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The Vitality Sensor was never a game changer. I know plenty in the Peanut Gallery were calling this out as the Next Big Thing for the Wii that would "explode" sales once again, but it just doesn't have the same mass appeal as Wii Fit and the Balance Board.

I think it could still have a future, but probably not in the same form that was displayed in 2009. It could possibly be integrated into the general controls for the successor to the Wii.

Other possible scenario is we end up seeing it debut with a Nintendo game that requires the peripheral and it ends up being something more like the Wii Zapper or microphone than the Balance Board. If support is limited to a game or two, or even a small handful of games, it won't have big impact overall.