CoffeewithGames.Blogspot.com shows the total game-play hours reported, approximate number of players reporting data, sale ranks, and review score averages for Ghost Squad and House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return.
CwG says in one section, "Player Increase Over Last Week: Ghost Squad had an increase of 600 more players reporting play-time data this week, over last week.
House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return had an increase of 774 more players reporting play-time data."
"You might think it is a very specific kind of madness that I bought a Wii U in the winter of 2017, but it was with good reason. While many people are off gallivanting with their Nintendo Switches and making all kinds of hot passionate love with its many critically acclaimed releases, I was delving into Nintendo’s motion-controlled past. One of the many games worth mentioning is Ghost Squad for the Wii."
"Every action mattered in Ghost Squad. Players needed to rely on each others accuracy. Adjust your shot on the fly, using the gun peripheral." -KJ of Play Legit Writes
Even ten years on, Ghost Squad remains one of the very best videogames of its kind.
Has anybody played either of these on the Wii?
I've only played The House of the Dead 2, back on the Dreamcast.