Customer Ratings & Reviews

I bought it and I have received it and I hope I will love it when I start using it.

I bought this with the intention of getting healthier (not that I thought I'd be dropping pounds left and right). The pedometer is an eyesore - big and bright white. I've knocked it off myself more than a few times, so I've learned to clip it to my pocket with the pedometer on the inside. The game itself isn't too bad. I really love the challenges that are given and if you make your allotted number of steps you get a check for that day. I was a bit upset when I inputted my weight, as the scale went up, the woman got bigger, sadder and the scale would bend. Yeah, I'm overweight - I don't need to think of myself as breaking the scale and being sad about it. After about three weeks in the game says that there was a corruption in the file and it was restarting itself. That was really upsetting. I bought it to keep track of what was going on... Also, the food input could have been by calories (as another reviewer suggested) rather than a drag and drop - since it's not the most accurate. All in all, it's a good concept, but I think it needs some tweaking!

I love the way it keeps a record of your steps taken, but the game could improve in several ways. If you accidentally add a food item, there is no way to remove it. Also, you have to record everything before midnight. You cannot sit down at 12:15 AM and add things to the day that just ended. Also, I do not like the food choices they use. I would much rather have them use calories and let us input our calories instead of choosing food items. But it is a good way to keep you on track with exercising.

TO START PUTTING THE CLIP ON THE PEDOMETER IS VERY HARD TO DO I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BREAK IT TO START OFF..... I DIDN'T BUT I DID BRAKE THREE OF MY NAILS AND IT WAS FRUSTRATING.... 2- THIS PEDOMETER IS SO LARGE IT STICKS OUT LIKE A GROWTH UNBELIEVABLE. WHILE DOING THINGS WHILE HAVING IT ON IT IS ALWAYS BANGING INTO THINGS. 3- IF YOU DO NOT HAVE IT IN THE RIGHT PLACE IT WILL NOT COUNT YOUR STEPS CORRECTLY OR AT ALL AND SOMETIMES IT COUNTS YOUR STEPS DOUBLE OR TRIPLE..... ONE DAY I WALKED ALL DAY AND KEEP CHECKING ALL WAS DOING WELL AND WHEN I BANGED INTO SOMETHING IT AUTOMATICALLY ERASED ALL THE STEPS SINCE THE RESET BUTTON IS RIGHT UP FRONT... 4- THE GAMES ARE JUST STUPID SORRY I HATE THAT WORD BUT THEY ARE HOW OR WHY WOULD YOU GIVE MILE POINTS THAT YOU HAVE WALKED FOR HAVING A CUP OF TEA?????????????????????? OK SPOCK YOU CAN BEEM ME UP NOW.................. I AM NOT EVEN GOING ANY FURTHER ON THAT 5- I AGREE WITH ROAR FROM DETROIT ABOVE WHO SAYS "The game gives you bonuses if you meet certain goals during the day. The bonuses are given as "distance". What that means is that they add miles to your total amount walked with the pedometer to give you an even higher distance number. I ended up with 15.4 miles yesterday even though with the pedometer I only actually walked 4.3! Seems there should have been something else they could have done with the "bonuses" instead of making it look like you walked a heck of a lot more than you actually did." 6- NOW ADDING THE FOOD TO THIS WEIGHT LOSS COACH IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY DON'T EVEN MAKE A MISTAKE THERE IS NO ERASER ONCE YOU ADDED IT WELL IT'S A DONE THING I PERSONALLY RETURNED THIS ITEM SO IT COULD BE RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURE BECAUSE OF ALL OF ITS FLAWS ON NOT WORKING CORRECTLY IT DID NOT WORK AS IT STATES IN ITS OWN LOVELY REVIEW

At first I thought this was a great product even though the pedometer was bulky, but after about a week or two I noticed that I kept losing or dropping the pedometer and that the pedometer was not counting all the steps. I was using it when I used the wii fit, but it did not record all the steps that wii fit stated I did. a few times I would have a large step count and then lose it all when the pedometer dropped/fell. also the food counting was a joke. this needs to be updated with all foods and not just some food.

I think this is a cute game but if you are serious about losing weight i dont think that this would be for you. I like this game you have a stick figure companion to help you keep track but in my busy life with work and finishing my degree its hard to take the time out everyday to put the pedometer on and keep track of everthing everyday. Once you start you are expected to keep up with it everyday just like with brain age and some of those other things that help. Anyway if you are serious about weight loss its a lifestyle change with eating healthy and exercising regularly.

I guess I had higher expectations for this "game" when I first read about it. The pedometer included is massive and if you don't want people to see it, good luck concealing it. Seems to me Ubisoft could have made a smaller pedometer to use with the DS. The clip on the pedometer is awkward, too. Unless you are wearing something made of very thin material, it is a struggle to clip onto your clothes. The game itself is a bit of a mystery to me still. I've used it everyday since I bought it and while it does have some good tips, I don't think some of the things it estimates for you are very accurate. There is a feature where you tell it what you ate for the day and it calculates whether your activity level for the day was in balance with your food intake. Nice idea, but the food choices are limited and the calorie estimates don't seem to match very closely with the actual food. The game gives you bonuses if you meet certain goals during the day. The bonuses are given as "distance". What that means is that they add miles to your total amount walked with the pedometer to give you an even higher distance number. I ended up with 15.4 miles yesterday even though with the pedometer I only actually walked 4.3! Seems there should have been something else they could have done with the "bonuses" instead of making it look like you walked a heck of a lot more than you actually did. I plan to keep using this for a while longer, but overall, it is a bit of a disappointment (especially for $40).

Don't waste your money on this product. I love other DS games and thought this might be the thing I needed to get exercising. Opened the game kit and found pedometer wouldn't go together. Contacted Nintendo and they told me it was a subcontractor and they could do nothing for me. Contacted the company who made it and received an auto response saying they would reply (3 times I did this), yet after a month, still waiting for a reply. I finally gave up and threw the entire thing away. Definitely a lot of hype on this product. I wasted $30 (plus tax/shipping) and got nothing in return but more junk in the landfill.

Have been using this product for about 2 weeks. I am finding the software to be very helpful and motivating.

You only get 2, male or female. So once you put in our personal file the work and games start to keep you motivated. Once you add the pedometer and walk everywhere. I mean everywhere, the count goes up. The more steps the better you feel to complete each day. I got it on my birthday, it's my best friend on losing the extra pounds.