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Metal Slug is a bit of an odd-ball when it comes to
mainstream releases. Present in the arcades during my childhood,
the title vanished into obscurity shortly after due to its limited
release on all-too-scarce Neo-Geo machines. Briefly surfacing in
the poorest edition in the series, Metal Slug X on the
PlayStation, it’s not till last year did we finally get our hands
on some decent console versions.
Metal Slug Advance changed the formula considerably,
adding a Map structure, card collecting and a hard sense of
progression to much of the proceedings. Certainly, it was a
refreshing injection for a series that to those who had managed
to pay attention to it was getting rather tired, but, at the
Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) this year, SNK Playmore decided
to give the fans what they’d been crying out for.
Unfortunately
it was only shown in video format, which  was
an unforgivable mistake, however with a totally accurate looking
remake. Metal Slug: Super Vehicle for the Game Boy
Advance is said to be a perfect port of the original
arcade game – featuring extra levels and weapons as
unlockables. Exactly what this entails is unknown right now,
however personally I feel an option to tailor the main game by
adding in specific levels (at suggested intervals in the difficulty
curve or personal preference) and weapons of your choosing.
The
title features a two-player option which is suggested to
work through the Wireless Adapter. Although it wasn’t playable by
any sense of the word, the return/entrance of the original Metal
Slug – dependant on your console disposition during the early
‘90’s – can rarely be bad. I have high hopes for the release
as you might tell, let’s hope it stands up to the original in
every way it’s been promised.
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