Wii Going Duck Hunting
No, I didn’t spell Wii wrong, as anyone familiar with Nintendo’s newest game system knows. Praised for it’s innovative motion sensor controller system, the Wii has been a highly sought after game console since it’s debut last year. And now it looks like duck hunting will be making a return to the Nintendo family with Ultimate Duck Hunting.
Ultimate Duck Hunting will be the first release for Detn8 Games, founded by gaming industry veterans Ellen Foug and Jeff Hill. More info on the game should be available in a few weeks, but the release date in the US is in June. Until then, all I can do is wonder how the game play will work with the Wii’s controllers.
No doubt, many will remember the old Duck Hunt game that was on the original NES. I know I spent hours playing it, along with the skeet shooting game that was included on the cartridge too. Games and graphics have come a long way since then, but I can’t help feeling a bit of nostalgia when thinking about the new UDH game. It makes me want to dig out my old NES, gun controller, and load up that simple but fun old game once again.
I find it funny how new releases of old games make me want to do that. The realism of today’s games blows away anything they had back then, but it doesn’t change the fact that they are classics that I love. I guess someday my kids will be the same way with games like Ultimate Duck Hunter for the Wii. Hopefully it will be as much fun for them as Duck Hunt was for me.
For all you Wii fans out there, you should check out Wii Rally where my fellow 451 Press blogger, Tim Ashdown, covers everything Wii related.
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March 22nd, 2007 at 11:56 am
I remember the original Duck Hunt game that came with the Nintendo. We played it a lot. I used to hate when I missed a duck and the stupid dog laughed at me.
Some years later my Dad got hold of our old system and would play the Duck Hunt game by the hour. He’s a hunter and he said it helped keep him in practice. I suspect he just liked playing the game. He got pretty good at it too.
March 23rd, 2007 at 7:45 am
Yeah, the dog laughing when I missed a duck frustrated me beyond belief. That’s why I even played the skeet part of the game, so he wouldn’t be around to chuckle if I happened to miss.