It helped that it was being developed in partnership with Dotemu, the publisher behind Streets of Rage 4 recently acquired by Focus Home Interactive (SNK isn’t directly involved with development). When Metal Slug Tactics’ trailer debuted during E3 2021, retro fans were immediately excited by the possibilities afforded by the shift to the tactics genre, as well as the apparent fidelity to the source material. The pixel art is beautiful," Loos says.Īs it turned out, Leikir was more than capable of recreating Metal Slug’s famous pixel art, even without the benefit of being able to use pre-existing assets.
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"The first thing we needed to do was to check that we were good enough for Metal Slug because the series is huge. There’s little in the studio’s portfolio to suggest that it has the chops to recreate the look and feel of one of the most beautiful 2D action games ever made. A relatively obscure outfit based in the Paris suburbs, Leikir’s most recent game is Rogue Lords - a party-based roguelite featuring famous monsters such as Dracula and Bloody Mary. In Metal Slug Attack, the Iron Cab and its variants use the Tetsuyuki's laser cannon for their special attack.When Leikir Studio CEO Aurélien Loos first pitched the concept of Metal Slug Tactics to Dotemu, he wasn’t entirely certain whether the studio could actually pull it off. However, the only sprite that will appear is its own laser cannon. If the player gets access to this unit, it will instantly be deployed at the base. It cannot be obtained without using cheats. Its only attack is its laser cannon that can pierce through every deployed unit. The Tetsuyuki appears in both games as the first boss in the respective modes Sortie and Attack. It is piloted by Private 1st Class Sousuke N. The Tetsuyuki appears as the game's first boss.
Killing him drops either grenades or Heavy Machine Gun ammo. It can be taken down with around 25 grenades.Īlso, look out for the Golden Rebel who runs out from the top of the plane.
For the majority of time, it will fire bursts of arching energy shots aimed at the player, which can be easily dodged. It has a laser cannon on one of its sides, which it uses to charge a straightforward laser beam that must be ducked, or to launch a ground wave that can be jumped. The Tetsuyuki, despite being a gunship, is stuck on the ground, now serving as a makeshift base to keep outsiders away. In Metal Slug Mobile 4, the Tetsuyuki is covered in mosses and plants due to prolonged abandonment. Some of its weapons are able to function despite the massive damage. System, where it was fortified by the Rebels to serve as a base of operations. One of these crash-landed onto the Villeneuve Mt. The Tetsuyuki is a flying warship created by the Rebels for combat, equipped with heavy armor and weapons, earning it nicknames such as Impregnable Castle, Moth of Hell, and Sailor Titan. 3.2 Metal Slug Defense and Metal Slug Attack.