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Rumor: Wii Zapper Bundle Game Revealed

And no, it's not Wii Duckhunt.

From the day it was revealed, Nintendo stated that the Wii Zapper would be $19.99 and would come packed with a game. Internet speculation pointed towards Duck Hunt, but according to a trusted source reporting deep from a GameStop/EB Conference in Vegas, the Wii Zapper will ship with Link's Crossbow Training.

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Mr VideoGames6823d ago

i think we have something that will Finally sell Faster then the Wii in the Videogame Biz, a Game and the Zapper all for 20 Bucks geez this thing will be flying off store Shelves.

MACHone6822d ago

There's a lot of conferences going on right now in Vegas -- I know, my manager gets to go to one next week. They get TONS of cool stuff. He's expecting they're all gonna get copies of Halo 3. Yeah, the stuff is THAT cool. So I wouldn't be at all surprised if this rumor was valid. It sounds like something Nintendo would do, and it sounds one hell of a lot better than Duckhunt or Ghost Squad. I'll buy it, even though essentially I'm paying 20 smackers for a mini-game and a hunk of plastic.

alaaji6822d ago

"even though essentially I'm paying 20 smackers for a mini-game and a hunk of plastic."

Yeah, that's the problem. I am sure that tons of people will buy it but no game really needs the zapper even though it may be optimized for it. You can simulate the same actions sans the zapper. As for the mini-game, I won't be able to bring myself to buy it just for crossbow training.

MACHone6822d ago

A respectable opinion. Thank you for responding with something thoughtful and coherent -- two traits often lost on these message boards. Personally, there's a 75% chance I would have bought the Zapper even without the tacked-on game. Now, I'm not the kind of guy who buys the Wii Remote grips and the Wii Remote sword and steering-wheel attachments, but there's just something about the Zapper that just seems appealing to me. And the fact that it comes with an original and exclusive game just sweetens the deal. It might not be for everyone, but like you said, plenty of people will buy it. It's similar to the Wii Play agenda: "sure, the mini-games aren't that great, but they're only ten bucks," kinda thing.

alaaji6821d ago

I was watching the Gamespot podcast and they broadcast their show from the EA complex. I saw where they had Medal of Honor for the Wii and they were playing with the Wii Zapper. I have to admit that it looks like fun especially when you reload or simulate the bazooka on your shoulder. One of the employees said that when you simulate the bazooka, you get the rumble and the sound of it going off from the speaker.

RioGrande6822d ago

If anything it will be bundled with Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles. I mean they come out the same day.

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Why the Wii is Such a Nostalgic System in 2026

The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.

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ActualWhiteMan23d ago (Edited 23d ago )

Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.

jznrpg22d ago

My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.

Smellsforfree22d ago

Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.

Loktai22d ago

Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.

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Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (1996) Still Feels Like Peak 90s Star Wars

Dash Rendar, Prince Xizor, the Battle of Hoth, and one of the boldest Star Wars multimedia projects ever made. Here’s why Shadows of the Empire still matters.

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MayorPauline53d ago

This game along with Rogue Squadron got me into to Star Wars. The release of special edition VHS Star Wars collection was perfectly times on top of all that. 😆

Redgrave52d ago

Because it is.

Please re-release this.

SimpleSlave52d ago (Edited 52d ago )

But it wasn't. Although I do agree that some of the tie-in media, like the novels and comics, were pretty good.

Still, games like Dark Forces, Jedi Knight, Rogue Squadron, and the space sims were peak 90s Star Wars. Shadows fell flat because of the abysmal controls and unimaginative levels. And if you wanted to really experience the seedy side of the universe, Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 was peak, and it wasn't even close.

Regardless, and much to my dismay, we got the better version thanks to Ubislop in Outlaws, which is what Shadows should've been, albeit at a smaller scale.

shinXseijuro51d ago

As a kid me and my cousins loved this game . I have great memories with this one and the Star Wars pod racer game .

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How Trackmania inspired the “biggest feature ever created” for The Crew Motorfest

Debuting in Season 9, all players can try a beta of The Crew Motorfest’s new ambitious track creator, TrackForge.