The pointer controls are also perfect for a game like this (part of the reason why the genre saw such an uptick on the Wii), and in the case of Ghost Squad are implemented very well. Doing so also rewards you with a much higher score. You can also turn off the crosshairs in order to add more challenge to the experience. Shotguns, SMGs, and other weapons, along with aforementioned costumes. As you level up the character the game begins giving you extra rewards. The higher your score the faster you can level up your character for playing through the game again. As well as Ninja mode, that replaces your bullets with shurikens.Įach time you play through the game you’re given a rating on each stage based on your score, whether or not you completed the objective, and your time. There are also a bunch of silly costumes you can unlock, and there are also modes. Paradise mode, that turns the enemies into swimwear clad beach bums, and your weapons are replaced with water guns. Up to four people can play it together, making it great for parties. The Wii version also has a few things over the arcade machine. Other branching paths let you use cool gadgets like night vision goggles. So you really have to pay attention, as shooting hostages is very punitive. In these the game goes out of its way to make you mistake a hostage for a villain. There are some that will see you rescuing a lot of hostages. But you have to be quick, and balance that between hitting the bad guys in time.Ī lot of the game’s branching paths can be really interesting too. You can also shoot background items to find secret health power ups, and weapon attachments. Harder difficulties make this happen faster, so get in the habit of trying to shoot them before the rings even appear. When this happens you only have a brief moment before you’re hit, as this means you’ve been locked on. The game works almost exactly the same as Virtua Cop, in that when an enemy appears you’ll see a ring appear around them. Ghost Squad has three difficulty settings, and all of them manage to present a challenge. This gives an otherwise short game, almost as many stages as other games of its ilk. Depending on your performance of each mission, you can unlock new paths. Upon your first play through you’ll only see them crop up occasionally, as the game gives you an option of which path to take. But before you throw your hands up, and walk away, there are a lot of variants on those three stages. In Ghost Squad, you, and friends take the role of a private military force who are sent in to take out terrorists, and rescue hostages. Outside of Dave & Busters, not too many areas have a place where they can go spend an evening with friends plopping quarters into cabinets anymore.Īs for the game itself, it’s a great light gun game, that takes a few risks, and innovations few other light gun games have taken. That’s also a great thing because most people have never had the opportunity to play Ghost Squad in the arcade. The graphics are about on par with the cabinet, and everything feels nearly 1:1. On the Wii, it’s a pretty close conversion. The shooting requires speed, and accuracy like pretty much all of Sega’s arcade shooters have. It has the same goofy delivery in its voice acting. Sega’s Ghost Squad feels like an evolutionary step above Vitrua Cop. First, it’s a port of an underrated arcade machine. Ghost Squad sticks out in that ocean of light gun games, because of several reasons. PROS: An excellent port on an excellent arcade game. It was also home to the resurgence of on-rails light gun shooting.
But astute people know the system was home to a lot of really neat gems. Second, the walls of shovelware covering the platform section in their local game stores.
Everything from the Wii Sports pack in, to Super Mario Galaxy. First, the plethora of great Nintendo games. People often remember two things about the Nintendo Wii game library.
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