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MetalSlug

Metal Slug (メタルスラッグ) is a series of run and gun video games first released on Neo Geo arcade machines and game consoles originally created by Nazca and later by SNK. It has also been ported to various consoles, such as the Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Xbox 360 and more. There is also an anthology of the first 7 games in the main series (including Metal Slug X) available for the Wii, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2. Some games are also available for PC platforms.

SNK staff state that Metal Slug is one of their best international hits, the other being The King of Fighters series, and they are always willing to expand the series.

Story[]

Metal Slug - SNK 40th Special Art

Special Illustration by TONKO for the SNK Brand 40th Anniversary.

The first game's story involved the Peregrine Falcon (PF) Squad, a small but skilled team of soldiers serving under the Regular Army's special operations division, who fight against the army of General Donald Morden in order to prevent a massive coup d'etat and the creation of a New World Order under General Morden. Later games featured characters from the Sparrows Unit, which is under the control of the Regular Army's intelligence division. In the games following the first, the PF Squad also battles an alien threat to Earth (the Mars People), as well as several other supernatural threats including yetis, zombies, ambulatory Venus flytraps, giant crabs and mummies.

Outlandish elements were removed from the fourth game to return to the feel of the original title, which resulted in poor critical and commercial reception. The fifth moved to the motif of modern guerrilla warfare, leaving only traces of the series signature quirky humor and paranormal enemies (except for the final boss). Metal Slug 6 returned to the plot of the first three installments, bringing back Morden's Rebel Army and the Mars People.

Gameplay[]

The mechanics of the series is characteristic of run and guns: The enemies come in hordes, the weapons have high fire rates. All of these characteristics come from the Contra series, which the game's mechanics is based on. Metal Slug however takes the concepts introduced in Contra and expands upon them. First and foremost is the ability to perform melee attacks. In most run and guns, contact with an enemy leads to immediate death. In this series, contact only results in either party's death if an attack is performed. This leads to the ability for the player to run in and use melee attacks to take down a number of troops.

Games[]

Mainline series[]

Remakes/Updated Games[]

Spin-Offs[]

Mobile Games[]

  • Metal Slug Mobile
  • Metal Slug Mobile: Impact
  • Metal Slug: Allen's Battle Chronicles
  • Metal Slug STG
  • Metal Slug Survivors / Metal Slug 4 Mobile
  • Metal Slug Soldiers
  • Metal Slug Fighters
  • Metal Slug Warriors
  • Metal Slug Mars Panic!
  • Metal Slug Tactics
  • Metal Slug M1
  • Metal Slug Touch
  • Metal Slug M2
  • Metal Slug Team Mission
  • Universal Metal Slug: Fierce Battle
  • Universal Metal Slug: Login
  • Universal Metal Slug: Tank Conspiracy
  • Universal Metal Slug: Triumph
  • Metal Slug Defense
  • Metal Slug Revolution
  • Metal Slug Attack
  • Metal Slug XX Online
  • Metal Slug Infinity
  • Metal Slug Code: J
  • Metal Slug: Commander

Compilations[]

Canceled[]

Pachislot[]

Introduced Characters[]

MS 1[]

MS2/X[]

MS3[]

MS4[]

1st Mission[]

  • Lieutenant Colonel MacBa
  • Colonel Hilde Garn

2nd Mission[]

  • Gimlet
  • Red Eye
  • Tequila
  • Lt. Wired
  • Kanan

Advance[]

MS 5[]

MS 6/7[]

MS XX[]

MS3D[]

Other Characters[]

  • Helton
  • Tilde
  • Nikita
  • Matilda
  • Victor
  • Amir

NPCs[]

Mobile[]

  • Robert Nicola
  • Nathalie Neo
  • Alisa Stewart

MS Defense[]

Attack[]

Playable Characters[]

Original Units[]

  • Ptolemaios
  • Scotia Amundsen
  • Pharaoh
  • Red Goblin
  • El Dorado
  • Professor
  • Dragunov
  • MS-Alice
  • Abigail
  • Vatn
  • Yoshino
  • Odette
  • Beatriz
  • Caroline
  • Cleopatra
  • Vita
  • White Baby
  • Annette
  • Lydia
  • Anna Wiese
  • Jin
  • Veronica
  • Navy
  • Percier
  • Aileen
  • Nova
  • Elysion
  • Sisilia
  • Esther
  • Aswang
  • Destrade
  • Midori
  • Nowan
  • Shizuka
  • Rapid
  • Towa
  • Huracan
  • Aisha
  • Mira
  • Elena
  • Licht
  • Simon
  • Julia
  • Anastasia IV
  • Mello
  • Schwarz Metzelei
  • Chloe
  • Miharu
  • Izabella
  • Rita
  • Amber
  • Agalia
  • Ariadna
  • Perche
  • Nikita
  • Chunyan
  • Reika
  • Fedeln Metzelei
  • Grazia
  • Alma
  • Owen
  • Iron Fortress
  • Rillacle
  • Loretta
  • Ichima
  • Ami
  • Gemini Twins
  • Edda
  • Sho
  • Halle
  • Hemet (abbreviated as HMT)
  • Arsinoe
  • Molly
  • Dion
  • First Baby
  • M.D.P.S-Mz 3
  • Norah
  • Maria
  • Franke
  • Louise
  • Teresa
  • Emma
  • Beecham
  • Kelly
  • Ulala
  • Vicky
  • Damian
  • Gisee
  • Bonny
  • Achetto
  • Dolores
  • Teleko
  • Minerva
  • Romy
  • Lucy
  • Clario
  • Growth & Cline
  • Bloom Metzelei
  • MS-Heart

Vehicles[]

Combat Vehicles[]

Aircrafts[]

  • SVH-03 "Slug Copter"
  • SVF-07V "Slug Flyer"
  • Astro Slug "Rebel Astro"

Mechas[]

Naval Vessels[]

Support Vehicles[]

  • SVX-22UG "Drill Slug"
  • Motorcycle
  • M-15A MLRS "Bradley"
  • Metal Crow
  • Landseek
  • TIAF660

Animals[]

Characters' Participation[]

Participation of the characters in the mainline games of the series, either they canonical or not.

Mainline series[]

Character
Former SNK Era
Playmore Era
SNK Playmore Era
MS 1
MS 2
MS X
MS 3
MS 4
MS 5
MS 6
MS 7
MS XX
Marco Rossi
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Tarma Roving
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Absent
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Fiolina "Fio" Germi
Absent
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Eri Kasamoto
Absent
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Absent
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Mars People
Absent
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Absent
Absent
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Hyakutaro Ichimonji
Absent
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Absent
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Rumi Aikawa
Absent
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Nadia Cassel
Absent
Absent
Absent
Absent
Regular Character
Absent
Absent
Absent
Absent
Trevor Spacey
Absent
Absent
Absent
Absent
Regular Character
Absent
Absent
Absent
Absent
Abul Abbas
Absent
Regular Character
Regular Character
Absent
Absent
Absent
Absent
Absent
Absent
Ralf Jones
Absent
Absent
Absent
Absent
Absent
Absent
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Clark Still
Absent
Absent
Absent
Absent
Absent
Absent
Regular Character
Regular Character
Regular Character
Leona Heidern
Absent
Absent
Absent
Absent
Absent
Absent
Absent
Absent
Regular Character
Allen O'Neil
Sub-Boss
Sub-Boss
Sub-Boss
Sub-Boss
Sub-Boss
Absent
Absent
Sub-Boss
Sub-Boss
General Donald Morden
Final Boss
Final Boss
Final Boss
Final Boss
Final Boss
Absent
Final Boss
Final Boss
Final Boss
Avatar of Evil
Absent
Absent
Absent
Absent
Absent
Final Boss
Absent
Absent
Absent

Mobile series[]

Character
MS Defense
MS Attack
Marco Rossi
Regular Character
Regular Character
Tarma Roving
Regular Character
Regular Character
Fiolina "Fio" Germi
Regular Character
Regular Character
Eri Kasamoto
Regular Character
Regular Character
Mars People
Regular Character
Regular Character
Hyakutaro Ichimonji
Unlockable Character
Regular Character
Rumi Aikawa
Absent
Regular Character
Nadia Cassel
Unlockable Character
Regular Character
Trevor Spacey
Unlockable Character
Regular Character
Abul Abbas
Regular Character
Regular Character
Ralf Jones
Regular Character
Regular Character
Clark Still
Regular Character
Regular Character
Leona Heidern
Regular Character
Regular Character
Heidern
Regular Character
Regular Character
Whip
Regular Character
Regular Character
Allen O'Neil
Regular Character
Regular Character
General Donald Morden
Regular Character
Regular Character

Trivia[]

  • The four first games of the series were produced and released by former SNK, and Metal Slug 4, by PLAYMORE and BrezzaSoft. Starting from Metal Slug 5, all the games were produced and released by SNK PLAYMORE.

See also[]

External links[]

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