Earlier in the week we brought you tidings of a listing for Link's Crossbow Training surfacing on Nintendo's website. Yesterday at the launch of Super Smash Bros. Brawl we got the scoop on when the game will officially arrive here and how much we can expect to pay.
According to Nintendo's website, South African gamers will soon get the chance to try out the Wii Zapper when Link's Crossbow Training hits our shelves this month.
Link's Crossbow Training may have launched way back in November of last year, but today, an Iwata Asks interview of the game has been posted on the official Wii website. The Iwata Asks interviews typically consist of interviewing key members of a particular first-party title. In this case, only Shigeru Miyamoto was interviewed, but interesting facts were presented. First off, Miyamoto explained that originally, Miyamoto posed the idea of the game being in the third-person perspective. However, once the idea of a young/adult Link concept came into play, a third-person perspective seemed to be the best idea. Also noteworthy is that "Link's Crossbow Training" was decided instead of the typical "The Legend of Zelda:¿" title so that gamers would not be mislead into thinking that the game is an original, grand-scale Zelda title. Link's Crossbow Training was initially going to receive a storyline, but Miyamoto's intention was to create a side-story to Twilight Princess with this game, not an epic game - Thus, the concept of including a storyline was scrapped.
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Nintendo's Wii Zapper with Link's Crossbow Training hit retailers this week. The Wii Zapper is Nintendo's answer to the light gun peripheral, by configuring the Wii Remote and Wii Nunchuk with it. While other manufacturers have come up with their own solution to the light gun, Nintendo's Wii Zapper is packing some extra heat, Link's Crossbow Training, while keeping it at the same price of competitor's Wii gun peripherals. The Wii Zapper with Link's Crossbow Training retails for $24.99.
Nintendo has released further details on Link's Crossbow Training, confirming that the game is meant as a hand-holding exercise into using the Wii Zapper so that players will be ready for any future Wii titles compatible with the device - exactly the same strategy they used with Wii Play and the Wii Remote.
Just a day after rumours surfaced on the Interweb that Nintendo has planned a Zelda-themed title to ship with the Wii Zapper accessory, the firm has today officially announced Link's Crossbow Training for the Nintendo Wii.