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The Legend of Zelda series

Link's Crossbow Training

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…

60 19 November 2007

Link's Crossbow Training is a shooter developed by Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.3, released 19 November 2007 on Wii. The main story takes about 1 hrs to finish.

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What Link's Crossbow Training is

Link's Crossbow Training is a shooter game developed by Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.3 and released in 2007. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the The Legend of Zelda series

Link's Crossbow Training is the 48th of 133 entries we hold in the The Legend of Zelda series. The next entry was Super Smash Bros. Brawl in 2008. Its critic score of 60 is 26 points below the series average of 86. The highest-rated entry is The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past at 100.

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How it was received

Link's Crossbow Training holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 19% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 4 points below the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 1 hrs.

What it launched against

Link's Crossbow Training launched on 19 November 2007, within three weeks of Super Mario Galaxy, Mass Effect, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Super Mario Galaxy, Mass Effect, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.

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Link's Crossbow Training — frequently asked questions

When did Link's Crossbow Training come out?
Link's Crossbow Training was released on 19 November 2007 for Wii.
How long does it take to beat Link's Crossbow Training?
The main story of Link's Crossbow Training takes around 1 hrs.

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