Konami’s Dance Dance Revolution Classroom Edition aims to combat childhood obesity

With video games becoming more accessible and affordable these days, it might seem like we’re breeding a generation of kids who do nothing but stay indoors and play video games all day. This could lead to a variety of health problems with obesity being one of them. Well looking to combat childhood obesity, Konami has revealed their plans to launch a Dance Dance Revolution Classroom Edition game.

Now if you’ve ever seen anyone play Dance Dance Revolution, or if you’ve tried it yourself, you know that a couple of rounds and you’ll be sweating bullets, which we guess could be taken as a sign of a good workout. According to Konami, the Classroom Edition version of Dance Dance Revolution will run on the PC and will allow teachers to connect up to 48 mats for full classroom participation.

We’re not sure what other features of the game will be included that will make it a “Classroom Edition”, but Konami announced that additional details, such as pricing and features will be revealed on the 24th of February at the California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance State Conference.