Nintendogs beware: Ultimate Duck Hunting coming to Wii

by Ludwig Kietzmann { Mar 22nd 2007 at 6:30PM }

Hang on! This isn't some modern Wii version of the NES classic, Duck Hunt. You see, this is Ultimate Duck Hunt-ing, which despite featuring ducks in the process of being hunted, is not to be confused with Nintendo's own and entirely dissimilar Duck Hunt. Right, so Ultimate Duck Hunting is a game in which the player presumably hunts ducks, possibly in the presence of an adorable dog that every so often gets in the way of your deadly ~~rifle~~ shotgun. Just so we're clear on that.

Pro-G reports that Ultimate Duck Hunting will be the first foray into gaming for new publisher Detn8 (oh, as in detonate!). It's not entirely certain what has prompted the release of the game -- it's either based on a dubious attempt to cash in on a similar, popular brand (is it really?), or the misguided belief that there's an untapped desire among gamers to hunt ducks on their consoles. We'll find out which one it is when the game releases in the US this June and in Europe towards the end of the year.

Tags: Duck Hunt, Duck Hunting, DuckHunt, DuckHunting, Famicom, NES, Nintendo, Ultimate Duck Hunting, UltimateDuckHunting

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

fwacce @ Mar 22nd 2007 6:39PM

The writers for joystiq are such nerds.

Jerk Face @ Mar 22nd 2007 6:45PM

@1

I know, isn't it so awesome?

Jake @ Mar 22nd 2007 6:46PM

@1

I clicked on the comments section to type in exactly what you did. Well played. Seriously, could that article have been written any more dorkishly.

Pretty shameless cashing in on a Nintendo franchise, I must say. Wasn't Nintendo already working on a Duckhunt game? I thought they showed a shotgun periphreal and everything.

Ludwig Kietzmann @ Mar 22nd 2007 6:51PM

Gaming bloggers? Nerds? INCONCEIVABLE!

Homer 918 @ Mar 22nd 2007 6:58PM

A hilarious video review!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIeVe3uiDek&mode=related&search=

Rubang B @ Mar 22nd 2007 7:07PM

Wow. A new company just sprouted out of non-existence to beat Nintendo to the punch. Why didn't I think of that?

In other news, my new company, Xplode Fun Games is releasing Trooper Capers: Barrio on April 7th. In this edition, our lovable Troopers are going on Capers in the Barrio, and they switch between 2-D and 3-D environments.

dusty @ Mar 22nd 2007 7:24PM

This is how we KNOW Joystiq Bloggers are NERDS:

"possibly in the presence of an adorable dog that every so often gets in the way of your deadly rifle."

Duck is hunted with Shotguns, not Rifles.
And since when were hunting dogs defined as, "cute?"

dark @ Mar 22nd 2007 7:33PM

Do you know what I think. All you guys are nerds. OMG he shot Daffy. That son of a @#$%!

samfish @ Mar 22nd 2007 8:59PM

Oooooooooooooh, it's Duck *HUNT*! I get it now! And after all these years!!
...I never did understand why people would want to play a game about duck vagina, but this makes a lot more sense.

Also, why is that picture from Alex Ross's website?

Rinks @ Mar 22nd 2007 9:05PM

Oh boy. This must mean that Kung-Fu and Ice Climber are right around the frakkin' corner. Excuse me while I wet myself.

In other news, Ford's Model T comes out next year, complete with hand crank and solid rubber tires! If you can't beat em, go back to a place in time when you were on top and pretend that the market is moving ahead without you.

Happy Thursday, fanboys, this troll's for you.

samfish @ Mar 22nd 2007 9:07PM

Seriously, though, couldn't this just be done as a Flash game?

AssemblyLineHuman @ Mar 22nd 2007 9:17PM

I hope I can play as Dick Cheney.

samfish @ Mar 22nd 2007 9:21PM

#12- wouldn't that be called Dick Hunt?

Sly @ Mar 22nd 2007 10:52PM

It's wabbit season! Duck season! Wabbit season! Duck season! That would be hilarious.

Cuja @ Mar 22nd 2007 11:02PM

The SNL skit where they're divorce.

Chocolate Starfish @ Mar 23rd 2007 9:27AM

It looks a lot like real duck hunting but with worse graphics. The problem with games like this is that they are intended for the people who love duck hunting so much that they really do sit outside while its raining, cold, foggy, snowing, or really anything else you can think of, to hunt.

This means they won't be inside to play it. At least with fishing games, I can stay inside when it's lightning out.