I picked up the blaster last night and have not had a chance to play LCBT with it yet, but I got it out and put it together.  I will have to say that I was very very pleased with the construction of this thing.  Nintendo just makes good stuff period.  The construction is very solid and the way it is put together is just perfect.  I was very impressed with this thing, even more so for $20, then a game thrown in on top of that.  I think I would have paid $20 for the blaster itself.  Any thoughts?

I wasn't too impressed with the ign review:

http://gear.ign.com/articles/836/836064p1.html

Since Nintendo is ripping off Europeans on the Zapper (30 € vs $20 - as if the euro being stronger wasn't enough, we even pay more €s than you Americans pay in $s), I'm going to hold off on this one unless it's awesome.

PS: My Wii is in the mail, should arrive this week or the next one... Now I just need a TV :P

^ Yeah a TV is always a good start..

I moved to a new place where I don't have a TV yet, I just bought the Wii this week because I'm afraid it will start selling out in Europe soon ;) The Wii will be sitting in its box for a few weeks at least.

I'm worried about the zapper's aim. Has anybody played RE:UC, yet? It's rather annoying to be trying to use the Wiimote to go through the menus and the cursor is going crazy hitting multiple buttons at once.

So we have a thread about a game that no one has played? For the love of god will someone give us their personal impressions!!!!

Someone here has a sig that says that it will be a failure, with a good explanation why, I beleive that, but I have no idea who that person is

oh, im pretty sure it will fail overall as the wiimote is perfectly fine and probably more comfortable than holding the zapper. But, i want to know more about the link game.

I'd probably get it for 20€, but refuse to pay 30€ when I know there are some cheeseburger inhaling yanks on the other side of the Atlantic getting it for way less than that. Grrrr....

[/euro price jealousy]

Is the crossbow game any good? I might have some small interest in it if there's lots to do, and a decent multiplayer mode.

Sorry missed this thread last night. I did pick up the Zapper yesterday just as it was being put on the shelves. Link's Crossbow Training itself is worth the price of admission in my opinion it'll give you memories of games like Hogan's Alley and Duck Hunt racking up points against the time trying to score higher. Starting out on the game you can calibrate it thankfully although only up and down it also allows you to set your pointer speed from terribly slow to quick and fast. It has 9 levels 8 + a final(like any other Zelda console game) split into 3 areas each for a total of 27 different little shooting games some of which are boss/miniboss fights from Twilight Princess. Its a lot of fun and there is humor in there for any Zelda fan as you are allowed to shoot at all the various background elements I won't put any spoilers though on the results of shooting some of them as thats part of the fun :P . The game has 3 modes Single Multiplayer and Practice where you can work on your shooting. In Single you play a level's 3 areas and try to rack up points to score Bronze Silver Gold and Platinum medals just like Wii Sports / Play. The practice mode also records the high scores for all players so its possible to compete not only on groupings of levels but individual levels as well. As for the zapper itself its surprisingly well built its got some weight to it completely assembled and the plastic at least seems tough and not cheap. Its not something I'm absolutely in love with but I don't hate it either and imagine its true value will be that relatives this holiday will pick the game up easier when I hand them a zapper instead of a Wiimote + Nunchuck. Overall though I'd say buy it the game alone justifies it. I do have one small complaint though the game itself came in a sleeve instead of a full game box stop with the f***ing sleeves Nintendo!!