Active Life: Explorer

Nintendo exclusive

Jump into action as a fearless adventurer searching for treasure the world over. Explore an array of intriguing themed locales including dense twilight jungles, ancient ruins, lava-flooded caves, frozen ice packs and more each with their own traps, hazards and challenges. A veritable thrill-ride of activities will keep the whole family moving as they run across falling bridges, dodge perilous booby traps, escape from savage beasts, chase down bandits, and much more as they ride off into the sunset with a bounty of loot and rewards.

Released: 19 October 2010
Platforms: Wii
Genres: Adventure Sports
Developers: Bandai Namco Holdings
Publishers: Bandai Namco Holdings
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Third person
Country: Japan
Age ratings: ESRB E
Languages: English

About

Active Life: Explorer, known in Japan and Europe as Family Trainer: Treasure Adventure (ファミリートレーナー：トレジャーアドベンチャー Famirītorēnā: Torejāadobenchā), is a fitness game produced by Maya Ito. First announced at E3 2010, it was released by Namco Bandai for the Wii that same year.

Explorer is the sequel to the 2009 video game Active Life: Extreme Challenge. It consists of a total of 24 mini-games, which can be played freely in the Free Play mode. It can be played as a party game as well. It has received mixed to positive reviews, receiving a 64.33% on GameRankings.

Keywords

fitness
mii support
mii
mii as playable character

Media

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Gameplay

Active Life: Explorer is a sports game, but it also mixes into a party game as well. It consists of a total of 24 mini-games having their own theme – Jungle, Western, Underwater, Snowy, and more. In each of the modes, players choose a character or make a new one if there are free character slots. Players also have the ability to use their Mii characters as well.

In Treasure Adventure, players must find as much treasure as possible while working on the top score for each quest. The game also includes a party mode, which can be played with up to 8 people. Party mode games can either be played in 5, 10 or 20 rounds. The player with most points after the final round is the winner.

Reception

The game received mixed to positive reviews from critics, receiving a 64.33% from GameRankings. Pedro Hernandez on Nintendo World Report gave it an 8.5 out of 10, stating it as an "excellent mini-game compilation title as well as a fitness game."