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{{Short description|Nintendo Entertainment System accessory}}
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[[Image:NES-power-pad.jpg|right|thumb|The Power Pad, Side A]]
[[File:Nintendo Power Pad.png|right|thumb|The Power Pad, Side B]]
The '''Power Pad''' (known in [[Japan]] as '''Family Trainer''', and in [[Europe]] and briefly in the [[United States]] as '''Family Fun Fitness''') is a floor mat game controller for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]. It is a gray mat with twelve pressure-sensors embedded between two layers of flexible plastic. It was originally developed by [[Bandai]].

Bandai first released the accessory in 1986 as the ''Family Trainer'' pack for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System#The Nintendo Family Computer|Famicom]] in Japan, and later released in the United States. Nintendo released it in 1988 as the Power Pad,<ref>Bogost, Ian (2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20110626154556/https://www.exergamefitness.com/pdf/The%20Rhetoric%20of%20Exergaming.pdf The Rhetoric of Exergaming]. [[Georgia Institute of Technology]]. Retrieved on 8 August 2009.</ref> along with the game ''[[Stadium Events|World Class Track Meet]]'', which was a rebranding of an earlier game.