Wii Zapper hands-on
By Ryan Block 
posted Jul 13th 2007 5:43PM
posted Jul 13th 2007 5:43PM
Please note: If you're a current Engadget commenter, you do not need to re-register. Simply login and you will be prompted to select a username.
Now where is the Duck Hunt game for Wii?
LMMFAO!!!!!!!!!
CLASSIC!!!!
I want that too tho.........
3D Duck Hunt!!
I knew it was just plastic with a trigger extender.......but its the COOLEST Piece of plastic I have ever SEEN!!!!
WAAAAAAAAAY Better than a Credit card
isn't this free too? Doesn't it come with a shooting game or am i just thinking of that steering wii-l coming with mario kart wii?
lol............no its not free.........they SAY its suppose to come with a game for $19.99 but who knows
Looks like it might be a SERIOUS fiddle to get the nunchuk wire passed through the plastic and back to the remote.
No it looks like it opens up for you to stick the wire in. I hope.
Makes me wonder why Nintendo, with all the innovation lately, is reduced to releasing this as it's zapper as if it were one of those companies making useless Wii Sports add ons. Old skool light gun FTW
Wii Play has a 3D Duck Hunt
One thing seemingly overlooked...this puts the nunchuk in a known position and facing relative to the Wiimote. Might be useful for something they have planned.
It actually has a cable already in it that connects to the nunchuck and the Wiimote
This looks really ugly.
I have a vague recollection of a much nicer looking zapper that Nintendo showed at the last E3. You just popped the regular Wii controller in and it offered its own thumb stick and buttons. (No need to also own the Nunchuk controller)
Can someone please explain to me how this hunk of plastic improves the user friendliness of a first person shooter? It looks very complicated to set up.
Apparently, that one was designed for a Wiimote that DIDN't have a wrist strap. Obviously after all the drama about flying wiimotes, all of them have wrist straps now and the old zapper design looks like it wouldn't click in with the strap in the way.
Yeah, I remember the zapper from E3 2006. That thing looked damn good. See here:
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/e3-2006-wii-peripherals-and-handson-gameplay-impressions-172941.php
Actually, it looks like the strap /would/ go in just fine. Or, if it is /that/ big a deal, couldn't they just leave a hole in the bottom for it?
Look again. That prototype also had a nunchuk in it.
They need to make this out of anodized aluminum or carbon fibre.. for the hardcore Wii users.
There are hardcore Wii users? Oh right, Pokemon, Mario and Princess. Totally Hardcore.
There are hardcore Wii users? Oh right, Pokemon, Link, Mario and Princess. Totally hardcore.
Yeah man, don't you know anything? To be TOTALLY 100% HARDCORE you have to play nothing but games where heads explode every 5 seconds. GUYS IM PLAYING HALO, AM I HARDCORE YET?
@Andir3.0// ...And Call of Duty 3, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, Far Cry Vengeance, Medal of Honor: Vanguard, Resident Evil 4, Need For Speed Carbon, GT Pro Series and so on. Very hardcore indeed.
Wow Andir, chill out.
It's obvious that he was only kidding. I think yesterday some 3rd party manufacturer came out with an aluminum alloy steering wheel peripheral for Wii, so humpty could've very well been poking fun at that, as well.
Go watch a Blu-Ray disc, or something. Right now at least, that's pretty much all your PS3 is good for at the moment...
Andir makes fun of the Wii and gets "lowest ranked". Alvin chides him for making fun of people, then hypocritically turns around and makes fun of the PS3... and gets "highly ranked"?
Looks like Engadget users are still horribly biased after all this time.
What a piece of junk.
I'm sure Jack Thompson will love this one.
http://www.conveniencesoftware.com/blog
it seems that Scott Ramsoomair was right with this comic here
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=165
Mr. Potatamoto DOES love our money!
How do you set it to stun?
eh...i think they could have improved the design of it more...but what the hell, im still buying it LOL, doenst it come with a game!?
but i bet it wont cost that much.. thats why it is so simple.. every onecan get it with their lunch money..
I'm tired of the nunchuck. When will games have dual-wiimote controls?
i totally agree.
Nintendo, if you read this, make a dual wiimote game!
The aforementioned "Duck Hunt" on Wii Play can use two remotes for double fisted action. It is actually much harder than a single "gun".
Did somebody say Resident Evil 4 for the Wii at 2 in the morning w/ a Wii Zapper blasting the hell outta zombies? Don't know why but that sounds so fun... oh lets bring back the good times...
Did somebody say Resident Evil 4 for the Wii at 2 in the morning w/ a Wii Zapper blasting the hell outta zombies? Don't know why but that sounds so fun... oh lets bring back the good times...
(sorry for the duplicate, accidental)
Nintendo fanboy or not, I have serious reservations regarding the design. If it's supposed to be played with Ghost Squadron, you'd think that you'd hold the Zapper like a rifle. But with the Nunchuk in the back, and the Wiimote up front, that's a really awkward way to hold the zapper if you're right-handed. Even if you switch hands so that the right hand is in the back, you are probably going to have control issues if you have to move the joystick around. Methinks Miyamoto (who is ambidextrous) didn't get enough input from other people about the design. Either that, or they were too afraid to speak up.
Hmm, you do have a point... the forward placement of the trigger does seem unusually, perhaps even uncomfortably, placed. Hopefully, this would be reviewed. Most guns don't place triggers near the magazine and places them as close to the user as comfortably possible.
For one the Wii zapper attachment connects the Nunchuck and Wiimote together if people have yet to realize yet. I probably wont be using this wii zapper thing at all. Personally, when it comes to shooters I want as much gore as possible which comes with the best graphics possible. So I think Im going to buy the xbox 360 for that. Mainly ill buy a Wii for super smash bros brawl and mario. 360 will just be for random shooters I play for like 3 weeks. Hopefully they have different colored wiis soon. I want a black one.
Ever thought that the "Z" button on the nun chuck would be the trigger? That seems to be the most likely button in this configuration shell to simulate a trigger for Right-handed players.
Personally I liked the E3 2006 Zapper better than this cheep-o shell, but this cheap-o shell may be to serve the same purpose with a cheep-o price.
Btw, WHY is my user name PSPlay when I use the password that is given to me?!
I love how a lot of Wii Games are simply gimmick mini-games that stress use of the Wiimote over gameplay. You can use the Wiimote as a gun? Great, except for the fact that that already existed with the GunCon and time Crisis 3 is a far better game than any shooter on the Wii so far.
Game-play over gimmicks, please.
White balance. WHITE BALANCE.
I don't know why everyone's complaining about this thing.
People are still going to buy it.
We currently sell something that is basically the exact same thing at NFM and we have had it in stock for a good two months. Heres a link http://www.amazon.com/Joytech-Shooter-Lightgun-Attachment-Shooting/dp/B000RZQ1L0/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/104-8480223-7811124?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1184741838&sr=8-3
Looks like a fun add on! Sux that the pictures are kinda low quality, Id like to see it a little better.
Can You Accualy Buy This One Yet?
I Want The Adapter That Is Good With Resident Evil 4 On Wii.
Not The Cheap Crappy Ones On Ebay.
Please Help!
Well it is good that they are getting new things out for the wii. It is a way of trying to make games more fun...hopefully it will. Im seriously considering getting a 360 due to the lack of amazing titles coming out for the wii.
p.s. if any one knows any amazing titles set for release on the will email me the name of the game at polancognome@comcast.net