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Slothboy

I think it's kinda funny how the wii-remote was supposed to be some sort of "One remote to rule them all" and now there's this flood of peripherals where you can stick the thing in in order to have a more "traditional" experience.

platinum

I bought both the ATC Magnum and this...needless to say I wish I bought 2 perfect shots. I was very surprised by the nunchuck passthrough. Needless to say when their wireless nunchuck comes out, I'll be in light gun heaven.

hey who knows...maybe this config can make red steel enjoyable.

youruglyclone

I have one as well.

For $15 (including shipping) this sucker is:

Excellent for trigger mashing.

Excellent spring loaded response.

Medal of Honor 2:Heroes kicks ass with this sucker.

My Wii has gotten more play time in the last month because of this $15 peripheral than it has in 6 months.

Best 3rd party peripheral I've ever bought.

It rocks very, very hard.

THX5334

i bought this, and would recommend it to anyone who has a wii. It feels nice to have the feel of a fake pistol in your hands, and the aim sight isn't soo bad either

RanChan03

i got one from amazon and love it. its so much better than the zapper. there's even a little notch on top so you can aim if you want instead of shooting from the hip. fuck the zapper!

physalis925

What games are there that just use the wiimote and B to shoot?

MNC

@brent_w: So what I actually forgot to ask is, are these good for trigger mashing, like do you not have to let go of the trigger all the way, then push it back down all the way for it to work, and is it nice and fluid to push it in, almost as if you were pressing the Wii remote's button?

Zho

Oh cool, actually I got the Piranha gun thing for RE Umbrella, but it's kinda dissapointing because of it's mechanism it's not really that well suited for trigger mashing like most Arcade guns

Zho

@Malmer:

Well, white with blue highlights is a given, since it's the color scheme of all things Wii. And the orange tip is required in many states on any toy that looks like a gun. Looks easy enough to pop it off though, so repainting it white wouldn't be out of the question.

txgb324

It's looking awesome.

But blue and orange? Sorry, never gonna buy that.

Malmer

This gun easily beats the ridiculous Zapper, I only wish the grip had more weight to it.

Rambozo

Got one for use with RE: UC. It's pretty awesome and makes UC really fun, but it should be noted that it's bigger than you'd expect. Or maybe my hands are too small. Yeah, that's probably it.

WildKnightblazer

Check out IGN's video review of these, its been up for a while.

brent_w

Why would you use this when you could buy a SHARK GUN like the one here: [kotaku.com] ?

Improbable

@Raian1:
Its just the same as holding a wiimote in one hand to aim, it just feels more like a gun, its not hard to use at all.

Like I said, I got these for UC and they are excellent.

brent_w

Saw them on amazon yesterday and I dont even own a wii.

ballaboy311

@Raian1: Well your wrong!

ballaboy311

@zeezee: They've been available for a little while, order them online.

brent_w

I don't think the Nyko gun will be effective on shooting games that don't allow for proper callibration with the pointer. If it controls like a computer mouse (hence the need for the cursor), then surely holding the gun in both hands makes pointing easier.

Raian1

I have 2 of these I got for Umbrella Cronicles, & other light gun games on the Wii.

They are amazing and I recommend them to anyone.

My only complaint is that they are very top heavy when the Wiimote is in place, it can get tireing after a while.

I've been planing to put some weights inside the grip & send some tutorial shots to kotaku during the weekend.

brent_w

Link to Buy

[www.amazon.com]

stephenzerotwo

Maybe that is what it takes to work at Nyko.

ballaboy311

I think it will make a good alternative to the Wii Zapper for when friends want to play. I purchased a Wii Zapper for Link's Crossbow training and this would be a good standalone product that may be good for some games, especially due to the spring loaded trigger.

Hiero Glyph

That dude looks trashed in the video.

ballaboy311

This looks cool but I think I like the official one better. I know people bag on the official "Tommygun-like" Nintendo zapper being dumb looking but I've learned one thing from Trauma Center and it's that my hands are just not steady enough to attempt precision (RE requires some really good precision for head shots) and it helps that I can use two hands to better brace myself with the official zapper... though I'm sure I'll still end up with one of these Nyko peripherals just because it's cool looking.

Mommar

Wow, say what you will but I like! I was just thinking about how it would be nice to have a decent gun controller for the Wii that was more like oh, a gun, let's say. I might have to pick this up.

Masume

I WANT this NOW. Any word on when it drops? Also, I read somewhere that some major retailers might not be selling this. Any word on who that might be?

zeezee

i like this. looks a whole lot better than the wii zapper. probably feels a lot better to use too.

TinyLightning

Well, he would feel it would improve accuracy on shooter games like this.

Dimipapa

Does it melt your console too, like that other product?

Achaemenid

this can only mean one thing: Duck Hunt 2 for the Wii!!

NeoAkira

Amazon has it...but it's backordered until After Feb. 13th. No stores seem to be carrying it, or know when they'll be getting them in.

zeezee

looks good, im not hot about the nintendo version, i only want it for Zelda arrow game thing.

But if i had to choose on comfortability i'll got with this.

shame they can't have one with a shoulder stock, serious need one, my arm gets tired at times.

Onizuka-GTO

@brent_w:

It would be great for all games if you could align your pointer. Hell, it would be even better if you could do that in the Wii options settings. Then you wouldn't have to calibrate it for every game.

This gun looks hot! If I ever buy one, it will be this one.

dead_red_eyes

@Scooter:

Thats a problem game developers need to fix.
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It has to do with where the pointer appears on screen in relation to the direction the Wiimote is pointing.

Because TVs are different sizes, the menu & most games with the IR pointer just tend to "guess" an area.
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Its generally not a problem because we automatically adapt where we point the Wiimote without even realizing it.

(Try setting your sensor bar setting to the opposite position, its suprising how quickly you can addapt to using the menu by pointing to empty space above or below your television.)
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But light gun games where you want to line up a shot with the crosshair require proper alignment if you want the cursor to appear in the exact place you are pointing.

Thats why games like Ghost Squad have an option to align your pointer.

This should become a requirement for any future light gun games on the wii if we want an authentic aiming experience.

brent_w

I got a Perfect Shot last week, and I absolutely love it. The only thing that has pissed me off is that it has a little targeting sight at the back, but since you can't adjust the alignment of the crosshairs on the screen, it's useless.

Otherwise, it is a hell of a lot more comfortable playing Umbrella Chronicles with the Perfect Shot than with the Zapper... or god forbid, with just the wiimote.

Scooter

@brent_w: Sweet, thanks. I'm convinced!

Zho

@NukaCola: Not even close, you must have heard about a differen't gun.

I found the IGN Gear review, they gave it a 9.3.

[gear.ign.com]

Its got good video of the Perfect Shot. (video review)

brent_w

@MNC: Anything that supports the Zapper; Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, Ghost Squad, Medal of Honor 2: Heroes, the upcoming House of the Dead collection.

agies

I've heard bad things about the Perfect Shot, basically saying that the spring-loaded trigger's is poorly made.

NukaCola

That's a total ripoff of this which I already have: [videogame.brando.com.hk]

Jim5

@Zho:
I bought one of these as soon as it came out, and I don't particularly like it. The trigger is very stiff and moves in a line (forwards/backwards) instead of pivoting like a real trigger, so it feels like there is a slight delay when you shoot. It feels nothing like the trigger on a guncon, for example. In games where you have to shoot fast, this really hurts. I played wii play shooting with it, I usually get around 650 points (High Score: 723), but I only was able to get 400 with this thing. Another issue is that the aiming is way off when you can't calibrate it. I found that to aim at the middle of the screen, I had to point the powershot at the top. I can see now why Nintendo went with a "shoot from the hip" design to keep people from noticing that.

lootenplunder

Very good! I'm sure there will be coming out even better-looking ones.

Anyway, now I just want to see MORE GOOD FPS on the Wii using it's unique capabilities.

FPS could be amazingly entertaining on the Wii, provided you get the controlls right (Nunchuk/Zapper harmony and accuracy).

Don't want to see anymore of those incedibly bad arcade-shooters that have been flooding the Wii's gaming library recently.

Mlata

Holding the two controllers independently is what you're supposed to do in Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles. It says so in the manual. If you've got the nunchuck plugged into the Wii Zapper while playing that game you're doing it wrong.

AleeYun

@Jim5: Yeah, here's another in which it strangely looks like.

HVG2's Smart Gun Pro [shop4.outpost.com]

Not only does it have the same molding on the plastic, it also has the spring loaded trigger and a pass through port on the bottom for nunchuck attachment. Oh, and the swing over latch that holds the front end of the remote in place (with a pice of foam padding attached). The only difference between the two are the colors... and the companies (unless nyko and HVG2 are of the same).

bugashi

@DrFresh: As with the Zapper, it is almost impossible to use buttons on top of the wiimote with these. Any games designed for the Zapper will avoid using them.

beeporama

@zeezee: I couldn't find it in stock in any stores or at Amazon either. Buy.com came through for me, though.

beeporama

I have the first-party Zapper and two of these, and have played Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles both with a "bare" wiimote and using both peripherals. These are definitely the ones you want, at least for RE:UC, although it was pretty enjoyable any way so if you're thrifty go without.

My only problem was the opposite of @WildKnightblazer... I think I have big hands, and sometimes I would cramp up after very long play sessions. I think the Zapper is slightly more ergonomic.

beeporama

What about hitting the A button?

DrFresh

As much as I'd love to have one of these. I'm done investing in the Wii. I have 4 wii-motes, thats it. Skrew the nunchucks and everything els, if I spew any more cash at Nintendo I might as well have bought a PS3 and its controllers.
Its ridiculous... I mean, its like your buying buttons for your gad damn controller

MajorWedgie

I got two of these babies the day before Xmas along with Ghost Squad. They work amazingly well. Way better than awkwardly holing the remote horizontally to shoot. I got mine online from buy.com. They had a plethora of them in December, but it looks like they are sold out there as well.

xerograde

YES!!

Gunhaver

@brent_w: Slightly hard to move the sensor bar below the television when your TV is huge; I'd have to put the thing on the floor.

As more and more games on the Wii with the option of using gun peripherals come out, I'm sure the ability to manually adjust the position of crosshairs will become standard...

Until then, I'm just going to keep whining.

Scooter

How is it I can just see this gun being a topic of debate, and some crazy mother who's son is playing RE complains that the Wii is a murder simulator or something?

tjh518

I swear I've seen this in Gametraders. Might pick it up, though I'm not too interested in lightgun titles. I doubt it'd work for Metroid.

Sabre_Justice

The thing that impresses me most is the fact that the dude pitching is obviously a gamer. He knows what he's talking about, and isn't just spouting marketing slop.

Looks pretty sexy, too. (the gun, not the dude. though he's not ugly either.)

Heartwork