The Wii section of the Advanced Media Network has a review of Link’s Crossbow Training up and it’s a mixed bag ending up with a 6/10 being given to the title. Their review of it is as a standalone title and not a pack-in title with the Zapper which does give different weight to the game. Here’s some good and bad from the review, check the link for their full impressions:

Some good:

Despite its basic gameplay design, there is a surprising amount of variety to the levels in Crossbow Training. You’ll see a wide variety of familiar locales from the Zelda franchise as you make your way through the nine challenges (each of which features three levels). Further, there are three types of stages: rail-based, controlled third-person and free-roaming third-person, so you aren’t playing the exact same thing over and over each level.

And some bad:

Unfortunately for Link’s Crossbow Training, its greatest success – mainstreaming Zelda – is also its chief downfall. The game’s simple design backfires, as it’s shallow. The gameplay isn’t necessarily bad, but it’s so rudimentary that is struggles to entertain for long. We wrote earlier that it feels like Nintendo simply copy and pasted over its bow and arrow mechanics from Twilight Princess, and then it was (mostly) done from a design perspective. Regrettably, this is true, and while it can stand as a compliment (the controls are great), it doubles as an insult. The premise isn’t enough to keep you playing after the novelty of the first few levels wears off.

I’m going to look for the Zapper package today at our local GameStop and hope it’s in. Anyone else picking this up and maybe Ghost Squad as well?