When I Link cosplay at home during play sessions of Link’s Crossbow Training for the Wii, I always feel a bit silly. But only because my crossbow is historically inaccurate, design-wise.
Amazon.com has dropped the price of the Wii Zapper with Link’s Crossbow Training to mere $US 20. Of course if you prefer your gun peripherals more gun like, there is also the Nyko Wii Perfect Shot Gun for $US 14.99 although that one doesn’t come with a game. Whichever route you decide to take (if any) you will need to add an item or two on to your order to take advantage of the free shipping.
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Color me puzzled. Why would anyone, and I mean anyone, want to port a horrid, mostly unseen coin-op rail shooter from 2004 to the Wii?
Maybe Konami thinks the kitsch factor will outweigh what will soon officially be the worst graphics on the Wii console. That’s right this makes Cruisi’n look like a Playstation 2 game. I’d blame the horrid graphics on the Wii, but I’ve seen the arcade game and they were just as bad on the 2004 coin-op, maybe worse.
A take-off of the original, digitised-photo meets sub-par graphics rail shooter Area 51, Target: Terror will be compatible with the Wii Zapper and has players take on the role of an elite counter-terrorist agent taking down a wave of terrorists, all of whom happen to wear sunglasses or bandannas. The original game actually featured a level at the Denver Airport, but it was so horribly generic I couldn’t convince my editors at the Rocky to do a story about it.
Target: Terror will also include mini-games and is due out in the first quarter of 08. Two more screens after the jump.
Despite beating both games countless times in arcades, this The House of the Dead 2 and 3 Return bundle may be reason enough to pick up a Wii Zapper. Featuring two of Sega’s famous shooters, the newly announced pack will include the already announced games along with Nintendo’s newest Zapper casing for about $US 44 when it’s released this March in Japan. Here’s hoping the bundle makes its way stateside, since the game alone is currently priced at about $US 40. For $US 4, the Wii Zapper doesn’t look all that bad (or difficult to stuff into my entertainment center). HotD 2 & 3 Zapper bundle coming to Japan [via gonintendo]
My friends, there are mods and there are mods. But for a mod to be awarded the immortality of Kotakutalics, it need be something extraordinary. This Wii Zapper constructed (solely?) of legos (UPDATE: screw grammar, I say it this way) is indeed something extraordinary. Because at long last, Man has the proper peripheral to play an honest game of LEGO Duck Hunt. And we’re sure it’s every bit as wonderful as we thought it to be.
Whenever a large game company deems it necessary to ship a game in anything less than a full-size case…wherever gamers scream out for a better way to display their favourite titles than a small cardboard sleeve…the Cover Project is there. This time around they’ve got a full-size CD sleeve insert ready before the game is in most player’s hands, with a custom made cover for Link’s Crossbow Training ready for download at the link below. Create by Shenske, it is every bit as cool as the full retail cover of the game, only it actually exists. The Cover Project is also an excellent resource for people who buy used games from EB and GameStop without the original packaging. Nice job!
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With the Wii Zapper now shipping to retailers in North America, concerned parents have already begun to ask the question: “How many innocent children will this molded plastic shell transform into cold and calculating murderous thugs?” Are you one of the worried conservatives who sees future with a sniper in every university bell tower, trained on the laser precise Wii Zapper? If so, you’re the main topic of a recent Washington Post piece on the Wii peripheral some parents are equating to NRA membership and kids are apparently “salivating” for.
The Post writes of the hysteria surrounding toy gun products over the years, chronicling a time period when kids coveted BB guns and replicas, and when Boston area gangs turned Super Soakers into deadlier than advertised weapons. It’s a story worth reading, if only a prep work for the impending ruining of thousands of children’s futures as they’re brought to the brink of madness while shooting Goron in the belly. God help us all.
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Nintendo is no stranger to peripheral-justifying pack-ins. And while games like Gyromite and Super Scope 6 may not have ingrained the R.O.B. and Super Scope into the psyche of Nintendo gamers as strongly as Duck Hunt did with the original NES Zapper, Nintendo looks to have made the Wii version of the Zapper already memorable with Link’s Crossbow Training. The game, which ships today with the Zapper casing for about $US 20, is a fantastic compliment to the mini-game filled library of the Nintendo Wii, offering a nice variety of shooting gallery games. More »
We’re happy to see yet another Wii Zapper knock-off hitting the shelves. What’s this one bring to the table? Well, first off, you save a sweet four bucks off the retail Wii Zapper (though we’re guessing Link’s Crossboy Training is worth at least that much). But on top of that tremendous savings, you also get a banana clip hand grip for full-on guerrilla-style warfare. Would Nintendo ever support tropical jungle mercenary justice? Don’t think so. Lamos.
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