EA celebrates Nerf milestone with Nerf 2: N-Strike Elite

by JC Fletcher { Jul 8th 2009 at 11:05AM }

Are you the best of the best when it comes to soft, safe firepower? EA is going to give you a chance to prove your dominance of the Nerf battlefield once again, in the sequel to last year's Nerf N-Strike. This release coincides with Nerf's 40th anniversary, a fact touted by EA in its press release.

Most important among the new features of Nerf 2: N-Strike Elite, of course, is the new version of the Nerf Switch Shot EX-3 gun, which works both as a standalone Nerf dart gun and a Wii gun shell. The new blue gun includes a red decoder lens that reveals secret messages in the game -- otherwise, it appears identical to the previous (kind of awesome) gun controller.

The game includes new in-game weapons and upgrades, and "enhanced co-op play" with jump-in play. Nerf 2: N-Strike Elite will be out this fall.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Storm Eagle::The Blood Edge @ Jul 8th 2009 11:22AM

If Nerf really hopes to be a player in the video game biz, they either need to change their name or come up with a new name for their gaming merchandise. Because they obviously missed the memo about "Nerf" becoming a negative game term.

From Wikipedia :"Nerf has become internet slang for 'weaken'."

Lakkus @ Jul 8th 2009 11:43AM

what would you suggest they change it too? just curious

Ninbrendo @ Jul 8th 2009 12:03PM

There's no such thing as bad press. Just ask Hormel.

Storm Eagle::The Blood Edge @ Jul 8th 2009 12:05PM

I...I got nothin.

Feba @ Jul 8th 2009 11:45AM

1- That translucent red plastic 'secrets' thing is going to be a *bitch* if you don't have your brightness/contrast settings exactly where they want them.

2- Storm Eagle, I reaaaaaaaally don't think Nerf is looking for much crossover between people buying their games and people playing online games enough to know what 'nerf' means in that context. And even then, I reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally don't think people are stupid enough to see a game called "Nerf!" and think "OH MAN THEY MADE MY CHARACTER TOTALLY CRAP NOW I HATE IT".