Once the player has collected sufficient food an announcer will yell 'Uh-oh, big!' after this happens the character transforms into a fatter version. This is achieved by getting many food items. The antidote restores the player to human form.īecoming a mummy isn’t the only new ability players can also become obese. Antidotes are scattered and hidden throughout the level, some enemies will also drop them. If players get hit again by the purple goo they will die. When mummified players drastically loose speed, also their weapons and movements are affected they only hold a pistol which fires half as fast as normal their knife is also lost when mummified. Players transform into a mummy if they get hit by the purple tinged mummy discharges or by bats which drop potions. The first variant is a mummy transformation during the course of the second mission. The game introduced the ability to transform into different character variants during the course of the game. It can target and fire powerful air-to-air missiles it also has a Vulcan Cannon designed to fire upon forward targets. New vehicles were introduced such as: The Camel Slug which is a camel with a Vulcan cannon mounted onto its back and a jet fighter dubbed as the Slug Flyer. Players are also able to use Fire Bombs which are used against mummies. The laser gun being one of them, which lets the player kill a whole infantry line with just one shot. New weapons were introduced in Metal Slug 2. Morden’s plans come to a halt when he is betrayed by the Martians, this leads to an unplanned alliance with the Peregrine Falcon squad –Marco’s squad- to fight against the greater alien menace. Both of them were part of the Sparrows Intelligence Unit.Īs the story develops players found the General Morden has forged an alliance with an alien race, this coalition will help the General take over the world faster, as he has better weapons.

This time around the squad gets two new members, Eri Kasamoto and Fiolina Germi. Once again, Marco and his squad reunite to fight their antagonist. It was later released as a part of the Metal Slug Anthology collection.įollowing the events that took place in Metal Slug, the story starts with the return of General Morden to the Rebellion army now more than ever, the General wants to conquer the world. Released in 1998 for the MVS arcade platform, Metal Slug 2 is the sequel to the popular Metal Slug game.

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