Chicken Shoot
Encyclopedia
Chicken Shoot is a video game developed by Toontraxx. It first released in 2003 on the PC
and has since been released onto the Nintendo DS
and Wii
.
. GameSpot
referred to it as "Duck Hunt
for idiots" and felt that the repetitive shooting had no point. IGN
also pointed out that the same chickens were reused multiple times, and that the minigame
was broken and mute. This game got a 0.0 and a -2.0 out of 10 on Reviews on the Run
, the second lowest rating ever given by the show. British magazine NGamer
gave it a score of 7%, the lowest score ever given by them for a Wii game. The Nintendo DS
version of the game has a score of 17% on Metacritic
. Gamer's Temple said to"Shoot the game, not the chickens."
Game Almighty was more forgiving with a 4.0.
game that reached moderate success on the internet, and was generally well-received by players on various Flash game websites. It was one of the first flash games to be playable on the Internet Channel browser for the Wii
, as it utilized the Wii Remote
to aim and shoot chickens which flew across the screen. It is believed by many that the original Chicken Shoot helped popularize internet games playable on the Wii.
It is almost identical to Country Varmint Hunter.
Personal computer
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and has since been released onto the Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
and Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
.
Reception
Chicken Shoot was met with unanimously negative reviews. It currently has a score of 26% on Game RankingsGame Rankings
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. GameSpot
GameSpot
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referred to it as "Duck Hunt
Duck Hunt
is a video game for the Nintendo Famicom/Nintendo Entertainment System game console system in which players use the NES Zapper to shoot ducks on screen for points. The game was developed and published by Nintendo, and was released in 1984 in Japan...
for idiots" and felt that the repetitive shooting had no point. IGN
IGN
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also pointed out that the same chickens were reused multiple times, and that the minigame
Minigame
A minigame is a short video game often contained within another video game. A minigame is always smaller or more simplistic than the game in which it is contained. Minigames are sometimes also offered separately for free to promote the main game...
was broken and mute. This game got a 0.0 and a -2.0 out of 10 on Reviews on the Run
Reviews on the Run
Reviews on the Run and "Reviews on the Rock" in the earlier seasons of the Electric Playground is a video game review TV show hosted by Victor Lucas and Scott C. Jones . The show is produced by Lucas' company Greedy Productions...
, the second lowest rating ever given by the show. British magazine NGamer
NGamer
NGamer is a British magazine which mainly covers Nintendo video game consoles and software, and also to a much lesser extent, Sony and Microsoft consoles. The first issue was released on 13 July 2006...
gave it a score of 7%, the lowest score ever given by them for a Wii game. The Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
version of the game has a score of 17% on Metacritic
Metacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
. Gamer's Temple said to"Shoot the game, not the chickens."
Game Almighty was more forgiving with a 4.0.
History
The original Chicken Shoot released in 2003 was a FlashAdobe Flash
Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages. Flash is frequently used for advertisements, games and flash animations for broadcast...
game that reached moderate success on the internet, and was generally well-received by players on various Flash game websites. It was one of the first flash games to be playable on the Internet Channel browser for the Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
, as it utilized the Wii Remote
Wii Remote
The , also known as the Wiimote, is the primary controller for Nintendo's Wii console. A main feature of the Wii Remote is its motion sensing capability, which allows the user to interact with and manipulate items on screen via gesture recognition and pointing through the use of accelerometer and...
to aim and shoot chickens which flew across the screen. It is believed by many that the original Chicken Shoot helped popularize internet games playable on the Wii.
It is almost identical to Country Varmint Hunter.