Official Wii Zapper with Link’s Crossbow Training
The Wii Zapper is a gun peripheral that allows the user to insert a Wii Remote and Nunchuk, both sold separately, into either end and play a compatible game. The control stick on the Nunchuk controls player movement (on stages that allow player movement), while aiming the Wii Zapper moves the targeting reticule on the screen. The Zapper comes with Link’s Crossbow Training, which helps to familiarize the player with the Zapper in a shooting gallery style game. Link’s Crossbow Training (more…)
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The combination of the Zapper and Link’s Crossbow Training is well worth the $20 I paid. The Zapper (which is only a plastic shell for the Wiimote and the Nunchuck) is very sturdy and amazingly well-conceived. The instructions are quite clear on how to insert the Wiimote and the Nunchuck into the Zapper.
Of course the ergonomics of the Zapper are odd, with the trigger (the Wiimote B button) being forward vs to the rear like a rifle or shotgun trigger. However, it’s a compromise that Nintendo decided it had to make based on its tests on prototypes. That, and the fact that the infrared component of the Wiimote must be to the front.
The bundled game, “Link’s Crossbow Training” is multifaceted and exactly what’s needed to give the player practice using the Zapper. AND, the game is a lot of fun all by itself.
The bottom line on this is that the combo of the Zapper plus the game Link’s Crossbow Training is a must-have (at least for me) and worth the price. Highly recommended.
I was skeptical when i saw the box. “We don’t need to turn the wii-motes into a gun. How good can the pack-in be?” But then I had second thoughts and bought it. We’ve been playing it all night. I was a Duck Hunt fan and the rail shooting levels are fantastic – like the first time you played Mrs. PacMan after being a PacMan fan but so much better. There’s a mix of scrolling, rail and 1st person shooting levels set in the Twilight Princess world that can be played in order or on their own. If you get a Wii for the holidays, pick this up as well. I can tell there’s no point in even taking the wii-mote out of the zapper. The family will be playing this just about everyday, despite our having about a dozen other Wii titles. My 3 year old was delighted when she beat my high score. In my defense it would have been higher but I hit a live chicken. My 8 year old informed me “Mom! You can’t shoot LIVE things!!!” Who knew? It was so much fun blasting the fruit balloons…. and the skeletons…. I’d defend my record, but my husband and brother have been playing for the last four hours and I can’t get near it. Well worth the $20 – if they’d sold the game alone I would have paid more.
This is what I expected it to be, a non essential peripheral that only adds to the feeling of shooting (this gun controls excellently off the hip), but Nintendo has included a first class Zelda style shooting game that is just as fun as any light gun game I have ever played as well. The 27 levels will go by fast and if you combo your shots you should be medalling fairly quickly which means that it is technically only about an hour and 1/2 of gameplay till the end, but there are boss battles and free roaming sections on the levels that make it feel like more than some software designed to get gamers used to the Zapper and its mechanics. The instructions are clear and should be read to put it together properly as the cord just fits into the handle, the nunchuck cord does wrap around the handle at the top which will annoy those with BIG hands. I tried it out with COD 3 and RES EV4 and if you can get your index finger on the A button and shoot with your middle finger both are playable but the vehicle/ combat levels in COD3 make it essentially unplayable with this setup same goes for Metroid 3. I can’t wait to get my hands on copies of MEDAL OF HONOR HEROES 2-GHOST SQUAD-UMBRELLA CHRONICLES to get some shooting action in that is specifically designed for the zapper, until then I will keep shooting up the landscape in Links terrific if somewhat short pack in game and dream about a COD4 zapper adaptation.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Functional, but not indispensible
Had some money to burn and was conflicted on what game I wanted to buy. Started looking at some of the peripherals and finally decided to settle on the Wii Zapper because I…
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wii Zapper Review
I bought this device and game for my girlfriends Wii. She found the device to be easy to use. Although the cross hairs are not centered with the device it works very well and is…
4.0 out of 5 stars
Clever accessory, fun game
This is a cleverly constructed accessory, the way it holds both controllers and hides the cable. The game is very fun.
1.0 out of 5 stars
way to easy
I was looking to buy a hunting game and wii light gun when I found the Wii zapper with link crossbow training after reading the reviews and reading most people liked the game but…
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Accessory to wii
I bought the Link’s crossbow training with the zapper and Call of Duty world at war and I had so much fun playing it with the Zapper its actually a different experience when you…
5.0 out of 5 stars
My son loves it!
I bought this product for my son on his birthday on Amazon because Game Stop, Target, and WalMart did not have it in stock.
It was brand new and works real good.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice to shoot a few bad guys after a hard day at work
The Wii Zapper and the Link’s Crossbow Training are simple but fun. Don’t be fooled by the title – it’s not just a training game. The game has quite a few stages and levels.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Look out women! LOL!
This wii addition adds so much realism to FPS games, my hubby’s in love! Super product!
3.0 out of 5 stars
Wii Zapper
The wii zapper doesn’t lock the remote into the hole designed for the remote, other then that, it works great.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Trigger needs spring mechanism
The zapper was great for Links crossbow and worked well the first time I played through Umbrella Chronicles.