Metal Slug XX (PSP)

source by: psp.gamezone.com & wikipedia

Publisher: XS Games

Category: Action

Release Dates

Playstation Network - 03/22/2010

Metal Slug 7​ (メタルスラッグ 7) is a run and gun video game developed by SNK Playmore for the Nintendo DS andPlayStation Portable. It is the eighth title in the main Metal Slug series. It was announced in the September 2007 issue of Famitsu and marks the first game in the main series that will be released without an arcade version. The game was released in Japan on July 22, 2008 and North America on November 28, 2008 by Ignition Entertainment.

A PlayStation Portable version titled Metal Slug XX​ (メタルスラッグ XX^?), also known as Metal Slug Double X, was released on December 23, 2009 in Japan and North America on February 23, 2010 by Atlus. The PSP version features additional content, including co-op multiplayer and downloadable content.

If you’ve never heard of Metal Slug (which would mean a) you don’t like pizza b) are new to gaming or c) have been living under a rock for the past 14 years), the series is a run and gun shooter in the vein of Contra. You take on herds of enemies with a variety of weapons and several vehicles sprinkled in like tanks, planes, and the occasional bipedal mech, rescue POWs, and blow gigantic bosses to kingdom come. The action unfolds exclusively on a 2D plane, and you’ll run from one end of the stage to the other laying waste to anything that gets into your path. Your character isn’t terribly strong and the game works on a one-hit-kill mechanic, meaning that you’ll die. A lot. There is certainly no shortage of action in the Metal Slug franchise, which has always been its main appeal.

Gameplay

There are seven levels and three difficulties: Beginner, Normal and Hard. Metal Slug 7 uses the Nintendo DS' touchscreen as a map of the level, making it easier for the player to look at the level and where to get power ups or captured prisoners. The usual weapons makes it's return from the series including a new weapon called "Thunder Shot", which could fire a homing electric blast to the enemy. New to Metal Slug XX is the downloadable content and the choice to play as Leona Heiderm from the King of Fighters series.