Ghost Squad will have a Wii Zapper combo
Posted by George. Filed under Nintendo Wii. Tagged with Ghost Squad.
Who didn’t see this one happening? Sega has announced the release date for its Arcade light gun shooter Ghost Squad in Japan, October 25th. Japan seems to be getting the game earlier than Europe and America.
In another note, they said there will be two versions of the game. One is just the game by itself and the other is a combo that comes with the Wii Zapper. I don’t know how much each will retail for or if the Wii Zapper combo will be introduced in the west.
For your common knowledge, the Wii Zapper is a piece of plastic. That’s it. It is supposed to release for $19.99 USD, making it possibly the most overpriced piece of plastic ever. Trust me I know my plastic, I worked in the plastic industry for 2 years.
[Source: The-Magicbox]
Comments on this article
There have been 11 responses to this article.
They mentioned this at E3, though they didn’t say anything about it costing more than a regular retail game. Though that might have only meant for first-party Nintendo titles like Mario Kart Wii.
Kogen
Posted August 1st, 2007 at 10:15 am.
The piece of plastic comes with a game for $19.99, fyi ;). Kind of helps when journalists know this stuff.
In any case, I’ll be buying the version with the Zapper packed in. One of my big worries about this game, was using the little Wiimote in a game built for using machine guns. The zapper eliminates this problem by turning your Wiimote/nunchuck into a machine gun.
Finally, a proper SEGA light gun game comes home…been waiting for this since HOTD3.
nuckles87
Posted August 1st, 2007 at 11:26 am.
Sorry, reread my comment, the second sentence sounds quite assy. I apologize. :)
nuckles87
Posted August 1st, 2007 at 11:31 am.
Yay to Classic light-gun shooters! Boo to Japan getting videogames first!
CaptainUlt
Posted August 1st, 2007 at 6:07 pm.
Well, the important thing is, we’re getting it. We always miss out on Sega’s better Japanese games these days.
Light gun games are so rare these days (good ones anyway. Screw RE:UC) Ghost Squad is very refreshing.
nuckles87
Posted August 1st, 2007 at 8:33 pm.
“We always miss out on Sega’s better Japanese games these days”
Its because we never buy their stuff! (cries at the idea Yakuza 2 will never be released here thanks to its poor sales in America ;__;)
But yay! finally a Wii game I can get my teeth into, now I only hope it does well in America and we gets more of SEGAs light gun games!
Aki-at
Posted August 2nd, 2007 at 5:31 am.
I’m so getting this baby.
Ryan
Posted August 2nd, 2007 at 9:48 am.
Hey, I do ;). I’m sure you do to. Not the SEGA fan’s fault, blame the average consumer.
But to be fair. Yakuza 1 was kind of lame…all style and no substances. I still want Y2 though, cause it supposedly fixed many of the original’s problems.
nuckles87
Posted August 2nd, 2007 at 10:29 am.
what the hell is wrong with you knuckles..
Yakuza had a great story and great battle system..
Yes there where problems but the good out wayed the bad by far!
YOUR LAME!
Ryan
Posted August 2nd, 2007 at 10:50 am.
I have to agree with Ryan. Yakuza was a can of pure awsome, I didn’t even notice any problems with the game.
Ratix240sx
Posted August 2nd, 2007 at 7:08 pm.
Oh yes, I meant the general consumer, as in all us Westerns…or most us Westerns! (as far as I know, Yakuza did much much better in Europe)
And hey, Yakuza was my second favourite game of the year! I loved cracking open everyones skulls with almost everything around me, and the fighting was also quite fun. The only probably was there wasn’t ernough battle stages and too many random battles.
Aki-at
Posted August 3rd, 2007 at 2:27 pm.