Zelda comes packed with Wii Zapper

Mike Bantick
Tuesday, 11 September 2007 03:53

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At E3 this year , Nintendo announced the Wii Zapper, a housing for the Wii-mote and Nunchuck controller, turning them into a nifty light gun.  There was criticism however; the Wii Zapper was merely overpriced plastic.  Could a new Zelda game packed with the Zapper belay those fears?

At the Electronic Entertainment Expo: Media and Business summit this year Nintendo announced a number of peripherals.

The most promising being the balance board, with a packaged Wii-Fit game/exercise program.  The balance board holds potential to expand, yet again, the controller interfaces and game developer options.

The other two devices, the new steering wheel housing and Wii-Zapper were criticized for simply being over-priced pieces of plastic.

At US$19.99 the Wii-Zapper turns the original Wii controllers – the Wii-mote and Nunchuck – Into a zombie blasting light gun.

Fans will no doubt be encouraged to hear of plans to include a game with the Wii-Zapper pack.  They will be further delighted to hear that said game may well be a Zelda title.

Apparently, in Las Vegas this week, GameStop store franchise managers were given a world-exclusive look at Zelda Crossbow Training.

A source from the GameStop show told Ars Technica; "The game looked beautiful," my source said. "I'm pretty sure it was running on the Twilight Princess engine. It's a third-person game, and you had some control over Link. While the video was way too short to get a good idea of the gameplay, it looks like a light-gun inspired Zelda title."

Hopefully there will be more substance to follow; potentially this can make the new peripheral more or less enticing depending on which side of the fence you fall.

A) “Great, now the US$20.00 doesn’t seem so bad, and I get a Zelda title”  or

B) “Why didn’t they just make it cheaper?  I want to get two guns to play other games, and don’t care about Zelda”