News \ CONFIRMED: Wii Zapper to Feature Link!!!

Nintendo has confirmed that its Wii Zapper peripheral will come packaged with Link's Crossbow Training when it debuts in North America on November 19 at US$19.99.

"The Wii Zapper combines our remarkable controllers into one housing with a classic style reminiscent of arcade-style games," said George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications.

"Both veteran and first-time players will find it brings a whole new dimension to games where targeting is key and provides even more exciting game-play experiences."

The game drops players into a world running off the Twilight Princess engine, where they take control of Link in a third-person perspective. Link progresses through a series of tests to perfect his crossbow marksmanship, starting with stationary bull's-eyes before taking on moving targets and all kinds of enemies.

Other companies have also signed on to make use of Nintendo's new peripheral. EA's bringing Medal of Honor Heroes 2 to Wii, Capcom's got Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, and SEGA's armed with Ghost Squad.

No Australian release details have been announced as yet.

Compliments to aussie-nintendo.com for the news.

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mariobro94 says:  

yay for resident evil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1 days ago Missouri City, Texas

spyke says:  

agony, dont buy it then. the point is that this zelda title is what people are interested in. if they cannot implement it well with the wii zapper u can always play the game without it.

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Anony says:  

dranei said:
EDIT - people think about it...your front hand will be holding the bow and your hand on the nunchuk will be 'holding' the arrow. nintendo will probably implement this well



How are they going to implement that? It's a solid piece of plastic, there is no forwards/backwards motion. And using the analog stick for pulling back is just cheesy - then it's nothing to do with the zapper.

Oh, and the one thing that really pisses me off is that THE WIIMOTE ALREADY HAS A POINTER IN IT! It was SUPPOSED to function as a light gun from the get-go, it was SUPPOSED to be able to do all of these things stand-alone! I honestly don't understand how a game can be "compatible" with the wii zapper - it's just a piece of plastic.

1 days ago Melbourne, Victoria

syfox133 says:  

Ghost Squad!!! Yeaahhhh
And Link's crossbow

2 days ago In the corner of your eye

spyke says:  

dranei said: looks like a very shallow game

so you have played it? oh wait no, you saw someone play it?...no? hmmmm u seen screens of it? no...anyways. either way its not intended to be an indepth game as its prety much budget similar to wii play. either way nintendo is making the right move. getting people to buy it and then 3rd party developers to see that its worth developing for if they like. ZELDA FTW

EDIT - people think about it...your front hand will be holding the bow and your hand on the nunchuk will be 'holding' the arrow. nintendo will probably implement this well

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Nuttermonk says:  

Aw excrement! Why'd they have to go make Legend of Zelda themed sniper training!? I wasn't gonna buy that thing BEFORE!

2 days ago The spinny chair of doom!, Queensland.

dranei says:  

looks like a very shallow game

2 days ago sydney

iaculch says:  

I reckon it will be awesome

2 days ago Sydney

jotendo says:  

NinBENdo said: must buy for me....

*digs into pocket for wallet* *opens wallet~ moth flies out*

thats if i ever get some MONEY



lol yea true that, u still havnt got a game since like madden game out lol, u need to get wifi and stuff before u get this though, cause when like OCT hits its Wifi! Wifi! Wifi! which is gonna be awesome.

oh and about this news.
very cool, even if i didnt like the Zapper i'd get it for the Zelda game

2 days ago oh god where am i?! *cry*

NinBENdo says:  

must buy for me....

*digs into pocket for wallet* *opens wallet~ moth flies out*

thats if i ever get some MONEY

2 days ago inside Gruntilda's lair

Anony says:  

This is awful, awful news. This is nintendo's thinking:

"Let's release things similar to other companies' 3rd party peripherals! People are bound to buy ours, even though they serve no purpose!"
"But we need TITLES to go with those games, dammit! A nintendo wheel and zapper with 3rd party games won't work."
"I've got it! Let's do a shoddy re-make of mario kart and package that with a piece of plastic we can call the "nintendo wheel". It'll be a plastic case, adding nothing to gameplay, but let's advertise that it has a hole to press the b-button!"
"Don't all the other wheels have that already?"
"Yes, but shhhh! Mario kart!"
"What about some other piece of plastic like a gun? I hear there's an on-rails shooter of resident evil coming out and uh... nothing else."
"Excellent! Quick, sloppily design it to have no extra features!"
"Done! But uh-oh... it's getting bad reviews, people are realising it's not adding but TAKING AWAY features!"
"It's okay... we're nintendo... uh... mario... metroid... ZELDA!! ZELDA!! Make a zelda game that we can package with it, and HURRY!"
"Done!"
"Excellent... now people will have no choice but to buy the wii zapper unless they want to miss out on Link's Crossbow Training..."
"Don't people already KNOW how to use the wii-remote, and by extension the wii-zapper-plastic thingy?"
"SILENCE!!!"

Also this is going to be at least $49.95 here. You can quote me on that.

2 days ago Melbourne, Victoria

Guyver says:  

This looks interesting, hope we see more shooting games on the Wii, and with Sega on board will we see a new House of the Dead or Virtua Cop?

2 days ago www.myds.com.au Melbourne, Victoria

Caddyman says:  

I loved using the bow and arrows with the targeting mask to just sit there at shot birds/dragons at long range...
Crossbow should be great as well

2 days ago Campbelltown, NSW

Omi says:  

OOO it's confirmed! yay, that was quick.
I wonder how big this game will be. I hope the novelty lasts longer than Wii-play did, like a week.
Either way, I'm still happy. I would of bought one of these anyway, they look like fun! And chuck in a Zelda game, no matter how tiny, it can only be good. me happy.

2 days ago Tassie

spyke says:  

I am definetly getting this. any thing with Link in it!

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