Third-Party ‘Wii Blaster’ Coming Soon

Ever since the advent of the Wii there have been designs for a Wiimote toting gun running free on the Internet. Finally there is one design that is coming to market, and soon. The Wii Blaster will hit store [Gamestop only] shelves come June 27th. Thankfully the $19.99 price point is quite reasonable, because how much can they actually charge for a hunk of functionless plastic? I mean the Blaster doesn’t actually do anything by itself. In order to make it work you’ll need a Wiimote and Nunchuck, which, obviously, if you’re a Wii owner you have both. But, the Blaster, in itself, just some molded plastic.

Clearly they’re going for the nostalgia factor here. The Blaster looks a bit like the old Nintendo Zapper and is intended for use with light gun-like games, only with the use of the Wiimote. They claim that you’ll be able to use it with Duck Hunt, but there is yet to be any official word on Duck Hunt’s Virtual Console release. It seems likely that the Blaster would work with it when it does come out, but until then I think it’s a clever marketing ploy to increase sales a bit. I wonder how many people will buy it intending to play Duck Hunt on the first day and be sadly disappointed.

[Via Wii Fanboy]