Aug 08 2008
Shooting Things With The Wii Zapper
I got “Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles” for my birthday back in June, but it was hard to play with the WiiMote. I spent the better part of an hour being repeatedly killed by a giant scorpion! I wondered if it would be any easier to play with the “gun” attachment. I picked up the Nintendo’s “Wii Zapper” at Best Buy shortly afterward. It came with “Link’s Crossbow Training“, which I expected to be a throw-away title, but my first guess was so wrong.
Maybe it was the nostalgia factor, but I warmed up to Crossbow Training upon hearing the old “Legend of Zelda” theme music again. Many of the old enemies from the vintage NES game made appearances: Stalfos, Zoras, and Tektites. I haven’t played any of the recent Zelda games, but this made me want to catch up on the series. There are three modes of play (Target Practice, Defender and Ranger), and each one gets harder with successive levels (up to nine). I ended up with a sore trigger finger.
The Zapper is very different from the “Light Gun” that I had as a kid. It has a simple, yet comfortable, design with no electronics of its own. The two-handed grip accommodates the WiiMote and the Nunchuk nicely. It’s a little hard to reach the “A” button like this, but you have easy access to the “B” button (trigger) and the Nunchuk controls (joystick to move Link and the trigger to zoom in). Once I’ve finished off every level of target practice, I’ll give the Zapper a try with Umbrella Chronicles.
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Best Buy, Legend of Zelda, Video Games, Wii, Zapper
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