This has been my whole family’s favorite game for over a decade. My grandparents, aunts, uncle, parents, cousins, all of us. It’s always brought us together
I remember watching my dad 100% this game. I remember him 100%ing a lot of games. That was how we bonded in a sense, so this game will always be special to me.
I can't wait for you to review the Lampshade of no real significance. You know I started writing this comment, then had a weird thought and actually googled it, I didn't think the Lampshade of no real significance was an actual fan game...
Great video! I like how you emphasized the purpose of the zapper and how this game utilizes it well where others might not. I love this game so seeing it get more positive attention is always nice, I find whenever it's brought up most people just kind of scoff at it like "oh that's not a real zelda game it's not worth my time" without giving it a chance
Link's Crossbow Training came really close to being something I would have played a lot of. I even have the actual Wii Crossbow variant of the Wii Zapper accessory. The problem is the scoring. It goes up *exponentially* as the combo continues. The problem with that?... Well, what's important isn't so much how often you hit, but *WHEN* you *MISS.* Combos are the only way to score high. Therefore, if you miss *twenty* times at the *end* of round (or the beginning), your score may be 10x or even 100x higher than it would have been if you had missed *once* in the middle of the round. And here's the kicker: there's an unavoidable rapid-fire power-up that basically turns your crossbow into a freakin' machine gun when you're doing well. That makes it *extremely* difficult to maintain a combo in what amounts to a sniper-style scoring system. I LOVED the use of existing Twilight Princess assets, but the gameplay has no lasting appeal thanks to the scoring. 🤷🏼♀️
You know, back in the day, I never gave this game a second thought. Now, I guess I'll have to pick it up and try it for the first time. Thanks for that.
I know this sounds ridiculous but I remember I got the zapper and after I beat link’s crossbow training I went through some of my other Wii games to see what’d work with it- I started using it for the Wii port of RE4 and its hands down my favorite way to play the game I can’t stand playing it with a regular controller it has to be zapper or nothing at all baby
Love the video and this reminds me of my "Boltslinger" build for Skyrim basically i found this western looking outfit that someone made a mod of from AC:Rogue. Then I found mods for one-handed crossbows a regular crossbow that i used like a rifle & two other modded in auto crossbow one being a kinda slow firing semi-auto and the other being a 3 round burst both being steam powered and deadly af. So i was running around skyrim basically looking like blonde form the dollars trilogy pelting everything with bolts and it was glorious I should set that up again and get a Link outfit going.
I had a zapper and I used it all the time playing Umbrella Chronicles but I used to use it more like an actual gun, I would put the controls in game to zapper mode but I kept the nunchuck out of the zapper and just held it in my hand with the zapper pressed against my right shoulder
Oh man, I can't wait for your review on the lampshade of no real significance, it's been soooo long since I played that. I barely remember anything from it other than a Kirby and Samus cameo.
Recently went back to play some Links Crossbow training. It's still fun. Which made me go out and buy Ghost Squad. Makes me wish we got some more shooters on the wii that used it now.
Yeah, when I finally got around to playing it (I barely played the Wii when I was younger) I was shocked at how fun and creative it was. I figured it'd be a snack of a game to legit train for Wii aiming. I couldn't believe how good it was and how it utilized Twilight Princess, which is always nice to see. That game gets so overlooked and gets too much junk sometimes.
The darknut was my favorite in the game for the simple fact I was really good at just ripping them apart. I got so good at it that I could beat the darknut before the timer ran out, consistantly.
This is the best Zelda game of all time! All these other games are tempting, but I’m empty when this game’s gone and they say, “Do you need me? Do you think I’m playable? Do I make you feel like quitting?” I’m like “Nope, not really cause”.
My issue with the zapper is unlike a everyone gun in the world it has the trigger on the forward handhold. This makes it very awkward for anyone who has used a real gun, paintball gun, air soft gun or bb gun.
Who’s to say this game isn’t canon? Picture it: It takes place after TP. Ganon’s minions are still running around Hyrule and Link takes an interest in crossbows and uses one to hunt the hopeless minions for sport.
This was my only Zelda game for a while until I got ocarina of time 3D and skyward sword in one Christmas. It was like the world was making up for lost time
Motion controls I say wouldn't get extend ultilization until Pavlov on the VR headset where you can literally steel someone's clip of bullets from their gun But to this day I still wish at some point or other game Link get other range weapons aside from bows
I played the Lampshade of not real significance so much as a kid that I have the entire trading sequence memorized, I go back to it every now and then and I’m disappointed to say that it’s the only game I can speedrun lol.
I actually think this game was legendary in introducing what would be gyro controls to the Zelda (and then the rest of gaming as a whole. It's completely baffling to me that the entirety of shooters on consoles haven't adopted a gyro option. I can barely play as shooter on console without it.
Used to play this with my dad and my brother- I’d come home from school and one of them would’ve set a new high score and I’d have to sit there for an hour trying to beat that score. We got very competitive with each other and had a ton of fun with it
This game could be entertaining. But I can't see this game without feeling frustrated for thinking that this could've been a Twilight Princess sequel. Twilight Princess was my first Zelda ever, the Zleda that I appreciate the most. So it's just a shame.
When I was about 16 I found this game for 50p at a charity shop. It's actually so much fun and does not get the credit it deserves. This video made me feel so vindicated
The House of the Dead 2 and 3 port for Wii was the best game I encountered to use the zapper with. I played that game so much and it was much harder without the zapper
For years, everytime I visit my mom we play either this or Mariokart. We have racked up insane scores in this game. If you play the three round score attack and get consecutive hits without missing, your multiplier will keep going up. Platinum level score is 80,000. I have cleared over 270,000 in some stages.
Hey, thanks for making this an actual video. It makes me really curious toward your opinions on other rail shooters and the genre as a whole - not many people really acknowledge Sin & Punishment 2 as anything more than a novelty, and seeing this as a proof of concept for not only the Zapper, but an evolution of the Rail Shooter genre is quite interesting. It's weird novelties like this and Donkey Kong Barrel Blast and Punch Out with balance board support and Super Paper Mario that make the Wii not necessarily "good", but really fascinating, and you capture that spirit of its intrigue and accessibility really well. Now do Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love you coward.
I actually found the Wii Zapper trigger to cause more of a delay, hence why I played without it after playing with it. Also, a comment on your closing comments. Remember, video games will not go from controllers controlling a console hooked to the TV to perfect virtual reality without some in-between steps. The Wii's motion control was one of those important steps. So when the day comes you have that perfect virtual reality, thank the Wii
HEY! LIAM TRIFORCE REGARDLESS OF IF YOU SEE THIS OR NOT I HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION!!!!! How does "Link's Crossbow Training" fit into the Zelda Timeline?????
I'm here to find out if there is a game out there with with zapper which enables you to run around and shoot enemies. Like the crossbow training game or is lynx rossbow training the closest thing out there... I'm hoping for a game of dungeon and dragons with the same action as crossbow training please help ??
When I still played my Wii, I had one game out of several -- Little King's Story -- that didn't use motion or pointer controls at all. It ended up being my go-to Wii game when something made it decide my pointer was in two places at once, a few inches apart. Contrast with so many other Wii games, which become unplayable to different degrees when the sensing breaks down. I never got LCT. My favorite parts of TP (Gamecube version) were the Hidden Village and the ruins south of the Arbiter's Grounds. But that was more the sneak-around-and-kill-Bokoblins aspect, where the first an enemy knows of my presence is an arrow striking from the "darkness". This doesn't seem like that.
Remember when fanboys acted like nintendo advertised tp and released this instead? Like, they actually acted like this free game bundled with an optional peripheral was supposed to be the next zelda game.
It's been a really long time since I last played that minigame, but I do remember it being longer. Then again, I'm sure that this game is more varied despite being 50 minutes long. So idk. Tough call. But that game is dope, yeah. Nintendo Land was such an awesome demonstration of what the Wii U could do, but we barely received games that featured asynchronous multiplayer like that. That situation kinda parallels what happen here with the Wii Zapper, actually. Except that shit happened to an entire console.
This has been my whole family’s favorite game for over a decade. My grandparents, aunts, uncle, parents, cousins, all of us. It’s always brought us together
I'm jealous, I wish I had a gamer family. Can I be adopted?
@@User_491 same?
That was my family with wii bowling
Based
This was my first zelda game
My first Zelda game was Zelda II: Adventure of Link, so I can emphatically say that you could definitely do a LOT worse than Link's Crossbow Training.
Radien same and I’m not proud of it
Crossbow training was also my first zelda game may be the reason I love twilight princess
Same
Same here
That score screen may just be one of the most Wii looking screens I’ve ever seen
Wanna hear a sad fact? When I was a kid, this was the _only_ Zelda game I ever had.
I remember watching my dad 100% this game. I remember him 100%ing a lot of games. That was how we bonded in a sense, so this game will always be special to me.
I can't wait for you to review the Lampshade of no real significance.
You know I started writing this comment, then had a weird thought and actually googled it, I didn't think the Lampshade of no real significance was an actual fan game...
Didn't the Lampshade of No Real Significance start off as a joke in a Flash animation that was later made into an actual fan game?
@@Radien I believe it was a joke in one of the "Decline of Video Gaming" animations
This makes me want Nintendo to make a full game with Linkle even more than I already do.
one can only hope
Great video! I like how you emphasized the purpose of the zapper and how this game utilizes it well where others might not. I love this game so seeing it get more positive attention is always nice, I find whenever it's brought up most people just kind of scoff at it like "oh that's not a real zelda game it's not worth my time" without giving it a chance
Link's Crossbow Training came really close to being something I would have played a lot of. I even have the actual Wii Crossbow variant of the Wii Zapper accessory.
The problem is the scoring. It goes up *exponentially* as the combo continues.
The problem with that?... Well, what's important isn't so much how often you hit, but *WHEN* you *MISS.*
Combos are the only way to score high. Therefore, if you miss *twenty* times at the *end* of round (or the beginning), your score may be 10x or even 100x higher than it would have been if you had missed *once* in the middle of the round.
And here's the kicker: there's an unavoidable rapid-fire power-up that basically turns your crossbow into a freakin' machine gun when you're doing well. That makes it *extremely* difficult to maintain a combo in what amounts to a sniper-style scoring system.
I LOVED the use of existing Twilight Princess assets, but the gameplay has no lasting appeal thanks to the scoring. 🤷🏼♀️
You know, back in the day, I never gave this game a second thought. Now, I guess I'll have to pick it up and try it for the first time. Thanks for that.
I actually loved this game a lot. It was a nice change of pace
I know this sounds ridiculous but I remember I got the zapper and after I beat link’s crossbow training I went through some of my other Wii games to see what’d work with it- I started using it for the Wii port of RE4 and its hands down my favorite way to play the game I can’t stand playing it with a regular controller it has to be zapper or nothing at all baby
Don't you have to hold A down though whilst shooting how do you manage it
I have spent the past 11~12 hours watching this series and every moment has been worth it.
This video seriously deserves more attention. Great work with this video!!!
THE LAMPSHADE OF NO REAL SIGNIFICANCE
It was a pretty good game and taught me to be an effective left-handed marksman.
Love the video and this reminds me of my "Boltslinger" build for Skyrim basically i found this western looking outfit that someone made a mod of from AC:Rogue. Then I found mods for one-handed crossbows a regular crossbow that i used like a rifle & two other modded in auto crossbow one being a kinda slow firing semi-auto and the other being a 3 round burst both being steam powered and deadly af.
So i was running around skyrim basically looking like blonde form the dollars trilogy pelting everything with bolts and it was glorious I should set that up again and get a Link outfit going.
I had a zapper and I used it all the time playing Umbrella Chronicles but I used to use it more like an actual gun, I would put the controls in game to zapper mode but I kept the nunchuck out of the zapper and just held it in my hand with the zapper pressed against my right shoulder
So, Jackbox Party Pack took its ideas from Brain Age?
Also this looks like a good Zelda game.
2:21 the memories are flooding baaaaccckkkkkk
Oh man, I can't wait for your review on the lampshade of no real significance, it's been soooo long since I played that. I barely remember anything from it other than a Kirby and Samus cameo.
Recently went back to play some Links Crossbow training. It's still fun. Which made me go out and buy Ghost Squad. Makes me wish we got some more shooters on the wii that used it now.
Yeah, when I finally got around to playing it (I barely played the Wii when I was younger) I was shocked at how fun and creative it was. I figured it'd be a snack of a game to legit train for Wii aiming. I couldn't believe how good it was and how it utilized Twilight Princess, which is always nice to see. That game gets so overlooked and gets too much junk sometimes.
Oh man... I've not thought about Lampshade of no real Significance in such a long time!
Quality content right here
One of my favorite wii games of all time
Legitimately happy I'm not the only one who got into & enjoyed this game. Great review😊
I beg you to genuinely do the lampshade of no real significance, it was a true masterpiece
This brings me back
Finally! Somebody who doesn't hate Link's Crossbow Training!
Good video. Love hearing about games most people don't talk about
Nintendo: we just need a zelda game including training with crossbows!
Zelda devs:
The darknut was my favorite in the game for the simple fact I was really good at just ripping them apart. I got so good at it that I could beat the darknut before the timer ran out, consistantly.
This is the best Zelda game of all time!
All these other games are tempting, but I’m empty when this game’s gone and they say,
“Do you need me? Do you think I’m playable? Do I make you feel like quitting?” I’m like “Nope, not really cause”.
oh man i loved this little game.
My issue with the zapper is unlike a everyone gun in the world it has the trigger on the forward handhold. This makes it very awkward for anyone who has used a real gun, paintball gun, air soft gun or bb gun.
That sex toy line got me, not used to that from you lol
Who’s to say this game isn’t canon?
Picture it: It takes place after TP. Ganon’s minions are still running around Hyrule and Link takes an interest in crossbows and uses one to hunt the hopeless minions for sport.
This was my only Zelda game for a while until I got ocarina of time 3D and skyward sword in one Christmas. It was like the world was making up for lost time
Sometimes, I wish I still had a Wii. This game was a ton of fun back in the day
Motion controls I say wouldn't get extend ultilization until Pavlov on the VR headset where you can literally steel someone's clip of bullets from their gun
But to this day I still wish at some point or other game Link get other range weapons aside from bows
Man, this brings back memories... I used to play this game all the time!
gimme a "Switch Zapper" and a port/extended version of this game for the Switch and I'll be a happy man.
Getting all the best medals on every level was quite difficult but also really satisfying. I had a great time with it.
I played the Lampshade of not real significance so much as a kid that I have the entire trading sequence memorized, I go back to it every now and then and I’m disappointed to say that it’s the only game I can speedrun lol.
I'm glad that they chose God's chosen layout for the maps/settings found in the Gamecube version, rather than the mirrored heresy found on the Wii.
2:36 Agreed!
This was a great game!
I enjoyed links crossbow training in its day and I remember using the wii zapper to play house of the dead and that resident evil rail shooter.
I actually think this game was legendary in introducing what would be gyro controls to the Zelda (and then the rest of gaming as a whole. It's completely baffling to me that the entirety of shooters on consoles haven't adopted a gyro option. I can barely play as shooter on console without it.
It's basically twilight princess as a third person shooter and tail shooter
Used to play this with my dad and my brother- I’d come home from school and one of them would’ve set a new high score and I’d have to sit there for an hour trying to beat that score. We got very competitive with each other and had a ton of fun with it
This game could be entertaining.
But I can't see this game without feeling frustrated for thinking that this could've been a Twilight Princess sequel.
Twilight Princess was my first Zelda ever, the Zleda that I appreciate the most. So it's just a shame.
When I was about 16 I found this game for 50p at a charity shop. It's actually so much fun and does not get the credit it deserves. This video made me feel so vindicated
The House of the Dead 2 and 3 port for Wii was the best game I encountered to use the zapper with. I played that game so much and it was much harder without the zapper
For years, everytime I visit my mom we play either this or Mariokart. We have racked up insane scores in this game. If you play the three round score attack and get consecutive hits without missing, your multiplier will keep going up. Platinum level score is 80,000. I have cleared over 270,000 in some stages.
Oh shit... I haven't heard of that game since my childhood.
I say as a place of comfort this is just basically a sequel to twighlight princess and link still hasn't settled down after tp 😅
This was my first ever game I playes
Still waiting, over 13 months later, for the next installment in this series. *cries in zelda fan*
Same
Is this better than Zelda: archery and swordplay though?
Hey Liam, do you think it’s worth it or not worth it to get Cuphead on the switch?
The best thing about Link's Crossbow Training:
It gave us the best Hyrule Warriors weapon. Linkle is best girl, best character, and genuine A-tier.
I have always liked this game. Still good.
Hey, thanks for making this an actual video. It makes me really curious toward your opinions on other rail shooters and the genre as a whole - not many people really acknowledge Sin & Punishment 2 as anything more than a novelty, and seeing this as a proof of concept for not only the Zapper, but an evolution of the Rail Shooter genre is quite interesting. It's weird novelties like this and Donkey Kong Barrel Blast and Punch Out with balance board support and Super Paper Mario that make the Wii not necessarily "good", but really fascinating, and you capture that spirit of its intrigue and accessibility really well.
Now do Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love you coward.
0:46 did this guy just KILL Steve Rogers??
i LOVED THIS GAME the bad thing was which was probably why i liked it so much was because it used to scare me cuz of all the monsters in it 😂
To be real 2007 was great for video games
why does the thumbnail say LINK SHOOTS A MAN like its a breaking news story lol
because link shot a man
This was my only zelda game until breath of the wild 😂
You would love to play Gunslinger Stratos
Not to be nitpicky but I think you meant 'Zora's Domain' not 'Lake Hylia'.
Everyone’s hype for BotW 2 I’m still waiting for Link’s Crossbow Training sequel.
I actually found the Wii Zapper trigger to cause more of a delay, hence why I played without it after playing with it.
Also, a comment on your closing comments. Remember, video games will not go from controllers controlling a console hooked to the TV to perfect virtual reality without some in-between steps. The Wii's motion control was one of those important steps. So when the day comes you have that perfect virtual reality, thank the Wii
The zapper worked well with RE4
HEY! LIAM TRIFORCE REGARDLESS OF IF YOU SEE THIS OR NOT I HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION!!!!!
How does "Link's Crossbow Training" fit into the Zelda Timeline?????
Link's Crossbow training remake?????!!!!!
I'm here to find out if there is a game out there with with zapper which enables you to run around and shoot enemies. Like the crossbow training game or is lynx rossbow training the closest thing out there...
I'm hoping for a game of dungeon and dragons with the same action as crossbow training please help ??
You NEVER have to hold your arm up to use the wiimote pointer, I facepalm every time I see someone say something like this
Wait satella view what is this?
When I still played my Wii, I had one game out of several -- Little King's Story -- that didn't use motion or pointer controls at all. It ended up being my go-to Wii game when something made it decide my pointer was in two places at once, a few inches apart. Contrast with so many other Wii games, which become unplayable to different degrees when the sensing breaks down.
I never got LCT. My favorite parts of TP (Gamecube version) were the Hidden Village and the ruins south of the Arbiter's Grounds. But that was more the sneak-around-and-kill-Bokoblins aspect, where the first an enemy knows of my presence is an arrow striking from the "darkness". This doesn't seem like that.
I had a blast with this game but could never beat Stallord because I am a baddie.
Why did you mention ghost squad as if it wasnt also awesome
Which is better, Vampire Knight or Ninja Assault ?
This video is actually hilarious 😂 while still a fair examination of this game
... just don't abbreviate it. It ends up being Link's cbt
Cant get past level 3
Man I forgot about how good “Link’s Crossbow Training: The One With The Penis In It” is. Truly one of the best Zelda games ever made.
But no really a fantasy western sort of game with like LOZ characters could be sick if done well.
Remember when fanboys acted like nintendo advertised tp and released this instead?
Like, they actually acted like this free game bundled with an optional peripheral was supposed to be the next zelda game.
happy arpill folless
pointer controls, gyro controls, and motion controls (waggle) are not the same thing.
I loved that game!
april fools
Link in the description 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
How's it rank up against the other on-rails Zelda? Nintendo Land's Zelda game doesn't get enough love
It's been a really long time since I last played that minigame, but I do remember it being longer. Then again, I'm sure that this game is more varied despite being 50 minutes long. So idk. Tough call. But that game is dope, yeah. Nintendo Land was such an awesome demonstration of what the Wii U could do, but we barely received games that featured asynchronous multiplayer like that. That situation kinda parallels what happen here with the Wii Zapper, actually. Except that shit happened to an entire console.
thus
Man I hated this game as a kid. It was my first Zelda game and my first Wii game.
HAHA YES MAN
I'm crap at this game lol