NWR tried out Innex’s light gun peripheral shell. The pumping reload action was sweet.
Along with the 3-in-1 Virtual Retro Adapter, TYP and I also got a chance to try out Innex’s new light gun peripheral, the Buckshot.
Players will need to plug a Wii Remote into the Buckshot to operate it. The guns they had on display came in three colors, red, black, and white. When I picked one up I was pleasantly surprised to find they had a nice heft to them. It felt well-made and looked pretty cool. Instead of having to also connect a nunchuck such as with the Wii Zapper, the Buckshot already has its own analog stick and C and Z buttons.
The one game they had available to try with the light gun was House of the Dead: Overkill. The gun’s trigger acted as the A button and made a very nice click when pressing on it. Reloading was accomplished by pulling the handgrip back and forth. Using pump action to reload was awesome and made me feel like I was playing the game on an arcade cabinet. I had no problem with aiming the Wii Remote while it was inside the gun shell.
Unfortunately, there were no other games to try out. I really wanted to see if I could play a game such as House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return and use the gun sight to properly aim.
The Buckshot will retail for 29.99 and will be available in mid June. The game worked very nicely with House of the Dead: Overkill, but its value will be decided on how well it works with the rest of Wii’s shooter line-up.
Truman Chen demonstrates Buckshot.