METAL SLUG THREAD

Haven't played the games in ages. I remember getting really far on the first two Metal Slugs though.

>>381748256
AND YOU CALL YOURSELF A MAN?

>>381747974
is it supposed to be on the hardest difficulty?

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>>381748371
It can be normal difficulty (level-4) just don't do it on easy (level-1) and expect anyone to be impressed.

>>381747974
>Played a shitton of MS games
>Can only manage to reach the 2nd to 3rd (if I'm lucky) stage of each games without spending a continue

I'll get there eventually

I did a 1cc of 3 the other day.
sv001
sasquatch
level armor
japanese samurai
paths I took for 1-4. God it's such a fun game. I love 3 so much more than the others I don't know why. I want to do it blindfolded one day.

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I keep getting game over at the at the clone spam section of metal slug 3

Is there any particular strategy beyond ducking puke at the doors/barriers?
I can't seem to spot any patterns here

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>>381752539
>Is there any particular strategy beyond ducking puke at the doors/barriers?
You forgot to pray.

>shorts have huge gaps that you see the women's panties
What did the S.P.A.R.R.O.W.S, do this for?

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>>381752447
Congratulations, tank-buster. Ya' even took on the samurais, not bad. And yeah, 3's the best because its got the most variety probably.
>>381752539
The clone section is pretty easy actually. Hey, don't be afraid to use your grenades against 'em too. Hording grenades will make little difference against Rootmars. Just focus on surviving and TAKE ADVANTAGE of all that ammo you've got for your heavy machine gun.

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>>381752663
It's so they can breathe easy. Feel kinda' bad for the guys having to wear baggy pants, its gotta be torture in hotter environments.

>>381752696
Ah, definitely don't use them in that segment

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>>381752953
I'm sure you've figured it out by now but I'll point out that they're mainly there to act as a timer.

Also I'm not sure if you know about the knifing trick. You can kill them pretty fast by crouching, knifing, changing direction while crouching, knifing again, and repeating until they're dead. A technique just as important as Slug exit invincibility.

>>381752806
Okay, but what did they mean by THIS?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3000_Leagues_in_Search_of_Mother

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>>381753172
I guess they just liked that a lot.

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Rebel Army > Regular shit

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>>381753308
Regular army technology is the best in the world.

>>381752545
Good thing you missed last thread.

>>381753134
I'll give it go, never really messed with crouch knifing beyond the diving zombies on stage 2

>>381752696
>3's the best because its got the most variety probably.
I dunno, it's odd.
Overall, it has more variety, but every individual section just throws like one or two enemies at you and nothing else, for the most part.
Over the course of the game you'll see and fight a ton of things, but it's usually like... the crab section, the clone section, the yeti section, the man eating plant section, the acid snail section, etc.
The only times you really get a variety of enemies all at once is when you go up against the human enemies and vehicles being driven by them, like in the previous games.

Also the bosses in 3 kind of suck. Jupiter King is good, and the bosses returning from previous games are good, but the rest are kind of simple or annoying.

>>381747974
I can get up to stage 4 in Metal Slug 2 without taking a hit, but it all gets shat up when I get THICC and can't move while crouching

>>381753385
>we put guns on a camel, now it's a "slug"
SASUGA REGULAR ARMY

>>381753538
>the rest are kind of simple

Jupiter King is simple...
All you're doing is pre-jumping the laser then jumping back to avoid the magma pit.

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>>381753538
I think Jupiter king's pretty cool too.

Iunno, the only boss that's bullshit is the one and only obvious one, I think mission 2's boss is pretty alright, as bullshit as it would seem without spamming grenades or using the zombie vomit it's actually quite doable with just your pistol... Though it is kinda' tough for just the SECOND mission's boss. Like, Jupiter king's easier than it, it's weird. My favorite boss in the game is probably Rootmars, as weird as that may seem. He's such such a climactic boss and so hideous and I absolutely adore fighting him while falling towards the earth it's all such a cool set-peace.

>>381753709
HEY PAL, IT WORKS.

>>381753959
The orb pattern of the ayy lmao phase trips me up sometimes.
The middle of the screen feels like the best spot, but sometimes the gap seems far too small.

>>381747974
>1cc MS1 is a joke as every stage has a slug
>1cc MS2 is fair, hard but fair
>1cc MSX is far harder then MS2, though it's route learning at the end
>1cc MS4 can get a bit on the BS side, but possible
>1cc MS5 is hair pulling annoying
>1cc MS3. Just Stage 5. Stage. Fucking. 5.
I've done everything b MS3 at least once in my lifetime, but Stage 5 alone is an entire game

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>>381754269
The key is to time your steps rather than just keep running towards the edge of the screen and run outta' room.

>>381754395
MS3 popped by 1cc cherry. Mission 5's pretty easy once you've got the stamina for it.

>>381752545
feet

>>381753785
No way, man. In comparison to most of Meal Slug 3's original bosses, Jupiter King has WAY more going on.
It can start and stop moving, you can stand on the bottom of it to move with it, it can destroy the floor, send projectiles flying into the air, fire a laser that forces you off of it in either direction, fire tons of homing missiles... and all of these can overlap a little to create somewhat interesting situations.

So which ones are the worth ones?

>>381753959
I like the idea of Rootmars, but he only has two attacks, and he goes on way too long imo.

>>381754848
I'd advise picking up the PSP anthology if you're not gonna be fickle about the authenticity and some occasional, very slight lag. Else, mame is the way to go, the dotemu ports are all pretty bad, based off of the mobile ports.

I've only ever played 3 on Steam but I really enjoyed it. I really wish I were good enough to 1CC this game but I put my energy into other genres. I should pay more attention to the run 'n' gun genre. I hardly ever play them but whenever I do, I tend to have a blast.

>>381754848
Metal Slug 3 for sure

The steam port is decent with net-play being pretty flawless

Out of the steam ports, Metal Slug X had absolutely awful frame rate issues on stage 1

>>381755269
Also worth mentioning I tried only 3 and X.
X made me not want to tempt fate with the rest.

How do I stop sucking? I got Metal Slug for the switch and I suck ass at properly aiming since you need to move in that direction to aim.

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>>381754987
After practicing on him a ton you'll realize he has a LOT going on, and just those two attacks will fuck you up.

See, if you wanna dodge these orbs then you've gotta move, right? HOWEVER this is where it gets a bit complex as you'll notice he's moving left and right constantly. What does this mean? It means that you're gonna have a bad time if he's moving the opposite direction of where you wanna go.

Running, however, is not ideal. As jumping will move you across the screen a lot quicker. This is where it gets even trickier as the electric pulse he sends out will get 'cha if you time your jumps poorly.

So really the best way is to take advantage of the Metal Slug, right? Well you've gotta time THAT shit properly too. Every time he sends out those orbs at least ONE of them's gonna aim for your slug every time. You're also only allowed one mistake before you can't use your slug anymore and that's a serious handicap you can't afford.

tl;dr Rootmars rules as a boss.

>>381755508
Just tap that direction once if you don't want to move?

>>381755508
I've had a really tough time playing metal slug on my switch to the point of not buying any of the games available but 3. The sticks on the joycons just aren't good enough to meet my expectations. That said, you'll want to get better at controlling your movement. Jump and jiggle the stick back and forth to make sure that even if you're aiming you're moving in a small, controlled space.

>>381755558
Yes, the fight is hectic and tricky, I'm not saying it isn't. I just think it goes on too damn long for the amount of attacks on display.

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>>381755508
Metal Slug characters still shoot in a direction if you're jumping backwards slightly. Just practice a ton, the first Metal Slug really isn't that hard and it won't test your patience at all since the graphics are like a work of art you can just look at forever.

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>>381755751
That's why you gotta pray to the tank bustin' gods themselves for a shotgun, super grenade, or a flameshot to come outta' those red orbs. Maybe it goes on for a little too long. I've grown accustomed to it though.

>>381755903
>That's why you gotta pray to the tank bustin' gods themselves for a shotgun, super grenade, or a flameshot to come outta' those red orbs.
You gotta hope a red orb appears at all, and then hope it passes over Rootmars and not thin air, before you even begin to worry about what they might drop.

>>381752539
duck and use bombs.

The sprites are fucking ridiculous in this game, how could something so cool looking even exist

>tfw it seems like I'm the only one who remembers that Best Girl Nadia exists

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A local pizza hut only had a metal slug 5 cabinet in its store

[/spoiler]It's gone as of a month ago[/spoiler]

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>>381756534
They appear most often at the beginning of the fight. They get rarer later on.

Also the items don't even have to be over Rootmars, just close to his height level, as they always bounce onto him when you shoot 'em.

>>381756697
don't you dare speak of her

>>381756712
Not that good of a metal slug anyway.

>>381750370
oh

i keep getting to Mission 3 in Metal Slug X and Mission 2 in Metal Slug 3 on MVS and dying. It's not hard I just haven't put my mind to it yet. Metal Slug 3 1CC would be harder though.

...Will Metal Slug 8 ever exist?

>>381756883
I'm workin' on it. Gotta get good at drawing first.

>>381756840
I miss Trevor, anon
Tarma is all I have left

>>381755903
>>381756534
This is why MS3 will forever vex me.
You already had stage 3 with a boss you're praying to RNG isn't going to do it's random spread attack instead of it's homing when it becomes enraged, and you'll chances are lose a life there half the time because of it. Then to account for that stage 5, that takes up half of the games playtime with a flying, ground, mid boss, flying x2, ground, mid boss, ground, zombies vomiting, and then at last the FINAL boss. Like holy shit there's only so much I can take before I crack, 1cc ikaruga is a far less stranous task, inclduing that doing the final areas of Stage 5, you HAVE to kill some foes ASAP or you'll just end up dead outright.

Then again I don't know what game I hate more for it's 1cc challenge. MS5 with all of it's bullshit "kill stuff the second it pops up on screen or die", or MS3's wearing you down just via sheer length.

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>>381757027
That's Metal Slug 4, ya' dingus.

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>>381757057
Typo and a fucked up spoiler.
I need to sleep

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>>381757146
God, Marco and Tarma's deaths are so painful to watch.

Metal Slug 4's better than 5, my dude. Sad that cabinet left.

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What are the best games similar to Metal Slug in terms of presentation and gameplay?
I've played In The Hunt, Gunforce II, Dolphin Blue, and Demon Front.
Is there anything else?

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>>381757054
The more you talk about how insane it is the more manly I feel for having 1cc'd it.

>>381756697
>She's actually taller than Fio & Eri
>Everyone draws her shorter

Why did I never notice this.

>>381757256
>Metal Slug 4's better than 5
How?

My local movie theatre used to have a metal slug 3 machine
at one point I got it down to the point where I could reach the last mission before dieing
then they got rid of the machine for a stupid 'skill' tester thing

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>>381757256
See you in hell!

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>>381757486
I like it's presentation more. Even though it's still not that good I'd rather play it over 5 since that has a lot more infuriating stuff in it.

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>>381757486
>>381757594
Also 5 doesn't have Allen.

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>>381757356
Might wanna check out Mercenary Kings
It tries to scratch that itch, but deviates in quite a few places

>>381757486
Not him but, outside of stage 2 ( really MS4, what the FUCK where you thinking with that boss? ), unless you're going to go mad with the medal chaining, MS4's got a lot more leeway ironically in it's difficulty. There's quite a few foes who when up close aren't even going to kill you, but just shove you and let you spring back up with invulnerability. I'm not a fan of MS4's jacky as fuck sprite edits, and far prefer the newer stuff done in MS5 ( even if it's REALLY clear how old the old sprites are next towards the new ), but MS5 reeks of being unfinished, and there's just so many 'you're fucked if you don't kill this target the second it spawns' moments ( Stahe 3 & 4 come to mind highly. A lot of stage 4 with the guys coming out of vents insta tossing nades while guys coming from the left and right insta pop shot, and not even the slide is getting you past that bullshit. )

>TFW playable rebels NEVEREVER

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>>381757997
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVadQLMOR_A

Just got 1, X and 3 from gog a little bit ago.

I've played through them all before, but never a 1cc run. Which game would anons recommend most for a first 1cc attempt?

>>381747974
>1CC
I never understood this. there's only one C in continue

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>>381758053
Metal Slug 1. Have fun, my dude.

>>381757997
>He doesn't know about the PS1 port with the extra bonus mode on the final stage
It's not the full game sadly, but it's still cute!

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>1CC
>implying I'm anywhere close to that good

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>>381758092
One credit clear.

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>>381758163
Don't give up before you've even started, pussy cat. It's a good excuse to really soak in the greatness of the series.

>>381758092
1 Credit Continue.
Given the fact that you have to at least spend one full credit to start the game up.

>>381758053
MS1 is the easiest game, and will teach you everything you need to know to play Run-n-Gun shooters pretty much.
>Gives you a metal slug on every stage, and encourages you to try to beat every stage with it still alive and well, unlike the other games where slugs are only available in selective moments of a stage, and most of the time you can't take them past these moments ether.
>Outside of stage 3, the game never really throws any unfair waves at you that you -need- to know about before they happen to live them. Allows for a very reaction style of playing.

>>381758163
It's mostly memorization anon.

Only the bosses have a method to influence them.

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It feels so good using invuln frames on this damn thing

>>381758170
>>381758356
>Not "1 Coin Clear"
I bet you think HP stands for "Health Points" too.

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>>381757594
>I like it's presentation more
I honestly don't understand how that is possible when it reuses and recolors so much stuff, and bosses are made of parts of previous bosses and enemies frankensteined together, often with clashing perspectives or art styles.
It barely has any truly new assets, and what new assets there are look worse than the old stuff.
Look at this fucking boss. Tell me it's A-OK.

>>381757651
Shrug.

>>381757915
Yeah, 5 is definitely a bit bullshit in places and clearly unfinished, but it's at least somewhat interesting. I just find Metal Slug 4 boring as hell.

>>381758553
Hurt Pips?

When playing with a controller do you guys bind the grenades to one of the face buttons or shoulder buttons?

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>>381758536
I know whatcha' mean.

>1cc metal slug 3
>play metal slug 1
>beat the final boss without dying once since the third game trained me up for it

>>381758651
Heart Points

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>>381758476

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>>381758593
Yeah, you've got me there. I also just don't like the fusion of all those sprites but I still dig it more than 5's black-suited guys that basically just do everything Morden's soldiers do but better. It kinda' pisses me off how they didn't do something more creative with them.

But now that I'm thinking about it more, MS5 also has it's share of cool moments. Like that car segment, even though it played like shit it was still REALLY cool and I wish they did more with it. The final boss is also pretty freaking cool and I enjoy the cultist enemies. The mecha designs aren't all that hot, I don't think, but they're still new and not really bad. I guess Metal Slug 5 is technically better.

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Who is worst girl

>>381759737
You posted her.

>>381759758
I agree

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>>381759872
In all instances,

the original 4 >>>>> Ralf, Clark, Nadia, Trevor, Leona

I pretty suprised you guys don't do coop or even have a guild on MSA/D

>>381759737
>>381759758
Eri is not far behind.

Why don't more games do bosses similar to Metal Slug?
Metal Slug sort of settled on this simple formula of boss attacks being slow, hugely telegraphed, and firing few projectiles at the beginning of the fight, but being sped up, only briefly telegraphed, and firing shitloads of projectiles by the end.
It let's them do what would be bullshit attacks if they were full power outright without being the least bit unfair, because it teaches you how they work on a lower setting first, and it lets them keep the fight interesting up until the very end since the timing and what is demanded of you is constantly being ratcheted up.
It seems like such an obvious way to approach a boss, but I feel like I rarely see it.

>>381759967
Coop only seems fun with friends or in person.
It's just some ai fucking up your rhythm otherwise.

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>>381759967
>co-op
Maybe one day. I want to feel more confident though.
>a guild
I'm trying Metal Slug attack right now and holy shit is it bad. I bought a monthly card but god damn is it not helping at all. It was okay at first but right now I am NOT feeling the magic. I'm gonna finish my trial run of it (30 days) and probably uninstall it for good.

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>>381760230
Well MSA has a pretty big pay to get things early/reduce the grind.

Plus there is a power creep with new units to get people to buy them

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Was he getting captured on purpose?

>>381760469
A lot of the POWs, canonically, do it on purpose just so they can help out by giving you weapons and stuff.

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Percier is CUTE!

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>>381760587
CUTE!

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TARMA!

>>381760404
Yeah... I don't think I like it. I was thinking that it would feel nice raising all of my favorite units to be the very best they can be but jeesh does it suck actually doing that.

There is POTENTIAL in the concept of re-using Metal Slug assets to make tactical strategy game... However, it's not done well here.

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>>381760587
>>381760661
She IS pretty cute.

>>381760710
Tarma players are the best

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>>381760996
Damn straight.

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YAHAHAHA! COME ON BOY!

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>>381761490
Man, Allen's such a good mid-boss.

Will video games ever get pixel artists on the level of SNK ever again?

Wait, you're telling me people play anything OTHER than Tarma? Like, these people actually exist? Bullshit.

>>381761940
I pick eri if tarma is taken
Fite me

So do you guys play this on emulators ir what

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>>381761940
Marco and Fio for life.
>>381762159
Winkawaks or Mame. Fightcade for co-op. Go.

>>381762159
MAME
Local barcade
Gog/steam port

Whatever is available

>>381761940
Tarma has the best victory poses.

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>>381762947
Aren't they just the same as Marco's?

>no online play on ps4 and switch versions

What's the fucking point? I don't have friends nigga

>>381762995
Go on fightcade. You'll learn that online play isn't ideal since you wanna communicate.

>>381762989
Hush you bread only picnic during wartime dweeb

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>>381763537
You need a sandwich in your life.

>>381762285
Are there people who still use Kawaks? I only ever hear people talking about MAME and FBA.

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>>381763926
SHIT YOU'RE RIGHT. FBA is better.

http://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Neo_Geo_emulators

Damn...

New metal slug when?? Why dont they make something a la mario maker, imagine metal slug with user created content

>>381764036
Genuinely unfair or extremely trivial?

>>381756712

The pizza hut or the cabinet.

I'd give your dick to have a Metal Slug with hi res sprites. The world needs it.

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>>381764036
Metal Slug without any of the cool well thought-out exciting scenarios... No, that would suck.

Metal Slug isn't Mario, you can't just keep retreating ground with just Morden's grunts you have to think each stage through, it is an ARCADE experience, it has to be spoiling you with cool new shit throughout the experience.

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>>381764616
*retreating = retreading

>>381764543
Cabinet, I should've asked about buying it years ago...

>>381758130
I tried looking this up and I can't find anything. Sure you don't mean the storming the mothership mode for metal slug 3 ps2 port?

>>381760710
I never noticed that snot in his nose until now

>>381764036
Mario Maker worked because all the levels in Mario are clearly a bunch of pre-set tiles. Technically it's the same in MS but it's not as obvious

>>381766801
The game has about 5 layers of assets at that

>>381766801
https://youtu.be/-2PiaH8CO64

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>been using Fio since I was 5 years old

It feels good knowing my heart has never strayed.

>>381767150
Marco a better

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>>381767249
Delete this

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>>381767249
>>381767437
I wanna watch them FUCK.

>>381753709
We gave your slugs shells. Now they're "snails"

>>381758130
asked you a question boy. now answer

How do we save SNK?

>>381767731
>>381766678
I'm pretty sure he meant the ps2 port. MS3 never came out on ps1.

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>>381767775
By bringing in actual talent.

Its literally impossible to 1cc any Metal Slug game.
Dont fall for this meme.

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>>381768004
Don't be such a casual, anon. Every single POW has a name and you need to save 'em.

>>381768082
You're great

>>381768259
Never get tired of hearing that.

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>>381768082
>games made for arcade machines
>1cc

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>>381747974
>get Metal Slug 1 and 3 for Switch; awesome, always wanted to get into the series and what better excuse than Switch not having much else to play yet
>noob run through MS1 takes 26 continues
>a little embarrassing, but there's only room for improvement from here on
>play MS3 right after
>doing significantly better already in my opinion, also man this game is fucking bonkers
>get to the final stage
>shit fuck shit shit shit
>get to final boss
>goddammit die die aaaaaaaaaaa
>pic related

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>>381768328
It's the case for every single Metal Slug though. You can make it through every single one of the missions with just your pistol too, everything else is there to make things easier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5piye_BwjpE
Here's my 1cc just to show you I'm no nonsense, I'm working on a level-8 clear next. I was like you once, I thought it was impossible too, but I kept getting proven wrong again and again until I finally 1cc'd it and boy was it a glorious feeling. I'd highly recommend aiming for a 1cc as it's a good excuse to really soak up how good the Metal Slug games truly are.

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>>381768460
>44
How?

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>>381768460
Nice dubs.

>>381758712
Health percentage dumbass, why do you think it tops out at 100?

>>381768627
I don't fucking know. The zombie clones fucked me up a million times with their blood puking lasers even though I swear I got out of the way a couple times. The final boss also got me to jump into bottomless pits quite a few times.

sucks that the switch ports of the first game and 3 are so shitty
the framerate drops on things like bosses must hit the single digits at moments, makes the games unplayable on it

>>381769894
This is such cool fan art
>>381770007
I haven't played it myself but it can't be THAT bad... How cna you fuck up a neo geo port?

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Hey, the summer sale is on. Which of these should I buy?

>>381770273
Those are all good.

>>381770313
let me rephrase, if i was to buy just one, which should I get?

>>381770413
The first.

Metal slug is a game you need to play in chronological order.

>>381770227
if I had some way to record it I would show you,
at moments during bosses the game just straight up basically pauses or stutters for like half a second and it has killed me a few times because of it

>>381770457
alright, thanks

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Did you know Metal Slug originally had you playing as just the tank? Also the POWs were blue pallet swaps of Rebel soldiers which would turn your player color when you rescued them. They would fight along side you as CPU controlled allies. The reason the final game counts all your POWs at the bottom of the screen is because originally when one died another from your stock would take it's place.
http://randomhoohaas.flyingomelette.com/msmia/1/ef.html

reminder that if you play metal slug on anything but an arcade you are a faggot

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So main question, no more metal slug ever again ?

>>381772354
I don't own an arcade :(

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>>381772384
Don't worry anon, I'm gonna make the next one.

Why don't they just turn Marco into a zombie and send him into the rebel headquarters?

>>381772645
Staying a zombie for too long probably fucks you up.

>>381747974
2 is my favorite.
X is my second favorite.
3 and 1 are fun
4 is eh.
5 is whatever.
6 is huh?

I like Metal Slug X the best. It's 2 but with more 3.

>>381758042
your grenades summon allen?

>1CC
I can't even beat MS3 on the 20 they give you.

>>381752539
Are you talking about the time where you have to bust your original player characer out of the cloning tank?

Stick to the lower left corner of the screen untl you get Flame Shot or Heavy Machine Gun.

If Flame Shot,
Run a bit forwards then rapidly start firing on both sides of you, so all the shots on the left covers to clones and all the shots to the right hit the tank.

If HMG,
Stay in the lower left corner and the screen and spread you fire repeatedly

For the clone zombie part,

grenade specifically the doors, not the zombies. The best offense here is getting the hell out of there.

>>381772715
> x over 2
Why anon?

>>381772715
X is my favorite
3 is the second best
2 is good
1 and 4 are meh
havent played 5 or 6

>>381772205
I did know this, remember reading about it on a magazine back then along with SMRPG stuff.

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>>381774081
>>381772715
4 is my favorite game in the series.

It is the least random
It has sections that mix a good variety of enemies
It finds clever placements for enemies to make them extra frustrating, and the game lies to you about what enemies can and can't do, but after memorizing it its the most predictable

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>>381772715
3 is my favorite.
2 is my second favorite.
X is rad.
1 is easy but excels in presentation.
6 is pretty okay
4 and 5 are hardly worth mentioning
7 and XX are not cool.

>>381760230
Do you have Mummy Cat yet? She's regarded as a mediocre unit but I find her to be a great support for my Hazmat Soldier (green)

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>>381759990
Neck yourself, Eri is best.

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>>381774471
Yeah I have her, along with her superior counterpart, Lovely Mummy. I guess she's pretty cool when there's lots of her.

I've also got Cleopatra but she seems somewhat underwhelming compared to lightning Fio.

>>381774471
It's still crap though.

>>381775660
If you use her correctly, youll never be summoning her at all. She's good ONLY for her passive buffs

>>381775957
No I mean, MSA is crap.

METAL SLUG ADVANCE IS SHIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTT.

>>381776101
I disagree

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>>381776346
I disagree with your disagreement.

>>381776101
Its fine for a F2P mobile game

One thing I love about this series, especially the first game is the look and feel. It looks like it came out of an late 80s/Early 90s OVA.

How to describe.....I would say look at the tech of MS1. You can tell it's the future but it's pretty damm gritty. If that makes sense.

>>381776823
I love how there is lore and reasons for why everything the rebels use is so damn shitty

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>>381753308
this
regular army a shit

>>381776484
I haven't spent a dime on the game and I have managed to be competitve, so I think its a good game.

Loading times are terrible tho

>>381753709
>bulletproof, missileproof camel
>not based

>>381753308
I always forget, do we play as the rebel army or regular army?

What's a metal slug?

>>381768983
some games go over 100 and still call it HP tho

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>>381777125
a shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc who's into rock music.

>>381777114
As the regular army.

>>381777114
The players are the Regular army
the enemies are the Rebel Army, but there are other, also evil armies
>>381777125
A tiny, cute, one-seater tank with a lot of animation, two vulcan guns, and the lowest-velocity cannon in the world

>>381777125
The slug is covered in metal because it goes through a lot of salt.

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Why are the Rebel Army machines are so cool, it hurts destroying them.

I wonder who would have an easier time if the switch places: The Contra guys or the Metal Slug team.

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>>381777530

>>381760560
why would POWs have guns in their pants?

>>381777569
The one's who's enemies aren't designed around four directional aiming and fixed jumping.

>>381777530
Canonically they look so cool because they are a mashup of like 3 or 4 different vehicles, because individually they would be broken. Rebel Army machines are generally partially broken or barely functional or very underequipped

>>381777726
so they don't have 'em confiscated.

>>381777569
If it helps, the worlds best speedrunner for Contra III took 10 days to get to his best time, but the best speedrunner for Metal Slug 3 took a year

Can the Contra guys use the tank? They might not know how to operate it

>>381777789

Well it is reversed engineered Alien Tech.

>>381778101
No, it's stolen Regular tech

>>381778101

Huh. And here I always thought the damn Mars People gave them stuff.

>>381778647
They might start givin' em stuff now that they're allied again by the end of 7.

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r8 my deck

>>381780024
Its incredibly beautiful

>>381780024
Is there another action game series with such a good art-spritework as MS? Old graphic adventures are up there but I can't think something modern.

>>381780614
Graphics so good they're STILL being hailed.

Remember kids, good art is timeless.

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>tfw got interested in programming when playing Metal Slug and Art of Fighting 3 on two cabinets in a local diner growing up
>tfw I found out Marco codes as a hobby
Who /intelligentsoldier/ here?

>>381780940
>year of birth 2005
what

>>381747974
>Metal Slug thread
Okay, you have my attention. I haven't played the games in about a year or so and I remember being able to beat the first 3 games. No idea how the mobile game is like.

>>381754848
Psp has the complete series including xx

>>381760710
>tfw can't play with anyone but Eri

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>>381781341
When you say "beat" do you mean 1cc? 'Cuz you haven't tank-bust'd til' you've 1cc'd, baby.

>>381781436
>Psp has the complete series
And it runs like shit.

>>381781341
Its p2w but you can still remain competitive if you don't pay, actially it has some of the worst deals in mobile gaming micro transactions ive ever seen, luckily you don't really ever need to buy

Loading times are really bad, but all these niggling complaints dont stop me from saying that the core gameplay is enjoyable. Its a 2d tower defense where spacing and dodging is legit important

>>381781582
I use an emulator so maybe it's not as noticeable to me

>>381781582
>>381781724
umd has pretty bad loading and input lag like the ps2 version
don't know about the one on psn

>>381781543
I was able to 1CC the first and X but the final mission in 3 takes a lot of stamina away from me so I still haven't done that.
>>381781696
>Its p2w
Like that VIP bullshit that I've seen popping up in mobile games?

>>381777973
Wasn't it the same guy who did both of those speedruns? I think was Mike Uyama?

>>381781060
Same reason they don't list Chun-Li's birth year being 1968 anymore.

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Why you guys didnt like MS 7? just curious

>>381782730
After a thorough analysis and comparison to other Metal Slugs I have come tot he conclusion that it is the laziest and most uninspired Metal Slug in the series.

>>381782009
Well you get this thing called VIP points every day you play, but its very small amount the only way to get large amounts of VIP points is buying things with real money

But VIP points dont actually get you too much, the only real thing you get is that you can retry levels more times the more you level up (easy enough with regular ay) and once you get to level 11 you get daily spins on a special reel for items and units in addition to the reels you already have

Its only a tad bullshit and doesnt give you a real gameplay advantage. The fastest wats to grt units and items are the weekly events, which cost nothibrg and ensure relativey even footing since every event goes back to give support to free units too

>>381781060

Metal Slug takes place in 2020s-2030s, IIRC.

>>381782860
In other games, VIP really shows the gap between f2p and p2w so I'm surprised there isn't a huge difference in the case of this.

>>381782730
It's just really boring. The level design isn't that great, most of the locations feel the same (base surrounded by scrapped garbage), and it doesn't even try to give you a grand finale. Plus it looks like shit on the DS.

Then XX used the shitty sound effects/voice clips from 6 while also awkwardly throwing in Mars People/short routes in a crappy attempt at being another Metal Slug X.

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>>381782730
The only thing I remember is the mech fight and that's because it looked stupid instead of cool

Does '1CC' mean 'One Coin Clear'?

>>381783070
In all fairness i play the game a lot, it took me until level 25 (about a month of play) to start putting up a fight in pvp

At low levels the p2w's do have a large advantage, but breezing to about level 2 is easy so i didnt find it a big deal

After about

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>>381747974
non twitter compressed version

>>381783070
*about level 20

>>381757997
you can in metal slug defense

How the fuck do I get good at MSA?
Also how to get Nova and Alice?

What are the chances of a new main game entry? 7 was clearly bad and the series would welcome a revival in the main consoles. It'll also be awesome to see the classic art at 1080 or 4k super fluid animations.

>>381784507
>What are the chances of a new main game entry?
Literally gotta make it ourselves since the games require EFFORT to make.

>>381784115
Alice isnt available anywhere now. You need to wait until shes available again

>>381776969
>a mix of the best aesthetic features from nazis, soviets and americans
How can one army be so based?

>>381784613
>games require EFFORT to make

Well we're fucked then.

>>381784681
By being canadian

>>381776823
>it feels like a late 80s/early 90s OVA
Truer words have never been spoken

>>381777569
Better question: Are they bad enough dudes to rescue the president?

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>>381784732
More effort than regular games. Also good taste and actual know-how. I wouldn't trust anyone that can't 1cc the original metal slug trilogy with making a new Metal Slug.

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>>381784806
Hi!

>>381784676
Fuck, I guess it's the same for Nova then.

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What do you guys think of my wife?

>>381760469
What kind of prison did he learn that move in?

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>>381785385
Don't really see any faults in her. You have good taste.

>>381785385
Eh. 4/10

I'd give 'er a fuck or two.

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>buy metal slug on the ps2
>thought it was going to be a side scroller
>its a 3rd person shooter

>>381785453
He learned it by spying on the KoF tournaments

>>381786071

MS3D wasnt that bad in my opinion.

[spoilers]But then again, I just finished playing Star Fox Assault at that time, so I was used to a shitty TPS.[/spoilers]

>>381786234

Anon. It's (spoiler) and (/spoiler).

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bump

>>381757840
Mercenary kings isn't the worst game I ever played, but it is the antithesis of fast, arcadey gameplay that it looks like it is trying to emulate.

Anyone who goes into Mercenary Kings expecting Metal Slug is going to be sorely disappointed.

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You are now manually aware

>>381760801
Is Marco a weeaboo? He created an animu pop star waifu AI.

>>381788340
Macross janai. Gundam da.

>>381784806

Shit Yeah! They'll rescue the fuck out of the president!

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>>381747974
>>381783798
English translation

>>381747974
Are they worth getting on Steam?

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>>381788757
Good job anon, though that was pretty easy to read. Have you gotten far enough to read this?

>>381768328
Casual ass bitch. From 1 to 5, 3 is the only i haven't 1cc'd.

>>381789034
With my jisho I can manage, but I don't know enough kanji to be anywhere close to fluent.

>>381789492
I see. Well just be sure to keep up your studies.

>>381760710
that nigga is chill

>>381789013


idk i have the wii one and its got a like 6 of the games and they reall really good

id just torrent personally

>>381778647
But what about the stuff they had before metal slug 2? They didn't meet the mars people until after 1.

>>381789572
Haven't studied for a few years now, just trying to not forget what I already know. Work takes precedence.

>>381789013
>>381789716
Don't listen to this anon, the wii version fucking blows. If you're gonna play the games then emulate them through Fire burn alpha. Buy 'em on steam for the cheevos/to show support for the series

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>>381789830
Good priorities.

>>381789013
they are worth getting on iOS

>>381788340
He did it by accident

Are there any other good run n gun games similar to Metal Slug?

>>381790454
Contra, gunstar heroes, Dolphin blue.

>>381790454
mega man x
shock troopers

>>381780614
Owlboy has 10/10 spritework, but it focuses far more on exploration and puzzles than on combat.

>>381764535
The amount of wrong with this cosplay is just right

>>381791161
I wouldn't trust any game where flight is the main mechanic to be good if it doesn't bill itself as a shmup, as far as I know Owlboy tries to pretend its a platformer which makes me mistrust it

>>381791475
Owlboy is more Zelda-like more than platformer. You need to figure out how to proceed through dungeons.

>>381788340
He frequents /jp/.

>>381791161
>>381791716
Hyper Light Drifter and Owlboy are definitely the torchbearers for spritework this generation.

>>381788340
The AI he created is devoted completely to Marco. She based her hologram on what she thinks Marco would like the most.

So we can only assume Alice dresses herself up according to whatever porn Marco has looked up

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>>381790061
>>381789830
>>381789572
>>381789492
You would make a cute couple.

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>>381792319
Shut up.

>>381792117
>Marco likes thigh-high stockings and girls with pigtails
I see Marco is a man of fine tastes.

>>381792484
You're the tsundere one.

>>381791475
Owlboy has some shmup parts, but it's mostly puzzle-based, similar to Lost Vikings.
It is a bit of a problem because people looking for a run and gun game are turned off by puzzles, and people looking for an adventure game with puzzles are turned off by relatively tough shmup-esque boss fights.

>>381747974
I only played metal slug at a arcade terminal thing at a hockey rink back in yeolden days of yore.

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>>381792665
I'll kill you.

>>381792047
Hyper Light Drifter isn't a throwback to 90s sprite games like Metal Slug though, I don't remember any old games even remotely similar to its art style.

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>>381792794
A-anon-kun, please t-t-teach me Japanese!

>>381792670
I'm probably in the minority of people who thought it was a refreshing combo. I did everything there was to do. Hell, I even completed the cannon challenge before they softened it up for casuals.

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>>381793040
/djt/ you homo.

>>381787931
Fucking this. Why put a fucking golf mechanic to reload every 6 second FUCK
>>381757356
Contra and Gunstar Heroes

>>381784507
>Pixels at 4k
Hmm

>>381794107
NEW SPRITES

>>381794478
If they had trouble justifying a big budget for new art assets before, I shudder to think what this will do to them.

Maybe we'd get a grand total of 2 new enemies for each new entry!

Honestly they should go with the style of either Metal Slug 5 with the game being painted or Metal Slug 7 with everything pre-rendered

Also
>People keep calling Metal Slugs beautiful pixel-art dated
What the fuck, who would think that?

>>381759043
This is trippy af.

>>381760661
reminds me to ranka lee

>>381784931
This last thing we need is a dev that claims they are a huge fan of the Metal slug franchise and are absolute shit at the games or have no idea what made them great.

>>381754848
Metal slug 2 on steam has no lag

>>381770413
3 is the only necessary one dont buy anything below 3, X is also acceptable

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>>381796845
It'd be awful. Like some jack-ass from /v/ coming in, saying waifus are gay and taking away Fio and Eri, insisting Metal Slug 1 is the best and taking away the supernatural and sci-fi elements, and saying Marco and Tarma are super gay for eachother and have them make-out during their winning animation at every "MISSION COMPLETE"

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>>381797176
Don't say that.

>>381786340
(spoiler)thank you, friend(/spoiler)

Never played the MS games but have the Wii Anthology. Is this a good way to start off?

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>>381792117

>>381797176
Lies and slander. Metal Slug 1 is a classic, and beautiful in its simplicity yet thoughtful design.

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Alright anon pay close attention to the enemy's patterns here.

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You can attack faster with your knife and pistol when crouched so don't forget to do so when needed.

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Anon are you even paying attention? You're never gonna 1cc anything with that silly look on your face.

>>381797513
thanks for the design document, i'm on my way to create the greatest metal slug game now

>>381768470
Have at you, Snake!

>>381770273
Imo, 2, it's the definitive version since it has no lag surprisingly

>>381799594
Uh excuse me?