Overview
- Number of Players
- 4
- Genre
- Release Date
Wii
- 19th Nov 2007
- 7th Dec 2007
- 30th Apr 2008
- Series
- Tags
- Controller Support
- Feature Support
- Official Site
- nintendo.com
Reviews
Review Link's Crossbow Training (Wii)
After Twilight Princess fades away Link is back in training and he needs your help!
Our hero Link returns to the Wii rather sooner than expected in the form of Link's Crossbow Training, a shooting game set in the world of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. The game has been created by Nintendo to demonstrate the use of the Wii Zapper, the...
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News Wii're Zapping With Link's Crossbow Training
Nintendo's Wii Zapper is out now allowing for arcade shooting action in your living room... well almost.
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About The Game
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.
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).
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i tired of shooter games like this that just me though
Of all the shooting games I've played, this is probably the best. It's fun, but only for a very short time. You will beat this once in like 3 hours to get all the platinum medals and then maybe return to it in a year. So, try to get it as cheap as possible or otherwise it might not be worth the money.
Definitely not worth $25
I thought it was worth the £8.75 I paid for it on Ebay. Kind of like the Zelda version of a Resident Evil Chronicles game.
fun times
to me it just looks like twilight princess training with a different bow
I'm staggered that this hasn't been made available via eShop for the Wii U. It would make a perfect addition to join Hogan's Alley, Wild Gunman, Duck Hunt and Sin & Punishment. Not forgetting that it's also a LOZ anniversary year!
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