Kotaku
Color me puzzled. Why would anyone, and I mean anyone, want to port a horrid, mostly unseen coin-op rail shooter from 2004 to the Wii?
Maybe Konami thinks the kitsch factor will outweigh what will soon officially be the worst graphics on the Wii console. That's right this makes Cruisi'n look like a Playstation 2 game. I'd blame the horrid graphics on the Wii, but I've seen the arcade game and they were just as bad on the 2004 coin-op, maybe worse.
A take-off of the original, digitized-photo meets sub-par graphics rail shooter Area 51, Target: Terror will be compatible with the Wii Zapper and has players take on the role of an elite counter-terrorist agent taking down a wave of terrorists, all of whom happen to wear sunglasses or bandannas. The original game actually featured a level at the Denver Airport, but it was so horribly generic I couldn't convince my editors at the Rocky to do a story about it.
Target: Terror will also include mini-games and is due out in the first quarter of 08. Two more screens after the jump.
And just for comparison sake... the dreaded Car Vault.
Comments
Gotta get me some sunglasses and bandanas! LOL
Wait! NO! Marketing... working... on.... me....
Ohno! Not that game (Area 51). I think I wasted a couple of bucks on it in my time waiting in a movie theatre. Don't do it!
Just wow! Revolution X for the win... Yeesh.
Someone should do a Mystery Science Theater 3000 knock-off where instead of movies its people riffing on suck-ass Wii Games.
Excuse me, I've got to go find a sulphuric acid bolus for my eyes now.
If you were going to blame these graphics on the Wii then you were trolling. You know it can do better.
Hey, as long as it's fun, but I highly doubt that...
Haha, that driving range scene is priceless. "So for Target:Terror, what's the scariest sport we can think of? Golf? Yes! Absolutely! Brilliant!"
Revolution X, ftw!
Ahh, 1994 - welcome back!
@KeithCourage: Area 51 was so 1995 dude. Get your facts straight. Geesh.
Oh man, I used to play Area 51 all the time while waiting in the lobby at Laser Quest. I'm pretty sure I beat it, although I can't remember much beyond the first level.
Exploding Golfing!
That's an awesome concept. I'm assuming you play the golfer there, correct?
Contains obligatory "mini-games". Great. Another mini-game collection for the Wii.
Though I do want to say this:
How do you make a game non-compatible with the Zapper?
Wouldn't you have to actively work to force it to be Non-compatible?
OH GOD FMV IS COMING BACK.
@KeithCourage: The only time I think I've seen this was in a movie theater.
Wonder what the price will be. Mark it at 9 and I'll buy it!
OMG! SEGA CD LIVES AGAIN! :D
@Kirbytheslayer: Defeated the Format too: If Nunchuk motions were required it would be quite hard if you wanted to do it without shaking the Wii remote as well.
Worst looking? I don't know about that...those terrorists look pretty darn photo realistic to me...
Ah, I remember this game back in a small Laser Tag joint.
...
I can't believe it's being ported on the Wii. At least Ghost Squad had me and my brother laughing. Not this game.
@WarlockSoL: I really can't wait for Night Trap Wii.
Is CRAPlarious a word? I think I'll coin it. THIS is so bad its craplarious. Its hilarious, but also crap. Not so bad its funny...so bad that you feel bad for laughing at it.
So when can I expect the inevitable Wii port of Tattoo Assassins?
Dude that reminds me of Lethal Enforcers and Revolution X.....and the Terminator shooter. Garbage graphics FTW!
All hail the Wii! Wii would like to travel back to 2004.
If it's not the original Area 51 in the form a rehashed classic at a discount price then eyez-not-care.
Almost insulting to inflict this crap on the public. Methinks Nintendo should be a bit more stringent in licensing.
Why Konami why? You release this but won't give Rocket Knight Adventures/Sparkster another shot.
@Omata: Oh, come on. Ghost Squad was AMAZING. Best light guns I've ever played with in an arcade.
Konami Secret Formula: Gazillions of Wii+Casual gamers = $$$$$$$$$. [Colors Crecente puzzled].
@tufty: The sad thing is, people will buy this. Who the hell cares if the game sucks? Konami sure doesn't!
Its sad. The user base for the Wii is so big that developers will port shit that few will buy... and they will still make a profit.
Games like this is the reason most developers don't take the Wii seriously: they don't have to make a good game to make money, they can just port shit.
What the... I thought the N-Gage was dead!
OMG KILLER APP!!!1!11!
This looks like a Saturn game played through those drunk glasses. Oh dear.
Wiiiiiiiiiii FMV!
Milk does a body good.
Konami quote from THE WORLD OF TOMORROW: "If you guys had bought Target: Terror then we might have ported MGS4 to Wii, but I guess you guys don't want third-party games."
wow. just wow.
how much do these guys making the calls get paid? I'll do the job for less.
Sucks that for every Mario Galaxy, we get like 5 of these.
Oh well. Bring on that Sega CD to the VC! We're on the right track. Can't wait to play Slam City with Scottie Pippen.
FMV, the Disco of gaming.
Someone at the big "N" needs to stop this shit.
holy hell, that's the ugliest thing I've seen all day. And I was on 4chan earlier
Is that a woman in the back at the pickup truck, do you lose points if you shoot her?
I miss Nintendo's Seal of Quality :(
. . .
@ReginaldTheSeventySecond: She's got sunglasses and a gun. I'm guessing she's TERROR!
the old FMV pc game Space Pirates was sweet like space pirate pie and featured the winning line:
"You're in Danger Space Space Ranger!"
Haha I loved the Area 51 games... Just because usually they're only 25 cents for a game and I pop in a couple of quarters just to go John Woo Style... They should have that concept in an arcade.
are you kidding, the PS2 still has better graphics than the Wii!
WOW! That looks...just...WOW.
Nintendo consoles are such terrible dumping grounds.
I dig kitschy light gun games, so I would look into this one. They are fun to play in a group and I may actually get my wife to play. (Highly unlikely, but it could happen.) Until I see if the animations are as bad as Pit Fighter, Cruis'n and Far Cry will still be worse.
Are you sure you don't mean 1994? Jesus Christ, Who Shot Johnny Rock looks better than that!
shoot me now.
...and I hear the ringing of Arnold saying "Excellent!" every time I put in more coins.
Damn you, Casualties!!! x(
@dv8godd: Not a problem. *cocks rifle, shoots*
@crazyscreenwriter: Ahhaha. That's what I thought when I saw those screens. Yay for Revolution X.
Time Commando looked better.