I just hope they'll do the same for Duck Hunt (if they ever announce it for real)!

The zapper is out, they should make it compatible with it. Doing it on a controller is NOT the same!

I played an Amiga version of this game, i'm sure of it... and it was good!

This looks painful ^^

Perhaps they're going for the TurboGrafx version, instead? It was much better, even though it lacked llightgun support.

I played this on the Taito Legends collection, same as those times I've played at arcades years ago. Dont know how it would manage for the NES. Great game, hope it would be Zapper compatible, in the arcades it used to be with a Uzi....replace the Zapper with a fake toy Uzi for incredible authenthic experience.

This is coming on Monday.

The press update doesn't mention the zapper so I assume they went with the controller only configuration.

If they don't add the zapper option they'll be breaking their own rule of "just like the original version".

Sort of. Technically, Wii pointer functionality and NES Zapper functionality are different things, so if they don't include Wii pointer support, they're not strictly breaking any promises.

Yes, it's still a cheat, but one Nintendo could get away with.

I remember playing this in the arcade; by all accounts, it was a good game. I've never actually played the NES version, but I figured it was bad. Gumshoe, for the NES, was a pretty interesting light-gun title; I'd love to see it find its way on the VC. However, as many of you have already stated: there's little purpose in buying a game like this without a Zapper or some kind or Wii remote functionality.

wow. this game looks like crap.

So, now that it's out, DOES it use the zapper, or not?

This does NOT use the Zapper... and it's a real shame.

biggest disappointment today :[[[

I remember playing this a lot on PC back in the day. It was one of the few games in the school's "hobby" room. Never liked it much though.

This was one of the games I tried to play as a kid cuz I loved the arcade. It sucked miserably. Even then, I also had this competitive issue that I had to beat every game I played. This was one I never beat, and haven't lost a wink of sleep over it. Save the 500 points on this and another horible NES VC release for a good N64 game. This game is only for the nostalgic (not even the morbidly curious this time.)

What is this? They should have released Metal Gear 1 and 2 instead.

I hope the other Zapper Games get Pointe Support or else they'll be screwed

If they do this to Duck Hunt and Wild Gunman, Ninty's gonna have hell to pay! >: (

Unfortunately, the Taito Legends version doesn't support Lightguns either. No big loss though, it's my roommate who likes those kind of games, not me.

I guess they can't do this to Duck Hunt and Hogan's Alley, since those games only supported Zapper, this game supported the pad too. I guess Nintendo won't release them at all instead. Maybe we can hope for a Wiiware release of Duck Hunt... (You know, that guy who played New Duck Hunt?)

What's the point of re-releasing this without some sort of light-gun/Zapper/Wiimote pointer control? Biiiiiiig mistake, Nintendo. Using a clunky D-pad to aim is just pathetic. But the game looks lame anyway, so let's try to forget it.

i assume nintendo felt like the controller support was enough - they didn't have to rewrite the game code to make it work with the Wiimote.

I do wonder if it were possible for somebody (be they amateur or professional company) to make a NES controller adaptor for the Wii so that you can plug in actual NES controllers or the zapper which would work with the VC NES games.

I dug out the Spectrum from the mothballs to try out a theory and it was right. Yes, the ZX Spectrum conversion (albiet in two colours) is better than this. Why on earth did this come out? Even the C64 version blows this out of the water!

Which is worse? Donkey Kong Jr. Math or Operation Wolf?

Probably both as bad as each other.

This game is amazing. Everyone should get this and DK Jr. Math.