gamified pedometers

I remember the old Pokemon Pikachu tamagotchi-like toy had a pedometer. It generated watts that you spent to make your pikachu happy.

For a second I thought this was going to be a test you give to someone before you let them near your kids. Carry on.

I don't think there's much of a market for new stand-alone pedometers anymore, with phones and smart watches doing the job much more accurately and conveniently these days.

If you want vintage ones, I really liked the digimon ones back in the day, and there's also the pocket pikachu or pokewalker that had some integrations with the mainline games. They're quite expensive now, though.

Looking around, I've found the most options searching for "pedometer virtual pet"

It seems like your best bet might be something vintage from like ebay or something. Most are really expensive though 🥲

It's very specific but I absolutely adored the pokewalker that pairs with heart gold or soul silver

You'd need a ds, dsi or a 3ds, a pokewalker (they're a bit expensive to get used now), and either a copy of heart gold or soul silver, or a jailbroken 3ds (it could maybe also work with a dsi, not sure) and any game that also supports infared communication

With a jailbroken 3Ds you can use a different (cheaper) game with infared ability in pass through- I've never done this before but want to with my old pokewalker now that I've lost my copy of soul silver

This is an incredibly niche way of filling your need, but I wanted to mention it since it's a great potential option (or an enormous headache for an ip you're not invested in lol)

I hope you find something that works wonderfully for you! I'll have to keep an eye on this thread. Now that I'm thinking about it I'd really love something like this too, and the bezos site doesn't seem to have anything 🥲