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Shows new Active Life title.

Konami has unveiled a new game to compete in the emerging fitness genre on Wii. It even has its own eight-sensor mat peripheral.

Dubbed Active Life: Athletic World, it aims to get your whole body moving as you attempt to recreate various activities on the screen. These range from white-water rafting to mine cart racing, with Konami promising around ten different challenges in the full game.

You will be able to get sweaty with friends, too, in one of several two-player challenges joining the package at release.

Of course it bears more than a passing resemblance to Nintendo's big E3 surprise Wii Fit - the game it will go head-to-head with when both are released next year.

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AcidSnake #1 4 years ago

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The world famous eight-sensor mat!
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Bertie Verified Senior Staff Writer, Eurogamer.net #2 4 years ago

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The world famous eight-sensor mat!
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ResidentKnievel #3 4 years ago

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Get Jade Goody's Wii Fit this January
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rock27gr #4 4 years ago

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Why create a new peripheral? Why not use the WiiFit board instead?
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Carlo #5 4 years ago

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I want the 'well fit' game: It comes with a tastey bird you can hump all night.
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smoison #6 4 years ago

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Add-on peripheral's for consols never work.

I sure as hell will be staying away from this crap and wii Fit.

Edited by 1 at 20/09/07 @ 17:20
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Darkedge #7 4 years ago

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"Add-on peripheral's for consols never work."

nahh the mic for singstar, the eyetoy and the guitar hero guitar were complete flops..

Mind you this game does sound a bit rubbish
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NewYork #8 4 years ago

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I'd say the Wii balance board stands a chance of succeeding. But the add-on peripherals market isn't the smartest thing to be diluting, Konami.
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Danoxth #9 4 years ago

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In soviet Russia.....
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Der_tolle_Emil #10 4 years ago

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Am I wrong thinking that the eight-sensor mat might just be something like the dance mats? Because that would actually make sense. I don't think it's too similar to the Wii Fit board.
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Xerx3s #11 4 years ago

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The beginning of the end.
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rock27gr #12 4 years ago

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@ Der_tolle_Emil

Could be, but the title and description make it sound more like Wii Fit than Dance Revolution.

In which case Konami should have gone with the Nintendo peripheral; makes more commercial sense.
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rock27gr #13 4 years ago

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Actually, IGN has first impressions and a pic.

[link url=http://uk.media.wii.ign.com/media/964/964702/img_48 93940.html
]http://uk .media.wii.ign.com/media/964/96...[/link]

It is a dance mat, or a modified one, afterall.

EDIT:
Only IGN claims it isn't Konami, but Namco Bandai????

WTF?

O_o

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messiahtj #14 4 years ago

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WTF??? Wii Fit its just stupid for me. I prefer do REAL work out, oh well, this is kinda useful for the fat boys who play all day i think.
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Waldo #15 4 years ago

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Go outside!
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mcmothercruncher #16 4 years ago

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Yeah, cus that's what I'm really aching for come next year- another piece of white fucking wii related plastic behind the telly.
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sharpfish #17 4 years ago

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oh for god's sake.. when are the actual GAMES arriving for wii?
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Kniteshade #18 4 years ago

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I thought it was Namco Bandai, not Konami? o_O
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mukki #19 4 years ago

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sweaty with friends?

sounds familiar...

sound like...

Errr the gym?
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JohnnyWashnGo #20 4 years ago

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Everyone seems to be forgetting that the Wii is probably the first truely family oriented games machine out there.

It works fine for me as a long term gamer, I get to play so more classic nintendo games on the machine as well as finish off the games I never got around to finishing on the gamecube.

When I am not on the Wii (the other 22 hours of the day) the missus can play some games or have a go on the Wii fit if she fancies.

When my mum visits, she always asks to play wii sports bowling and up until now, she hated video games.

You see, it is not about whether or not you want a fitness game for the Wii, lets face it, most gamers couldn't give a toss about fitness games. But those other people around you in your family may actually want to do something other than watch you play Halo or Final Fantasy.
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Razz #21 4 years ago

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This looks shit

Wii FIt is way better.
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Dougs #22 4 years ago

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Always one to defend the Wii for graphics, but that looks truly dreadful. Could be a laugh though I guess. Depends on the events.

As for the Wii Fit board, not interested in that, but am interested in other games that make use of it, such as snow boarding or jet skiing etc.
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DonnieDarko333 #23 4 years ago

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I think Ninty's effort will beat this hands down quite frankly, but it's great that others are having a go as well!
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Vandrius #24 4 years ago

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Sigh.

....

Just sigh.

"Its Not Too Late: Go Outside" comes to mind.
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Xerx3s #25 4 years ago

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This looks shit

Wii FIt is way better.

Why is the wii a bad excuse to have shit graphics?
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