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Atari's Family Trainer Is Wii Fit Meets NES Power Pad Meets DDR

Atari isn't going to let Nintendo hog all the video game fitness money, as evidenced by the announcement of Family Trainer for the Wii. It's pretty similar to Wii Fit in that people stand on it and do activities, but it doesn't weigh you and actually has pads for you to jump or step on. No price yet, but is there enough room in your house for both this and the Wii Fit? How many more photoshoots of Japanese people jumping around their living rooms are we going to get in this console generation? [Reg Hardware]

1:40 PM on Thu May 15 2008
By Jason Chen
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Hiphopopotamus at 01:46 PM on 05/15/08
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And like the Power Pad, you can totally kick ass at Long Jump by jumping off the pad and going 900000 ft
shamoononon has a... at 01:48 PM on 05/15/08
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What the hell id dad doing?
carmen loves sexist... at 01:48 PM on 05/15/08
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Until we see a naked asian jumping around on a pad or fit board.

But this seems to be a little better, seems to have more room to move around and stretch out.
carmen loves sexist... at 01:49 PM on 05/15/08
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@shamoononon: I think he's trying to tell his son where to go or something so he makes the move...like his kid can see him.
Jason Chen at 01:51 PM on 05/15/08
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@carmen89: Be careful what you ask for. ;)
carmen loves sexist... at 01:56 PM on 05/15/08
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@Jason Chen: DO IT DO IT DO IT just make sure she has the following

Long dark straight hair
big boobs (PERKY NOT SAGGY AND ODD SHAPED)
Tiny waist
Small hands (I DONT WANT HER HANDS LARGER THAN MY HEAD)
and she must be hairless in the right areas (INCLUDING LEGS)
Thank you Jason!

::waits patiently::
shamoononon has a... at 01:59 PM on 05/15/08
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@Jason Chen@carmen89: Be afraid... very afraid.

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ripfire at 01:59 PM on 05/15/08
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Ok. I don't see that pad vibrating nor kids riding a robot scooter. Make up your mind asians!
ripfire at 02:01 PM on 05/15/08
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@carmen89: "DO IT DO IT DO IT ..."

Umm. I dont' think 16 year olds would be appropriate.
carmen loves sexist... at 02:03 PM on 05/15/08
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@shamoononon: LMAO seriously!? wth is that for?
ripfire at 02:03 PM on 05/15/08
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@shamoononon: "What the hell id dad doing? " He's prepping up for the Hadoken!
shamoononon has a... at 02:03 PM on 05/15/08
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shamoononon has a... at 02:05 PM on 05/15/08
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@carmen89: LOL, okay, It's a Chen but with clothes on.
Monty at 02:06 PM on 05/15/08
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We had something similar for our kids on the Leap Frog system. For whatever reason, this sort of technology does nothing for me. Nor does the groin shot, shamoononon.
heero884 at 02:07 PM on 05/15/08
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@carmen89: @Jason Chen: @shamoononon: LOL.. oh gawd..
carmen loves sexist... at 02:08 PM on 05/15/08
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@shamoononon:
Looks like he has a boo boo on his middle finger....those pants seem so tight yet nothing to really grab onto..could be me
rainfever at 02:20 PM on 05/15/08
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So maybe its the racist in me speaking out, but doesn't that picture inaccurately depict the amount of living-room space the average class family has over there in asialand?
wolfenstein-3d at 02:25 PM on 05/15/08
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@shamoononon: shamoononon!!! seriously? seriously? what does tight pants dude with (as carmen says) a boo booed middle finger have to do with this super stereotypical asian family playing a wii?

Once they get wii sex edition down, i'll be first in line. There'll be an accelerometer taped to the midsection of the two people, and on the screen it'll be like rock band and ... ah fuck it never mind
GeekyNerdGuy at 02:26 PM on 05/15/08
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@rainfever: This is actually a themed restaurant where you go and pretend to play video games with a family.
Rabid Penguin at 02:28 PM on 05/15/08
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@rainfever: @GeekyNerdGuy: That's their entire house... the couch folds out into a bed.
oopl at 02:29 PM on 05/15/08
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Woohoo Power Pad! Atari should not price this higher than the Wii Fit though.
GeekyNerdGuy at 02:33 PM on 05/15/08
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@Rabid Penguin: No, the couch folds into the wall, and they sleep on rice mats on the floor ...
carmen loves sexist... at 02:35 PM on 05/15/08
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@rainfever: what are you talkig about?! that living room is almost as big as mine, in my apartment in Americaland. Of course they have such nice wood flooring and I have some darker wood flooring....nevermind nevermind i'm just jealous.
kahri at 02:36 PM on 05/15/08
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I wanna know how they got that screen to float over the parents' heads.
And dad's punching out his kids' 'recently replaced' imaginary friend.
Rabid Penguin at 02:40 PM on 05/15/08
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@GeekyNerdGuy:
That does make more sense... And I suppose the room looks bigger than it actually is because of the colors they chose, and because Asians are small - absit iniuria verbis :c)
GeekyNerdGuy at 02:46 PM on 05/15/08
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@Rabid Penguin: Well, it's a combo of their tininess and their master of feng shui ... ego te absolvo
LoganSix at 02:59 PM on 05/15/08
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@shamoononon: I believe it's the Cabbage Patch dance.
DeCerbo at 03:01 PM on 05/15/08
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@shamoononon:

charging up for a hadoken. the person on the pad's turn has been up for a while now, and he's gonna teach that greedy bastard a lesson they won't soon forget.
nutbastard at 03:03 PM on 05/15/08
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@GeekyNerdGuy:

that's probably it. novus ordo seclorum.
Rabid Penguin at 03:14 PM on 05/15/08
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@nutbastard:
Sorry... I didn't think I'd start a Latin epidemic. Pax tecum :c)
GeekyNerdGuy at 03:16 PM on 05/15/08
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@nutbastard: Of course, maybe we're just oversimplifying all this with archaic sterotypes -- cucullus non facit monachum
ANoel at 03:54 PM on 05/15/08
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Noli urinare contra ventum - Latinas ROCK!
Rabid Penguin at 05:19 PM on 05/15/08
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@ANoel: Noli velli Super Manus amiculum... okay... obviously I've run out of latin that I know...

Isn't Atari a French company though?
ANoel at 05:35 PM on 05/15/08
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@Rabid Penguin:
Pari passu - nihil sutoris!

I think you're right, Atari is owned in Europe and in the US by Infogrames in France.
GeekyNerdGuy at 05:46 PM on 05/15/08
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.@Rabid Penguin: @ANoel: I only know the phrases used in Shakespeare's plays
alycispi at 06:18 PM on 05/15/08
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i just hope its more than the wii fit.
wecanfreakit at 01:22 PM on 05/16/08
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i love the powerpad...its soooo baaaaddd.