Link's Crossbow Training

[wanderingshadow]

It was revealed at GameStop's Manager Conference that the Wii Zapper will ship with Link's Crossbow training. Apparently, the game is to have a visual style similar to Twilight Princess. The MSRP price is $19.99.

Destructiod

Edit by Fryguy64 - Fixed the link!

[Hiker of Games]

Obviously just a mini-mini game. Why Zelda? Seems like expanding the "Duck Hunt" game from Wii Play would've been more ideal.

[Fryguy64]

Whoa, weird. Yet another Zelda spinoff? I'm gonna love this Zapper though. Hopefully we'll start seeing some NES and SNES Zapper/Super Scope games on VC before long.

GUMSHOE!
Wobwobwob wob woo wobwob woowoo wobwob woowoo wopwop! *theme song*

[Dances in Undergarments]

The correct game to bundled would have been a Wii play-esque collection featuring Miis in various shooting games, and maybe Link's crossbow training (under a less ridiculous name) as a centrepiece.

I'm still not sure I believe this: the 'training' especially sounds like a bad fanboy joke.

[Hiker of Games]

Professor Kawashima: Having difficulty hitting the targets? Maybe you need some CROSSBOW TRAINING.

[Spud]

masamune said:

Professor Kawashima: Having difficulty hitting the targets? Maybe you need some CROSSBOW TRAINING.

This will help your BASIC CROSSBOW POWER!

[Manspeed]

Hopefully the next big Zelda game will actually feature a crossbow as an item. Then you can run around and shoot arrows left and right using the Wii-mote. ;D

[TV Eye]

I love this picture that goes with the article.

[Smashchu]

spud said:

masamune said:

Professor Kawashima: Having difficulty hitting the targets? Maybe you need some CROSSBOW TRAINING.

This will help your BASIC CROSSBOW POWER!

See Brain A has some red stuff, but Brain C has MORE red stuff. This however is completly irrelivant as this is CROSSBOSW training. In fact, I shouldn't even be here. But yeah, GO Prefrontal cortex.

[Arcadenik]

masamune said:

Obviously just a mini-mini game. Why Zelda? Seems like expanding the "Duck Hunt" game from Wii Play would've been more ideal.

You took the words out of my fingertips. Why Zelda? Why not Duck Hunt?

Wii Play was nice but it was not the same without the dog mocking me for my failures.

[Da Robot]

Looks like some new information has appeared about the game and also some info on the game coming out to Europe before 08

gonintendo.com/?p=25620
gonintendo.com/?p=25624 (Europe release)




My apolgies for the long post below.

KEY INFORMATION
Link returns from The Legend of Zelda®: Twilight Princess to pick up the Wii Zapper and take aim at a host of targets in this shooting-gallery-style game.


* Anyone can pick up the Wii Zapper and become a master marksman in the quick-play shooting galleries of Link’s Crossbow Training. Dozens of fast-paced stages offer a wide variety of game play, from shooting stationary targets to defending a supply wagon from onrushing hordes of enemies. Multiplayer modes let players and their friends share a Wii Zapper to shoot for the high score.

* Link’s Crossbow Training comes bundled with the Wii Zapper. After a few rounds of Link’s Crossbow Training, players will be more than ready to pick up any of the future Wii Zapper titles, like Medal of Honor Heroes™ 2, Ghost Squad™ and Resident Evil®: The Umbrella Chronicles.

Using the Wii Zapper: The Wii Zapper requires the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, housing both in a comfortable and intuitive frame. The control stick on the Nunchuk controls player movement (on stages that allow player movement), while simply aiming the Wii Zapper moves the targeting reticule on the screen. Pulling the trigger fires Link’s crossbow. By aiming off screen, players can turn Link to face in a new direction (again, on stages that allow this).

Link’s Crossbow Training contains three basic game styles: target shooting, defender and ranger. There are 27 stages in total, and these categories represent only generally how each individual stage operates. Each stage’s goal is to earn the highest score possible within the time limit. All rounds can be played with multiple players: Players pass the Wii Zapper around and then play one at a time and compete for the high score.

Target Shooting: In target-shooting rounds, players shoot bull’s-eyes as they pop up on the screen. In early stages, targets are stationary. As the game difficulty increases in later levels, the targets move. Hitting the center of the bull’s-eye nets more points, and hitting targets in succession without missing earns combo multipliers. Link can aim anywhere on the screen.

Defender: In defender rounds, players remain stationary but can look and aim in all directions - sometimes even in a full 360 degrees - by aiming off screen. Hordes of enemies assault Link, and he must fight them off. These battles have a great deal of variety, from fighting off skeletons in a desert to defending a wagon from boar-riding Bokoblins.

Ranger: In ranger rounds, players can move throughout the level using the control stick and aim anywhere they want by aiming the Wii Zapper wherever they want to look. In these missions, Link storms enemy encampments, fights his way through a forest and seeks out his foes while exploring the environments.

[Fryguy64]

Sweet. Gonna blast me some Virtual Console ducks before long, dontcha know it ;D

[wanderingshadow]

Wow, that looks really good. I think I'd buy one.

[Saim]

Link looks pretty cool with a crossbow.

*fingers crossed for next game* If Link does ever get a crossbow in a true Zelda game, I hope it has a repeating crossbow upgrade

[Leon]

I saw screenshots of this in Nintendo Power. They were beautiful, taken right out of TP. And the locations are more varied than I though they'd be.