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this is the N64 bio sensor. you plug the cart into your controller, and clip the other end onto your ear. this tracks your heartrate and sends the information to whatever game you're playing with it
whatever game you're playing with it, by the way, is a fully-english japanese exclusive called Tetris 64. there isn't another game the nintendo 64 bio sensor works with. it was designed for, and packaged with, Tetris 64
Nintendo peripherals aimed at one and only one game that are actually regarded as pretty frikin good in the healthcare field seems to be a recurring topic. Other than this and the Pokewalker, do you know of any other examples?
There was a Wii Fit U step counter doohicker that had milestones like "Walked up Mount Everest" and "Walked around the whole gosh darn planet". It may have just been a Pokewalker made to match the aesthetics of the balance board instead of a pokeball though
Actually, speaking of, I think the balance board is probably the most widely distributed Nintendo healthcare hardware. Nothing else is immediately coming to mind though. I know Iwata was pretty big on the idea of healthcare peripherals/software, but Nintendo may have dropped that after he passed. Unless you count Ring Fit? But that kinda seems like a step away from the more holistic wellness thing they were doing before and more of a build muscle/burn calories thing
I am now remembering how iwata eventually confirmed the wii vitality sensor was cancelled because it "had narrower applications than anticipated"
I looked up how to get heartrate monitoring from a Garmin and it turns out there's a service called HypeRate that can do this. So, bringing back bio tetris is a possibility.
