Metal Slug (series)
Metal Slug (series) | |
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Genre | Run and Gun Shooter |
Platform | Arcade, Neogeo, Saturn, Playstation, Xbox, Wii, DS, PC, MacOS, Switch, Mobile Devices |
Developer | SNK |
Country | Japan |
Release date | April 19, 1996 (First release) |
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Metal Slug is a run and gun video game series created by SNK. It focuses on the adventures of Peregrine Falcon Squad, a crack team of commandos who battle aliens, dictators, and other factions bent on world domination.
Fitting in with the series' cartoony bent, eating 16 pieces of food causes your character to spontaneously gain weight. Power is increased while speed is greatly lowered, and humorous changes are made to the character's animations, including using a fork instead of a knife as a melee weapon. The transformation wears off eventually on its own, but can be cured quicker with a diet pill or barrel of diet formula.
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Metal Slug 2/X
This is the first Metal Slug game to feature the fat transformation. In Metal Slug 2, it only occurs in Mission 4, while in the remastered Metal Slug X, it is possible to get fat in every level from Mission 3 onwards.
Metal Slug 3
The fat transformation reappears in this game in Missions 1, 4 and the Final Mission.
Also, barely noticable, appearing only for literal fractions of seconds are enemy inflations - some of the mutant enemies expand. The small maggots inflate when killed before bursting, and so do the flying piranha.
Metal Slug 4
Once again the fat transformation reappears, but only in Mission 3. At the end of the game, if you successfully escape from Amadeus's exploding secret base, you'll get the Good Ending on where Marco, Fio, Trevor and Nadia overeats in a buffet, with obvious results.
Metal Slug 5
The fat reappears for the last time in the official series only on mission 1
Metal Slug 6
The Smashers are enemies that appears in the game's Final Mission, they can inflate to (as their name says) smash you from above.
Metal Slug Anthology
Concept art of a fat Eri appears in one of the game's unlockable art galleries.
Metal Slug 3 Pachinko
In one cutscene, Fio eats a lot of food, resulting in her getting fat.
Metal Slug Defense
Fat Marco, Fat Eri, Fat Tarma and Fat Fio are available as unlockable characters. To get them you must rescue all the P.O.W.s from the Alternative World by beating the bosses on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Metal Slug Attack
Two Extra OPS called Food Army and Food Army 2nd gives the fat versions of the Main Heroes as main units.
- Food Army gives Fat Marco and Fat Tarma from November 17, 2016 to November 20, 2016
- Food Army 2nd gives Fat Eri and Fat Fio from January 20, 2017 to January 23, 2017
- Since the 2.13.0 update, they can be optained from the Mars Shop.
An upgraded version of Fat Eri called Special Fat Eri wasadded on 2.21.0 update as part of the Expert Units for the Extra OPS "Hero of Justice". An upgraded version of Fat Tarma called Special Fat Tarma was added on 3.0.0 update as part of the Expert Units for the Extra OPS "United Front the 3rd".They can obtained via the P.O.W. Rescue Shop. Finally, an upgraded version of Fat Marco called Special Fat Marco was added on 3.8.0 update as part of the Expert Units for the Extra OPS "United Front the 7th". Unlike the others, he is obtaned via the Mystery Crank.
Metal Slug Infinity
Many fat versions of the cast appear as playable units in this game.
Neo Geo Battle Coliseum
In this Crossover game between SNK and its cousin company ADK, the Metal Slug Franchise is represented by Marco and the Mars People. One of Marco's moves is called Breakfast which is clearly a reference to the Fat Form. It allows Marco recover some health in battle.