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The Wii Zapper is due to hit store shelves next week, enabling Wii remotes and nunchuks to take the form of a nerfed simulacrum of a deadly space weapon. The Zapper, along with the packed-in game Link's Crossbow Training and a review copy of Medal of Honor Heroes 2, showed up at my door this morning, safely tucked away in an obscenely large cardboard box. Haven't had a minute yet to hook up the Wii, but I did assemble my Zapper, just to see how simple it was. The assembling and disassembling takes no more than a few seconds, meaning Zapper ownership won't hold your controller hostage.
I've already offered up my thoughts on both Link's Crossbow Training and Medal of Honor Heroes 2, but I'll do my best to answer questions and provide a full review in the coming days.
As a footnote, for those who intend to pick up the Wii Zapper, it seems that some retailers are either ignoring the original MSRP of $19.99 or Nintendo has bumped it up based on positive reception of the product. Both Gamestop and Amazon now list the Zapper peripheral at $24.99.
Some unboxing pics in the gallery below.
