Editing Duck Hunt (section)

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| Allgame = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://allgame.com/game.php?id=14957&tab=review|title=Duck Hunt|publisher=[[AllGame]]|work=allgame.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114212216/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=14957&tab=review|archive-date=November 14, 2014|access-date=May 13, 2016|first=Christopher Michael |last=Baker}}</ref>
| NWR = 7.5/10 (Wii U)<ref name="nwr review">{{cite web |url=http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/reviewmini/39335/duck-hunt-wii-u-vc-review-mini |title=Duck Hunt (Wii U VC) Review Mini |author=Webb, Addison |date=January 8, 2015 |publisher=Nintendo World Report |access-date=May 31, 2015}}</ref>
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In North America, ''Vs. Duck Hunt'' became the third top-grossing arcade game on the ''RePlay'' arcade charts in [[1985 in video games|November 1985]], below ''[[Hogan's Alley (video game)|Vs. Hogan's Alley]]'' at number one.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=RePlay: The Players' Choice |magazine=RePlay |date=November 1985 |volume=11 |issue=2 |page=6 |url=https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-11-issue-no.-2-november-1985-600DPI/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2011%2C%20Issue%20No.%202%20-%20November%201985%20%28Compressed%29/page/6}}</ref> The two popularized light gun video games by 1985.<ref name="Adlum">{{cite magazine |last=Adlum |first=Eddie |title=The Replay Years: Reflections from Eddie Adlum |magazine=RePlay |date=November 1985 |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=134-175 (170-1) |url=https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-11-issue-no.-2-november-1985-600DPI/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2011%2C%20Issue%20No.%202%20-%20November%201985/page/170/mode/2up}}</ref> It was bundled with the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] console in 1985, with {{nowrap|28.3 million}} copies sold worldwide.<ref name="duckhunt">{{cite web |url=http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/the-best-video-games-to-come-out-every-year-since-the-atari-2600/duck-hunt |title=1984: Duck Hunt - The Best Selling Video Game Of Every Year Since 1977 |last=Welch |first=Hanuman |website=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]] |date=April 23, 2013 |access-date=April 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424174120/http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/the-best-video-games-to-come-out-every-year-since-the-atari-2600/duck-hunt |archive-date=April 24, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Upon release in arcades, Eddie Adlum of ''RePlay'' magazine praised ''Duck Hunt'' and ''Hogan's Alley'' as the "cream on the cake" among [[Nintendo VS. System]] and for successfully capturing the experience of older [[electro-mechanical game|electro-mechanical]] [[gun game]]s into [[video game]] format. He said that ''Duck Hunt'' and ''Hogan's Alley'' "sported simulated handguns on a wire cable and pop, pop, pop, you do your thing just like in the old days only at video targets".<ref name="Adlum"/>

''[[AllGame]]'' called the game an "attractive but repetitive target shooter" and "utterly mindless... the game is fun for a short time, but gets old after a few rounds of play".<ref name="Allgame review">{{cite web |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=9967&tab=review |title=Duck Hunt Overview |access-date=November 20, 2006 |publisher=[[Allgame]] |archive-date=November 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114211711/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=9967&tab=review |url-status=dead}}</ref> Several communities have rated the game positively. ''[[1UP.com]]'' users gave it an 8.7 out of 10,<ref name="1UP">{{cite web|url=http://www.1up.com/games/nes/duck-hunt/|title=Duck Hunt|access-date=November 20, 2006|website=1UP.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523115924/http://www.1up.com/games/nes/duck-hunt/|archive-date=May 23, 2011}}</ref> and the ''[[GameSpot]]'' community rated the multi-cartridge of ''Super Mario Bros.'' and ''Duck Hunt'' at 9.1 out of 10.<ref name="Gamespot people">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/supermarioduckhunt |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123212701/http://www.gamespot.com/supermarioduckhunt |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 23, 2013 |title=Duck Hunt |access-date=November 20, 2006 |website=GameSpot}}</ref> It was rated the 150th best game on a Nintendo system in ''[[Nintendo Power]]''{{'}}s Top 200 Games list.<ref name="NP Top 200">{{Cite magazine|date=February 2006| title=NP Top 200|magazine=[[Nintendo Power]]|volume=200|pages=58–66}}</ref> ''[[IGN]]'' placed the game at number 77 on its "Top 100 NES Games of All Time" feature.<ref name="IGN NES Top 100">{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/top-100-nes-games/77.html |title=Top 100 NES Games of All Time |access-date=October 14, 2009|website=IGN}}</ref> The game was ranked 24th in ''[[GamesRadar+|GamesRadar]]''{{'}}s "The best NES games of all time" list.<ref>{{Cite web|last=GamesRadar Staff|date=July 28, 2016|title=The best NES games of all time|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/best-nes-games-all-time/|url-status=live|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=gamesradar|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725131034/http://www.gamesradar.com/best-nes-games-all-time/ |archive-date=July 25, 2012}}</ref> Jeremy Parish of ''[[USgamer]]'' stated that ''Duck Hunt'' paired with the NES Zapper "made the NES memorable" and was one of the key factors behind the success of the NES. Parish related ''Duck Hunt'' to the [[Wii Remote]] in that they made their respective consoles more approachable and reach a wider [[Demographic profile|demographic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usgamer.net/articles/duck-hunt-the-template-for-wii|title=Duck Hunt, the Template for Wii's Success|last=Parish|first=Jeremy|date=January 22, 2014|work=USgamer|publisher=Gamer Network|access-date=March 16, 2014|archive-date=March 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316215329/http://www.usgamer.net/articles/duck-hunt-the-template-for-wii|url-status=dead}}</ref>