What do Wii think of Active Life Outdoor Challenge

“Wii” now own Active Life Outdoor Challenge.    Active Life appears to be geared toward the younger crowd, keeping most of the exercises fun and intended for kids, while at the same time being enough of a workout to keep the adults busy.  Mason (6yrs) and Anna (5yrs)  were immediately interested in getting in on the action, the minute the game was out of the box. 

Active Life: Outdoor Challenge features a unique user interface that puts the player’s entire body in motion, yet is easy enough to use for the whole family to enjoy. Unlike the Wii balance board with the Wii Fit game, the Active Life mat supports and encourages vigorous activities such as running and jumping, allowing for an energizing game experience.
 
Active Life: Outdoor Challenge also offers a variety of pre-set exercise routines, grouping the game’s events into workouts focusing on different areas of fitness such as endurance, reflexes, and general body strength. In Exercise Training mode, you can select a series of training types, such as Full Body, 5 Minute Easy or Hard, Relaxed Exercise, Upper Body, Lower Body, Reflex Exercises, Jumping Exercises, Balance Exercises, Endurance, and Marathon.

After you select your workout, you’ll be able to see the set of mini games that have been chosen for the workout, and you complete them one after another to finish the entire exercise set. Each day you participate in the exercise training mode will be tracked, and each exercise gives you points that are used to track your progress each time you play, so you can easily compare your activity level of one day to the next. This is not as much of an exact science as Wii Fit. Active Life does not measure and track your weight, height and BMI to calculate the amount of weight being lost. Instead, you’re comparing your activity level of one day to the next.  This is great for kids and pre-teens to track their activity. This system shifts the focus from the number on the scale and a scued BMI reading and puts the focus on being ACTIVE!  That is what I want my family to focus on BEING ACTIVE!

I absolutely LOVED the 5 minute Hard and the Endurance!  The 5 Minute Hard was made up of Sprint Challenge, Head-on Hurdler, and Timber Trail.  The Endurance was comprised of Sprint Challenge, Jump Rope, Conveyor Runner, Log Leaper, and Head-on Hurdler. I think that Active Life: Outdoor Challenge is a great alternative to Nintendo’s Wii Fit.  I’d definitely suggest checking out Active Life: Outdoor Challenge, especially for family game time.  This is a great game to get your kids more active. Mason and Anna agree that the mini-game collections on Active Life are some of their favorites for the Wii.