The game will even keep all the statistics of which hostages you've rescued in each of the game's missions. Bearded soldiers that look suspiciously like Jim Henson need rescuing, and they'll reward you heartily with power-ups and other pick-ups.
The game is a balls-out side-scrolling action game just like every game in the Metal Slug series: run from left to right blasting all the enemies and vehicles that come your way with all the over-the-top firepower that you can pick up.
The developers of this sequel is clearly working to make this handheld game as close to the six arcade games (and their Neo Geo counterparts) as possible on the Nintendo DS. But months later at the Game Developers Conference this week, the game's coming together quite nicely, looking like a true Metal Slug arcade sequel.īut this game's never been in the arcades: Metal Slug 7 is a Nintendo DS exclusive. It was a sluggish (no pun intended) mess that clearly wasn't ready for prime time. US, FebruThe first time we saw Metal Slug 7 was at the Tokyo Game Show last year, and it was early. We've come a long way since Tokyo Game Show.
