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The new Zapper might actually be awesome! UPDATE
metromapper \| 5:41 AM on 09.13.2007	10 comments

Another good looking co-op zapper game (w/ 4 player support!) for the Wii, Ghost Squad:

http://tinyurl.com/yvabds

Gun games in your home might actually live up to the arcades for the first time ever! Other games are RE: Umbrella Chronicles ( http://tinyurl.com/2o5czy ), and the awesome Medal of Honor Heroes 2.

UPDATE:
Let me clarify, the Zapper peripheral might actually suck (which I bet it will), but what is good here is the fact that for the first time every you can have the real light gun experience at home.

You know why the old zapper and subsequent light guns at home were all lame or had no support? It's because there were no permanent, real-time, targeting reticles like in the arcades. Now with the Wii, for the first time, you can do that on a console.

So I think that there will be lots of on rails light gun games coming out for the Wii, and if you are into that it will be great. I personally love gun games, as long as it's co-op. Going solo is a bit dull.

I thought this post would get some people chatting about it.

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9 comments | showing # 1 to 9

Tron Knotts

Those games might be awesome, but the zapper will not be. That is my prediction.

I hope I'm wrong.

brainderailment

If you like lightgun games on rails, to me that is extremely antiquated. To each his own though.

VWGTI

I think that lightgun games lose their appeal quickly. I bought Time Crisis 3 for my PS2 years ago and lost interest in it in about 3 days time. I'm not sure if the accessory is going to be quality or garbage, but I'm leaning more torwards the latter.

But as brainderailment says, "To each his own-"

BlindsideDork

Wii Zapper is needed for aiming and said to work really well!

AngelsDontBurn

We'll see what happens. I hope it doesn't fail.

Mxyzptlk

tinyurl, no thanks. Don't need any goatse or lemonparty this morning.

Necros

@ VWGTI
You either like light gun games or you don't.

metromapper

Hey Mxyzptlk, you can just turn on auto preview for all tinyurl links on their site, so you can see what you click before you do.

Justice

It's not the real light gun experience because the Wiimote doesn't work in the same was as a lightgun.

And the original Zapper allowed for the light gun experience!
DUCK HUNT!

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What Be I Playing Now, Matie?

Mario Kart Wii - With the Wheel at first, now with remote and nunchuck
Williams Pinball Classics - So retro!
Team Fortress 2 - best FPS multiplayer evar!

Gaming History

I've been a gamin' since le Vic 20, steadily working my way in time-consuming obsessive style through many gaming systems (Atari 2600, Apple IIe, ColecoVision, Intellivision, Commodore 64, NES, Sega MS, Amiga 500) until I went to college. At that time consoles dropped off the scene and I became a PC gamer with Civilization, Doom, and X-wing, all running at a blazing 16mHz.

Then there was my arcade and pinball games only period through the rest of college, and then... my gaming dark ages. I did narry a thing with video games for the next 9 years while I traveled and lived around the world (Australia, England, Paris, Edinburgh, San Fran, Lexington, Louisville).

When Y2K didn't kill me, I re-evaluated and re-lived my previous gaming progression, buying all the now 'retro' consoles in the order of their release, and then discovering for the first time the likes of the SNES, N64, Xbox, PS2, and Gamecube.

Got into PC gaming again with Aliens V Predator 2, and while I don't mind spending $2K on a PC rig, I somehow have a mental block on spending more than $2C on a console, so that lead me to be a Nintendo fanboy of sorts - the cheapest of each generation.

Got a Cube for Rogue Squadron. Then a DS. Later pre-ordered my Wii asap after the first E3 unveiling announcement.

(Some) Favorite Games Eva
Alright, this is nigh impossible, so here's a random sampling of some 1337 games.

- Maze Craze
- Bruce Lee
- Discs of Tron
- Legacy of the Ancients
- Bard's Tale
- Zelda
- Ikari Warriors
- Contra
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