Metal Slug Advance... another reason for a E-Reader...

[AB Positive]

from SNK Neo Geo's new consumer website:

http://www.snkneogeousaconsumer.com/consumer/gba.shtml


100 Metal Slug E-Reader cards, allowing you to obtain extra skills and weaponry. It'll keep track of all your rescued hostages (special ending for a 100% perhaps?)... mmm.

So, who else is getting this?

-AG

[hamburgler]

Another reson to get the E-reader system. :D

[Achika]

O_O

I'm so there. Not since Animal Crossing has an addiction come this strong.

[Half Japanese]

Those magnificent bastards! I guess I'll hop on the e-reader train as well, but only for Metal Slug, which I was already planning on getting anyway.

[brandver3]

O.O

Whoa

I LOVE YOU SNK!!!!!!!!!

[Sotenga]

O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O

I've already got an E-Reader... and I need to get a squidload more AC cards... and now, I need to get these. I am a consumer whore. And how! :-D

Glad to see that I'm not the only one on here that's utterly berzerk about Metal Slug! :)

[ubersaurus]

Metal Slug rocks, and so will this one.

I wonder if one of the cards will let you play as Mars People LOL

Seriously though, Ralf and Clark would be awesome to see in a Slug games, with their goofy art style.

[Mayhem]

Interessment... I like the MS games on NGPC... maybe I'll get the GBA version if there's some collectable swipable bonus material too :)

[Sotenga]

Metal Slug rocks, and so will this one.

I wonder if one of the cards will let you play as Mars People LOL

Seriously though, Ralf and Clark would be awesome to see in a Slug games, with their goofy art style.

O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O

That is THE GREATEST IDEA EVER!!!!!!!!!! MARS PEOPLE FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!

:hail: :hail: :hail: :hail: :hail:

[Dire 51]

Hmmm... time to update Metal Slug: Iron Cavalrymen In Hell... :D

[Sotenga]

Time to go there... haven't been there in ages. :D

[Dire 51]

It's now updated with this great news. :D

[Sotenga]

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[nildem]

This is the first third-party release for e-Reader, correct?

Hopefully the first of many.

[SoulBlazer]

Never played a Metal Slug game -- but I have a GBA and a E-Reader allready, so might as well get some more use out of them. :D

[Dire 51]

Never played a Metal Slug game -- but I have a GBA and a E-Reader allready, so might as well get some more use out of them. :D

Yet you have Marco as your avatar... weird.

[Half Japanese]

SoulBlazer wrote:
Never played a Metal Slug game -- but I have a GBA and a E-Reader allready, so might as well get some more use out of them.


Yet you have Marco as your avatar... weird.

Ha, I was thinking the same thing! ALso, Dire, is that MS fansite yours? If so, big props on it! I visited ther a while back and found it very informative! Good work! If not, thanks for the reminder and the link.

[Sotenga]

SoulBlazer wrote:
Never played a Metal Slug game -- but I have a GBA and a E-Reader allready, so might as well get some more use out of them.


Yet you have Marco as your avatar... weird.

Ha, I was thinking the same thing! ALso, Dire, is that MS fansite yours? If so, big props on it! I visited ther a while back and found it very informative! Good work! If not, thanks for the reminder and the link.

Huh... that didn't hit me until now. :frustrated:

You bet your shitholder it's Dire's site. GREATEST. METAL. SLUG. SITE. EVER.

:hail: :hail: :hail: :hail: :hail:

[Ed Oscuro]

Finally, Nintendo does something worthwhile with the e-Reader. OMG.

This is. the best. since Sega Ages.

Er, /fragments off

Anyhow, this does sound like a winner. Oh, and here's hoping we'll get detailed artwork on every card that shows what weapon you're getting :D

[Dire 51]

Ha, I was thinking the same thing! ALso, Dire, is that MS fansite yours? If so, big props on it! I visited ther a while back and found it very informative! Good work! If not, thanks for the reminder and the link.

Yep, that's my site - #3 in my series of game specific sites. It's also the last game specific site I'm going to create. Thanks! :)

[maxlords]

GAH! Must buy BOXES of Slug e-Cards! Gotta Catch Em' All! :D

[Ed Oscuro]

I found a German language Pokemon card outside my workplace...picked it up because I thought it might be an e-Reader card :D

[Dire 51]

If anyone wants to send me scans of these cards for use on ICIH, please let me know!

[SoulBlazer]

Oh, you mean this guy is from Metal Slug? Never knew that. :embarrassed:

I just liked him cause in the original form he was shooting AND chugging down what looked like beer -- thought ti was funny. LOL

Now I leave him cause he shoots, which is what I feel like doing to some of the idiots on the forum sometimes. :)

I don't have a Neo Geo or a Neo Geo Pocket, but if any of the games in the series came out for another system, I'll check it out. Looks like a Contra-esque game.

[Sotenga]

Oh, you mean this guy is from Metal Slug? Never knew that. :embarrassed:

I just liked him cause in the original form he was shooting AND chugging down what looked like beer -- thought ti was funny. LOL

Now I leave him cause he shoots, which is what I feel like doing to some of the idiots on the forum sometimes. :)

I don't have a Neo Geo or a Neo Geo Pocket, but if any of the games in the series came out for another system, I'll check it out. Looks like a Contra-esque game.

His name is Marco, and his full name is Marchrius Dennis Rossi. The animation from the MS series is great. My favorite one is when you crisp an enemy soldier with the flamethrower. LOL

Metal Slug plays almost exactly like Contra. That's just as far as bare bones gamplay goes, but it is also very different from Contra. However, the fact that they both kick ass is something they have in common. :rocker:

And no shooting me. I shoot back. :rockets:

[Achika]

Oh, you mean this guy is from Metal Slug? Never knew that. :embarrassed:

I just liked him cause in the original form he was shooting AND chugging down what looked like beer -- thought ti was funny. LOL

Now I leave him cause he shoots, which is what I feel like doing to some of the idiots on the forum sometimes. :)

I don't have a Neo Geo or a Neo Geo Pocket, but if any of the games in the series came out for another system, I'll check it out. Looks like a Contra-esque game.

If you have a playstation, go check out Metal Slug X :)

[Sotenga]

That game rocks. On base, it's Metal Slug 2. But there's a lot that would be different enough to warrant a separate purchase. Besides, Metal Slug 2 never came out on anything besides the Neo Geo. I'd pick it up if I were you. So far, it's the only MS game released on another console besides the Neo Geo in America.

And we had BETTER get MS3 on the PS2... :grrr:

[ubersaurus]

So what does that make Metal Slug 1st Mission on Neo Geo pocket?

[Sotenga]

In theory, yes and no. Yeah, I guess I'm wrong, but the NGPC isn't a console. Erm... yeah... :embarrassed:

[mikeetler]

I checked the SNK site and it states "Newly introduced, METAL SLUG® E-cards". I have a feeling it is more like the Madden cards in that they are built in to the game and unlockable and has nothing to do with the E-Reader. Nintendo normally refers to the E Reader cards as either "E-Reader Cards" or by adding "-e" to the end of the title (ie Mario Party-e cards) and not as E-Cards as SNK did. there is also no mention of E-Reader options on the site or in the trademark line at the bottom of the page. While the idea of E-Reader support sounds cool, I don't think this is the case here.

[jaydubnb]

I checked the SNK site and it states "Newly introduced, METAL SLUG® E-cards". I have a feeling it is more like the Madden cards in that they are built in to the game and unlockable and has nothing to do with the E-Reader. Nintendo normally refers to the E Reader cards as either "E-Reader Cards" or by adding "-e" to the end of the title (ie Mario Party-e cards) and not as E-Cards as SNK did. there is also no mention of E-Reader options on the site or in the trademark line at the bottom of the page. While the idea of E-Reader support sounds cool, I don't think this is the case here.

I'm leaning towards in-game unlockable content also. Virtually all of SNK portable games on the NGPC had unlockables and quite a few used cards, scrolls, etc. In fact, I'd prefer it that way: cards revealed for meeting various criteria.

[Dire 51]

Whichever way it turns out, I'd still like scans of the cards for the site. :D



I don't have a Neo Geo or a Neo Geo Pocket, but if any of the games in the series came out for another system, I'll check it out. Looks like a Contra-esque game.

If you have a playstation, go check out Metal Slug X :)

I second that. When I first got the import MSX, it floored me. The US release is almost exactly the same, except for some reason all the blood was replaced with sweat. If you can get past that, then you should definitely look into it... and if you liked Contra at all, chances are you will like Metal Slug.

[Kid Fenris]

If you have a playstation, go check out Metal Slug X :)

I second that. When I first got the import MSX, it floored me.

I third it. I actually like the PSone port of Metal Slug X better than the Neo original, thanks to the extra modes in the PlayStation version.

[jaydubnb]

If you have a playstation, go check out Metal Slug X :)

I second that. When I first got the import MSX, it floored me.

I third it. I actually like the PSone port of Metal Slug X better than the Neo original, thanks to the extra modes in the PlayStation version.

What were the extras included with MSX?

[Dire 51]

I'm trying to recall... been a while since I played it. There's a boatload of minigames, I recall that much.

[Sotenga]

Then I must get that game. I hear the load times aren't that shabby. :)

[Dire 51]

They're much better than the load times in the PSX version of the original Metal Slug.

[Sotenga]

I actually saw it in my local EB a few times. I really should pick it up if it's not that hard to find.

[Dire 51]

I've heard that it's gotten harder to find since it was released - can anyone back that up?

[Sotenga]

Uh oh. I must obtain it NOW. I don't want to pay $100 for it over eBay. :eek 2:

[Kid Fenris]

What were the extras included with MSX?

There's a Combat School, where you try to finish a level as fast as you can, or see how far you can get with one life. You've also got the "Another Mission" mode, which has a load of special stages. One requires you to protect a baby as it crawls through a battle, and another has you crossing the screen by leaping from one oncoming missile to another.

If you're a Metal Slug freak, the PlayStation port of X and the PS2 edition of 3 are worth buying just for the extras.

[Sotenga]

That settles it. Now, I must buy them. :yipes:

[Ed Oscuro]

Hmm, Contra vs. Metal Slug:

Pro for Contra
Old Contra: Fire in eight directions running *eventually, while standing!*
Cyber-Lip and Metal Slug: Fire in four directions while standing

Pro for Metal Slug
Just about everything else :D

As for the e-Reader cards, here's essentially what I think. I believe an e-Reader card has enough space for an ingame sprite of a weapon, maybe even of all its animation (especially if flames and other things are common effects shared between weapons and stored on the game cartridge; I doubt every weapon will have its own idling animation or reload like the pistol from the arcade games). I also think that the weapon's specific characteristics could easily be saved on the card (firing rate, reload times, damage per shot etc.) and converting this data should prove relatively simple.

I wonder, though, if something will stay unlocked for good on the cart (until the battery dies) once you've scanned it? That seems like the best way of doing things and is a reason to suspect that all the card's data would just be an encrypted sequence to ensure that cards wouldn't be easily faked.

[Captain Wrong]

I checked the SNK site and it states "Newly introduced, METAL SLUG® E-cards". I have a feeling it is more like the Madden cards in that they are built in to the game and unlockable and has nothing to do with the E-Reader.

God I hope so. I know some people really like their e-reader, and that's cool, whatever. But, as I've said about a million times, when I buy a game, GIVE ME ALL THE DAMN FEATURES, DON'T MAKE ME "EARN" THEM THROUGH UNLOCKING OR FORCE ME TO BUY A WORTHLESS PERIFERIAL FOR THIS ONE GAME!!!

Sorry for the caps, but some people see the e-reader as coolest thing since sliced bread, I see it as a blatant cash run.

[Kid Fenris]

Hmm, Contra vs. Metal Slug:

Pro for Contra
Old Contra: Fire in eight directions running *eventually, while standing!*
Cyber-Lip and Metal Slug: Fire in four directions while standing

Pro for Metal Slug
Just about everything else :D


You know, I'd say that the Contra titles (or at least Contra III and Hard Corps) have slightly better level design than Metal Slug. Both series use one-hit kills, but Slug has more of the arcade in it, and there are some cases where it's impossible to avoid dying. While Contra's almost as hard, its programming is tighter and easier to survive once you learn it. Metal Slug has far looser control, especially when it comes to jumping.

[Jive3D]

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[Ed Oscuro]

You know, I'd say that the Contra titles (or at least Contra III and Hard Corps) have slightly better level design than Metal Slug. Both series use one-hit kills, but Slug has more of the arcade in it, and there are some cases where it's impossible to avoid dying. While Contra's almost as hard, its programming is tighter and easier to survive once you learn it. Metal Slug has far looser control, especially when it comes to jumping.

Heh, I'm being unconciously quite biased towards graphics again. Yes, the MS games usually are very straightforward, but that's certainly part of the charm of it. Contra's always been better suited for a console, but Metal Slug's fights tend to be much more dramatic (if drawn out). Contra sometimes has been a bit ridiculous with the level design, but on the whole after the original (grr Tundra level) they got it worked out.

For myself, Super Contra and Operation C had just the right amount of complexity and difficulty.

[Epicenter]

The E-Reader is crap .. you get a set of cards for a 16K ROM file. Then, you scan them in, one by one, and then it says OOPS! YOU FUCKED UP! and makes you start over. The cards take over 15 tries each to get to work .. and once you finish with that, you get a horrible game or some miniscule features you could hack into the game with a hex editor and flash set anyway. If you want all the thrills of performing a 68k Macintosh Software Installation Disk Swap from Hell, and like being ripped off by a corporation who (despite the quality of their OTHER products) just wants to prey off consumers like a parasite, then by ALL means get the e-reader. ;)

[GrandAmChandler]

I was going to buy the E-reader sololy for Super Mario Advance 4: SMB3, but now it looks as though there is another reason!

Now Here is what they SHOULD do with the E-reader.

MegaMan E-cards
Castlevania E-cards

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