NES Powerpad Fitness Game Eerily Resurrected On Wii

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