Not long after players fire up Gears 5 next month — assuming they go straight into the campaign and not the versus mode or the horde mode or the Escape mode — they’ll earn an achievement that nods knowingly to a well-worn gaming meme. That alone isn’t surprising, but the man behind the meme steered one of Xbox’s biggest competitors until recently.
Gears 5 went gold ahead of its September 6 launch. Alongside that milestone, developer The Coalition revealed the game’s achievements. The campaign’s first achievement is called “My Body is Ready” and it’s earned by completing boot camp (presumably the tutorial section). The phrase “my body is ready” was turned into Nintendo ex-president of North America Reggie Fils-Aime’s catchphrase after he said it live on-stage at E3 2007 during a Wii Fit presentation:
Source: Destructoid Gears 5 has an achievement that pays tribute to Nintendo ex-president Reggie Fils-Aime