Shooting Gallery

Shooting Galleries are a recurring element in The Legend of Zelda series. They are distinguished as a small shop set up as a mini-game. The game costs Link a certain number of Rupees, and he then gets a chance to shoot a series of targets for a prize. The prize can range anywhere from larger item capacity to Heart Pieces, or even more Rupees. Sometimes if Link hits nearly all of the targets, he gets a free game for being so close.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
The Shooting Gallery first appears in A Link to the Past. In the Dark World, in the section just south of Kakariko Village, there is a small house where the gallery is located. Inside there is a strange-looking man who will give you five arrows to shoot as many targets as you can. The more targets you can hit in a row, the more your Rupee reward multiplies, resulting in more Rupees for more targets hit simultaneously.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
There are two Shooting Galleries in Ocarina of Time, one for Young Link and another for Adult Link. Young Link's Shooting Gallery is located on the northern side of Hyrule Castle Town just before Hyrule Castle. Inside is a burly man that will allow Link to shoot ten moving Rupee targets with his Slingshot to win a prize. If Link can hit all ten targets, he is rewarded with a Seed Satchel upgrade. The Shooting Gallery for Adult Link is located in mid-Kakariko Village near the Windmill. When Link was a child, this building was still in the process of being built, seven years later however, it it finished and has become a Shooting Gallery. Inside is the same man who allows Adult Link to play the same ten Rupee target game for a fee. It can be assumed that the owner moved his shop after the destruction of Hyrule Castle Town, since many other villagers from there now reside in Kakariko Village as well. This time the game is a little trickier because the Rupees appear in a random order, making it so Link cannot prepare for the next shot as easily as he could when he was a child. If Adult Link uses his Bow and Arrows to hit all the targets, he is awarded with a Quiver upgrade.

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
In Majora's Mask there are also two Shooting Galleries: one in East Clock Town and another on the road to the Southern Swamp. The same man from The Ocarina of Time's Shooting Galleries is employed at both, although he could perhaps be two different people seeing as it's impossible to be two places at once. The East Clock Town Shooting Gallery allows Link to fire his bow at Octorock targets for a fee. The Octorock targets appear like Whack-A-Moles in two different colors: purple and blue. If Link hits the purple ones, he is awarded points, but if he hits the blue ones points are subtracted from his score. If he can attain a certain number of points before the timer runs out, he is rewarded with a Quiver upgrade, however if he can hit all the purple Octorocks without hitting a blue one, he is given a Heart Piece for his effort. The Southern Swamp Shooting Gallery is located on the path to the Southern Swamp. If Link makes a left at the big tree and follows the path, he will run into it. This Shooting Gallery lets Link use his bow to hit moving enemy targets. It is a variation of Mad Scrub, Crows, and Wolfos. Each enemy awards Link a different amount of points. If he get a high enough score before the time runs out, he is awarded with a Quiver upgrade. If he can attain a perfect score, he is rewarded with a Heart Piece.