Apparently, little plastic vaguely gun-shaped thingies are more dangerous than we thought. Over in the the U.K. the Wii Zapper has already received a PEGI-18 rating for when it is released next month. That seems kind of strange to do for a peripheral; even stranger when you consider that it comes bundled with Link’s Crossbow Training, which is mostly derived from a game that received a “T for Teen” rating in the U.S. I suppose most of the games that use the zapper might be rated “M” or “18+,” but I’d bet there’ll also be a few titles that have you shooting water balloons or somesuch. This is probably just an attempt to dissolve some youth gun culture. Me, I’ve still got a cap gun from when I was a kid that looks like a real revolver. I used to point it at cops and go, “Bang bang!” I got shot a lot growing up, but the lawsuits paid off well.
Via SPOnG
7 Comments to Wii Zapper: Ages 18 and Up Only
by: xx-Thor-xx
On October 19, 2007 at 3:23 pm
“I got shot a lot growing up”
ORLY?
by: Jeff
On October 19, 2007 at 5:11 pm
stupid hell I have pellet guns from when I was little and Ive never shot nor thought about shooting someone
by: Joelteon7
On October 19, 2007 at 5:16 pm
Right. Well this is stupid, isn’t it?
by: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
On October 19, 2007 at 10:39 pm
I was shooting actual guns at the age of 8……I’m semi normal
by: fienno
On October 20, 2007 at 11:17 am
by: erathoniel
On October 20, 2007 at 9:51 pm
Holy crap (I usually steer clear from saying that)… I’m not sure which side is right, but still, you can take a kid to a shooting range, buy him a water-gun, take him to laser tag, et cetera, all of which would train him better to kill than a stupid plastic contraction with an analog stick in the back!
by: ???
On November 30, 2007 at 9:23 am