Nerf N-Strike Elite Dual-Strike Revealed!

Oh, warriors! Meet one of the newest blasters revealed from Nerf. It's the NERF N-Strike Elite Dual-Strike. Heck. YES. 

You can see here that the product is ready for merchandising and yes, it will be released for the Spring 2016 season. What that translates to is that you will possibly see them on shelves ahead of Christmas 2015 as some stores work to get their product out early. BTW, it's set for a suggested retail price of $19.99.

It's a blaster with selective firing between MEGA OR Elite darts, coming with three of each. It's a likely secondary for many a player in anything from HvZ to Arena warfare. Imagine the ability to shoot special zombies or bust a shield and immediately switch back to "regular" ammunition.

Some people are already pegging this as "gimmicky". I guess that depends on your description of the word. Everything innovative could be called "gimmicky" too, but that doesn't always have to carry the negative connotation with it.

Personally, I see this opening up several doors for creativity and fun. Any YES, this will keep up with other blasters in the pistol class. The thing has some amazing pop to it right out of the box. Mr. S. from Nerd Drop rocked was zipping those darts right where he wanted them and you can see where they were bouncing back too.

I didn't notice any noise of air leaking from the opposite chambers during the testing either. Kind of good to know considering how easily that switch moves. I wondered if there would be a good seal.

I also appreciate that they left the priming handle in the good old fall back spot. Anything else would probably just be in the way with this particular design.

The official deets from Nerf PR:

N-Strike Elite Dual-Strike blaster

(SRP: $19.99/Available: Spring 2016)

• Fires both Elite and MEGA darts
• Selector switch to choose MEGA or Elite
• 6 dart capacity (includes 3 Elite darts and 3 MEGA darts)

More pics spam below! ~Chris

Michael from Shining Foam trying out the Dual-Strike.

Both types of ammo next to the new pistol.

The selector switch is readily accessible and easy to use.