

Now you can have all the 2D arcade action of Metal Slug in the palm of your hand, because Metal Slug Advance has arrived on the Game Boy Advance. Through five action-packed missions, you must move out on foot or in slug vehicles across rugged terrain and underwater bases. Your objective is to rescue hostages by destroying enemies and solving strategic puzzles. Completing your missions becomes easier when you collect more than 100 types of E-cards, which enhance your character's abilities.
ShooterPlatformComedyWarfaremodern warfaredeathrun and gunside-scrollingpixel arthigh scoreexplosionmodern militarycollectiblesnon-player charactermeleebutton mashingGame Boy Advance
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Character
Plot-driven, unpretentious, classical in form and resolved.
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- cooloverwhelming
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About the game
- Platforms
- Game Boy Advance
- Developer
- Noise Factory
- Publisher
- SNK Playmore
- Released
- November 12, 2004
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Time to beat
- 1 h main story
IGDB rating 8.3/10 from 34 ratings.
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