Being shot is good for your health, apparently

by JC Fletcher { Dec 13th 2007 at 8:00PM }

While experimenting with the Wii Zapper, Spencer Yip made an interesting discovery: the fancy handle is, according to him, well-suited for Trauma Center. For some reason, he decided to try New Blood with his Wiimote and Nunchuk ensconced in the gun shell, and found the experience pleasant. Hilariously, he compares performing surgery in Trauma Center with the Wiimote to "spraying W.O.L.F. soldiers in Time Crisis 4 with a machine gun."

"The main advantage of using the Zapper is it makes aiming easier. Since you're holding the shell with two hands, it's easier to inject tiny tumors with an anti-inflammatory drug and make smooth scalpel cuts." Using forceps was the only major issue, as that move requires the A button and thus a momentary change in grip.

There are two things we find notable about this story. First, it's hilarious to perform surgery by shooting at people's insides. It's fun to subvert intended control schemes, which is why we play every game with the Cooking Mama frying pan attachment. Second, Spencer has inadvertently found an identifiable advantage to using the Wii Zapper, in that it seems to actually steady his aim in a difficult game.

Tags: trauma-center, zapper

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Nintendo392 @ Dec 13th 2007 8:36PM

Me and my friend played RE4 with the zapper and it worked pretty well too. we just had to keep or thumb on the b button. and it was amusing shaking of ganados...

Ants @ Dec 13th 2007 8:36PM

im going to use the zapper in every wii game! try mastering SSBB with it!

troy @ Dec 13th 2007 10:40PM

LOL @ ants. But yeah: peeps in the journalism world need to deal with the fact that a lot of people who aren't paid to be critics actually agree with Nintendo that the Zapper steadies your aim. I sure do. I'm gonna RE:UC with my fine lady in just a minute, zapper in hand!

Mr.Nitemare @ Dec 13th 2007 10:57PM

I don't know if you guys have noticed, but nintendo has created something that the critics just can't get right... it seems that every time they review things that Nintendo releases as being bad, it happens to release and be overwhelmingly loved by the public, because i expected the zapper to be horrible and yet its been wonderful for me..