SNK brings every Metal Slug to the Wii

Luke Wallace — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 10:51:49 -0800

Back in the 80s, arcades were probably the best places to play the latest video games, and when home consoles became powerful enough, it became common to sell these same games for home systems. It happened with Pong on the Atari 2600, it happened with Street Fighter II on the SNES, and now it has happened on the Wii with Metal Slug Anthology. SNK Playmore has released this hit arcade franchise less than a month after the Wii launch, but is it worth the $40?

Background
Metal Slug Anthology celebrates the 10th anniversary of the classic arcade shooter. A button masher from the mid 90s, Metal Slug chronicles a war between a futuristic war between the Regular Army and the Rebellion. The details of the story beyond this point are inconsequential, all you need to know is shoot everything.

I honestly had only seen Metal Slug in an arcade once before receiving this title, so it wasn't a well known arcade hit to me. But seeing as how it was a Wii title, I was willing to give it a shot.

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SNK brings every Metal Slug to the Wii