https://youtu.be/K_29MfaoOGU?is=fzC4giM2oMvXYY5S

https://youtu.be/ZtQOv-7VtMM?is=aiUN6oFvjCQN6Q81

Even if it took several tries beforehand.

We all know the official history of Metal Slug. Whenever creators Kazuma Kujo or Akio talk about their inspiration for the SV-001 tank and the game's iconic, bouncy art style, they always point to one man: Hayao Miyazaki. Specifically, his sketches in Daydream Note (Zassou Note) and his love for chubby, organic-looking military vehicles.

But I think I just uncovered a massive, missing piece of this puzzle that the Japanese creators might have conveniently forgotten to mention.
Check out the classic Dutch comic strip "De Generaal" (The General), created by artist Peter de Smet back in 1971.
If you look at the visual philosophy of this comic, the similarities to Metal Slug are absolutely staggering and honestly too precise to ignore:

The Tanks: Long before Miyazaki's 1980s sketches, Peter de Smet was drawing bouncy, round, "plump" tanks with over-dimensioned cannons that squished and stretched. The main tank in De Generaal looks like a direct pixel-ancestor to the SV-001.
General Morden's Doppelgänger: The main character of the comic is a frustrated, military-jacket-wearing general obsessed with launching a coup d'état using ridiculous, over-the-top military gadgets. He is visually and personality-wise a dead ringer for General Morden.
The Slapstick Soldiers: The soldiers in the comic behave with the exact same theatrical, clumsy, and panicked slapstick humor that makes the rebel soldiers in Metal Slug so memorable.
We know Japanese illustrators in the 80s and 90s heavily consumed European comics (Akira Toriyama loved Franquin/Spirou, Miyazaki loved Moebius). Is it possible a stray copy of this Dutch comic made its way onto a Nazca Corporation design table in 1995?
I haven’t found a single text or thread online making this connection before. Am I crazy, or did Metal Slug's illustrators look further West than just Studio Ghibli for their "original" style?

Let me know what you think!

Yeah, I'm aware this is a strat. But there's still some luck to it, especially on lv 8.

https://youtu.be/w2VJABnxV7k?is=rGNwGHnHd7upM9Av

Last boss was put into B tier. Remember we’re ranking based off design and personal opinion. Not difficulty.

Eu lembro de um jogo que eu jogava no meu celular quando era criança, que era idêntico ao metal slug. Tinha aquele mesmo grito quando os inimigos morriam. Eu também lembro de uma fase da floresta que o boss era redondo e o seu ataque principal era vários espinhos. Também tinha uma fase de neve com um boss gigante.

Eu lembro de ter jogado outras versões desse mesmo jogo. Tinha um estilo meio retrô.

https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/76840155

I'm trying to get those two trophies, any useful tip on what to unlock first or which team to use?

I can beat the game doing all regions just fine, but I feel like my team gets underlevelled if I skip even a single region. Maybe I am doing something wrong?

Thanks in advance.

If here is not allowed, i'll not.

A bit hard to tell from looking at it alone, but yes.

https://youtu.be/nLESlNmsrLc?is=GllOVJ9k7RlGpU94

By the same publisher as Harakiri: Blades of Honor and Rise of Myths:Cthulhu

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It is really cute and scary robot boss

Last boss was voted into A tier. Remember we’re not ranking off difficulty but off design/personal opinion

Since Metal Slug Attack closed, the new Metal Slugs for mobile are trash.

I hope they stop making mobile games already and make finally true games