The Wii Zapper

[A Black Falcon]

Heh... true, but games designed for it can potentially improve accuracy versus just holding the Wiimote -- it keeps both the Wiimote and Nunchuck in a specific position, so then they could use both to get better accuracy than you'd get just with the Wiimote (obviously Wiimote+ support would make that irrelevant, but I don't know of any lightgun-style Wii games with Wiimote+ support, unfortunately). It probably also makes lightgun games easier than they would be with the wiimote alone...

Oh, and I was wrong about taht controller cord thing, but it is the case that there's nowhere really to put the strap, as long as that cover is on. I guess they assume you'll take it off before putting the thing into the Zapper? That's kind of odd...