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Run 'n gun action? Here ya go.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: June 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Metal Slug- possibly one of the most addictive, and difficult, game series out there. Now that the games have been getting somewhat popularized on other systems, it was only a matter of time before handheld versions of it showed up. And no disrespect to the NeoGeo Pocket Color, but we needed it on a more mainstream system that was easily accessable. And we got one here on the GBA finally, and it's pretty cool. While I'm sick of people going on and on about the "sacrifices in animation", there isn't much else wrong with the game. It's not nearly as hard as say, Metal Slug 3, but there's always the hard mode that sits and waits.

Metal Slug is about nothing but fun. Not some deep storyline. You select one of two characters in this- Walter or Tyra, and run around shooting soldiers and whatever else may be in your way. They've been placed on a remote island as part of their training drill, which is also their first taste of real combat. You'll cap enemies, take leaps of faith over pits, fly jets and shoot down parachute squads, hop in the Metal Slug tank and mow down foes, and of course, pick up a variety of different guns to help make things easier. Along the way, you'll rescue prisoners like in the other games, but also pick up cards. Don't misunderstand me there though, collecting cards doesn't become a necessity. In fact, they're really just for added replay. Some prisoners and some crates will have cards that do a number of things. Some upgrade your tank's armor, some recover your health, some are character cards, and some let you take more hits. Yeah, you read correctly there- you now have a health bar. No more one-hit kills (unless you fall in a pit), your character can take 3 or 4 hits before kicking the bucket and having to start over. While this system is very nice, and something I wish MS3 had, it's also slighly annoying since you don't have any lives. And once you get hit, you're invincible for -maybe- 2 seconds before you're back to normal. This is a problem in the later stages where enemy fire is all over the place, and you could get hit immediately after you stop flashing. Also, once you die, all cards you earned in previous sections are lost, and when you come back, you start in the area you died in. This is, again, nice that you get to start back in the same section, but annoying in that you just got a ton of cards and more than likely, will start the level all over again. But you'll get used to it- the game's fun enough to warrant starting levels from the beginning if you die at a boss.

You want weapons? You got 'em. All the MS classics are here. Your basic handgun now has a rapid-fire feature if you select it from the options menu. This makes gameplay much easier. For some odd reason, you shoot faster in this mode if you're ducking. There's a big hint on how to take down heavily armored enemies quicker. Grenades are tossed via the R shoulder button, and blow up enemies just as good as they ever have. You still have your knife for attacking enemies up-close, and even get a boxing glove on a spring if you duck and attack enemies close up too. I got a kick out of that. The heavy machine gun, enemy chaser, drop shot, shotgun, laser beam, and others return too, as does that great voice that says the name of the weapon you got. My favorite being for the rocket launcher where he goes "RAWKET LAOUNCHAIR". There's only one Slug in the game- the Metal Slug, no animal buddies here unfortuantely. And blood didn't make it into the game for some reason. Here it's already rated Teen, yet the blood's gone. Eh, no big loss, but it added comedic value in the other games. Oh, and there's no score here either. While I don't care about that, NeoGeo purists will be freaking out when they realize this.

The graphics look identical to the other MS games in every way except for your character's running animation. Their legs aren't animated as well as the rest of them, but it doesn't matter. Everything looks fantastic. There's no slowdown to be found regardless of how many enemies are on screen or shooting at you. Backgrounds look great too. Check out the waterfalls. I have no complaints in this department, or the next. The music and sound effects of the game are equally good. Plug in the headphones to get the full effect of the music if you have a basic GBA since that single speaker doesn't allow you to hear everything. Knife-stabbing still sounds great, as does the screams of troops when you gun 'em down. And of course, explosions don't have any static in their sounds. It's all good here. RAWKET LAOUNCHAIR!

Metal Slug Advance isn't some cheap game they threw together in order to get somehing by SNK on the GBA. It holds its own, and feels like it should get its own number in the series. While it's only 5 levels, it took me a few days before I could really beat the game and have a good number of cards/prisoners saved. Again, it's not required, but that's where a lot of the replay lies. After beating the game, try it on hard mode without the rapid fire on and see how far you get. But if all else fails, try getting all the cards and prisoners. Some of them are harder to find than it seems. Get Metal Slug Advance while you still can. We all know how SNK's games are.

ITS GOING TO BE SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 23
Date: July 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

THIS OLD NEOGEO GAME METAL SLUG IS COMIN BAK!!!! I HAD PLAYED THE OTHER METAL SLUGS AND THEY WERE GREAT. THEY WERE TONS OF FUN AND I PLAYED IT ALL DAY WITH MY FRIEND. NOW ITS COMIN TO GAMEBOY ADVANCE(AND XBOX)! IT CANT GET ANY BETTER. YOU GET TO GET MANY GUNS TO SHOOT AT MANY ENEMIES, GREAT BOSSES, GREAT GRAPHICS, GREAT GAMEPLAY, AND, WELL, GREAT GAME!! I CANT WAIT TO GET THIS GAME AND ITS A GOOD PRICE FOR SUCH A GREAT GAME. THIS IS HOURS AND TONS OF FUN. I THINK U CAN EVEN PLAY WITH UR FRIEND BY LINKING TWO GAMEBOY ADVANCE SYSTEMS AND HAVE FUN!! THIS GAME IS TO SCREAM FOR. THIS GAME IS GREAT FOR ANY GAMERS. IF U HAVENT PLAYED METAL SLUG BEFORE THEN GET OFF UR BUTT AND BUY ANY KIND OF METAL SLUG GAME AND SEE HOW FUN IT IS. THIS IS LIKE ONE OF THE BEST GAME OF THE SUMMER.

Metal Slug Fan

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 15
Date: July 31, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is really good. I, for one, am a newby to the Metal Slug fan club (LOL). This game is a match made in heaven for gameboy advanced. It has great gun wars and it is just like the arcade game or the one for Xbox. It has the monsters. It has the zombies and the flying guts when you shoot them. The game has no flaws. I would preffer this game for a mediocre-hardcore player for Gameboy Advanced.

Great, ReRelease for the GBA!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: November 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This long wanted rerelease of the great neogeo classic metalslug, that i tried to get an emulator of for the past 7 years, is a really, really, really fun game!It's like a 2D shooter...

So way to go on this great Rerelase SNK!

Metal Slug for GBA?! COOL!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Metal Slug is by far the greatest run and gun game ever. Growing up my mom worked at a bowlling alley and my family was to poor to hier a baby sitter for me. So my mom would take me to work with her and leave me in the arcade at the bowlling alley. She would give me $5.00 in quarters to play the arcade games each time I came to work with her. While I was looking around the arcade I came across "Metal Slug 3". My eyes opened wide as I saw a preview of the soldier Marco running around killing off armies and armies of bad guys. The moment I saw that I started playing it non-stop until my pockets were empty of quarters. Now several years later they come out with "Metal Slug Advance" a game worthy of the great Metal Slug name. Now I dont have to spend quaters playing it at an arcade. I recommend this game to all Metal Slug fans.

True to Metal Slug

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a Metal Slug game and everything that comes with that. Insane shooting, non stop action and zany humour. I've been a Metal Slug fan for a years and this game lives up to the Metal Slug name.

a new layer of entretainment for the gameboy advance

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 15
Date: October 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

this game promises everything you might expect from a game boy game on steroids! never gets old shoting stuff awsome level design,cool consept,tight controls, and FUN! drivable veichles are cool this game is a master piece and if you like action games this is for you. IN OTHER WORDS IF YOU DONT BUY THIS GAME I WILL LOSE ALL RESPECT FOR YOU AND PUNCH YOU. BUY THIS GAME NOW!

fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 12
Date: January 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

run around shoot people, blow stuff up, get cool weapons what more could you ask from a game.

a perfect arcade game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: January 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

An amazing arcade game that doesnt get boring. Need I say more?

Metal Slug on the GBA

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

One of the most fun and challenging games to play in the arcade way back when was SNK's Metal Slug. A 2-D side scroller similar to the old Contra games, you run and gun your way past hordes of challenging tanks and enemies until you reach a level boss. The game mechanics are almost identical to the classic game, as are the graphics despite instances of slowdown and a few drops in frame rate. The biggest con of Metal Slug Advance is what players new to the game will automatically notice. The learning curve is far from forgiving, as things go from easy to very, very hard rather quickly. Boss battles are the most challenging, and the most frustrating as new players will soon learn. Not to mention, the game is pretty short, but other than that you'll find some addictive and fun playability with Metal Slug. All in all, this is one classic game you really can't go too wrong with, but those new to the game should take fair warning before diving in.

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