The Wii, eh? What a machine. Not only did it introduce the world to the wonders of motion control, it also played host to some truly stunning games, such as Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, Mario Kart Wii, Zelda: Twilight Princess and many more besides.
However, it was also the console that was accompanied by a flood of mostly-terrible bolt-on plastic accessories, such as tennis racquets, guns and other associated tat.
Guess what? That good stuff is making a comeback of sorts thanks to the Switch. Cabela's The Hunt and Bass Pro Shops: The Strike both launched recently on the console and support their own delightfully silly plastic peripherals that are almost certain to end up relegated to the back of your cupboard in double-quick time.
As ever, we tasked our resident video guru Alex to muck about with these questionable uses of plastic to find out what the fuss is all about; his verdict? Well, you'll have to watch the video up there, but suffice to say, at a time when people are more aware than ever of the terrible effect that plastic pollution has on our fair planet, these seem a bit much.
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hey, finally, I could really get into the animal hunter z experience!
actually, you know what? the game doesn't look that bad. way more decent then other hunting titles on switch.
The not-so-glorius return is upon us!
I'll just stick with hunting monsters instead.
Sega fishing rod periferal was the best! Along with bass and sea fishing games
Sad thing is, they haven't worked as well as the original NES light gun did. I remember getting the Wii Cabela hunter games, and trying to get the game/wii motes working on an 11' projector. The whole bluetooth/sensor bar made it a no go.
It could have been epic fun, but was a complete let down.
Fishing game he just needs to git gud. He was completely ignoring the meter on the left and he wasn't patient. I bet he sucks at the fishing in FFXV too. Seemed decent tbh, the lack of using the rod to pull it or exhaust the fish was dumb though.
The gun game looked stupid.
Once you play a really good VR FPS, like Pavlov , games like this, which use cheap plastic tat, just seem so gimmicky.
"Not only did it introduce the world to the wonders of motion control" Well, that and all the tons of video game motion control devices that came before it.
Hey I like the Wii Zapper, it was some quality plastic.
And I remember getting the Wii Wheel with Mario Kart. I must’ve only used it like once though, I don’t really remember using it... 😂
This is great. Love this page's humor!
@Haywired Did any of those sell over 100 million units?
Didn't anyone tell them people only want cardboard peripherals now?
My favorite part was seeing Alex's frustrations
I used the Wii Zapper for Medal of Honor, that was fun!
I thought the wii plastic was getting recycled and not that we'd get new plastic
Anyways, hunting games (except monster hunter) aren't my cup of tea, yet the gun plastic looked quite fun for immersion
I have a shotgun one for joy cons. It seems like the hunting one but without the butt.
It said it was made for wolfenstein. I’ve used it for Splatoon. It’s kind of fun.
But honestly, this was better on the Wii because (if you weren’t using a projector screen and just a regular tv) you could aim decently with he sensor bar. Now it’s all gyros and you’re going to have to constantly recalibrate.
Not that I don’t want more games to use it with. I do. Some rail shooters would be nice.
I might pick up the Cabela game on sale. I got some of the Wii and Wii U ones because they came with the top shot peripheral (which was great in ghost squad).
What do you mean terrible? I love my Mario Kart steering wheels.
These particular tats are just a whopping lot of fart.
Those games look like some of the worst I've seen on switch... I know it's a port but damn...
Oh no, not Switch peripherals!! Whatever will we do?
Well, I for one actually liked these peripherals. Mind you: only the higher quality ones. Got two of the official Wii Wheels, the Wii Zapper, a really good handgun with a nunchuck built into it, a two-in-one sniper/assault rifle, a "make the nunchuck wireless" thingy, an original first gen classic controller (the one without the prongs) clip-on holder for the Wii remote, and also an activity mat, although that probably doesn't really count in this discussion.
Haven't got any of those golf clubs, tennis rackets or bowling ball attachments, though. I'd agree on those being useless crap, but hey, one man's crappy toys are the other man's pride and joy, so who am I to judge?
Will give this a watch later, not because I care about the peripherals, but because I wanna see how the Cabela's game plays.
Next, Dance Dance Revolution mat for Switch with Gamecube output + 8bitdo style adapter.
I'm kind of glad I skipped that gen.
Dang do people really not know what a fourwheeler is called?? Alex just called it “the thing” 😂
Wii Zapper can use Duck Hunt.
@Roam85
You need.
More paragraphs.
The Wii Wheels were great. Nonsense like golf clubs and tennis rackets, not so much.
@tseliot Your name cites T.S. Eliot and that’s your complaint? Oh, J. Alfred Prufock off.
Probably won't be long before California bans the Wii Remote Wheel and the like. As they should, because it's useless garbage. It's 2018!
Thought it was gonna be a rail shooter darn. Kinda been wanting to play House of the Dead 4.
The breaking action of the cabelas shotgun accessory is a really neat touch. A great hunting game that has flew under the radar and deserves a playthrough.
@GameOtaku what breaking action? I only have a different joy con gun, does the cabella’s one allow your to pump the shotgun and feel recoil?
@Roam85 The "breaking" action of some shotguns like some double barrel ones have where the stock and barrel seperated to reload. It doesn't pump unfortunately but the break is a nice touch, not really necessary but a nice aesthetic touch. (I personally would have preferred a rifle over a shotgun) Of course the game is a game unlike real hunting where even in the best of conditions you could not see anything all day with nothing but a cold backside to show for your efforts.
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