N-Strike Mega

N-Strike Mega (formerly N-Strike Elite Mega), trademarked as N-Strike MEGA (or N-Strike MEGA Series), is a series and sub-series of Nerf blasters that was released in 2013.

Details

The N-Strike Mega series features the use of an updated Mega Dart type, and features blasters that have firing ranges of up to a hundred feet (twenty-three meters). Blasters within this series have a red color scheme and feature the "Mega" logo frequently on each's shell design.

History

The N-Strike Mega series began as a sub-series of N-Strike and N-Strike Elite blasters. This was the first series to use the newer type of Mega Dart.

In June of 2014, the Magnus was spotted under Zombie Strike color schemes. In addition, Mega Darts also became a Zombie Strike product, with both released under the Z.E.D. Squad sub-series. This meant that the N-Strike Mega series had officially crossed over to the Zombie Strike line alongside many other current series.

Sometime in late 2014, it was announced that Hasbro would more than likely not be producing any further clip system Mega blasters because of reasons relating to the Centurion's relative lack of success.^[1]

In 2015, the BigShock was released, becoming the first Mega blaster to feature the N-Strike logo on its packaging instead of the N-Strike Elite logo.

The sub-series eventually evolved into its own series, with 2016 packaging dropping the N-Strike and N-Strike Elite logos entirely. Despite this, the Lightning Bow was released under the N-Strike Elite series that same year.

The AccuStrike Series was included as a sub-series of N-Strike Mega in 2018, with the release of the Thunderhawk.

N-Strike Mega products

Blasters

	Name	Year
	Centurion	2013
	Magnus	2014
	Mega ThunderBow	2014
	BigShock	2015
	CycloneShock	2015
	RotoFury	2015
	HotShock	2016
	Lightning Bow	2016
	Mega Mastodon	2016
	DoubleBreach	2017
	TwinShock	2017
	Tri-Break	2018

Products

	Name	Year
	Mega Dart Refill Pack	2013

Sub-series

AccuStrike Series

Main article: AccuStrike Series

The AccuStrike Series is part of the N-Strike Elite, Rebelle, and N-Strike Mega series. Mega blasters under this series are packaged with flat-headed darts that are designed to be more accurate.

Z.E.D. Squad

Main article: Z.E.D. Squad

The Z.E.D. Squad sub-series features re-released blasters with color schemes similar to that of standard Zombie Strike blasters. Blasters feature no performance change.

Trivia

• N-Strike Mega blasters sold in the United Kingdom are gray trigger blasters with weakened internals, however, normal blasters sold in the United Kingdom are normal orange trigger variants. The reason for this is unknown.

References

1. ↑ MarquisDeZod (2014-08-31). New Mega Blasters? : Nerf. Reddit.com/r/Nerf.