New mobile game announced & 10th anniversary site update
A new game, sequel to Metal Slug Survivors, has been released. It's called Metal Slug Soldiers and it basically sets of just after the end of the first game with Leona and Roberto. From fighting inside mysterious settings and strange creatures, this game comes with a scoreboard that you can uplod your top score to be compared with players around the country. The game is released just today, on September 1st. (Which is August 31st for people living on the other side of the world)
The Japanese section of the 10th-year anniversary site has been updated with goods section, which now contains information about the Metal Slug OST package, which now lists the included tracks within the albums and such. The gallery section has also been updated with illustrations gallery, which is completely different from the series gallery.
And in the upcoming TGS2006, SNK will feature several Metal Slug games;
Metal Slug Complete (PSP) Metal Slug 6 (PS2) Metal Slug Soldiers (Mobile) Metal Slug Survivors (Mobile) The Side Story of Metal Slug ~Allen's Battle Chronicles~ (Mobile) Metal Slug (?)
10th anniversary site update & OST collection notice
The Japanese section of the 10th-year anniversary site has been updated with new contents in their gallery section, which contain more images from Metal Slug.
The Japanese section of the 10th-year anniversary site has been updated with new contents in their series and gallery sections, which now contain information about Metal Slug 3D and poster images of Metal Slug 4, respectively.
A little more information about Metal Slug OST collection
This special package celebrating the 10th-year anniversary of Metal Slug will include the following nine CDs;
Metal Slug 1 soundtrack album (never printed) Metal Slug 2 soundtrack album Metal Slug X soundtrack album (never printed) Metal Slug 3 soundtrack album Metal Slug 4 soundtrack album (never printed) Metal Slug 5 soundtrack album Metal Slug 6 soundtrack album (never printed) Metal Slug 3D soundtrack album (never printed) Metal Slug arrange/unused soundtrack album (never printed)
The Metal Slug unused soundtrack album and Metal Slug arranged soundtrack album will be printed on a single CD.
For those of you who are curious about the "unused soundtrack album", it's just like what it sounds like. It will contain soundtracks that were created during the development phase but were never used in the game. Sounds exciting, eh?
And, as stated before, TONKO will be responsible for "exclusive" illustrations that were never featured in Metal Slug games and are only available in this package. The 32-page booklet containing commentaries and unreleased information from the composers will also be included.
The package seems as if it will only be sold in Japan. The biggest concern here is that this will be a limited print collector's edition, meaning that it won't be printed ever again after they have finished with the initial production.
The price is set for 13,440 yen, or $117USD. The release date is September 6th, 2006.