Wii Zapper, Link's Crossbow Training In The House

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. More »

Medal of Honor Heroes 2 Wii Hands On Impressions

One of the four games in Nintendo's so-called "Zapper Alley" was EA's Medal of Honor Heroes 2, the Wii sequel to the PSP-exclusive entry in the long-running World War II shooter series. It follows the first Heroes adherence to the Medal of Honor gameplay, already established by numerous games and expansions on virtually every platform, but also contains a Wii-friendly on-rails shooter mode. My first hands on time with the game was spent with the more arcade-style light gun-esque mode, one that should prime FPS noobs for the more complex half of the game. While Medal of Honor Heroes 2 doesn't shatter the mold, it does nail both modes from a control perspective. Unfortunately, there are a handful of problems. More »