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PS2 Exercise Games

While video games are often associated with sedentary lifestyles, there are some video games that actually encourage physical movement and even healthy exercise. The Sony PlayStation 2 video game system itself features several fitness-promoting games that promote a more interactive element than simply turning on a workout video and following along. Additionally, dancing games can provide a workout for players who aren't comfortable playing games devoted specifically to fitness. These games can be found at online stores, video game retail stores and used game shops.

Yourself! Fitness
- Developed and released by Respondesign in 2005 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC, "Yourself!Fitness" features a virtual personal trainer named Maya who will assist you in forming a workout plan as well as choosing music, environments and a diet plan. The customizable workout plans feature 500 different exercises, providing a great variety to keep players from getting bored with their routine. "Yourself!Fitness" has average reviews on the review-aggregating site Metacritic. Critics praise the amount of customization the game has and its encouragement of health physical fitness, but question the game's choice of music, backgrounds and questionable sound quality.
EyeToy: Kinetic
- Developed by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and released by Sony, "EyeToy: Kinetic" uses the Sony PlayStation 2 EyeToy camera accessory to produce the player's image on the screen to interact with onscreen objects in order to do aerobic exercises. The game features four concentrations: Aero Motion, Combat, Mind and Body, encompassing activities like aerobics, dance, kickboxing, tae kwon do, karate, yoga and tai chi. On Metacritic "EyeToy: Kinetic" has positive reviews that note the game's fun, varied exercise games but warn that you will need a lot of room to perform some of these activities.
Dance Dance Revolution Series
- Konami's popular Dance Dance Revolution franchise has many installments on the PlayStation 2, all of which involve using the dance mat peripheral to step on arrows corresponding to those running across the screen to create the effect of dancing. While the game features a Work Out Mode that allows you to choose your playlist and counts the amount of calories you're using up by playing, the game's challenging nature and flashy, animated backgrounds make "Dance Dance Revolution" feel more like a game than a workout. While ratings of the "Dance Dance Revolution" games on Metacritic vary depending on how one feels about the songs and the fact that the games are all essentially the same, "DDR Max: Dance Dance Revolution" has the most positive reviews due to its large selection of 71 songs. Younger players may want to try out "Dance Dance Revolution Disney Channel Edition" which features music from many popular Disney Channel TV shows. Players have the option of buying a "Dance Dance Revolution" game bundled with the dance mat or buying a dance mat and games separately, and many of the games feature EyeToy support so players can exercise their hands as well as their feet.

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