Watch this Active Life trailer from your desk chair
Commercials that show people having fun while playing the Wii are a dime a dozen, so this Active Life: Outdoor Challenge trailer doesn't score any points with us in terms of creativity. We also think the narrator sounds as excited for the game as she would about an enema (fake enthusiasm is fake), but that's neither here nor there. Yet the game itself -- dare we say it -- looks pretty interesting.
Don't take "interesting" to mean "good," but we can't help but be intrigued by some of the activities and the use of the mat. Granted, the last thing we need is yet another peripheral in our households, which will probably be enough to keep us away from Active Life. If Nintendo doesn't have its Wii Fit stock act together by the fall, though, we wonder if people will turn to Active Life instead. Granted, this game won't have even half of the hype that surrounded Wii Fit, but the situation does present an opportunity for Namco Bandai. Who knows, families might even buy into the whole "working out together" angle.
On the other hand, there's yet another obstacle in the way of Active Life. It looks to us at least that if you're going to go with a game with a mat, DDR would probably offer a better workout. But what do you lovely readers think? Does Active Life: Outdoor Challenge have a place in the current gaming market?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Maattp @ Jul 8th 2008 10:43PM
This looks really bad. Wii fit has the market. Why compete with this rubbish?
CPFace @ Jul 8th 2008 11:14PM
Frankly, I'm intrigued. I bought the Wii in the hopes of seeing more active games, but give or take a Wii Sports, Wii Fit, or Wario Ware, I'm just not feeling it.
I see potential in the gameplay videos and in the ways they use the mat. If I get this game, it won't be for any sort of exercise -- it'll be to play video games that require my input in the form of real-world action. I think there's more you can do with that mat than you can with the Balance Board -- once we have our skiing and skating games, what's left?
The info video on the Nintendo Channel seems to suggest that this'll be part of a series. I think it'll be interesting to watch this one.
r @ Sep 14th 2008 10:10AM
I just got the game and love it. It really challenges you to work at playing the game. It is a lot better then just moveing your thumbs to playa game, much better.