The peripheral's development is currently pending until Nintendo has time for it

Jul 8, 2013 07:11 GMT  ·  By

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata shed some light on the mysterious Wii Vitality Sensor peripheral that had been revealed some time ago.

He confirmed that it was never released due to a lack of good applications and because it didn't always work.

Nintendo surprised quite a few fans a few years ago when it revealed the Vitality Sensor add-on for the Wii, which was a device that could measure the heartbeat of a player.

Sadly, the sensor was never actually launched on the market, as Nintendo president Satoru Iwata confirmed that there weren't a lot of good applications and because the peripheral had only a 90% success rate, meaning that for some gamers it failed to work or record anything.

As of right now, the sensor is in a "pending" state, according to an investor document posted by Nintendo.