The news is posted on the website of Manabu Namiki, the musician behind the soundtrack of Metal Slug 6.

To celebrate the 10th year anniversary of the popular action series, Scitron Digital Contents., Inc / Happinet Corporation have announced a collection of all Metal Slug music works in one 8 disc box set labeled "Metal Slug ~Complete Sound BOX~". Included will be the complete compositions from all 7 Metal Slug titles (even Metal Slug, Metal Slug X, Metal Slug 4 and the latest Metal Slug 6, all which never received original soundtrack releases), and previously unpublished music from the series that never made it into the games. The set will also feature brand new designs from the series illustrator TONKO and a very special 32 page booklet with many composer comments plus unpublished information! There will also be an exclusive arrange track from Basiscape's Mitsuhiro Kaneda. Manabu Namiki and Kaneda were responsible for creating the score to Metal Slug 6, succeeding Studio AQUA's Toshikazu Tanaka from previous Metal Slug titles.

"Metal Slug ~Complete Sound BOX~" will bear the catalog number SCDC-00542~00549 and will be released on the 6th of September. It will sell at 13,440 Yen ($117 USD), however, there will be strictly limited amounts of this box set available. Stay tuned for more information!

This is a very good news for audiophiles and collectors who want the highest quality of out of the tracks. Yes, this means that we will actually get to hear the original tracks of Metal Slug 1, X and 4, which were never released to the public.

And don't let the price fool you. The collection is in total of 8 discs, so it is well worth the price considering that each discs won't even cost $15 each, not to mention the bonus contents thrown in there.

And if this collection indeed does get released, then we will have the damned thing ripped and available for download as if there is no tomorrow.

The planned release date is on September 6th, 2006.

More details about this soundtrack collection is available at Scitron Digital Contents site.

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Bad news first; According to SNK Playmore, Metal Slug 6 port for the Playstation 2 is delayed until September.

That's it for the bad news. Anyways, SNK Playmore has added three new Metal Slug 3D wallpapers on their Neo Geo World.



Also, the Metal Slug 3D official site has been updated with a dozen new screenshots.



And, finally, the Metal Slug 10th-year anniversary site has been updated with Metal Slug 3 images and information for their gallery and series sections.

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The screenshot gallery of the Metal Slug 3D official site has been updated with a dozen new images.



SNK Playmore's Neo Geo World now has four new Metal Slug 3D wallpapers in their wallpapers section.



SNK Playmore's product questions page has been updated with the Metal Slug 3D section.

And finally, the Metal Slug 10th-year anniversary site's series section has been updated with Metal Slug First Mission.

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Big thanks to for the heads-up.

Famitsu released a slightly more detailed information regarding the upcoming PS2 version of Metal Slug 6.

The identity of the two combat instructors are now revealed, who happen to be Mary and Lily.

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Metal Slug 10th-year anniversary site's characters section has been updated with profiles of Fio and Eri, as well as the gallery and series sections which now contain information about Metal Slug X.

In another news, Metal Slug 3D official site has been updated with another dozen screenshots.



And finally, the consumer section of the Neo Geo World has also been updated with the sales page of Metal Slug 3D.

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