Zapper

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Metascore
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  • Summary: In Zapper, you play a small creature that embarks on a great quest. Zapper is a cricket in search of brother Zipper, who was kidnapped by the evil Maggie the Magpie. Through 18 twisted levels, you'll evade bizarre enemies and deadly hazards using your electrified antennae and springyIn Zapper, you play a small creature that embarks on a great quest. Zapper is a cricket in search of brother Zipper, who was kidnapped by the evil Maggie the Magpie. Through 18 twisted levels, you'll evade bizarre enemies and deadly hazards using your electrified antennae and springy reflexes. Zap your foes, explore your surroundings, and find and destroy eggs before they hatch. Zapper's intense action continues as you unlock hidden areas, bonus levels, and play multiplayer games.… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 13
  3. Negative: 5 out of 13
  1. Game Informer
    88
    Great greaphics, good sound, creative level design, tons of extra features, and a perfectly paced ramp-up of difficulty. [Dec 2002, p.130]
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  2. Nintendophiles
    75
    Short, but completing the game 100% was a challenge and the arcade mode was good as well.
  3. GameZone
    71
    As for the controls, the camera itself caused some goof ups here and there.
  4. NintendoWorldReport
    50
    A very bland and unremarkable game plagued by poor control and design.
  5. Gamer's Pulse
    50
    No fun. For one, its concept is utterly ridiculous and it might more exciting to collect bugs than to play as one. Secondly, the gameplay is very tedious and is not fun at all because of the grid-like pattern the stages are arranged in.
  6. IGN
    45
    As much as I wanted to love Zapper, I just couldn't allow myself to become addicted to any of the fun elements it had to offer.
  7. Armchair Empire
    37
    It’s gameplay is simplistic while still offering challenges and rewards that will keep kids interested beyond the Story mode. [Score for Kids = 80]

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