
Like the previous three games, the plot involves Morden doing something evil, but anyone who has played 2 or X knows the aliens are the true villains.įurthermore, 99% of people who play Metal Slug games don't care about the plot and care more about shooting stuff, dying a ridiculous amount of times, and swearing at this game Introducing multiple paths, interesting new slugs (an elephant that can breath fire, anyone?),Īnd more absurd enemies (zombies and mutant plants), Metal Slug 3 brought new additions to the Metal Slug series while still emphasizing destructive shooting coupled with explosions. Metal Slug Tactics is in development for PC.Released in June 2000 Neo-Geo, Metal Slug 3 is considered the best and hardest Metal Slug by most fans. The latest Metal Slug title is Metal Slug Commander for mobile devices. Metal Slug 1st & 2nd Mission is immediately available on the Nintendo Switch eShop. Both games are notable for having a large number of missions in comparison with mainline Metal Slug titles. Two of them, Gimlet and Red Eye, have intertwining storylines, while the third, Tequila, is playable once players beat all the other stages. While 1st Mission stars an unnamed hero who is most likely franchise veteran Marco, 2nd Mission features three playable characters. Metal Slug 1st & 2nd Mission tell an origin story of sorts, set in the early days of the Peregrine Falcon special forces squad. Combined with existing financial troubles, the Neo Geo Pocket Color ended up being the last console of any kind produced by SNK. It was still riding high on the success of the Game Boy Color and would soon release the Game Boy Advance. The competition from Nintendo was fierce.

First launched in Japan in 1999, the Neo Geo Pocket Color had a tough time in the market. The game screen appears within a virtual Neo Geo Pocket Color console.

Like other games in the collection, Metal Slug 1st & 2nd Mission appear on the Switch rendered in their original square resolution.

CAPCOM: the Match of the Millennium. Now both Metal Slug titles are available together as a double pack. 1 pack, available alongside games like Fatal Fury First Contact, King of Fighters R-2, and SNK VS. Metal Slug 1st & 2nd Mission were included as part of the Neo Geo Pocket Color Selection Vol. The games were originally announced as part of SNK’s effort to port the catalog of the Neo Geo Pocket Color to the Nintendo Switch. The game is now available on the Nintendo Switch eShop as a double-pack. Metal Slug 1st & 2nd Mission has been freed from the herd.
