| | there's a new kid in town
First of all I must say that I really did have this blog entry all planned in my head before I read Kim's latest blog entry.  It is not intended as a rebuttal or argument or anything even vaguely resembling an attempt at controversy. 
Having said that...roll over Wii Fit, and meet the future of active video games!
Rather
than a heavy, somewhat finicky balance board, this game comes with a
plastic mat to step on. In the interest of full disclosure, there are
two down points to the mat. The first is, it has to be plugged in to
the console. Secondly, it tends to slid around a bit on carpet, but
I've found that putting my yoga mat under the Wii mat helps to
eliminate that.
This game is much easier than the Wii Fit to just turn on and get started. It doesn't want to weigh me every time I step on it 
. It makes no snide remarks about my weight being up since the last
time, and then turn right around and comment that it's perfectly normal
for weight to fluctuate a few pounds each day.
The games...oh, the games! 
Basically, they are running and jumping. Which gets the heart rate up
just a little. A little? For an aerobic workout, there is just no
comparison to the Wii Fit. The only games on Wii Fit to get my heart
rate up reasonably well were the hula-hooping (hard on the knees!) and
the jogging. But playing this game is like circuit training. I can
choose a jumping game that will get me huffing and puffing for a few
minutes and then pick something slightly easier to bring my heart rate
back down a bit.
There is free play, with a wide variety of
games, from a marathon to a sprint, to log jumping and trampolining.
Then there are "challenges", which are games put together in packages
entitled, "Endurance", "Jumping", "Easy" (Easy? I think not!), and so
on, which run for about 5 minutes.
Even my 4yo can enjoy
these games. He is just not steady enough to use the balance board of
Wii Fit, but he sure can run and jump on this one.
I have
heard that this is just the first in a series of Active Life games.
Bring them on! This is active video gaming at its best.
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