Wii On-Rail Light Gun Shooter Games

[@GrizzoUK]

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles is the sequel to Umbrella Chronicles

[@jayflores3947]

And its better

[@eltanodelcassa]

Fun fact: House of the Dead Overkill set a Guiness World Record for the most amount of F-Bombs in media (189)

[@Evilriku13]

Is this still p to date?! o.o

[@JibzCastor]

*Spoiler Alert* *You've been warned* . . . It's funny when Washington keep saying motherfucker but when he saw a legit MF, he didn't say a word about it.

[@RyanAggabao]

@@JibzCastor don't spoil the ending!

[@JibzCastor]

@@RyanAggabao ... Sorry :(

[@mynameischess230]

Truly living up to it's name

[@Videomaster21XX]

I really feel you are doing Ghost Squad a disservice by not mentioning it allows 4-player simultaneous co-op play. I mean that's unheard of, and it is SO much fun when you have four people.

[@honestfigurereviews]

Ghost squad is one of the best games on the Wii.. can't believe he didn't mention it .

[@anhonestreviewer7015]

Thank you for the heads up as that’s something I’ve been looking for in a game.

[@wes788411]

Dead Space Extraction is awesome light rail game, especially if you are a fan of Dead Space.

[@teneesh3376]

The House of the Dead 2 & 3 collections are also great, and surprisingly cheap now. Shame they couldn't get the arcade version of the first game, but the source code has been lost to time

[@peter0071000]

No it hasn't. It's on the internet

[@teneesh3376]

@@peter0071000 are you talking about the source code or rom? Because if it is the source code, where can you find it?

[@joseph_b319]

Great Video. One of my favorite On-Rail shooters was from the Die hard trilogy game Die Hard 2. I especially like how the environment was kind of interactive, how you just could destroy everything and make a complete mess of the whole game. Furthermore I always felt that the whole Die Hard trilogy game was such an underrated game.

[@ryanjackson7387]

is that on the Wii, Tho?

[@honestfigurereviews]

@@ryanjackson7387 No but he's sharing what light gun game he loves the best .. it's good to share lol

[@Blackwiddowspider]

House of the Dead 2-3 I wish they make Time Crisis 1-4 for the Wii

[@camm9b095]

Brian DuBose the cover pedals would be a problem, though. To counter this, I’d probably make them use the GameCube jacks on top of the Wii corresponding to the player.

[@OfficialNukeDukem]

@@camm9b095 Or just use a button or the stick on the nunchuck...

[@camm9b095]

Nuke Dukem That could be a good compromise. Maybe the pedals could still be buyable, but unnecessary. Just for people who want the authentic arcade feel (like myself)

[@GacMan47]

Not sure why he didn't mention HotD 2 and 3. It's a great faithful port to the arcade games. Found it more satisfying than the Resident Evil games. I made a bad call with those. Probably more accurate on the PS3.

[@Lisker75]

ROFL I love how his video's make me want to play these on-rails shooters even though I really dislike the genre. His enthusiasm is contagious.

[@neilbolt]

FYI Metal Jesus, Darkside Chronicles (2009) and Umbrella Chronicles (2007) are two different games. Both are on the Wii and PS3. Umbrella covers RE: Zero, 1, and Nemesis. Darkside covers RE:2 and Code Veronica. You should get the Darkside one too.

[@Michael37476]

I heard Darkside was better than Umbrella

[@LeonIsMyName]

@@Michael37476I like them both a lot🤷‍♂️

[@VirtualRobotsRevolt]

I love that you made this video! I've been obsessed with light gun games for the past year and was even hitting up gamestop grabbing a lot of these light gun shooters for the Wii for 2-3 bucks. Even have the big red buck shot gun to play them, but i still love an actual light gun with a CRT a lot more. Favorite light gun systems were Ps1 and Ps2. You can play Time Crisis games (all of them) and Gunfighter legend of Jesse james with a steering wheel with pedals plugged in the 2nd port and use it as a pedal in the game! Very Satisfying.

[@malcolmar]

Great video! Can't forget the House of the Dead 2 & 3 collection. Keep these great games coming and thanks for showing the continued love for the Wii!

[@DuncanJSIV]

This video completely hypes me up on those old games I used to love shoving quarters in when I was younger. I'm a beginning collector and most of these will definitely be going on my "Want List". You always bring obscure/underrated games on your videos and that is why I subscribed a while back. Duncadelic P.S. I'm completely jealous of your EarthBound donation. What and awesome gift!

[@STP.83]

Played The House of the Dead Overkill for the first time yesterday and love it. I was never aware of lightgun games on the Wii.

[@KacyDaGameNerd]

Glad to see Wii videos! I agree with Reggie, Target Terror is definitely a good value at $3-$5 at Gamestop. Love the on-rail genre.

[@x54]

I really like you're hidden gem videos. I found a couple of them real cheap in thrift stores because no one knew about them. Great job, can't wait to see what other gems you have found.

[@tvandlust]

Great video! The Wii certainly had its strengths and rail shooters was one of them.

[@mushroomsamba82]

Speaking of light gun games, the snes and genesis (and maybe nes) emulators that you can run on the wii support the wiimote in place of the light gun. Playing through snatcher on the sega cd emulator on a big modern TV is a total blast!

[@PapaKennMedia]

Picked up *Sin & Punishment: Star Successor* yesterday from my friend's game store because I remembered it being mentioned in this video. Thanks MJR!

[@QourkyBear]

Arcade style light gun shooters have been my favorite since I was a kid playing the actually arcade machines with my dad. I agree the wii does have great light gun games!!! This is actually what drew me to the wii in the first place. Another game that I think is a hidden gem is the nerf gun game. My brother and I use to play it over and over and it's great for kids so a plus. The other resident evil, and house of the dead games are great too. Probably my favorite were... Shoot forgot the name... But is was an arcade machine in the late 90s. It was those police games with the real people standing up in the graphics. They made wii games that still had that cheesy was but still fantastic games!!! XD

[@MrJimbofox]

I've been saying this exact same thing about the Wii/Rail Shooters forever. We've mentioned in many times on Retro Game Haul/Retro Game Lounge tons of times. I own almost every single one you mentioned. Great video MJR. Couldn't agree more, dude.

[@SuperMarc1986]

House of the dead 2-3. Oh I miss playing house of the dead 2 on my dreamcast thanks to not having a crt tv anymore. Thanks to the wii I can play it again in 720p. Happy days.

[@cantona222]

Congrats for the 150k subs. You deserve it. You produce great informative/entertaining videos of our hobbies.

[@jexthegamer]

I'm really glad that you did this video. I too really enjoy these on-rail shooters on my wii. Awesome games, awesome video! :)

[@Nate-hb8tw]

I just got a Wii and your hidden gems videos have been a godsend in helping me to build a decent library... thanks again!!

[@clintonoxley]

MetalJesus- I got introduced to your channel a couple months ago and have to say it is very entertaining. Great job on all your vids. Can't go wrong with a video game nut like yourself who also likes Dream Theatre.

[@MizzahTee]

HOD: Overkill is awesome! Great list!

[@mille79]

Just bought dead space extraction again in 2020 and play it on the wii u. This game was just great.

[@turbo8890]

Finally diving in for the first time on Wii light gun shooters. First place I go for advice and ideas, Metal Jesus!

[@daneofurexistence]

Ghost Squad is really fun! I honestly didn't know that House of The Dead: Overkill was based on "grindhouse" style movies...I love those movies!! I need to track down a copy!

[@aleeg966]

Why did you not mention House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return, Metal Jesus?

[@gm9984]

He did mention it. Just didn't showcase it. Think it's because hotd2&3 is a game everyone knows is awesome. So he saved a space for somethin else

[@aexlife]

Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles was also released on the Wii. Brilliant game

[@84dagami]

Darkside chronicles (RE) is actually the sequel to umbrella chronicles and it's also on wii. House of the dead 2 and 3 are classics and also on wii and a little know gem of a game: disaster day of crisis! It mixes some genres but the most used is light gun action.

[@ojbhbz]

Thanks! This video will kickstart my Wii collection for sure.

[@brianbayer3224]

dude, I did NOT know Mad Dog was on the Wii, thats epic. I had this on the sega cd. so much fun. Thanks for the tip man.

[@MrJ0mmy]

thank you so much mate for making this video because the wii is my fave console ever and its always great finding new games to play and enjoy ty

[@ManuYoCom]

This video is really old but I'll still comment: A) As many people said, Darkside is actually the sequel to Umbrella Chronicles B) There was a special edition for The House of the Dead Overkill which came with the "Hand Cannon", basically a better version of the Wii Zapper, don't wanna spoil too much, google it. There aren't many vids on youtube about it, so if you ever read this comment and manage to get your hands on one of those, I'd love to see you unboxing/reviewing/toying around with that thing

[@dbzeh6837]

I'm crazy for this genre. Saving this video for later

[@CobraBlade]

Loves these games too. Big part of what I enjoyed the Wii so much. You'll probably like Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles on Wii too, it takes you into the Resident Evil 2 & Code Veronica parts of he story. There is also The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return which gives you both 2 & 3 on the one disc for Wii.

[@michaelsriqui7898]

I fondly remember player Gunblades NY in the arcade, it had huge machine gun controllers that vibrated so much that my arms used to go numb after extended play; good times

[@figment1988]

And here's something interesting about the arcade version, the guns are actually the same guns used in 1993's Alien³: The Gun, albeit without the grenade button. Same deal with LA Machine Guns

[@Reaper679]

Awesome video, this is a good subject for you to talk about. Most of these look pretty fun. Sin and Punishment is damn tough. Both of them

[@Chrasilis]

There are 2 "Chronicles" games in the Resident Evil series for the Wii. The PS3 collection just includes both of them with upscaled HD visuals.

[@Zeina107]

From what i heard the controls alot better

[@anju21sejo]

OMG. I just pick up house of the dead overkill. For 1 in box for $1. Here in PR. Gunna play it now thank you Jesus. Luv ur channel

[@mylifeingaming]

Sin & Punishment 2 might just be the best game on the Wii.

[@davidk3184]

Awesome. I love Railshooters, and the Wii is still a very underrated console.

[@jacobreed47]

I really enjoyed the a dead Space on rail game released for the Wii. It was an amazing story, gory, actually great graphics and played well on the Wii system.

[@Lohreck]

Great vid! Here is a list of the light gun shooters in my collection, guess you covered the best already. Arcade Shooting Gallery Attack of the Movies 3D Chicken RIot Dead Space Extraction Dino Stalker Farcry Vengeance Ghost Squad House of the Dead - Overkill House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return Link's Crossbow Training Mad Dog McCree Gunslinger Pack Martian Panic Reload Resident Evil - The Darkside Chronicles Resident Evil - The Umbrella Chronicles Sin and Punishment - Successor of the Skies Spaghetti Western Shooter Target: Terror Wicked Blast! Wild West Shootout

[@PapelConCuidado]

God damn son.

[@Kemyeloriginal]

@@PapelConCuidado Thank you for the list. Gonna go do some searching now. Setting up my projector outside for new years and playing some rail shooters with the kiddos.

[@Chewy4687]

Great vid man im glad u put gunblade in there thats one of my fav rail shooters that ive played :)

[@The_RadicalOne]

You need Target Terror on the wii

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Radical Reggie BTW: Thanks for donating Gunblade NY & LA Machineguns Arcade Hits Pack!!

[@The_RadicalOne]

Anytime bro!

[@CrazyJoe]

Hell yea Reggie! I love that game!

[@VirtualRobotsRevolt]

Target Terror is terrible! lol I give that game a 3 out of 10 when compared to PS1 light gun games.

[@The_RadicalOne]

Don't compare it lol. Judge it on its own, and Jason it's a must have. They use old school fmv for the enemies

[@jay2004023]

Resident Evil had another on rail shooter series called Survivor on the playstation that used the g-cons. They were awesome, they had some really interesting boss fights. Highly recommended.

[@AmericaTheEnslaved]

that game where if you don't look at the enemies they can't hurt you?

[@figment1988]

But the GunCon compatibility only applied to Japan and Europe. The American version had this feature removed because Capcom wanted to avoid bad publicity following the Columbine Massacre which made people accuse violent video games for the shooting

[@TheCompletionist]

Out of the games you mentioned, i only own sin and punishment star successor. I haven't had much of a chance to play many wii games but it still amazes me the amount of arcade compilation that the system has for a variety of different game genres.

[@evangeno8505]

house of the dead II and III. is pretty fun.

[@grimbelfrixx3969]

NO, it's awesome!

[@paulbarnes755]

GrimbelFrixx Oh hell yeah!

[@captainnintendo]

I know I've played Gunblade a couple of times in my local theater back in the day. Heck, I remember even going to the place for one reason alone. To play the game on the date it takes place. I believe it was July something 2005. I'm fairly sure that the version I played there looked a bit more... 32Xish... You know. Less texture and more of a origami look. But the levels were the same.

[@Lumacowic]

Great video, as always. :) Medal of Honor: Heroes 2, for the Wii of course, also had an enjoyable on-rail shooter mode.

[@oXide13]

perfect!!! i just got my wii guns, this video helps a bunch! great reviews as always

[@5ypher]

MetalJesusRocks Just an FYI in case someone hasn't already mentioned it. Dead Space Extraction was also included with Dead Space 2 on PS3 :) with PS Move support

[@jeffmoen8563]

Is it included on disc or download code?

[@5ypher]

@@jeffmoen8563 On disc

[@OldyAlbert]

Sin & Punishment 2 is my favorite game on the Wii. It's so much more than just on rail shooter. It's also on sale in Wii U eShop.

[@EnixBelmont2]

Darkside chronicles is the sequel, and also on wii. Umbrella Chronicles was a rail shooter version of 1, 3, and 0. Darkside has 2, Code Veronica, and a spinoff to 4.

[@davida216photography]

Great video, I was a huge fan of Light Gun games growing up. I loved playing Virtua Cop 1/2, Area 51 and Maximum Force on my Saturn! Will have to check some of these out.

[@jebadiahjackson]

Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles is the sequel to Umbrella Chronicles and it is also on the Wii where it came out first, it features a main original plot (Instead of the original plot in UC being at the end) and sub plots that represent the older games (2 and Code Veronica). It is really good.

[@sebastianquintero689]

One I haven't really seen much of, but definitely a hidden gem is Martian Panic. While it's not graphically impressive, I played a lot of when I had my wii and I definitely had a lot of fun with it.

[@DEEdavE]

sin and punishment might be a little too awesome

[@maxdamage728]

Good thing we found these Miniguns!

[@SpookySkellyGurl]

The Raving Rabbids series is composed of a lot of different minigames, but the first two (and maybe the third one, but I never really played it much) have some really fun on-rail shooting segments. I wouldn't recommend them solely based on that, but if you like minigame collections like that (I do), and you like on-rail shooters, you're in for a treat. Interestingly, the second one's on-rail segments incorporate live action footage the way the Mad Dog McCree series did, but only for the backgrounds. The actual targets you're trying to hit are all added over top of them. It's neat.

[@badmrbox]

House of the Dead Overkill was a blast. Especially playing with a buddy and having a beer. Really fun.

[@Londyn417]

I have 3 backup CRT's in a closet in my basement for the very reason you mentioned at the end. I have to have ways to bust out classics like the GunCons, Super Scope, and the NES Zapper or I'll pull my fur out!

[@Mattytdawgmang]

Hey dude, don't know whether you'll see this comment but I just want to give a shout out, you're the only youtuber I look forward to seeing what you have in store next. Love your work and never stop making videos!

[@Reblodrecon]

I recently found a gun gadget for the wii i highly recomend you order one it feels like you have an arcade at your house. Really cool.

[@LuizRGF]

I have all these games, except for the Mad Dog one and I keep my wii just to play on rail shooters from time to time. Thats really were wii shines. House of the dead overkill is easily the best one.

[@WRKFLO]

iv been seeing sin and punishment on the shelves, even in the WiiU section, i was on the fence until i saw this gameplay. im going to buy it now. thanks MJ!

[@JimGiant]

Overkill is by far the best console rail shooter I've played but my favorite arcade game is either Time Crisis 2, Crisis zone or Police 24/7. If you ever see the initials JAW in England or France that's me.

[@camm9b095]

Jim Giant My fave arcade games were Time Crisis 2 And HOTD 1 & 4. Home Ports were probably Ghost Squad as well as HOtD 2&3. Besides, there are two new On-Rails Arcade games coming out soon. House Of The Dead: Scarlet Dawn and Halo: Fireteam Raven.

[@MMurad3]

No love for Attack of the Movies 3D and Dino Strike? Two amazing and totally underrated games on the Wii. Please play it!

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Wii is a must own system for Rail Shooter fans. So many good ones. One I absolutely love, that isn't on your list, is a game called Dino Strike. Despite having Zoo's logo on the box, the game is a lot of fun.

[@Neaveso1]

Links Crossbow Challenge. Great on rails shooter/mini game. You get a decent holster for the Wiimote too.

[@dogmd7]

Metal Jesus, don't forget about House of the Dead 2 and 3 on the Wii in that rerelease. Those are really fun to play with a Wii Zapper.

[@auberondreaming]

Just gotta say, thanks for the tips on these hidden gems! You are so right, now is a perfect time to buy some great games on the wii, thanks to you I have tripled(!) my wii library, and the only game I payed over $9 for was Little Kings Story. You do indeed rock, and thanks for the great content! I consider elebits as a light gun game, love that one!

[@gveltaine]

when you mentioned Darkside chronicles, i'm surprised you didn't mention the Wii sequel, which included a few of the other entries in the series the same way. was definitely a great addition to the series

[@tomaszstefaniuk9449]

Great! Thx a lot. There are not many shooters like those on PC. Happy to have a Wii, best of all consoles!

[@leerichmond9629]

I just recently bought Ghost Squad for 50p and having a lot of fun with it

[@UltraPrimeHunter]

I like the new icons with the games' name and publisher, very cool looking.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

PrimeVinyl Thanks for noticing. I've been playing around with some animation software lately. Just to jazz things up a bit.

[@joepassive]

You missed "Attack of the Movies 3D" looks like shovelware, but no. pretty good. i have played all of these and all are very good. you hit it right on the NOSE! good job dude

[@ShortFingeredShreder]

I remember first hearing about the Nintendo Revolution and its controls, my initial reaction was, "Oh yeah, arcade shooters would be great on this thing!" However, I think it took a while for good ones to come out.

[@Bwelrick]

Leaving the mini Atari in the intro is pretty funny

[@hk47ray]

Gunslingers is a fun, breezy on-rail shooter that is a fun multi-player...lots of constant shooting and solid controls. Very easy for the family to pick up and play for a few hours.

[@Jessecu3vas]

Great video as always ***** , have you tried Chicken Blaster. I purchased it for my little brother a while back, and it may sound childish but it was actually not bad. It was a great time killer , and it sort of reminded me of those old deer hunting arcade games, but with chickens haha.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

migstechunboxings I've heard that about Chicken Blaster! It's on the list to eventually pick up :)

[@aerosmithgamer]

MetalJesusRocks Chicken Blaster is ok, but for chicken shooting Wii games (lol there is a choice) Chicken Riot is definitely the best. Stay far away from Chicken Shoot.

[@aerosmithgamer]

Rando1975 Lmao, my 5-year-old son loves it too. I guess it has it's place haha!

[@FrameRater]

You should look into House of the Dead 1 & 2 on the Wii, released retail.

[@dokhycodan1012]

+FrameRater It's 2 and 3, my nigguh

[@FrameRater]

Did I actually write 1 & 2? Wow that must have been a mistake, I think I had it at the time I wrote that comment too.

[@NickkTran]

@@FrameRater yeah u did and I just have to remind u that u made a mistake lol

[@NotMoreGames]

Resident evil the Darkside chronicles was the wii sequel to Umbrella chronicles. The umbrella chronicles made it on the ps3 via playstation network in Europe and NA, but released in physical format in Japan as Biohazard chronicles HD selection which I have.

[@CanadianRetro]

Saw Ghost Squad in a thrift shop for $4 and left it (was picking up some other games at the time). Then I saw this video and was bummed I left it behind. But at lunch I was able to get back to the shop and it was discount day so I got it for $2.50. Thanks for the heads up or would have never known about it. I thought it was just a mediocre FPS. Cheers.

[@RyanAggabao]

MetalJesus' review is on point. Graphics are pretty terrible, so is the voice acting, but the gameplay is worth that extra trip to the thrift shop

[@davesretrogaming4u358]

This is one of the things why the wii is just awesome i think. I got some let's play vids of these games on my channel for the people who want to see them in action.

[@farmhousemedia3000]

Dead Space extraction is also a PSN download you can use with PS Move.

[@davidgregory4602]

I quite liked the resident evil games on the wii. Great video, thanks.

[@steveybiggunzgaming8118]

House of the dead overkill is the switch port that we should have gotten instead of house of the dead one. I bought a switch gun and that’s the only rail shooter on the console, I just got a new Wii and some guns and house of the dead overkill and a bunch of others. The switch needs these games badly!! It’s almost like the on rail light gun shooters are almost forgotten about.

[@JamezKelly]

Me and my friend always boot up House of the Dead II & III on the Wii. Always a fun time. I'll have to grab some of those On-Rail Shooters, they look fun.

[@jbinminot]

Sin and Punishment is proof positive that they were capable of beautiful graphics on the Wii

[@jpesicka492]

Hod overkill is hillarious and fun, even for people who don't play games but you would like them to, on co-op you can plow thru it

[@SpookySkellyGurl]

I'm sure other people have already pointed this out, but _Darkside Chronicles_ is a separate game that was also released on the Wii, and it _is_ one of the best looking games on the console. It retells the stories of _Resident Evil 2_, _Code Veronica_, and as a framing device for both of them, it has an original story about Leon and Krauser that takes place before _Resident Evil 4_. It's really neat. I've not played the PS3 version, but I bet it looks great in HD. A few people have probably mentioned this as well, but _Link's Crossbow Training_ is great. It's short, but it's pretty cheap whenever I see it at GameStop these days, so I definitely recommend it.

[@TenBear]

There was House of the Dead 2 and 3 packaged together on the wii which were solid games. in 3 you reload by cooking the wii and nunchuck like a pump action shotgun which felt really satisfying

[@nail1255]

9-15-19 Bought Ghost Squad CIB at Gamestop for 2.91$ Loving It!

[@buddhabinaural]

Sin and Punishment is one of the very few Wii games I haven't traded in. I also have Dead Space as my next game to get on my next trade in.

[@b-icemedia]

Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles is mainly served as a sequel to Umbrella Chronicles on the Wii, but was released on the PSN as well. Darkside covers RES2, Veronica & a prequel to RES4.

[@losalfajoresok]

Hey MJ! The House Of The Dead: Overkill is on PC too!! you can search it as "The typing of the Dead: Overkill" and you can "shoot" by writing the words that appears on the screen with the keyboard, the good thing is that includes the shooting game too and is the "Director's cut" edition with a couple of extra levels. Amazing game!