Sonic's New Arcade Game makes you fit.

Well along with Iphone games, apparently Sega's been working on an arcade Sonic game that's connected to a treadmill to make you run. Sort of taking a piece from his summer Olympic compilation with Mario.

http://www.screwattack.com/news/sonic-getting-new-arcade-game-and-it-will-require-little-leg-work

Damnit Sonic stop making us do things that are good for us like exercise. It's bad enough my 3DS encourages me to walk with it and meet people for street passes. lol

When you are in the country in the middle of nowhere, StreetPass isn't even an option anymore.

/sadme 

Why does Sega spend so much effort on weird arcade stuff like this? *flashback to Sega Toylet* I mean, kudos to them for being adventurous and health-conscious and all, but is this really necessary? C'mon, the funding from this could've covered the entire budget for the next Mario/Sonic Olympics crossover. On iOS. Or something.

Why does Sega spend so much effort on weird arcade stuff like this?-SpikyBlueHero-

[QUOTE="-SpikyBlueHero-"]Why does Sega spend so much effort on weird arcade stuff like this?sonicphc

Arcade stuffs, I get. But 8-player exergames and interactive urinals? I'd love to see how much cold hard profit they gain from ventures like those. Especially since the Sonic Athletics setup will most likely remain an exclusive novelty to that one location, and as far as I know the Toylets have only been sold to a few places. (Full-featured ones are a cool $2000+. Very enticing.)

And can't forget about R&D costs.

But whatever. Next time Sega posts mammoth financial losses, we know what to blame. /sarcasm :P

Actually that makes a lot of sense now that you mention it. I was curious and did a little research myself just now, and it would seem that the Japanese arcade scene is indeed still in decline from what I could gather from the few current sources I could find, particularly thanks to the mobile boom. Guess I better fly out to Japan soon before all of the arcades vanish into thin air, huh? :P

Otherwise I wouldn't have been able to edit this and point out what an idiot he is for not disclaiming that he knows very little about the actual state of the Japanese arcade industry and Sega's profits save for a little research he did two years ago for a class.sonicphc

Learning is fun. :D

Universities should offer a "Japanese Arcade Research Specialist" degree or something. Seems to be a popular topic of interest around here. :P

True. Many degrees universities offer nowadays have been irrelevant for years. But if there's money to be made, why argue their practicality. :P

Also:

C'mon, the funding from this could've covered the entire budget for the next Mario/Sonic Olympics crossover.-SpikyBlueHero-

*watches Nintendo Direct*

*proceeds to liberally cover mouth with duct tape*

Here's some video footage of the game in action.

http://www.sonicstadium.org/2013/05/sonic-athletics-footage-surfaces-online/