4:26 PM on 06.15.2007
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Dyson
According to the latest GameStop flyer, the long awaited Wii Blaster will be available June 27th. What? You haven’t been waiting for this? Phooey on you, then. I know I have been waiting for this accessory since Wii came out.
See, one of my favorite genres of video games has always been of the light gun variety. Without a doubt, I’ve probably spent over hundreds and hundreds of dollars playing games such as Lethal Enforcers, Area 51, House of the Dead, and so on.
Sadly, light gun games have really fallen by the wayside these days, and with NAMCO only putting out one or two GunCon games per generation (if that), I really have nothing to look forward to. But with the Wii Blaster coming out; the future of my six-shooting fantasies just got a little brighter.
Just think, with the Wii Blaster and the Virtual Console; I could be playing Virtua Cop 3, right now!
[Special thanks to Buck F1tches (who has apparently killed Joe Burling and stolen his identity) for the tip]
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You can't "point and shoot," you still have to control it as you would a computer mouse, only now maybe it will be easier to steady your hand since you can fit both onto the attachment.
My only question is about how this thing will work. Does it plug into a bottom port on the Wii-mote? Does it even have a functioning trigger? Can you cock the gun as the top of the "gun" lets you believe?
I'd be interested in a D-Toid review of the product in future post. It could be the first accessory review for D-Toid!
It looks like the nunchuck becomes the handle if you ask me. So the trigger is probably going to be one of the nunchuck buttons, like Z.
Am I blind or is that what it looks like in the picture? It also says "Wii Controller and Nunchuck not included."
If this is indeed the case, then what about games that don't use Z to shoot?
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.2925
Yeah, I noticed that too. Wtf??
hurry Nintendo give me a good reason thats not called MP3 why i should keep my Wii
Super Smash Brothers: Brawl
Mario Party 8
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Super Mario Galaxy
Project H.A.M.M.E.R. (Which is not cancelled, despite rumors.)
Upcoming original content coming to Wii Virtual Console
New Original Titles coming from Electronic Arts, Capcom, Midway, Ubisoft, and Konami.
If those reasons don't get you exited for a Wii, then we fail at our jobs. :)
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Love, Nintendo.
Anyone who actually looks down the sights to play a lightgun game is doing it wrong. You just point and fire, and after a few shots you should be able to adjust your aim perfectly without even trying. Roland of Gilead is ashamed of you, you have forgotten the face of your father.
You can use the wiimote like a lightgun, I had the bow and arrow working like a lightgun in LOZ:TP after calibrating the wiimote.
Then the nunchuck plugs into the grip, allowing you to move around.
If this is the case, I am sold.
As far as the wii blaster, it looks to me to be more third party bullshit to be avoided, like almost every single controller peripheral ever produced by a third party, with the acception of the guitar hero controllers and dance pads. I have the best luck aiming with the wimote with my wrist rested firmly on my knee, twitching my wrist while using the onscreen cursor to aim relatively, rather than sighting down the remote. The relative technique works no matter where your sitting or how your box is configured. Spending an extra twenty bucks for a more cumbersom piece of plastic (which is probably going to greatly complicate the cinematic action sequences that have you waving around the remote or nunchuck in RE4) that then requires me to calibrate my set and sit in the same spot every time seems like a waste of fucking time that's perfect for the not-so-hardcore crowd to use for a day or two then ignore. This crap comes out (and we'll see more of it, rest assured) to capitalize on the wii's unprecedented success, and most of it is going to be utter bullshit, so hang onto those reciepts, and make sure you can return that bogus mess since it doesn't actually include a game.