fit expansion? Or does it refer to a different game entirely?
