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Active Life: Extreme Challenge

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Game Info

Publisher: Namco Bandai Games

Developer: Namco Bandai Games

Genre(s): Sports, Fitness

Players: 2

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Release Date: August 11, 2009

Summary

(Also known as "FamilyTrainer: Extreme Challenge") Following up on its predecessor, Active Life: Extreme Challenge reintroduces the Active Life mat, a durable eight button peripheral that lets players control the on-screen action with their hands and feet when used in conjunction with a Wii Remote. Now with even more intense pick-up and play activities, gaming exercise aficionados can enjoy a full-body workout that truly immerses them in extreme sporting events without the broken bones. Showcasing more than a dozen unique activities, from wakeboarding to rock climbing and base jumping, Active Life: Extreme Challenge promises to keep players' pulses pounding and hearts pumping with each new event. Combining the exclusive mat controller with a Wii Remote not only provides active and fun gameplay but also an experience that burns calories. With competitive and multiplayer challenges for up to two players and the ability to play as your personalized Miis, Active Life: Extreme Challenge ensures that everyone gets to share in the fun. [Namco Bandai Games]

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What The Critics Said

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ZTGameDomain

Active Life: Extreme Challenge is a nice addition to the series, albeit a predictable one. The control problems accentuate the biggest qualms I had with the game, and some of the mini-games just lack that certain appeal.

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Nintendojo

When taken as a whole, Active Life: Extreme Challenge is a decent enough game, especially for young fans of extreme sports.

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Kombo

Active Life is yet another mini-game compilation on the Wii but a good one. The mat separates it from the rest of the pack and has you do some interesting maneuvers with the floor buttons.

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Armchair Empire

The 10-year old, the most experienced gamer of the bunch, really hemmed and hawed about the score. “I think it should be a 7 because it’s fun but it’s also kind of really hard sometimes.”

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Game Revolution

Once you get the game completely set up and ready to play, you expect something just as fun as Dance Dance Revolution, but no more than 10 minutes in, you realize you have been most definitely let down.

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Worth Playing

The game is eye-catching and will certainly get you moving around (even if you cheat and use your hands instead of your feet for some game controls), but the lack of longevity and the general wearing of the novelty will make this game very short-lived for anyone else.

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NGamer UK

Certainly not dreadful, and better than the first Family Trainer, but if feels like a budget release with a full-price tag. [Nov 2009, p.69]

Level7.nu

The game contains a bunch of different mini games but they are too simple minded to work for anyone above the age of ten.

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1UP

From a game design standpoint, Extreme Challenge isn't bad, it just feels lazy; it's a collection of shallow minigames of variable quality that grow progressively more repetitive with time. Namco Bandai takes players on a monotonous minigame excursion that has some bright points but is simply attempting to to cash-in on the casual Wii demographic.

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GameZone

The under-responsive game mat and uninteresting mini-games really took away anything that was remotely good about the game. It is essentially an average game that some kids might have fun with, but that is all it is.

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IGN

The game isn't terrible, it's just not near as exciting as it ought to be, given the subject matter. It's not even all that active. The game could have benefited immensely from a few more games, varied controls, or some Wii Balance Board support.

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GameShark

Despite having tons of potential and a few very bright ideas, it’s impossible to fully recommend this game. Go with the infinitely superior EA Sports Active for a real workout – or perhaps Wii Fit if you’d like to play with the kiddies.

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Video Game Talk

With the limited options in gameplay and meager incentives to encourage repeat visits to this virtual playground, it's hard to recommend this title for most gamers, but the general audience isn't the target here, a fact made obvious by the box art.

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