Konami Dance Revolution Fighting Child Obesity in Schools

If you haven’t been following the video game world, you probably aren’t aware that schools are now using video games such as Konami dance revolution to get kids exercising. More commonly know as Dance Dance Revolution, or DDR, you may have seen this game at arcade places, on Youtube, and maybe even at your child’s school.

Most video games have contributed to today’s children being overweight and out of shape. But not DDR. This dance style game has kids dancing to cool beats and working up a sweat. The video game that started out in the arcades (and since moved into home game consoles) has helped spawn a new industry called “exergaming” or “exertainment” games. And it is now even being used in exercise clubs and in school gym classes.

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Dance Dance Revolution to Promote Active Living and Fight Obesity

I’m thinking about bringing Dance Dance Revolution into my Intermediate classroom.

Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) is a video game by Konami that was released in the arcades of Japan in 1998 and is now available across several home entertainment systems, including Playstation, Wii, and Xbox.

Players stand on a dance platform with arrows pointing up, down, left, and right. By listening to the music and watching a computer screen, players need to tap the corresponding arrows on the beat.

There are different levels of difficulty, so game play can range from simple to challenging. On the Nintendo Wii, Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party includes the use of the wii remote. Up to 4 players have to move both their hands and feet to the beat.

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