Wii Zapper (includes Link's Crossbow Training)

The Wii Zapper is a casing unit which holds the Remote and Nunchuck in position so it feels more like you're using a lightgun, it's a sturdy design which feels comfortable and also tidy's the wiring out of the way, all in all a very good design, now this also comes bundled with a game.

Links Crossbow Training is a lightgun style game with various different modes from standard shooting practice, where you aim and shoot at different targets on a static screen, to Ranger where you control Links movement and fight off hordes of coming enemies, all the modes are rendered using the superb Twilight Princess engine and world.

If you like Lightgun games such as Virtua Cop, House of the Dead or Point Blank this is a must buy, at the end of the day Links Crossbow Training is worth £20 alone.

The Zapper is already compatible with several games with more to come.

Out now
Ghost Squad - Works brilliantly.
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles - Works OK.
Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 - Works brilliantly.

Coming soon
House of the Dead 2 & 3: The Return - Reports say it works brilliantly.

I'll summarise this review in 5 easy points.

1. The Wii Zapper is easy to hold and personally I think, gives a better aim.

2. It creates more realism in games such as Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles.

3. It comes packed with Link's Crossbow Training which can give hours of fun, trying to beat high scores.

4. It's easy to attach and detach the Wii Remote, providing easy accessibility.

5. It's fun to use, and is great for multiplayer if your friend has one.

I seriously reccommend you buy this, as it's worth every penny. Don't waste your money on the unofficial ones, they're not as good quality.

I got the Wii zapper for Christmas. For £20 I think it is good value for money. The bundled game is fairly basic but great fun. It is a target shooting game and it can be completed in a few hours. However the idea is that you replay levels to try and beat your previous scores.

If you consider you are paying £10 for the Zapper and £10 for a game it is unfair to rate the game against something costing £40.

I would consider it in the same league as Wii Play.

On my TV the accuracy was ok. You move it left/right/up/down and the cursor moves as expected. The Zapper isn't aligned perfectly with the cursor but then neither is any other Wii game. It's a computer game not an Olympic sport!

The Zapper is only suitable for games using particular control systems. Red Steel isn't one of them so you can't moan at the Zapper if you try and use it for that.

You wouldn't try and use a steering wheel to play Bowling, would you?

Its best to check that a particular games was written with the Zapper in mind because they are the only games that are going to be suitable.

I look forward to seeing more games take advantage of the Zapper and for the money it is a useful accessory.

I think this is a great stocking filler ideal for the kids.

The Zapper is a very simple design to hold your Wii mote and Nun chuck. But it works well. It is light and strong and natural to use.

This make the Wii mote THE best gun for any system. A great idea that adds to the unique Wii mote .

Links is ok. Not brilliant, but ok. I reckon is is a party game rather than a lone gamers game. I found it on to turn and look up and down by pointing, but this is more to do with being used to mouse and keyboard or joypads.

The future for the zapper looks better for gamers as new traditional shooters come online rather than the party games that are out now. I have seen a video of Resident Evil Umbrella running with the zapper and it looked very good.

As I said, worth the money

i think this is a great price for this item, admitidly the game itself is not long but it's great fun & really quite challenging. there are 8 stages in total, with each stage being broken down into 3 sections (with a timer of approx 1 min on each section). you need to accumilate a score of over 20,000 in the 3 section to unlock the next full level.

i am thouroughly impressed with how well made the zapper is, there seems to have been a lot of though into it, it's good quality plastic (not that cheap flimsy stuff) & there's even a compartment to tuck the nunchuk cable into so it's not flapping about, i've found the unit works really well and definatly adds to the experience.

For £20, i think it's a bargain, happy zapping!!!!!!