how awesome is this. wii zapper

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Desroko said:

z64dan said:
my problem is, where you point the wii remote is NOT always where your cursor shows up, if anyones ever tested it

it depends on where you sit / where the sensor bar is. if you are to the side, the cursor is always in the wrong spot.

I know what you mean, but that's probably something that can be solved through calibration. Just be careful not to move the bar afterwards.

Well, the Wii itself doesn't have any calibration for pointer location relative to where the remote is actually pointing.  This would have to be a function programmed in each software title.  Twilight Princes actually had a crude calibration function, but all it did was adjust the elevation of the pointer and tell you if you were at the ideal distance form the screen or not.

But another issue is that the pictured device doesn't even have a sight on it.  So you're not going to be looking down the gun to aim.  There will always have to be a reticule on-screen to show you where you're aiming. 

I think this actually goes againt the pick-up-n-play philosophy that Nintendo trying to promulgate.  If you're playing a game with a gun, you expect to use a sight on the gun to aim it at the screen.  You can't do that with this Zapper.  I have a feeling this peripheral will have the same fate as the Virtual Boy.  Or, at the very least, I know I'm not buying one.