Metal Slug/Trivia


 * No Export for You: The 3D installment for PlayStation 2 has not been released in North America.
 * Also, from the main series, the Combat School, a mission-based Dating Sim.
 * Port Overdosed: SNK just loooooooooves re-releasing the original game. It's hard to find a single compilation by them that doesn't include it.
 * Prop Recycling: Present to varying extents in all the sequels, but 4 is especially egregious in that almost everything is a recycled asset; even the bosses are reused sprites cobbled together and recolored. This is a criticism of 5 to, although it's not as noticeable (outside of a room where the mechs in the background have the wrong faction markings) since the bosses are new and the sprite edits are generally more creative than simple recolors.
 * What Could Have Been: Early on, Sophia was considered to play the role of Player 2.
 * Many ideas and models were scrapped from the final product, especially in 5. Including a giant turtle-like mecha and the native zapped by the lightning at the beginning as the final boss on a levitating, laser-spitting pillar. See this page for all the stuff that people have found from the game files.