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Duck Hunt coming to Wii News

Wii News by Ellie Gibson

10 May, 2006

Time for another snippet from our old friend Internet Reports, for whom E3 is like a thousand Christmases rolled into one.

The latest rumour concerns a new next-gen title that's based on one of the NES's best remembered classics - Duck Hunt.

As everyone over the age of 20 will recall, Duck Hunt came with a light gun that let you shoot birdies on the screen. That might sound a bit rubbish to you youngsters, but it was cutting-edge in those days, and didn't half take our minds off the permanent impending threat of global nuclear holocaust.

Now, it seems, a new version of Duck Hunt is in development for the Nintendo Wii. Which sounds plausible, since the Wii's remote controller is clearly ideally suited to shooting things at your telly.

Internet Reports says it'll be playable on the E3 show floor - and if it is, you know where we'll be. Well, those of us who are already over there, obviously. The rest of us won't be flying to America just for Duck Hunt. Sadly.

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Markusdragon
10/05/06 @ 11:57
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Lol. Utter classic.

Wonder if they'll flesh this one out more.
Tomo
10/05/06 @ 12:01
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Maybe the WiiRemote will have an "Aiming Reticule" peripheral that you clip on to it.
Darkedge
10/05/06 @ 12:04
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maybe you can clip the wiiwand into some sort of bazooka ;)
Spin Dr Wolf
10/05/06 @ 12:15
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What about te orignial, will that be one of the NES games available to download ?
Hog-lumps
10/05/06 @ 12:29
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bet you still cant shoot the dog though.........
IMCO
10/05/06 @ 12:35
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WOOT WOOT!!!

sorry

I mean

WIIIT WIIIIT!!!
Hench
10/05/06 @ 12:36
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oooohh, I may want to get a wii now
Psi
10/05/06 @ 12:54
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woot!

but how can you improve over duck hunt, the idea was simple enough, don't think id buy something like this at full price...
symmetry
10/05/06 @ 13:00
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I wonder if the ducks that you shoot will look exactly the same as the Sony ducks?
Psi
10/05/06 @ 13:05
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symmetry sony will have a duck hunt clone announced very soon, however with their pad you won't have a gun... an erm catapult is the only weapon i can think of with left a bit right a bit motion ;p
mazzl
10/05/06 @ 13:24
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just create a minimal firing distance else.. just shoot blank..
frustration drove my hand almost into the tv :D

but offcourse duck hunt will kill the ps3 ;)

this sort of thing does raise a general question. will it still be posible to be lazy plaing a N game. or will playin be a constant exercise?



F1Tom
10/05/06 @ 13:50
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If that fucking dog laughs at me ONE more time.........
ninewattbulb
10/05/06 @ 13:55
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Brilliant, one of the best drunken laughs ever. Come to think of I would reckon the Wii will become an after pub necessity.
Tonka
10/05/06 @ 13:59
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Does this mean that there will be a lightgun for the Wii?

/runs
Sko
10/05/06 @ 14:05
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Heh. The Daily Show used Duck Hunt to 'dramatise' the incident when Dick Cheney shot that old man _in the face_. ;)
Biggles
10/05/06 @ 14:23
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Twang of bitterness towards the end there, Ellie?
stoopidgreg
10/05/06 @ 14:59
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can we get a dog hunt game please?
Icebox
10/05/06 @ 15:23
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This could potentially be the best game ever.
aine
10/05/06 @ 15:36
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bet you still cant shoot the dog though.........

I bet you can. Nintendo must know how much everyone wants to shoot that bastard.
SuperGamerMatt
10/05/06 @ 15:37
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What the hell is "Duck Hunt"? Sounds rubbish. Unless it has blood!
Hog-lumps
10/05/06 @ 15:45
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What the hell is "Duck Hunt"? Sounds rubbish. Unless it has blood!

aaahh bless 'im! - so young and innocent!
Razz
10/05/06 @ 17:02
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;_;

/tears of nostalgia
koopa
10/05/06 @ 19:19
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A picture of the gun shell posted on IGN, cool.
Razz
10/05/06 @ 22:23
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When spoken why does Duck Hunt sound like Duck C*nt?

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