My wife, being the delectable little elf she is, bought be one of the much sought after Zapper w/ Link’s Crossbow. Why she didn’t wrap it and proceed to torment me about it for the next few days, is beyond me.

Sadly, I haven’t had the time I would like to dedicate to fully immerse myself into the game, what, with the holidays upon us and all. No, my zapping has been limited to the first three levels.

I will say this, though: The complexity of the game, and the difficulty right along with it, ramps up fairly quickly. You move from stationary targets in the first level to pounding moving targets in the second to mastering moving and shooting both stationary and moving targets at the same time in the third level. The difficulty gap in moving from level 2 to level 3 is astounding and leaves me wonder what the other levels will be like.

Even with the difficulty of the game, I’d recommend it. Heck, it’s only $25, which, no matter how it’s sliced, is a deal for a Wii game and accessory. Plus, Link’s Crossbow is much more polished and put together than Wii Play, and that got bought up like hotcakes, for nothing more than the idea that you’re getting a $10 game with your extra controller. With that in mind, the $25 price tag for accessory and a game that blows Wii play away is an outright steal.

No, if only I can get my hands on Umbrella Chronicles and the yet unreleased House of the Dead 1 & 2, I’d be in Wii ecstasy!