Metal Slug Story Explained Part 1
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Metal Slug is a Run and Gun series created by SNK. It is considered as one of the best looking 2d games of its generation, and a major arcades franchise during the mid and late nineties.
While Metal Slug does not belong to the fighting genre, which is the main focus of this channel, it has a surprisingly deep and rich lore, that it would be criminal of me to continue ignoring.
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"Main theme" from Metal Slug
"First Contact" from Metal Slug 2
"Assault Theme" from Metal Slug 2
"Prehistoric Site" from Metal Slug 2
"Kiss in the Dark" from Metal Slug 2
"Final Attack" from Metal Slug 2
"Blue Water Fangs" from Metal Slug 3
"Hard Water" from Metal Slug 3
"End Title Credits" from Metal Slug 3
"Who Likes To Party" by Kevin MacLeod
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"Aurea Carmina" by Kevin MacLeod
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A Canadian dictator. Don't see that everyday.
A racist Afro-American
SNK is chalk full of unexpected character types - ethnic wise. Even their lore is down right captivating and yet the quality of the games remains solid.
@@ignaciojohnjoy That's most of BLM
Hey, at least it wasn't an Austrian backed by Germany.
Trevor Phillips seems to fit
Lol everlasting peace ....... that last for like 2 days
Metal Slug Lore is so ridiculous it put Gears of War Lore to shame. LOL 😂
Long Story Short: After the end of *"The Pendulum Wars"* the World was at Peace for about 4 weeks until *"Emergence Day"* came and eventually *"The Locust War"* (Main Games 1-3) began etc.
(That's gotta be a New Record.)
Not even Treaty of Versailles lasted that little lmao
Iol
That wasn't everlasting peace, real everlasting peace has never been tried.
Imagine what the other side must have felt seeing bullets flying at them every split sec.
They can only fire 1 bullet every 2 sec.
So Morden is basically a tragic villain… Damn it’s such a crying shame how criminally underrated The Metal Slug Series is!
Yeah his story is unexpectedly sad. The fact that he was once a respected Colonel of the regular army explains at least somewhat while they went through the trouble of rescuing him from the martians
Now that I know I wonder how is possible that the heroes didn't side with him, especially after the denied resignation i mean. Is clear that the regular army is exploiting them as the leadership is to much corrupted to create a real plan.
@@robfus Apathy and Ideology.
Once you Believe in Something, it's Hard to get you to See the Flaws
@@kanehodder3459 but then he also started a war that lead to the death of literal millions and the ruination and sacking of entire cities and destabilization of entire countries lol
He carved out the new borders of the world in blood. Saving him . . . Is no good unless you need a strategic weapon of some kind through his influence lol
A villain is born once you take away someone they love. In the case of Morden that is his family. Can't blame the man for starting a war tho
I didn't realize Marco was just trying to retire the whole time. That makes for an interesting character design.
Like Solid Snake
Rambo (who Marco was based on),
was also trying to retire in every film but always gets drafted or determined to go to wars anyway.
That actually explains why his portraits look so weepy when he’s selected in the second and third games.
@@Linkonpark100 Yeah
@@Linkonpark100 he's tired
He want freedom
Until we choose him of course
all my saved money from skipping lunch as a kid is being payed with this video
Aww yea
All my saved lawn mower money in early High School just to buy Metal Slug X on Ps1. Played it to death. Then I bought 4 and 5. Then the others. Never looked back.
The change from buying tortillas in my ranch in mex. Lol then my mom going finding me and pull my ear all the way home
Money well spent! 👍
*All
*paid
*video.
16:48 "Allen O'neil, who survived their last encounter, had also made a comeback. Determined to get his revenge. This time he wasn't alone as he was helped by other soldiers. But he lost again and fell into the sea, where he was eaten by a killer whale. This time he's dead for sure. . . . . . . . Probably."
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lol
allen o neil ate the whale
A theory was actually circling about the killer whale being a secret submarine where Allen was actually saved by his comrades and the bones shown were not his, which makes it more probable than it being a real killer whale.
@@RGCN_0011 NGL that actually makes sense in the metal slug universe.
@@patataspotato6916 remember when we meet allen o niel in metal slug 3 and we thought we kill him at ms2?. Also we fight together we allen oneil to eliminate alien in final mission at ms3?
Yeah good old times :)
@@suprisebuttsecksspy5958 yea I remember spending a f*ck ton of coins just to finish that one last mission, and I regret nothing lol
Man I remember playing these games in the laundromat while waiting for clothes to wash/dry and because of that I see it as one of the Mexican experiences
Metal slug runs in mexican blood as well as king of fighters and dragon ball
Wait. You mexicans had arcade machines in laundromats? We don't even have laundromats in Brazil!
@@TheBrazilRules they were pretty shitty ones, like clearly they weren’t from the actual manufacturers and would have multiple games that weren’t even from the same companies
Me too
@@TheBrazilRules nah but we had arcade cabinets, in my little town there was 3 liqour stores and each one had a cabinet, one of them being a neo geo arcade and the others with megaman x 1-3
I love all the lore videos for games that are normally not talked about
Just goes to show how mainstream games don’t always have the better content
That is in part what makes this channel such a GOD! DAMN! GEM!
if only they knew; thats as long as there are humans; there will always be war.
You mean SNK Games lol
no one is making a vid about that shitty game you made in class norman
Love how such a rich lore is communicated entirely through gameplay and pantomiming. Great video, as always.
Much appreciated!
@@ShoryuGame thanks for this, I really appreciate it. I feel old! This is still my favorite video game.
Panto what? I swear you spergs say anything to try and sound smart.
Someone needs to do a Metal Slug VS Call of Duty lore meme vid
Seeing this post put a smile on my face. Rest in peace friend.
As violent as this game is, the animations are so charming and eye catching. The design invested into this series has been consistently stellar, making the series timeless overall.
I also love the characters. Marco in Neo Geo Coliseum was my favorite character in that game. He was just so well animated and fun to use.
As a future indie game dev, that made me inspired to make the great game visual inspired from Metal Slug, despite of its completely different genre
"As they ran out of gas, they adapted their vehicles to operate without it." Lol Metal Slug 3 was wacky. SNK knew how to be creative, and they had a lot of fun doing it.
This video was amazing. I can't wait for the second part!
Number 3 got a rare perfect 100 score in the now forgotten (Best Video Game Magazine Ever) Game Fan Magazine. Made me wanna play it as I had only owned 2 (X edition), 4 & 5 before. Ended up loving it just the same - unbiased. My kind of insanity in a 2D game. If I aint playing classic Contra titles or Gunstar Heroes, it's Metal Slug. Everyone else can enjoy their First Person Shooters as I won't contradict them. But I know what I love and why I love it.
Can leap also 🤣
Metal slug 3 was like.... really magical when i played it as a kid. Like. Wow. Regular war, then alien comes, then we become allies, etc.
3 and 6 is my fav.
Those leg powered tanks and cable planes are some of the most hilarious Things I've seen.
@@Tpoleful no wonder they failed miserably in their mission
Should''ve called it HEAVY MACHINEGUN lore
LAWNCER!
@@Freefork rawket lawncher
ENEMYYYY
C H A S E R
Shaat Gun!
@@Jeffmetal42 Rock It Lawn Chair!
man you should change the name of the channel to SNK Encyclopedia, anyway when i was a kid i always thought METAL SLUG 2 was based on INDEPENDENCE DAY MOVIE.
One of the few youtubers I actually look forward to new videos from. You always make great videos no matter KOF or metal slug. Can’t wait to enjoy more content in the future 🙏🏽
I'm glad to hear that. Thank you!
I always thought Metal Slug stories are,
"See that green soldier? Shoot it."
"you're gonna die a bunch a times, but keep shooting"
10:16 The War was over and the world enjoyed a everlasting peace.......
"That lasted for like 2 days"
lol so much for everlasting peace..
Lol
there's a running gag that after almost every end credits a screen is shown with "peace forever!"
*an everlasting (because "everlasting" starts with a vowel sound)
I knew MS has some lore, I just don't know it'd be this deep. XD
In my head: Shoryugames makes me think of Capcom titles.
In reality: Shoryugames talks about Snk
😂😂😂
I’m sure we all share your sentiments.
Snk vs capcom moment.
i never knew a rich lore existed for this game series , Thank you very much Sir
Glad I could help!
*I
*series. Thank
*much, sir.
Amazing, such lore on a "Show, don't tell" by the developers is amazing. Thanks for this!
Glad you enjoyed it!
So much better than Elden Ring's "Don't show. Don't tell."
Finally after almost 25 years, I have learned the story behind this game.
10:16 - "The war was over and the world enjoyed an everlasting peace...
that lasted for like two days."
🤣🤣🤣
I started laughing and I felt like a bad person after 😂😂
By far, 3 is the best. It's epic, it was also the start of introducing HUGE variety of enemies in the follow-up games, and it has a grand scope and feel. By visuals alone, the game tells its story. And all of it sums up into a 5 mission clusterfuck of pure thrill and enjoyment.
I've barely touched any Metal Slug game after 3, nothing can top that last mission imo
There are some missions that feel like filler, namely the crab and mayan ruins
Agreed, 3 is the best in the entire series.
Fun fact: Marco is 3 years older than Fio, and they are both Italian, the only difference is Marco was born in America in 2005, Fio was born in Italy in 2008.
They're zoomers
So currently Marco is (or will be since it's not April 13th as of typing this) 17 and Fio is (or will be in October 2th as of typing this) 14. They both don't know that in 8 years from now, they'll fight against mummies, zombies, and aliens. Hahaha!
@@angelsartandgaming Six or seven years from now, actually. Fio turns 20 years old during her first appearance in Metal Slug 2, so MGS2 is in 2028 or 2029. So yeah, six or seven years from now, Marco, Fio, Tarma and Eri will fight against mummies, zombies, aliens and all that crap. LOL!
@@LightStreak567 Oops! My math was a tad off. But yes, hahahahahaha!
@@Ninjafish130
Marco Rossi
Birthplace: Twin Falls, Idaho, USA
Occupation:
Major in the PF squad of the government forces-Company 1 squad commander
Birthday
: April 13, 2005
Height
: 180cm (5'11")
Weight
: 75kg (165 lbs)
Special Skills
: Computer programming
Blood Type
: Type A
Hobby
: Calculating running times of computer programs in his head; missing his subway stop; imitating "drunken master" moves
Fiolina "Fio" Germi
Birthplace: Genoa, Italy
Occupation
: Master Sergeant in Special Ops squad S.P.A.R.R.O.W.S, Intel division, the government forces
Birthday
: October 2, 2008
Height
: 158cm (5'2")
Weight
: 43kg (94.6 lbs)
Bust, Waist, and Hips Measurements: 88cm/58cm/89cm (Fio is a little more busty than Mai Shiranui from the King of Fighters games)
Special Skills:
Chiropractic; All types of housework; Ballroom dancing
Blood Type
: O
Hobby
: Cooking, embroidery
"Please take care of this in secret"
O.k, hyper machine gun, rocket launcher, grenade, homing missle, laser shot...
Fun fact: the Metal Slug 2 crew showed up in an official KoF comic.
Which one? I know that Masato Natsumoto did the majority of 90's era KOF Comics (Orochi Saga).
@@jordanjackson6151 KoF Zillion, chapter 7, pages 20 to 26, with only Fio missing and Rumi being there instead.
Metal slug should be made into a movie, let me know if you agree
So, I'm guessing that our heroes didn't meet the yetis in cannon then during the events of MS3?
They sure did. But I can't cover every single detail. The video is already too long.
@@ShoryuGame make them longer and add an X at the end of the titles.
l remember playing the series when i was a kid. Now going back now as a teen. This, was the shit back then. Love from PH!!!
I can still remember it now, either I played this in a Timezone, or in a shitty piso arcade in the province. Good times, gooooood tiiiiiiiiimes.
Yea dude! I remember wasting a ton of coins just to finish the very last mission. I have no regrets lol.
playing on PS1 since arcades in Monumento only have fighting games, KOF among them!
The way i played it was: l had a PS3 and i was 9 years old. It was also the last day of my gr.5 days, so i have all the time to play. Now everyone knows that when you open a PS3, There's a chance that it will crash or you have to restart. (NOT FLEXING!!!!!) That never happened to me. l have alot of games in PS3 (Like OG GAMES. Silent hill (i can't even play it cuz it so scary. I would let my big brother played it. wait wu-) Tekken, and more.) But i always choose. METAL SLUG, MS2, MS3. (My big brother was still in college so he was studying always. Meaning he rarely plays with me. BUT HE HAD TIME TO PLAY WITH MEEE.) Instead of just run n gun. Me and my brother would play the game to get all the secrets. Sometimes we would race to get the item or gun we want! (I liked flame shot, He also want flame shot) And the rest is we had fun and finish the games. Man. Good times, Thanks for reading (if u actually read.) Byes
Played this a ton along with other arcade games in a pc using some program (I forgot :( )
You missed the part when they've constantly came back to live after being killed
*come
*life
*killed.
this game deserves it’s own anime show/series
it really doesn't. its story is very basic and 4 guys killing a whole army will get old very fast
@@yosefyonin6824 idk man have u seen the expendable movies? They have done 3 movies and they never die also a 4th was on its way.
@@link560633 expendables heavily relies on the famous actors i dont think thr the same can be said about metal slug
I like how in MS2 and 3, selecting Marco makes his portrait look weepy. He’s like “Please, let me retire in peace!”
FINALLY! Someone who can break down what this game is actually about for me
I disagree with one tiny detail you mentioned at the start, that being that X and 2 are the same. That's not exactly the case. The remake (X) adds many new details to the game to make the inclusion of the martians more subtle. In MS2, we only see them at the very end, which seems to come out of nowhere (kinda random). In MSX, however, they make 2 appearances in stage 1 and 1 in the Chinese neighborhood stage. These additions were not in the original version.
Other people be like: Metal Slug has lore?
Me: It always had.
i wanna know where to learn more... about this lore
Wow, didn’t know there were specific lore in the stages as well. I loved playing the Metal slug series, used to play co-op with my younger brother, it was one of his favourite games as well. IMO Metal Slug 3 was the best in the series, they had a lot of varieties in the enemies, stages as well weird supernatural stuff like zombies, mummies, yetis, etc. and the last stage was fun as hell! Great video! 👍
Snk was for asian kids what nintendo was for Western kids.
even in my country algeria SNK ARCADE GAMES were huge especially KOF and METAL SLUG.
This is pure love of childhood days
KoF is also the most popular arcade game in middle east and in North Africa and South Europe.
@@osamaroum true
Um.. pretty sure Nintendo had a pretty similar impact on both countries.
Wait 2023? oh shit sticks...
Metal slug 2 last boss is the first gaming moment that makes me cry as a kid, rebel soldiers who sometimes acting like coward in the end fight bravely with us to save their leader and one of them even brave enough to sacrifice himself to stop the ufos final attack
I never realised how much lore there was in one of the greatest arcade games I've played. I can't wait for part two. I'm really glad I found your channel
Thanks.
WOW. Played every single Metal Slug game to date but this makes me look at the whole series very differently. Thank you. Now as i play levels again, i will feel more attachment and interest since i know the lore behind them.
6 year old me: gun go pew pew
24 year old me: jesus the lore a crazy
Guessing the Japanese army is also a reference to that lost Japanese soldier who kept thinking WW2 was ongoing years after it ended.
They got lost and kept fighting for the second Mordern war and never realized what was really happening outside of their location. I had no idea that's what actually happened to them, I always thought they were just some weirdos.
17:03 That wasn't O'Neal bones that came out of the water, that was the whales bones after O'Neal eat his way out of the whale
Makes sense
10:22
“That lasted for like 2 days.”
Even though that I already know the answer it still makes me laugh so hard.
*Wow! Just wow...* 😮
(You earned a sub) 👍🏼
Best pixel art, thanks SNK. Also funniest and best animation.
God bless.
I really need the second part, this was sol good
Awesome, I never knew the Metal Slug games have so much lore!
Also, I love how you're slowly turning from a KoF-focused channel into an all-out SNK one! KoF, SamSho, Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting and now Metal Slug! What are you going to cover next??
After the rise of indie games, I really start to appreciate the sprite work of older games like these. Things I never even bothered to care about when playing these games in their era.
I still remember walking into laundromats and hearing "THANK YOU! Heavy machine gun.
Cant believe it's been so long since I started playing this game. I use to snack on chips and soda when playing as a kid now I snack on weed and beer while playing Metal Slug😄
I wish theyd do a super long game with every level, every weapon and features, and randomize them so we could play them non stop
Now that would be a grand metal slug game! Maybe they could call it "Metal slug forever".
Haha! Rambo is still alive and survived inside the whale. 🤣🤣
The game is very SNK. KoF to ne exact. Why? Because of the clones! 😊
Thank you for explaining the story of the game. I can't finish the game in 1 credit. It takes several credits for me to finish the game. 😅
So excited to know Trevor and Nadia and obvisously the Ikari Team. ❤
Really like how Marco and Tarma were just done and constantly wanted to resign from the army but were ultimately way too powerful as an asset to be let go until the wars were done.
Oh jey
Someones finally loring the shit out of this game
13:10 fun fact: the blue banner says "I have dihardea" (لدي إسهال) , the one beneath if the one beneath says "i want medicine" (أريد دواء)
I play this series since I was kid and now when I'm a working adult I just found out one of my favorite arcade side scrolling game actually have a story beyond what show in gameplay and in game concept arts.
Is 2023. Does this mean it starts this year?
When an arcade game from the late 90s have more lore than most of the series game nowadays.
Metal Slug has always been one of my favorite game franchises. The art style is soooooo good. A remaster/HD version of some of the games would be great, for some reason the ports in the SNK collections play a bit clunky for my taste.
The first game has a significant input delay. I messed so many jumps because of it.
Someone in 2023 better not kill some Canadian generals family
Ferb i know what we're gonna do today
Damn, 20 years later aftef I learn the lore. I was playing this when I was 7 and got confuse about the randomness of whats happening in the game
I remember playing the first metal slug game and reaching the last mission without dying lmao
7 more years till 2028 😳😳
9:47 Bottom right : Really looked like that monkey was getting busy with the fish in front of it hahahaaha Sprite overlapping i guess.
It was really good I didn’t know that there was this much into the story. As a kid I just assume that you just haul ass and shot and each story from each game is just made up to give you something to think about while playing.
Goddang didn't even realize this game has deep lore to it.
Can't wait for you to do part 2!
I never got the chance to get into Metal Slug. But watching the gameplay and hearing this whacky lore makes me wanna play some Metal Slug!
You won't regret it
17:46 always my favorite part. I was always so fascinated by the background action
I never realized how much I wanted an Anime of metal slug...
Small trivia: Fio was playable in KOF Maximum Impact 2
I like her unique moves, all based on weapons in MS
My favorite is when she wields her tonfas.
Fio was also a "Striker" in KOF 2000, Kinda upsetting she wasn't playable in that game, but I'm happy she eventually was in Maximum Impact 2,
I'm still hoping to see one of the MS characters to become playable Fighters in future KOF installments, Hell, Marco & Fio actually made a Cameo in the Ikari Warriors ending in KOF 14 (It could be a foreshadow but who knows).
My picks are Marco, Tarma & Eri (Sorry Fio, but I just found Eri way more Cooler).
Oh no! The war is almost here (2023).
prepare yourself brother
Before i had wifi, i would always play metal slug x over and over without getting bored
I remember playing some some of the Metal Slug games. They are really hard but damn they have some great animation. I love how you cover the lore of SNK games since they never get mentioned all that much. It’s interesting to see that they are all deeper than one would think. Well done with this video.
Thank you very much.
*TENKIU* so much for making this video, Bringing the Metal Slug series in to the spotlight really made me happy. 😄
Edit: *"I Salute You."*
Glad you enjoyed it!
"due to her awful sense of direction"...
*roronoa zoro would like to know ur location... but he also lost his way!!!😂😂😂
The rise of Morden is happening guys!
Mission 1 has started
I like all the details that are mentioned here. Though I have a few nitpicks:
Huge Hermit was an accident for the most part. The story goes is that a Giant Shell-less Hermit Crab outgrew its shell and saw the rebels' large artillery piece as a new home. When the rebel army found out what happened to their artillery they just played along and trained it.
Sol Dae Rokker was also apparently Mars People-tech. But it was worshipped as a divine entity by the ancient people who used to live there.
Thanks for the info.
24:02-24:07 Okay Allen O'Neil basically sounds like the SNK equivalent of Wild Dog at this point.
Didn't think Metal Slug lore was this deep. Sounds like the creators put a lot stuff together while drunk, yet it somehow really works.
As a person who hasn't played the other metal slug games, the only thing I know about metal slug is
Guy is mad at me
I'm here to stop him
I beat his army after dying 1..2.. how do I count past infinity?
Suddenly he comes back with aliens
They betray him
The pistol soldiers suck
He almost dies because he fell on the ground
T h a t s
I t
Nice summery!
Bring tears on my adult eyes
The Game's soundtrack is one of my favorites of the series.
24:56
best shmump game ever hehehe
nc work, i'm looking forward on to the next metal slug lore
Thanks.
I played this at my elementary days until now the graphics is still great..
"Fio is the best girl"
You cant change my mind
I won't try.
Fio was my first childhood waifu
It was good to see her as playable in Maximum Impact 2 and I think she had a bit of story in that game.
Wait what about eri?
@@meganinten0078 I always felt her interaction with the Ikari Warriors team in KOF was hilarious. I beat it with her and I don't think she even had an ending.
I can understand the jumping tanks, but an Evil Canadian?! What kind of nonsense is that?
Oh man I can't wait for part 2! I freaking love Metal Slug as a child and still do now as a adult! I wish they could bring back all of these games on one system or something ^_^
Btw Fio best girl!
Thank you. There is the Metal Slug Anthology on many systems which includes all the mainline games up to MS 6.
It took me far too long to get to watching this vid. XP I think I love Metal Slug even more than KOF, so this was a surprise~
Keep making these videos man I love how you expand on the snk stories that people gloss over
Love your lore videos and snk game but can you make KOF howling blood or KOF maximum impact please
Best game ever besides KOF of course. It’s sucks how a lot of my friends don’t know any of these games
High graphics games are so famous no one notices classic masterpieces like these
g God sadly they really don’t
Metal slug a game where you use a pistol can littary kill a ufo and war peice is short
2023
*Brace Yourselves*
That lore was way deeper and well done than I was prepared for. Great video!
Thanks a ton!
I recently started playing Metal Slug games. I was a bit confused about the story but thanks to this video (and it's future sequels) I can finally understand the story. 🔥
Glad I could help!
Something tells me that Allen O'Neill is in fact William Afton's long lost brother.
This was an excellent video. You did an amazing job relaying the story. I always enjoy your videos, but this just felt like something special. Thank you for all you do and keep up the awesome work!
Wow, thank you!
18:55 In a couple playthroughs i’ve seen the pilot fall on the right side of the screen onto the ground.
Love Metal Slug! Love this video! Gonna watch out for the next! Best vid about this awesome series. Been a fan since Metal Slug X.
Much appreciated!
Metal Slug takes place in 2028
Me, 8 years away from 2028: 👀