There are three difficulty levels (Easy, Medium and Hard) and when you finish the seven level single player, there's also Combat School Mode, where you must complete levels under certain conditions, such as killing all of the enemies.Īlthough SNK releases Metal Slug 7 November 18, we expect it to mirror the recently released Japanese version, minus all the Japanese, of course. No matter which you're in, you should have no trouble smashing enemies.Īll of this action appears on the top DS screen, with the bottom one displaying a map that features the locations of prisoners and power-ups. The former is a train with a cannon, while the latter is a giant robot. In addition, there are several vehicles you can control, including two new rides: the Slug Truck and the Slug Gigantus.

In the Metal Slug tradition, you move from left to right, slaughtering men clad in green uniforms with a pistol, shotgun, rocket launcher and machine gun, among other toys. Marco's default weapons, for example, are twice as strong as the other characters', while Ralf has speedier melee attacks and the option to Vulcan Punch and subsequently destroy vehicles. Fortunately, each of them has signature abilities and attacks. In it, you go after General Morden and his army of thugs, as well as some cracked out futuristic army that'll make life difficult for the game's six playable characters: Marco, Flo, Eri, Tarma, Ralf and Clark. Like every Metal Slug before it, the seventh installment has tons of enemies, explosions and items to collect. arcades are about as popular as dusty antique store in the middle of nowhere, this news doesn't bother us.

Much like its predecessors, the game is a 2-D side scrolling adventure where you kill enemy soldiers, defeat humongous bosses and save the world from evil, except this game will only appear on the Nintendo DS, marking the first time a Metal Slug will not have an arcade version. Grab your Heavy Machine Gun and rescue some POWs in Metal Slug 7, the newest installment to the popular shooting series.

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