Active Life Outdoor Challenge - Nintendo Wii

by Bandai

• 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’
• Tremendous Replay Value – Over a dozen games, each with multiple levels of play: river rafting, mine-cart adventure
• 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!

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0013LTP5Q
• Product Dimensions: 12.5 x 11.5 x 4.5 inches ; 5 pounds
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 9, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (419 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,343 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Product Description

"The first in the Active Life series, 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™, players compete in over a dozen single and multi-player events like river rafting, mine-cart adventure, log jumping, and more. "

Amazon.com

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.

Screenshots:

Enjoy challenges on the land. View larger.

And on the water. View larger.

Battle friends in multiplayer action. View larger.

Or team up in co-op play. View larger.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

456 of 466 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Cardio workout! September 10, 2008

By Mikki VINE VOICE

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Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

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.

249 of 253 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great exercise! September 12, 2008

By PT Cruiser TOP 50 REVIEWER

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

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!

192 of 194 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars What a Workout! September 20, 2008

By plyopowerd

Verified Purchase

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

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! Read more ›

91 of 94 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars First try, looks good September 9, 2008

By M. Garcia

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

I just received the game Last night, Sept. 8, and have the chance to play for about 2 hours with my family. First of all I would like you to imagine my 7 years old boy when I opened the Amazon box and saw the video game; at first he though it was the Wii Fit, but later realized it was the Outdoor challenge and was not that excited.

We when straight to play, I should tell you, my kid changed his mind, he had a really good time, it was probably the funniest time we have spent playing Wii. The game is not at the same level as the Wii Fit, would not replace playing out doors and seems to be aimed at the younger set; still it's kind of challenging, so I would say it's a good alternative to burn some extra calories; spend some time and have fun with the family specially the kids.

Over all this collection of minigames are played with a special floor pad that looks a bit like a DDR dance pad. What I liked about the pad is that allows you to play the game by yourself, or have two people playing on the same pad together.

We tried games like

Mole stomp, where you stand in the middle of the pad; as moles pop out of holes on screen, you then step on the corresponding pad to "stomp" it

Speed skating, for this game you need the Wii remote to move left or right and pump your feet, the faster you pump the faster you go.

Running game, is similar to the speed skating game--you pump your legs to run as fast as possible, the difference is that you need to jump to avoid some obstacles that could slow you down and no need for the Wii remote.

Mine cart, where you stand on the left or right foot to navigate turns as a mine cart speeds around an underground track. Also Wii remote has to be moved up and down to give the cart more speed.

Log jump, seems very simple but still a lot of fun and more in multiplayer game, where two people stand side by side on the pad and then jump to avoid logs that are rolling their way. You are supposed to be standing on a circular platform and, each time you get hit with a log, you move further toward the outside edge of the platform. The player that stays in the platform is the winner.

Other mini-games included are jump rope, river rafting, seesaw, and water trampoline, among others.

A plus is that the game could keep track of the amount of energy you've spent in the various mini-games mode, my kid does not care, but my wife and me find kind of useful, though still no sure how accurate it is.

So far would say it was a good buy, my kid and wife loves it, as for me, I would have a better idea after my wife's birthday party which is this weekend, we have a couple of friend coming, so it a perfect time to see the real play and replay value. Read more ›