Review of Wii Buzz Shotgun

My wife and I thought this would be a fun addition to our other lightgun holders but wow! were we wrong! The one plus of this is that it's built like a tank, a heavy solid plastic tank. After that it pretty much dissapoints in every way. It's a pain to setup the nunchuck in the handle the way they have it configured. If you don't set up the cord just right the Z and C buttons won't work. It uses a plunger to push them. We've primarily tested it with Ghost Squad where you NEED the action button to work. So after fussing with the cord eventually got it all set. I'd hate to have to do this very often because it's a pain to do.
Ok next thing is the plastic barrel on the end of the shotgun seems to block the sensor on the Wiimote a bit so accuracy is way off and we are using a NYKO bar with fresh batteries. Ok so ditch the long barrel and now it's a sawed off with a stock. That's ok, but the Z button is way too close to the trigger. So it's tough to use, it should be up near the front of the gun. Maybe it's personal preference as my wife and I have logged a lot of time on the Arcade version. But it just seems way too close to use easily. Ok the vibration, it's very Buzzy and I suppose that's good but it's not in snyc with the Wiimote so it always buzzes even when you are out of ammo. So you might be shooting blanks thinking "What's Going on here?!"
Ok now my biggest gripe The trigger pull! I've owned enough real shotguns and this thing requires a LOT of strength to pull over and over again about twice what a real shotgun would be! My wife gave up after 10 mminutes using it as her hand was too tired to pull the trigger any more. It's very stiff and no way to lighten it up without taking it all apart which quite frankly I don't want to do.
This has no sighting point like the older model it just has a Vibration mode. If I could return it, I would. I will probably try and sell it locally as it's just too much of a pain to use. My score dropped quite a lot while using it as well. So I tried using it on wimpy level 1. No improvement. I died 4-5 times as much as I normally do and on Level 1!
So far the Nyko Perfect Shot with the Wiimote is the best thing going and my "Homemade Modified Bullpup Wii Zapper" still gives the best scores and you can shoot it all day.
I'm not sure why they couldn't tweak this but I can't find anyway to rate this above a 1. It's best features are it looks good and it's sturdy, but for playing games it's horrible!



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