Nintendo reveals Wii Zapper

Looks like a fun time. $20 seems like a good price too. I just hope the games that call for the zapper end up using it well.

Nice.

I like it. Can't wait.

Interesting. Reminds me a little of the Kriss Super V. I might pick up one of this Nintendo things.

Sega Menacer anyone?

It looks a little bit like a paintball marker.

So this is what happens when an iPod gets slopped up on roofies given to it by a Guncon 3....

jk

It looks to me from that picture that the nunchuk portion of the Zapper comes off, giving you two handed control if you want it. If that's the case, I love it. Two hands on the Zapper looks a little awkward, but I bet it would work well and that's all that matters.

What happened to the previous zapper concept from last year? U know the one that looks more like the original zapper. I happen to think this thing looks ugly. Not very happy.

This isn't actually a new controller right? Its just a plastic shell that the wiimote and nunchuck slide into? In which case, why do you need it?

That looks too much like Namco's GunCon 3.

Way to constrict what is free-form. Good call, Nintendo.

Yee gods it's ugly.

This is *fantastic*! The big problem with gun controllers has always been access to the d-pad or joystick (that was much of what made Resident Evil: Dead Aim such agony). This neatly solves the problem, and does it while keeping it very gun-like by going to a tommygun instead of a pistol. Thus you get the thrill of shooting a (plastic) gun while still having analog control. Bravo!

Awful, I actually like the knock off third party ones I have seen better. Ugh, I really thought Nintendo would try to rock this thing out. Big let down, my Wii is feeling very abandoned.

I'm very, very concerned about how it looks.
The old design looked amazing, but the new one... I don't know, this whole two-handed approach seems like it's trying to make the Zapper as NOT-A-GUN as possible. While I understand why they'd want to do that (a lot of parents won't buy their kids anything that looks like a gun) the new 2-handed Zapper looks like it might be uncomfortable to hold after playing for very long...

All I really want is a good gun shell for the Wiimote that adds a pistol grip and moves the trigger button to somewhere more comfortable, and to keep the Nunchuck in my other hand.

We'll see if this Zapper is a decent compromise or a wonky mess.

I like the two-handed approach... In all the war footage I've seen, I've never seen a real soldier running around shooting their gun with only one hand, so this two-handed shell looks like the best configuration to simulate a proper rifle.

This gun is screaming Time Crisis!!!

The gun is screaming tommy gun from the mafia.

It is not just a shell. It has that trigger under the remote, so it's some sort of pass-through between the remote and nunchuck. This way, it feels like a real two-handed gun, has a realistically placed trigger, and you still have an analog stick available for movement. So far, I can dig it.

Great, this now brings the cost of a Wii controller up to $80. (Remote $40 + Nunchuck $20 + Cheap plastic "zapper" shell $20)

Say hello to my little Wii!

This thing reminds me of the TMP from RE4.

Aww, i was still kinda hoping for the Wii Shotty. The "zapper" looks pretty small and cramped, i hope its effective for us larger people.

yeesh, that's one ugly jumble of plastic. gives the original DS a run for it's money in the looks department.

look for a zapper "lite" in 8-16 months...

Ahhhh geez. Why did they have to put the trigger up front? That's just @ss backwards IMHO. Honestly! It's more natural to shoot with the trigger placed closest to your body. I'm right handed and so pulling the trigger with the index finger on my left hand just doesn't seem right.

Yeah it does look like it might be uncomfortable after a while. But I kinda of like the look of it, better than the prototype IMO

Well spamlover, if you think about it, most people hold the nunchuck in their left hand and the wiimote in their right... so even though that's not how right-handed people hold a gun...oh well. xD

Frankly I'm appalled at you people. You're all Nintendo fans, and I believe the new persona of Nintendo fanboys is your newfound love of origonality.
I have never seen a model akin to the Zapper before in my gaming life, and it's exciting to see them go in a whole new direction.
The true magic is the versatility as well. Because by not labelling the piece as a gun, and by keeping the form ambiguous, it can be used in games that might not necesarily even be FPS'. Animal Crossing with a tommy gun? Bring it.

It looks like an interesting piece of hardware, and I think I'll hold one before I make any final judgments as to whether it's comfortable or not. Besides, would Nintendo really put out a product that be uncomfortable? Of course not, that's why the designs been changed at all. I'm sure it'll be focus-grouped so hard you'll all cream yourselves upon touching it.

Peace.

Sidenote: Kinda looks like a high-heeled shoe if you imagine it without the wiimote or nunchuk. Maybe I'm crazy.

I dig it. A gun for the wii! It will totally change 1st/2nd/3rd person shooters.I like how it utilizes the numchuck instead of adding a analog. On a bum note if your getting a 2nd one and don't have a 2nd numchuck you have to buy one.Spamlover is right the trigger should be in the back.i would like one if i had a wii.