Powerfully healthy pocket monster.

The Pokémon craze is still alive and well, but this time all those little monsters are fighting for a good cause.  Nintendo hopes to encourage children to get up and move with the new Pokémon release of Heart Gold and Soul Silver for the DS complete with Poké Walker pedometer.  The pedometer holds one Pokémon monster at a time, and as the player walks, extra currency called “watts” is gained.  The result: one powerful fighting monster and one healthy kid (or at least that’s the hope).

Due to all the additional hype from E3, Nintendo isn’t actively publicizing the Poké Walker.  However, check out this Joystiq article for some additiona details and screenshots.  Kudos again to Nintendo for yet another innovation to keep kids physically active.