Destiny brings back Gjallarhorn, immediately Nerfs it

In Destiny, the fabled launcher Gjallarhorn was the ultimate weapon for a time. Its ability to create explosions filled with more explosions was unparalleled — and, some would indicate, in desperate demand of a nerf. Divertingly, Bungie and toymaker Hasbro are now taking that part literally: the Gjallarhorn is forthwith slated to get ahead an official Nerf blaster, complete with Wolfpack Round-equal cluster missiles of its own.

*The in-game translation that just came back to Destiny 2.*

Destiny 2 just brought the digital Gjallarhorn back this week as function of the $24.99 Bungie 30th Anniversary Pack, and you'll have to pay a good deal more than that for the Nerf version, of course — $160, which makes it one of the most expensive Nerf blasters ever ready-made. Plus, people WHO unlock the Gjallarhorn in-game get dibs connected the express-variation Nerf version, thusly you can expect to pay well over $200 for the Pack, tax, and / or shipping.

Only, according to Bungie's official Gjallarhorn blaster store page, you'll get something unique in exchange, and I'm not just talk most the blaster's physical habitus. Bungie claims Hasbro has designed a "first of its kind Mega shell" that "blasts 3 darts at a time from a shell," which makes it sound like they're trying to copy the explosions-within-explosion effect that the Gjallarhorn is famed for.

*You get an illuminated scope that runs off two AA batteries.*

Frankly, that sounds tricky — especially when Bungie is too promising it'll have a breech-loading mechanism like the game, as well, where you'd stuff a rocket canister justly into the back of its top bug out (instead of, pronounce, into the movement of the tube). You stupefy three of the new Mega shells and baseball club darts.

It's not at all clear how the Nerf Gjallarhorn mightiness load those shells into the chamber, or what kinda mechanism might provide enough pizzazz to terminat them whatsoever distance, Oregon how the rocket might split into three darts, or where those darts might go while feeling impressive and staying inside Hasbro's strict safety rules. It's a tall order, and there are no guarantees. (The awesome-looking at Mandalorian Nerf blaster last came out this year and was roundly panned by reviewers, though we definitely saw that coming.) We've been nerve-racking to get answers from Hasbro and Bungie all day.

Either way, it looks like an awesome prop, practically like the new Nerf Halo Needler and the Aliens Pulse rate Rifle that are also happening the way. The Gjallarhorn might exist a long way outside, though — even the preorders for this one South Korean won't get going till late 2022.

Digitally, the Gjallarhorn isn't the entirely intriguing returning arm from Bungie chronicle; Destiny 2 is also adding the Forerunner, a stylized version of Halo's famous magnum shooting iron. Specifically, the M6H2.