Its secondary fire is an oversized Enemy Chaser. Slug Mobile: A car with a 360-degree Vulcan cannon attached.However, the Slug Gunner is clunky, takes a while to turn, and only has a 90-degree firing arc (180-degree while in the air). It is also able to transform from a walker into a tank and can move slightly faster in addition to running over infantry. It can perform a mid-air jump like that of the LV Armor. The Slug Gunner fires a machine gun, a chassis-mounted main cannon, and can punch enemies with a close-combat exploding pile bunker. Slug Gunner : The ultimate evolution of the SV-001 and LV Armor.

This includes the remixed versions of 'Final Attack', 'The Military System', 'Carry Out', and 'Gravestone'.Īlongside the returning SV-001, Slug Mariner and Slug Flyer, three new vehicles were added: The soundtrack as a whole uses a heavy metal theme.There are cutscenes at various points throughout the game, rather than one or two at the end, giving the game a hint of progression of plot.Eri and Tarma return as playable characters with Trevor and Nadia being omitted entirely.

Some of the background sceneries are heavily edited from previous games, however.

Unlike its predecessor Metal Slug 4, which reused many of the backgrounds and sprites from the previous games, Metal Slug 5 incorporates a wealth of new environments, backgrounds, and unique bosses.

There are no zombies, mummies, aliens or other such supernatural creatures, although the final boss is a large demon.

However, most of the new enemies are edits of the Rebel soldiers' AI, and while many feature completely new animations, some simply use edited sprites from previous titles. As a result, this game lacks much of the sense of humor of its predecessors. Rather, one fights armies of veiled terrorists, special forces, and assorted mecha named the Ptolemaic Army.

The Rebel Army, Donald Morden, and Allen O'Neil are nowhere to be found in this game.

The Metallish System from Metal Slug 4 has been abandoned.

'Fat' is the only remaining transformation.

The Two Machine Guns' ammo is increased from 200 to 300 rounds.

The player can perform a slide-dash by pressing the jump button while crouching.

Marco, Tarma, Eri and Fio's next mission has begun! New Features and Differences Gameplay After insertion all decisions shall be made in the field. The purpose of the mission is to take back or destroy the disc and to wipe out the Ptolemaic Army. The Government Forces, totally exposed to the Ptolemaic Army due to the contents of the disc, decide that an all-out assault on The Corridor of Fire presents too much of a risk and instead plans an infiltration operation by a handful of members from the PF and Sparrows Squads.

The two incidents prove that the Ptolemaic Army were behind the robbery of the Metal Slug secrets. An attempt to take back the ruins fails, however the Sparrows are driven back by the natives dwelling there and the giant Metal Slugs that they worship. The pair succeed in tracing the syndicate to the ancient ruins known as 'The Corridor of Fire'. Meanwhile, Eri and Fio of the Information Office's Elite Sparrows Squad are investigating the Ptolemaic Army, a paramilitary syndicate active in excavating and then pillaging archaeological sites. Marco and Tarma receive orders from Tactical HQ to recover the disc at all costs. In other words, whoever gets their hands on this disc would be privy to all of the Government Forces' secrets. The disc contains not only the schematics for Metal Slugs but also PF Squad combat data and analysis of weapons used by Morden's forces. However, the Government SV research facility has been attacked by an unknown party and a disc containing Metal Slug secrets has been stolen. Amid this chaos the Elite Peregrine Falcons (PF) Squad hurried to complete their development of the next wave of Metal Slugs in the hope of bolstering their firepower enough to quell the rising conflicts.

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