N-ZAP '83

The N-ZAP '83 is a main weapon in Splatoon and Splatoon 2. It is a -branded variant of the and comes with a different sub and special.

Splatoon
The N-ZAP '83 was released on 2016-06-08, as part of Sheldon's Picks volume 2. It comes with the sub and the special.

Demonstration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2VdrCkMNjA

Splatoon 2
The N-ZAP '83 was released on 2019-04-03 at July 27, 2024 as part of the version release. . It comes with and.

Demonstration
https://youtu.be/0jS3IsUscRs

Trivia

 * This weapon has the 1983 early version Family Computer motif. The early FC has square A and B buttons.
 * As opposed to the and the, the N-ZAP '83 has no real world equivalent due to the Famicom never supporting a zapper peripheral.

Etymology
N-ZAP '83 is a shortened form of NES Zapper 1983. '83 is based on the year the Nintendo Family Computer was released, which serves as inspiration for the design of the N-ZAP '83.

The N-ZAP '83 has the same name origin in all regions.

Names in other languages
N-ZAP 83