SNK Interactive confirmed that they are aiming to release the new Metal Slug game this year for consoles. Which indicates a new release for Nintendo Switch as well.
Siliconera reports that it will naturally be a “run-and-gun sidescrolling shooter like previous games in the series.”
The game was announced a while back but it’s only now that we have heard they are targeting the game for release this year. SNK Interactive also confirmed that there’s a new Metal Slug smartphone game in the works titles Metal Slug J from which we have seen a teaser trailer in the past.
About Metal Slug
Metal Slug is a series of run and gun video games originally created by Nazca Corporation before merging with SNK in 1996 after the completion of the first game in the series. Spin-off games include a third-person shooter to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the series and a tower defense game for the mobile platform.
The gameplay consists of run and gun elements as well as in later releases shoot’em up mechanics. The run and gun pits a player against a large numbers of enemies with extremely powerful weapons pick-ups. In most run and guns, contact with an enemy leads to damage.
In this series, however, contact results in the opportunity to perform a melee attack and the opportunity for the enemy to perform a melee attack of his own, if he has one. The player’s melee attack is also much stronger than most shots. This leads to the players ability to run in and use melee attacks to take down a number of enemies at once, as well as the ability to quickly defeat enemies that can take plenty of damage.
