So I was a Walgreen's the other day, and I happened to notice the guy in front of me getting a flu shot.. The person administrating the medicine asked him something kind of neat. Apparently you now have the choice of a standard needle injection or something new bearing a strong resemblance to a Startrek hypospray. Just like a hypospray the device is a subdermal transfer that doesn't actually break the skin (on to the shoulder of your choice). The guy in front of me chose the hypospray like device and the two of them went behind a private carton, so I couldn't see any more..
The guy later told his friend later that it was about as painful as a shot.. So I guess theirs still some work todo before it is just like the StarTrek counterpart. But this is still neat. Also, theirs no chance of infection like you have with a needle and no need for a cumbersome bandaid or disinfectant wipes before hand..
If I can muster up enough courage to try it, I will let you guys know how it was..
Hmm, it could be interesting, but I have no idea what sort of game it's supposed to be.
At this point, I'm pretty sure there's nothing left of old Rare in the current shell. The old members are too fractured to really stand out any more, so that's that. At this point, Retro's pretty much become Nintendo's Rare replacement.
Now, the Zapper is a nice accessory, and actually has good game support. That's great. I do wish Nintendo had more first-party titles for it -- it's too bad that there's just one first party one on disc (the pack-in Link's Crossbow Training), and one more on WiiWare (Eco Shooter, I think it's called), but third party support is solid. It's got to be the most successful lightgun-shooter console in generations.
I do have one thing that confuses me, though. Um, so there's this cover for the place where you're supposed to wrap the nunchuck-to-wiimote cord... but you can't have the cover over that compartment on when you have the cord plugged in, because there's no outlet hole (going to the Wiimote) to let you keep the cover on while you have the cord wrapped inside. I don't get it.
