EA announces latest NERF Wii game with new and improved blaster

by Donald Melanson posted Jul 9th 2009 at 12:41AM

Thought all your dreams of an all-in-one NERF gun / Wii controller were fulfilled with the original NERF Blaster Controller? Think again. 'Cause EA has now announced its follow-up NERF 2: N-Strike Elite game, which will of course also come bundled with a new and improved NERF Switch Shot EX-3 blaster. As before, this one will house the Wiimote inside to let you use it with the game or let you ditch it to take things outside (or to the office), and it adds a new attachable "NERF decoder scope" that'll let you detect enemy weak spots, decode secret messages, and uncover other hidden gameplay elements. And, well, it's a NERF gun and a Wii controller. Is there anything else you really need to know? No word on a price just yet, but you can look for the bundle to launch sometime this fall.

[Thanks, Vincent]

Filed under: Gaming

Tags: ea, ner switch shot ex-3, nerf, nerf blaster, nerf gun, NerfBlaster, NerfGun, NerSwitchShotEx-3, switch shot ex-3, SwitchShotEx-3, wii, wii controller, wii remote, WiiController, wiimote, WiiRemote

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miko34 @ Jul 9th 2009 12:56AM

I miss my orange Nerf football.

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John @ Jul 9th 2009 12:59AM

"it's a NERF gun and a Wii controller"...and a decoder!

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Boards of Canada @ Jul 9th 2009 1:06AM

would have been better just black no?

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randompass @ Jul 9th 2009 1:23AM

We haven't gotten black video game guns in a while.
heck, we haven't gotten black toy guns in a while now.

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nowayman @ Jul 9th 2009 1:09AM

nerd gun.

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Justin @ Jul 9th 2009 1:12AM

Mmm.. eh.

Make one for the Xbox when Natal goes live--I might buy that.

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KGB @ Jul 9th 2009 1:22AM

My nerdiness radar is of the chart!

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AJ in the East Bay @ Jul 9th 2009 1:24AM

When it comes to the Wii, EA is lazy or bored. Maybe both!

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Mike @ Jul 9th 2009 1:25AM

I seriously checked to see if it was April 1st after reading this...

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paul34 @ Jul 9th 2009 1:38AM

Oh come on... we all know blasters are uncivilized.

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jason @ Jul 9th 2009 2:26AM

Ehh, next patch they will probably nerf any advantage you get with it. ;P

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manifest3r @ Jul 9th 2009 2:53AM

(>^_^(u 0_0)

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Meltz @ Jul 9th 2009 3:11AM

Been a while since i've seen a Nerf gun on Engadget

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Ken Jacoby @ Jul 9th 2009 8:57AM

"Be Sure To Drink Your Ovaltine?" Son of a B!

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Wwhat @ Jul 9th 2009 11:04AM

Still outlawed in germany I bet though, they went really nuts after that shooting and decided to blame games (they were already on a crusade against them for many years, blood in games for instance had to be green) and now they have laws against 'killerspiele' and a recent LAN event was called off because the mayor didn't allow 'violent games' which includes countertrike (although that was originally rated 16) and warcraft 3 (rated 12), and all that even though the event was for 18 and older only.
Seems they really like to push people around.. still.

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uberfu @ Jul 9th 2009 5:28PM

Does it actually fire NERF Missiles at the TV?

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