Active Life Outdoor Challenge | 
| From: Namco
Buy New: $60.36
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Rating:  63 reviews
Sales Rank: 2
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Genre: adventure_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0 x 0.1
MPN: 80006
Model: 80006
UPC: 722674800068
EAN: 0722674800068
ASIN: B0013LTP5Q
Release Date: September 9, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Get Active – A fun and easy way to get off the couch and get hearts pumping! | | • | Gameplay Variety – Play over a dozen fast-paced games, alone or with friends, in energetic events that gets players’ whole bodies into the action. | | • | Tremendous Replay Value – Over a dozen games, each with multiple levels of play: river rafting, mine-cart adventure, log jumping, see-saw, jump rope, water trampoline, plus many more! | | • | Mii Support – Play as your Mii from the very beginning | | • | The Active Life Mat – The specially-designed mat is bundled with the game so you can jump straight into the action! |
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Product Description
Outdoor Challenge offers a variety of fast-paced games that engages your whole body for a fun and challenging experience. Using the specially-designed mat and the Wii Remote, you compete in over a dozen single and multi-player events like river rafting, mine-cart adventure, log jumping, and more.
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Jump into the fun with Active Life Outdoor Challenge. The first of many planned titles in the new Active Life series, Outdoor Challenge offers a variety of fast-paced, heart-pumping games that will engage your whole body for a fun and challenging experience.Using the specially-designed eight pad Active Life mat and the Wii Remote, players get totally physical as they compete in over a dozen single and multi-player challenges like river rafting, mine-cart adventure, log jumping, and more. Simple controls and intuitive actions make these games easy to pick up and play right out of the box and in the process will get you and your whole family off the couch and into the game in no time.Game Features:- The Active Life Mat - A fun and easy way to get off the couch and get hearts pumping.
- Gameplay Variety - Play over a dozen fast-paced games, alone or with friends,in energetic events that gets players' whole bodies into the action.
- Intuitive Gameplay - Simple controls allow for quick pick up and play. Great for parties.
- Play Together - With both competitive and co-operative challenges.
- Track Character's Fitness Progress - See your character's body change according to how you play.
- Tremendous Replay Value - Over a dozen games, each with multiple levels of play: river rafting, mine-cart adventure, log jumping, see-saw, jump rope, water trampoline, plus many more.
- Other Features - Includes training mode to work different body parts and synchronization gauge to check the level of team work in cooperative play.
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Enjoy challenges on the land.
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And on the water.
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Battle friends in multiplayer action.
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Or team up in co-op play.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 58 more reviews...
 Good Cardio workout! September 10, 2008
ZETAZEN (Maryland)
173 out of 175 found this review helpful
I am an owner of a Wii Fit, so I wanted to try another interactive game that moved my whole body. This game is just as great as the Wii Fit. Here are a couple of pros and cons of Namco's Active Life Outdoor Challenge:
Pro:
Will move your entire body - if you looking for a cardio workout. There are a lot of games that you can play by yourself, against someone or as a team. You can use your Mii; and the game will collect fitness data that you can gage your fitness over time.
Con:
My kids kept jumping off the mat and off the small squares and triangles. They are not looking down at the mat, but up at the television. So you have to make sure your eyes and feet are coordinated enough for you to watch the screen and ensure your feet are in the right place on the mat.
The mat itself is like the Wii Remote so while was reading the instructions my daughter was using the mat to move the instructions before I could finish reading them. I thought I was going crazy because I wasn't using the actual Wii Remote to move to the next screen. (This will eventually become a pro when you really get the hang of it)
My daughters and I played for about 90 minutes and we were all sweaty and tired by the time we said ENOUGH! Between this game and Wii Fit I don't see how anyone could not get a good cardio and strength training fitness regime.
I am anxious to see how Namco will franchise this "interactive mat" into more physically challenging games...i.e. an Active Life series.
Great exercise! September 12, 2008
PT Cruiser (CA USA)
77 out of 78 found this review helpful
I'm not a kid. In fact I'm almost 60 and I bought the game for myself after getting Wii Fit a couple weeks ago and really enjoying the games that are included with that.
I LOVE this game (or series of small games) If you want a good workout and you're a kid at heart, you're going to love Outdoor Challenge. I've only played it by myself so far but I can tell you that it works every part of your body. I was dripping with sweat after 10 minutes. Some of the games you do standing, or I should say running in place and jumping over logs or jumping on a trampoline over water or jumping rope. There's a Mine Cart game where you're leaning to the side and lifting one foot while pumping both hands up and down to propel the cart at ever faster speeds. Or sitting on the mat and rowing with the "paddle" (wiimote) trying to get to the goal as fast as you can.
Like the Wii Fit games, it keeps track of your scores and the scores of others that play so you are constantly trying to beat your best scores and get top scores in the games.
This game is too much fun to waste on kids. Get it for yourself! It'll make you laugh out loud!
What a Workout! September 20, 2008
plyopowerd (Ellicott City MD)
43 out of 43 found this review helpful
I'm in my 40s, been working out for many years and I'm a big fan of Dance Dance Revolution which stripped 50 pounds off me. I don't have Wii Fit, but this is the first game I've tried for the Wii that really gives DDR a run for its money.
At the beginning, go to Free Play mode first as it lets you practice all the minigames on their easiest levels. Once you get the hang of them, go to the courses on Outdoor Adventure mode that will unlock higher levels as you pass them.
The third mode, Exercise Training, has a variety of courses that range from about 5-10 minutes long. You can't fail the games on these courses; just keep playing as well as you can for the allotted time. One of the courses, 10 Minute Marathon, simply has you walking or running for 10 minutes. You can use this course for interval training; for instance, run for 10 seconds and walk for 20 seconds (or the other way around!) for 20 rounds. The Outdoor Adventure mode also allows you to design your own courses, although it seems you can only save one course at a time.
You get "Activity Points" for completing the exercise courses, which are put on a daily graph along with a Brain Age-like stamp. Unfortunately there is no calorie counter in this game (unlike DDR for PS2) and it doesn't record exact dates you worked out, just "2 days ago", etc. It also doesn't record your weight, but maybe that makes this more suitable for children than Wii Fit.
I'd like to add that this game is VERY beginner-friendly, especially compared to another Namco exergame for Wii, We Cheer (another excellent game, but with a huge leap in difficulty level). Active Life can be played by anyone - young or old, from sedentary overweight folks to athletes. On Free Play, there are scrolling instructions for each game that you can easily skip past, and Easy mode even has on-screen prompts. Exercise mode allows you to go at your own pace, even if you have to just walk through or keep taking breaks. On the other end of the spectrum, the most advanced courses are super-tough; I still haven't passed them! This is one game you won't "outgrow".
My favorite games are the mine cart (a real core/balance challenge), mountain boarding, pipe slider, speed skating and the most DDR-like game, whack-a-mole. The mat slides around a bit (putting it on a sticky yoga mat helped) and is probably too narrow for two "plus-sized" adults to play at once, but it responds very well. I would love to see future Active Life games add more enhancements to Exercise mode (like keeping track of scores, dates and calories burned) and add more types of games like perhaps a music/rhythm game and games that use lateral and forward/back jumping.
But overall, this is an awesome first entry for what I hope will be a long and successful series!
 Good game, lots of fun, but some drawbacks September 10, 2008
Mom of 2
31 out of 34 found this review helpful
I bought this as a child-friendly answer to the wii fit. My kids are younger and had a difficult time with the Wii fit because they weigh so little.
This is much easier for them to use and the games are fun, but the mat is frustrating. It may be easier with older kids (mine are preschool age). The main problem is that you can select items in the navigation with the wii remote, or the mat. Well when a young child finished an exciting game where they are doing a lot of jumping, they continue jumping. So the selection on the menu would change, or the kids would accidentally jump on the '+' on the mat, accepting the choice on the screen.
This also happened during the course of the games. The kids got so excited they couldn't run in place, and would step forward on the controller buttons and pause the game.
Being able to stay on the correct spots is a big issue. The kids look at the screen, not at the floor, so it is very easy for them to move from the correct space, especially in games that require jumping.
There are a few advantages over the Wii Fit (although I still wouldn't trade mine for the world!). This mat works well with smaller children because it registers their weight better. It also allows you to specify if the player is an adult or child. And, it is much easier to go back to the beginning to switch players. And there are many two player games, both competitive and teamwork games. Most Wii Fit games are one player.
Enough fun for the money September 19, 2008
Amazon shopper (San Antonio, TX United States)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
Our family is used to spending roughly $50 USD for Wii games, so the price point was not all that much of a factor in deciding whether to purchase, but still you want to feel like you are getting a game that's worth your while. For our family of three (two parents 40+ and 1 9YO boy), it's turned out to be a good deal.
There are a couple of factors I did not anticipate, though. First, the mat itself becomes a storage problem since it does not fold up to a small size: no less than .35m x .5m x .10m ...or 14" x 19" x 4" ...or 2 Wiis high by 2 Wiis wide by 2 Wiis tall. And it doesn't come with a storage bag, so keep that in mind if portability is your thing. Second, the mat is fine for individual use, but a little small for 2 players, unless they're both little kids. (And even then, the players might tend to flail a little bit and hit each other--unintentionally, of course!) And third, note that most games use only the mat as the controller; however there are a few games that also require the hand controller, but none require the nunchuk. We pretty much keep the hand controller in use anyway, because it's still easier for us to scroll through options and instructions using the hc than operating everything with your feet.
As for actual game play, it has pre-set ability levels, customizable activity sets (i.e., you can create your own mix of a series of games), and a free play mode. But you need to work through the ability sequence ("Outdoor Course") to open new games in free play mode. It has an Exercise mode that supposedly categorizes the games by muscle groups, physical exertion, and game duration, but those are not particularly accurate in some cases. And in multi-player mode, there are only three games that can be played cooperatively, and one of those can ONLY be played cooperatively. And there are no computer characters to compete against.
Overall, the games offer sort bursts of activity and mild competitive fun; we're glad we have it, we are interested to see what comes out next for this interface.
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