Nintendo Wii Fanboy

With Target: Terror announced for the Wii, we realize now there's really no limit to what terrible shooting games publishers are willing to port, no matter how dated its visuals. As much as we miss the Friday nights from our high school years spent hanging out at bowling alleys and movie theaters ogling girls who had no interest in us whatsoever, we don't miss the crappy games that usually populated those nostalgic spots.

Still, we suspect that we'll see a lot more of these late 90s light gun games on our fair console. What shooter are you dreading hoping to play with your Zapper? Area 51? Virtua Cop? Mad dog Mcree?!

Bless Konami, for without them and their newest game for the Wii, Target Terror, FMV actors would be all but extinct. We imagine the life of a few of the FMV actors from those Mortal Kombat games has been all downhill since about 1998, as they've been confined to a fixed income of ramen noodles and lights out before 6pm. We also imagine the FMV actor for Mortal Kombat 3 character Stryker crying, alone, in his dark apartment. Having all of his utilities shut off, he quickly downs the remaining brown liquor in his bottle of Jim Beam, loading his revolver with hands wet from his own salty tears. As he forces the gun's barrel into his mouth, pulling back the pin, he silently curses the heavens for his sad existence and prepares to pull the trigger. Then, a knock comes at the door. It's Konami. They have work for him. He is saved.

But, in all seriousness, look at this. The only word that comes to mind is trash. This looks like a pretty atrocious game, one where the developers can't even face their own mothers out of disgust for what they've unleashed upon the world. For how much fun people have made at the expense of Ghost Squad, it looks like a AAA blockbuster compared to this.

Would you like to know more? Head past the break for the press release.

It looks like we aren't the only people who have been paying attention to Ghost Squad. Konami has decided to dust off an old arcade light-gun game for the Wii, as well. But rather than pulling one of their own games like Lethal Enforcers out of their back catalogue, they appear to have opted for Raw Thrills's 2004 arcade shooter Target: Terror. That's according to a new Gamefly listing-- which, of course, could be mistaken, or could refer to a completely new shooting game called Target Terror.

Target: Terror is a full-motion video shooting game in which, like in Ghost Squad, the player shoots a bunch of terrorists. Unlike Ghost Squad, the game features real-world locations and ... let's say emotionally charged situations, including a scenario in which the player must stop a hijacked plane from crashing into the White House.

We hope this turns out to be a different game.

[Via Siliconera]