Bayer Working on Blood Glucose Meter for the DS

Arkhangelsk

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I seriously think that Nintendo is just fishing for money in a sea full of idiots with big wallets. They have no dignity left, so instead of making real game play innovation like in the olden days they're just selling cheap peripherals to keep the money flowing. They aren't appealing to the audience, they're appealing to themselves. What happened to the 90's when they created some of the greatest Nintendo games in history? Has all that gone away? They have stopped creating real games and are using the consoles as medical equipment. This sounds a bit hateful, but Nintendo seems more and more like sellouts to me. I'm even ashamed to own a Wii. Please, Nintendo, take a risk to lose your pool of money that you swim in and create some real games. Let SEGA take over and make some violent games that everyone can enjoy. I thought it was low to keep creating cheap remakes of old games and release games that are basically copies of old ones, but this? It just seems like they're in it for the money. Hopefully they're building up for a crescendo, so that when they have an ocean of money, they'll invest in making the best games ever, like a good 3D Sonic game, or the world's best sandbox Mario game.
 

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Why the hell are people blaming Nintendo for Bayer's actions? This is a third party accessory made by a pharma company.

The whole point of it is that diabetic children don't like measuring their blood sugar so this thing ties the measuring into a game to encourage children to do the testing regularly. It's like sugar coating medicine, the point is to make it more palatable to children, not to be some new input device for games or anything. Yes, they can get a regular tester device if they are going to be diligent with it but this is for children who aren't.

Why the hell are people here so negative about it? If you're not the parent of a diabetic child this isn't aimed at you anyway. Yes, that may be a small market but I think pharma companies know enough about markets like that to determine profitability.
 

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EAT IT, VITALITY SENSOR!

Pendragon9 said:
Really, Nintendo?! You're going to approve this?

Have some decency, you greedy little money grubbers.
Nintendo wouldn't make any money off this, and did you not read the part where 10% of sales would go to Diabetes research?
 

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I approve of this. Young diabetic kids need to watch their blood glucose levels like a hawk, if they don't then bad things happen. Very few schools keep glucose meters, and it's just better if the kid has one - unfortunately, as I remember from having removable braces as a kid, it's damnably easy to lose fiddly medical things like that. They're just not part of your world as a kid.

By making this into an attachment for the Nintendo DS, it makes it part of the kid's world. Even if the shovelware games aren't that good and they only play them a few times, provided the attachment stays in Port 2, they now have entertainment and their most important medical device nearby at all times. Still gonna have to remind them to take it every morning, but it's much easier with a DS than a regular glucose meter.

For all you naysayers... you don't understand diabetes and its effect on kids. Furthermore, THIS IS NOT MANUFACTURED BY NINTENDO, so everyone making comments about Nintendo and Mario are horribly off-kilter. As is everyone screaming about "profit" - this is a MEDICAL DEVICE! Seriously, get a grip.

Leathersoup said:
Why does it have it's own display? That's a horrible design. It should use the Nintendo DS to display the information. That way it could simply be flush with the DS, and allow you to insert the strips etc into the cartridge. This will get lost just as quickly as any other blood meter.
Only smart negative comment so far. Yes, it's not a great design. It's still better than nothing.
 

Kiutu

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I am begining to think Nintendo should not be allowed in game stores/sections anymore.
 

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Hey if it means I can check my blood sugar and play games at the same time, I'll buy it.

I have diabetes.
 

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KDR_11k said:
Exactly. You beat me to it. But you forget that any Nintendo news is an excuse to complain about Nintendo. Didn't you read the Zelda article? Or just about every other one? Anyway, this is a good thing.

bernthalbob616 said:
Hey if it means I can check my blood sugar and play games at the same time, I'll buy it.

I have diabetes.
Case in point.

TheTygerfire said:
EAT IT, VITALITY SENSOR!
Meh, the difference is I could see the vitality sensor being possible for gaming and certain genres, this is just something that's good for the target audience in general, but not gaming.
 

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Psychosocial said:
Who the fuck buys that shit?

It's gonna flop.
For the iPhone/iPod touch, it seems a good idea. w/ software you can log it and stuff.
 

nova18

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Im willing to bet that Nintendo wont release another console after the Wii/DS.
Their just going to open up a hospital and charge kids to play with the syringes and X-ray machines.
 

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Okay, diabetics need to keep a tab on their Blood Glucose levels. But surely this is meant for more than Diabetics. I know Diabetes is a growing problem in the world, but I think this is somewhat silly. According to NetDoctor.co.uk there are currently 2.3 million Diabetes sufferers in the UK today. The question is, how many of those play DS? How many are even children? I couldn't actually find statistics on child sufferers but many of these could be adults with type 2 Diabetes. I really don't know that facts but I'm not sure this will sell well.

I assume it's for more than Diabetics simply because Nintendo can't be hoping to make a profit on games based around this peripheral only on a Diabetic market, it's just too specific. It would be shooting themselves in the foot. I'm not ripping on Diabetics here, I understand that it can be a devastating illness and can take a lot of time and energy to deal with, but is releasing a peripheral really the best way to deal with this?

The thought process seems to be a little linear here,Diabetic Kids>Trouble checking Glucose levels>Kids like games>release a peripheral. These games don't seem to be linked to the disease at all, Would it not be better to educate a person on why they need to check their levels? It's all well and good making it fun but there's a serious side that needs to be addressed too.

Correct me if I'm wrong, and I probably am, but don't you need to draw blood to check your levels? To be honest, if that's the case with all machines of this nature, is it really okay to leave a young child to do this? They have to learn sometime of course, but will they understand the reading when they're quite young? Will they be able to draw blood every time?

With this one, I'm hoping someone out there a little better educated on the matter than me will be able to reply and correct any mistakes I've made here, I'm just bringin up some points that came to mind so if anyone knows better, I implore you, share the knowledge.
 

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KDR_11k said:
Why the hell are people blaming Nintendo for Bayer's actions? This is a third party accessory made by a pharma company.

Why the hell are people here so negative about it? If you're not the parent of a diabetic child this isn't aimed at you anyway. Yes, that may be a small market but I think pharma companies know enough about markets like that to determine profitability.
People here will take any and every chance they have to take potshots at Nintendo. It's nuts.

Honestly, this seems like a good idea for its target users--kids with diabetes, who need to check their blood sugar every day and need something tangible to get them to remember to watch their sugar intake and keep their blood sugar levels at the right place.
 

Icecoldcynic

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What kind of idiot diabetic loses his meter? I've never lost mine and i've had type 1 diabetes since i was 6!