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Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land You could play Metroid Prime 3: Corruption and Big Brain Academy at Melbourne’s eGames next week. And you’d probably have fun. Or you could take the opportunity to play a few Wii games Nintendo has waiting up its sleeves for the next 6-12 months.
Before you ask, Battalion Wars 2 isn’t one of them.
However, Super Mario Galaxy, Link’s Crossbow Training and Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles will be doing the rounds at eGames. Oh, and Pokemon Battle Revolution for those of you who must “catch them all”.
Apparently Crossbow Training will be there complete with Wii Zapper, so peripheral lovers have no excuse not to go.
Jupiter-sized press release after the jump-a-whatsit.
The earliest record of the crossbow is from Greece in the 5th century BC, so you folks over in Europe have had plenty of crossbow training already. This is probably why you’re going to have to wait until December 7th to pay £20 / €30 for Nintendo’s Wii Zapper and Link’s Crossbow Training, which hits North America on November 19th. We cannot have you folks armed before we’ve had a proper training period. Otherwise we’d be completely screwed in the States when the great crossbow war breaks out. Besides, if we win, English will be the official language of Europe and these delays won’t be an issue any longer!
Europe to Get Zapping Before Christmas [Next Gen]
Want to see what all the fuss on Wii Zapper pack-in Link’s Crossbow Training is all about? This video might give you an inclination, if you weren’t focusing on a way to turn the brain-thumping music off. The levels shown represent the entirety of what we played at Nintendo’s media event last week and should give you a better indication of how this budget title looks and feels.
Link’s Crossbow Training is the best $19.99 you’ll ever spend on the Wii. Not only do you get a chintzy plastic shell in which you’ll hold your Wii remote and Nunchuk that you can eventually offload on eBay, you’ll get the best shooter pack-in since Duck Hunt. Despite the “training” moniker, Link’s Crossbow Training isn’t going to be confused with Nintendo’s series of brain and vision strengthening software titles. It will, however, bring out the high score thirsty fiend in you.
Sure it’s a lovely box, but until they put that little sticker on the bottom left it was merely a curiosity. That little recycled picture of Link is gonna make this puppy sell like a puppy made of gold, filled with chocolate when it hits stores in November. Nintendo has released a little overview of the Zapper and Link’s Crossbow Training along with the image, which details operation of the gun peripheral and an overview of Link’s three game modes. Those modes are Target Shooting, which is a shooting gallery type game, Defender, in which you stand still while assaulted on all sides by enemies, and Ranger, which you have to play while singing “Sister Christian” at the top of your lungs. You’re motoring!
I’ve gotten official confirmation from Nintendo that the Wii Zapper interface will indeed come with Link’s Crossbow Training packed in and that the remote-housing Wii Zapper will sell for $20 starting Nov. 19. Link’s Crossbow Training drops players into a world in the style of The Legend of Zelda®: Twilight Princess. Players assume the identity of hero Link, who progresses through a series of tests to perfect his crossbow marksmanship. Start with stationary bull’s-eyes and graduate to moving targets before defending Link against all kinds of enemies.
Nintendo also confirms a pretty interesting line-up of third-party Wii Zapper support including Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, Ghost Squad and Medal of Honor Heroes 2 which will include single player, arcade mode and support for up to 32 players in multiplayer.
There’s a GameStop manager’s meeting going down in Vegas at the moment. According to Opposable Thumbs, the assembled throng have been treated to the first footage of a game being bundled with the Wii Zapper. Their sources are saying it’s a Zelda game. Zelda Crossbow Training. Which plays in the third-person and is running on what looked to them to be the Twilight Princess engine. Thoroughly promising, but also totally unconfirmed at this stage, so keep your knickers untwisted and your horses held. Breaking news: Wii Zapper pack-in will be Zelda Crossbow Training [Opposable Thumbs]
