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CONTENTS
1) INTRODUCION
2) GAME SYSTEM
3) GAME PLAY
4) STORY
5) CONTROLS
6) CHARACTERS/SLUGS
7) ENEMIES
-Basic soldiers
-Motorbike soldiers
-Divers
-Small helicopters
-Large helicopters
-Enemy tank
-Homing missile launcher
-Spiked tank
-Enemy plane
-Suicide bombers
-Allen Jr
-Bird masked men
-Bats
-Tall tank
-Turrets
-Lightning rods
-Maggots
8) WEAPONS
-Melee attacks
-Hand gun
-Heavy machine gun (H)
-Rocket launcher (R)
-Shotgun (S)
-Flameshot (F)
-Iron Lizard (I)
-Enemy Chaser (C)
-Drop shot (D)
-Laser Shot (L)
-Super Grenade (G)
9) ITEMS
-Canned Food
-Bannana
-Turkey
-Bread
-Fish
-Fire bombs
-Grenades
-Ammo
10) MISSION GUIDE
-MISSION 1
-Part 1
-Part 2
-Part 3
-Part 3 secret area
-Part 4
-MISSION 2
-Part 1
-Part 2
-Part 2 secret area
-Part 3
-MISSION 3
-Part 1
-Part 1 secret area
-Part 2
-Part 2 secret area 1
-Part 2 secret area 2
-Part 3
-Part 4
-MISSION 4
-Part 1
-Part 2
-Part 3
-Part 3
-MISSION 5
-Part 1
-Part 2 route 1 part 1
-Part 2 route 1 part 2
-Part 2 route 2 part 1
-Part 2 route 2 part 2
-Part 3
-Route 1
-Route 2
-Route 3
-Part 4
-DUNGEON
11) CARDS
12) FAQ
13) ENGRISH
14) DEVELEOPMENT HISTORY
15) DISCLAIMER
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1) INTRODUCTION
This FAQ is for Metal Slug Advance, the first Metal
Slug game available on the Gameboy Advance. Here you
will be able to find all the prisoners, cards and
items, learn everything there is to know about each
mission and much, much more.
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2) GAME SYSTEM
Metal Slug Advance lets you save 3 different game
files. Files can be deleted at any time by using the
delete option, and if you should want to copy a file
then use the copy function to do so.
When you first start a file you will be given a
choice of character to choose and what level of
difficulty you want to play the game on. Once you
have selected these 2 things there is no way of
changing it, so choose carefully. After the selection
you will get to see a little cut scene.
As stated, there are 2 different difficulty settings,
either normal or hard. Hard mode offers much more
challenging boss fights (the "twins" boss on mission
2 moves around much faster than on normal difficulty,
for example) and is generally a tougher challenge.
When you have selected the file you want to play or
start, you will be taken to the base camp screen. From
here there are 5 different options:
MISSION
CARD
PRISONER
SAVE
QUIT
MISSION
By pressing A on this option, you will be taken to
the map screen where you can select a mission you
want to play. Press B to go back to the base camp
screen or if you have a mission you want to play,
press A when highlighting  it. You select mission
by pressing the D-Pad in the chosen direction.
CARD
Here you can view any cards you have gained. If a
card can be turned ON or OFF, (such as the Black
Hound) you can do so here. Simply highlight the
card which has the ON/OFF function then press up
or down to what you want.
PRISONER
The option lets you view all the names of the
prisoners you have saved in the game, for each
mission, including the extra dungeon mission.
SAVE
Selecting this option will let you save your game.
QUIT
This will quit the game and take you to the title
screen. Before it lets you quit, you'll be asked if
you want to save your game.
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3) GAME PLAY
Metal Slug Advance plays just like any of the arcade
Metal Slug titles. You pick a character and then have
to shoot everything whilst avoiding getting killed
yourself. Most of the basic enemy troops will take
one hit, but their bigger weapons like tanks and
planes take more hits to destroy. Each mission will
end with a boss fight.
What differs this game between the arcade Metal Slug
titles is that you have a health bar, meaning you can
take several hits before you die. If you do die you
will have the option of either continuing from the
part of the mission you were on or going back to the
base camp menu. By collecting health items you can
regain health, so always be on the lookout for things
such as canned food and bread if you are close to
death.
As you play through each mission you will be able to
use special weapons such as a shotgun. These extra
weapons do more damage than your standard handgun but
do not have an infinite supply of ammo. Look at the
HUD to see  how much ammo you have. For a full list of
every weapon, please go to the WEAPONS section.
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4) STORY
From the game's manual:
"The special ops squad Peregrine Falcons (a.k.a., PF
Squad) is known for demanding the best of its members
in any situation to carry out the mission. A day in
the corps does not go by without a vigorous regime of
training. The mission this time is a simulated battle
drill for new recruits. The stage for this drill is a
remote island in the South Pacific. Walter and Tyra,
the recent recruits with only a minimum of provisions.
Once  they make it off the island through their own
devices, the drill will end successfully.
Naturally, the two have not been provided with any
intel on the island's flora,fauna and geography,
making it difficult to imagine what obstacles await
them, and once they set foot on the island, there is
no turning back. This may be just a drill, but one
false step could be fatal. Will the two be able to
weather the onslaught of ordeals and take their place
among the elite and glory, or will they suffer
ignominious defeat? The terrifying trial that will
test their abilities to survive has begun. Walter
plunges into the heart of the island, spurred by the
quickening throbbing of tension and excitement. Tyra
follows, putting all her five senses at her keen
disposal while prudently passing on. Just as the two
disappear into the jungle, a sinister ship approaches!
Little do the two new PF Squad recruits know, but their
first drill is going to become their first taste of
combat. The training unfolds under gathering clouds
of war!"
My view:
Metal Slug Advance follows 2 new recruits to the PF
Squad as they begin a combat training exercise on a
remote island. What they don't know is that the force
of the rebel army have already stormed the place,
turning it into a sure death trap for the new
recruits. Walter and Tyra have to get off the island
alive to complete what they think is a drill
successfully.
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5) CONTROLS
The controls for this game will change depending on
what you are doing (for example, if you are on foot
or if you are in a slug). The control layout cannot
be changed in any way.
GENERAL CONTROLS (applys to all characters/slugs)
UP
Aim upwards. This is the only way to shoot at
enemies directly above you, and the only way to get
hits in on some enemies.
RIGHT
Move right.
DOWN RIGHT
This will makes your character crouch and start
moving slowly to the right. You can avoid enemy
fire and keep moving with this, and it allows
you access to some areas you cannot get to if
you are standing.
DOWN
Crouch. This lets you avoid some enemy fire.
DOWN LEFT
This will makes your character crouch and start
moving slowly to the left. You can avoid enemy
fire and keep moving with this, and it allows
you access to some areas you cannot get to if
you are standing.
LEFT
Move left.
B BUTTON
Fires primary weapon. (For the slugs, this is
a vulcan cannon, apart from the Black Hound
which fires rockets)
A BUTTON
Jump. Even the slugs can jump except the plane
slug. With the Thruster+ card, the tank slugs
can jump extremely high.
R BUTTON
This is the secondary fire button. For Walter
and Tyra, the R button will make them throw
a grenade, if they have any. For the tank
slugs, they will fire a cannon shot, and for
the plane slug the R button is the missile
shot.
L BUTTON
This activates the slug's self destruct. When
pressed, your character will eject and the slug
will go and crash straight forward, damaging
anything in it's way.
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6) CHARACTERS/SLUGS
CHARACTERS
Walter Ryan
"I'd rather be pumping iron"
Height: 182 cm
Weight 78 kg
Sex: Male
Nationality: Australia
Occupation: Recruit in Government Army's PF Squadron
Age: 21
Blood Type: AB
Reason for enlisting:
Walter entered the Government's PF Squadron,
thinking he could temper both body and mind. He
knows he's got the stamina.
Tyra Elson
"I guess everything's up to me"
Height: 167 cm
Weight: 47 kg
Sex: Female
Nationality: USA
Occupation: Recruit in Government Army's PF Squadron
Age: 20
Blood Type: O
Reason for enlisting:
Tyra's thirst for justice drew her to the elite
and renowned PF Squadron. She scored first on the
paper test. Now she's ready for her final trial.
SLUGS
Metal Slug
The standard tank used in battle is high durable
and manouvarable, and has a vulcan cannon and
cannon shells as weapons.
Black Hound
A new vesion of the Meta Slug which is coloured
black and in place of the vulcan cannon is a
missile launcher.
R-Type
The R-Type slug is a differenty coloured Metal
Slug with a new control system for the vulcan
cannon.
Slug Gunner
This mech suit is a slow moving but extremely
durable slug.
Slug Flyer
The Slug Flyer is a powerful plane equipped with
a standard vulcan cannon and missile launcher.
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7) ENEMIES
Metal Slug Advance has many enemies, which I will try
and list all of here. See the mission section for a
look at the bosses.
BASIC SOLDIERS
These guys come in different colours, such as blue
and yellow, but most of the time you'll see them in
green. They have various attacks including pistol
shots, throwing grenades, throwing rolling bombs,
trying to cut you with a knife. Some soldiers have
shields and will attack with either pistol shots or
a sword swipe at close range. Some of these soldiers
have rocket launchers or sit down launchers. Other
soldiers include parachuting ones and ones with
rubber rings.
MOTORBIKE SOLDIERS
Seen in mission 5 and the dungeon mission, these
are easy to kill soldiers on bikes who move around
quickly. Most of the time you will be able to avoid
them.
DIVERS
These enemies usually pop up, throw a missiles, then
go back down from where they came. They can be killed
most of the time before they even get the chance to
throw their missile. If they do throw their missile,
just jump or duck to avoid it.
SMALL HELICOPTERS
These will attack with bursts of 3 shots. They usually
move slowly but can be a pain to take out, especially
if there is more than 1 on screen.
LARGE HELICOPTERS
These are bigger and will move slowly around the
screen trying to drop bombs on you. They drop bombs in
sets of three. They take more hits to destroy than the
small helicopters but due to their slow attacks are
still fairly easy to destroy.
ENEMY TANK
Tanks will roll around and fire 2 shells at you
which do great damage. They can also hurt you by
running into you. With a few grenades or specialweapon
blasts they will soon be destroyed.
HOMING MISSILE LAUNCHER
These are stationary launchers that will fire
a missile that locks onto you. They can take a lot
of hits but the missiles they fire can be destroyed.
SPIKED TANK
These have spikes on the front so if you touch
the spikes you will get hurt. They can also fire
homing missiles, but you can destroy them when
they are fired. To blow this thing up easily,
jump and throw a grenade so it hits the pilot.
This enemy will destruct when this happens.
ENEMY PLANE
These have missiles that they will launch at
you on sight. A shotgun blast will destroy them but
with some other weapons they can take more than one
hit.
SUICIDE BOMBERS
These guys will use swords at close range or
will chuck grenades at you. When you kill them,
they will drop to the floor and then produce a
stick of dynamite and blow themselves up, which
can damage you if you get caught in the explosion.
ALLEN Jr
A mini boss of sorts in mission 5, Allen Jr attacks
just like his Dad who is in the arcade Metal Slug
games. At first he will attack with bursts of fire
from his heavy machine gun and will also toss
grenades. When he falls for the first time, he will
get back up and try to attack you with a sword.
BIRD MASKED MEN
These primitive people will attack with axes and
flaming sticks. The axe carrying ones will use their
axe to shield themselves, but overall these enemies
are easy to beat.
BATS
A mission 3 exclusive, bats will attack by trying
to fly into you. They are annoying pests who get in
the way but most of the time you'll be able to kill
them easily.
TALL TANK
This kind of tank is tall and will fire rolling
bombs. They can take a lot of hits but their
attack is very easy to avoid.
TURRETS
These only appear twice in mission 2, and will
fire flaming shots at you, which usually miss. The
gun in the turret is the weak point.
LIGHTNING RODS
These are in part of mission 5. They will conduct
lightning that can hurt you, just avoid them.
MAGGOTS
Found first in mission 3, these are tiny little
white things than only take one hit. They can shoot
posion gas upward but they are nothing to worry about.
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8) WEAPONS
In each mission, at some point you will be able to
collect a special weapon which has a limited supply
of ammo. I'll give a description of each one here.
Special weapons appear as a square icon with a letter
in it, so you can tell which weapon you will be getting
when you collect the icon.
MELEE ATTACKS
Whenever you are close to an enemy, your character will
do a melee attack and attack the enemy with something
like a knife. You can collect a card which lets you do
melee attacks on enemy vehicles.
HAND GUN
The standard weapon you always have which never runs
out of ammo. The hand gun is very weak but can fire
fairly rapidly, but you really want to have a weapon
like the heavy machine gun or shotgun when fighting
a boss.
HEAVY MACHINE GUN (H)
This is a rapid fire machine gun which has a very
fast firing rate and gets through ammo quickly.
Whilst it isn't that damaging with short bursts,
it's fire rate means it can quickly destroy most
enemies.
ROCKET LAUNCHER (R)
This is slow at firing but does great damage and
has a big splash range meaning it will kill or damage
anything near the explosion. It is fairly useless
against fast moving enemies but is ideal for things
like tanks.
SHOTGUN (S)
The shotgun is the best weapon in the game. It's
very powerful and covers a large area with each
shot, and even the bosses can be quickly destroyed
with it.
FLAME SHOT (F)
A flame thrower which is a slow shot but still very
effective due to it's power. Each burst of flame
stays on the screen for a couple of seconds,
meaning you can cause large amounts of damage to
boss enemies in a very short time.
IRON LIZARD (I)
When fired, a small missile on wheels will appear
and speed across the floor and explode when it runs
into anything. This weapon is fairly useless, at
least when compared to the arcade Metal Slug games.
ENEMY CHASER (C)
Whilst this was a great weapon in the arcade games,
due to shoddy programming this weapon is now
practically useless (see the glitches section).
Each shot fires a rocket which is suppose to home
into an enemy.
DROP SHOT (D)
When you fire this weapon, a bouncing ball bomb
will appear and bounce a few times across the
screen before exploding. I don't like this weapon
much as it isn't as useful in this game as it is
in others (such as in mission 3 in Metal Slug X)
LASER SHOT (L)
The laser gun is a powerful weapon which fires
a multi coloured laser at the enemy. The only
down side with it is that it gets through ammo
at a monsterous rate.
SUPER GRENADE (G)
A very powerful weapon that fires straight
forward and explodes on contact with the enemy.
When it hits, it will shoot up a burst of flame
which can damage above enemies, which is a very
useful trick to use in part of mission 5.
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9) ITEMS
As well as there being weapons scattered around
each mission, there are several items you can
collect which will help you in some way.
CANNED FOOD
When collected this item will give you some extra
health. If you leave this item on screen, the
can will get rotten, and if you collect it you will
lose health, so always be careful when you see it.
BANNANA
Another health item.
TURKEY
Another health item which adds more health than
either of the above items do.
BREAD
Another health item.
FISH
Oh look, another health item.
FIRE BOMBS
These change the grenades to fire bombs. When these
are thrown they explode and set part of the ground
on fire for a short amount of time.
GRENADE
Colelcting this adds more to the number of
grenades you have.
AMMO
This looks like a box of ammo. If you have a special
weapon, you shall receive more ammo for it.
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10) MISSION GUIDE
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MISSION 1
Cards:
*S.Clip
*Tyra
*Walter
*Handgun+
*S.Grenade+
*Turkey
*Bread
*Red Jewel
*Banana
*Canned Food
*Formor
*M1 Clear
Like all first levels in video games, level 1 is
pretty easy and you shouldn't have that much
trouble getting through it. The first time you
play this mission you will get to see a small
cut-scene showing a few blue soldiers running out
off a boat, followed by your character, as Allen
Jr. tells you to advance. This level is set at the
outskirts of a jungle/forest type place for the most
of it apart from part 3.
PART 1
As soon as you start this mission, a soldier will
try and attack you but never seems to hit you if
you stay still. Anyway, when you are starting this
mission, don't move. Just shoot the first soldier
I just mentioned, then aim up and fire. The
bullets fired will make a noise as if they are
hitting something. Keep firing until a prisoner
drops down, who is prisoner (001) and he will give
you the S.Clip card.
After doing this continue forward and you will
see a trench with 2 soldiers in it and another
prisoner. Kill the soldiers- and they are
usually too slow to shoot at you- then free
prisoner (002), who will drop a heavy machine
gun icon, make sure to collect it. To the right
of the trench is a ledge with prisoner (003) on
it, free him to get some bread.
Continue right shooting the small number of
enemy soldiers that appear until the screen
locks and won't let you scroll any further. Be
sure to be at the left of the screen at this point
as a tall enemy tank will appear from the right
and start moving towards you. With the heavy
machine gun this tank will not take long to kill
and can usually be destroyed before it even
fires a shot. If it does fire a shot avoid it by
jumping, as this tank's shots always travel
slowly across the floor. When you do destroy it,
prisoner (004) will drop down from above you
and when saved will give you some grenades.
The screen now unlocks and lets you go to the
right, and there is prisoner (005) in front of
you. When he is saved he will give you some
canned food.
Keep going right and you will see another
trench, with 2 soldiers and 1 prisoner in it.
Throw a grenade to kill the enemy soldiers
and then save prisoner (006), who drops a rocket
launcher icon. Collect it, then jump back up to
the ledge to the left. Then jump right and shoot
upward to free prisoner (007) who was tied up in
the air. He will drop to the floor and will give
you some bread.
Now jump out of the trench and keep going right.
You will see prisoner (008) Save him for more
bread. At this point you will see two wooden
platforms, and one enemy soldier in the middle
of them. Go to the middle and kill the soldier,
then crouch and keep shooting to the right.
Prisoner (009) will appear to give you Walter's
card.
After doing this, continue going right until
you have to fall down into yet another trench.
When you do fall down it, go to the left corner
of it and shoot to reveal prisoner (010) who
will give you Tyra's card.
Now go right a bit and a big enemy helicopter
will appear and start dropping bombs in sets
of three. These bombs are easy to avoid and
the helicopter can easily be destroyed quickly
with the rocket launcher. The screen will unlock
so you can progress right again. Before jumping
out of the trench, shoot at the bottom right
hand corner of it (make sure to crouch) to
reveal prisoner (012), who has the red jewel
card.
When you do jump out of the trench, stay on
the ledge and move to the left,then jump to
the left and shoot upward. Prisoner (011) will
drop down, who was tied up in the air much like
prisoner (007) Save him to get a heavy machine
gun.
Now keep going right. There are a few enemies
here, so kill them carefully. Once they are
all dead or avoided, keep going right to finish
this part of the mission.
PART 2
Go right and you will see three enemy soldiers
who have those little rocket launchers. Kill
the first one by going next to him and firing,
then aim up and kill the other two. Jump up 4
ledges and there will be a box on the fourth
ledge. Shoot it to get a banana. Whilst still
on this ledge, aim up to take out another enemy
with a rocket launcher, then jump upward to
land on a slope.
Walk right up the slope and move to the right
of the screen, then jump up to the ledge above
you. Jump up to the ledge above that, then
jump across to the left to another ledge. There
are a few enemies here than need to be taken out
so make sure to do so. At the left of this ledge
you can see a bird's nest. Shoot it to reveal a
turkey. Now from this ledge, jump up two ledges.
There is a third ledge to the right which has a
box on it which you have to jump across too. Do
so and shoot the box to get the Iron lizard weapon.
Jump up from this ledge to the land above you to
face a enemy tank.
The tank can be destroyed by blasting it with
the iron lizard, but watch out for the enemy
tank's shots. Once it has been destroyed, move to
the right and you will see another bird's nest.
Shoot it and you will get another turkey. You
can now see two ledges above you, jump up to
the second one and kill the enemy rocket launcher
soldier. From here you can see a tied up prisoner
to the right. However there are a few soldiers
running around, so kill a few of them.Once things
are clear, jump over to prisoner (013), who will
give you a very useful shotgun once saved.
From here, jump up and you will be on another
slope. There is a wooden log ledge above you, jump
up to it. Another ledge is above this one, so jump
up to it. Jump to the left to land on another ledge.
If you want a heavy machine gun, go to the left of
this ledge and fall off it and land on the second
ledge below it to see box which has the heavy
machine gun in it, but I would stay with the
shotgun. Anyway, once you are on the middle
platform, jump up to be on solid land.
From here an enemy tank will attack you, destroy
it and then keep going right to end this part
of the mission.
PART 3
As soon as you start this part, there is a
Metal Slug waiting for you (or it may be a
different slug, depending on what you have
turned on, see the cards section for more
details) Jump into it and an enemy tank will
appear. Use the slug's heavy machine gun to
destroy it and try and save your shells for
the boss.
Keep moving right and a few soldiers will
appear, just run them over. Soon you will go
past a stair case and the screen will lock as
an enemy tank appears on the top floor. Destroy
it, and another tank will appear on the ground
floor, so blow that one up as well.
Once the second tank is no more, the screen will
let you move right again, and you'll see a box.
Run it over for the gas power up which will top
up your slug's health. Continue right and the
screen will lock again, and lots of enemy
soldiers will drop down. Run them all over and
soon a enemy tank will appear from the right of
the screen. When you destroy it, another one will
appear from the left of the screen. You know what
to do. Once the second tank has been blown up, the
screen will unlock so you can move right again.
At the first window you see, shoot at it and
after a while prisoner (014) will drop down and
will give you some more shells/grenades. Keep
going right and you sill see another staircase,
and then the screen will lock as two enemy
helicopters appear. Shoot them down with your
slug's heavy machine gun. When destroyed, one
helicopter will drop some bread and the other
one will dropcanned food. Now go up the staircase
to end this part, or, if you have it opened up,
continue right to go into a secret area.
PART 3 SECRET AREA
You will need the Tutor's Love card for this
hidden area to be open. When inside it, move to
the right and shoot upward to free prisoner (015)
You really need the shotgun to free him this way.
When you save him, he'll give you the S.Grenade +
card. Now go to the left to see 2 bookcases. Shoot
the one nearer to the exit and a hidden card, the
handgun + will drop out for you to collect. Now
leave this area and go up the staircase to end
this part of the level.
NOTE: If you entered this secret area with a slug,
your character will jump out of it before going
inside. When you come back out, the slug will be
gone.
PART 4
The boss of mission 1 is a big tank called the
Formor, which is three times as big as a Metal
Slug. Formor will shoot shells in sets of three,
with each one going a certain distance so watch
them carefully and move to avoid them. The Formor
also has a charge attack where it will ram into
you, so to avoid this simple jump when it is about
to hit. The Formor's other weapon is a gun on the
back of it that fires at you, so make sure to duck
to avoid being hit, or jump the shots.
If you still have your slug, this boss fight will
take no time at all. Use all your shells on it
and it should blow up pretty quickly. If it still
hasn't blown up and you don't have any shells left,
press L to crash your slug into the boss to damage
it further.
If you don't have your slug, use grenades to
damage it. At this point you should still have your
shotgun that prisoner (014) gave you, and this
does great damage to the Formor. If you take a while
and still have not destroyed the boss, a heavy
machine gun icon will appear, collect it if you
only have your handgun.
By the way, when the boss doesn't have much health
left, flames will be on it everywhere. At this
point the Formor will have a new attack where it
does huge jumps around the screen trying to crush
you a few times. Just keep moving around to avoid
being squished.
To get the Formor's card, you must destroy it
quickly. My advice is to have the Black Hound
unlocked and use it in this mission. When you get
to the boss, hold down the fire button to fire the
homing rockets and keep pressing R to shoot shells
into it. If you run out of shells, press L to crash
the slug into the boss. With the Black Hound, this
boss will soon fall and you will get it's card.
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MISSION 2
Cards:
*I.L. Clip
*Dropshot Clip
*Marco
*Level 1 Armor
*Dropshot +
*Rumi
*R.Laucher+
*S.S. Sword
*Amber Jewel
*Metal Slug
*Emain Macha
*M2 Clear
Mission 2 is possibly one of the funnest in the
game, mainly because you can use the Metal Slug so
much. There are also lots of useful cards to pick
up in this mission. In terms of difficulty this
mission is easy if you use the slug in it.
PART 1
When you start, move right to see a slug and two
enemy soldiers who are talking to each other. Kill
them both then jump into the slug. You can use
this slug, as long as you don't let it get
destroyed, for the entire mission unless you go
into the secret area, but more on that later.
Keep moving right and shoot down any enemy
soldiers that get in your way. You will arrive
at a large log which has half of it sticking out
into the air. Shoot the tip of it and prisoner
(016) who will give you the I.L. Clip. Once you
have saved him and got the card, go back up and
drive up the log, then jump off it to the right
whilst shooting in the right/up right direction
to free another prisoner who was tied up in the
air. If you can't save him, get the thruster
card and do this mission again later, you will
have a much easier time getting this prisoner.
Anyway, this prisoner, prisoner (017), will
give you the dropshot clip.
Go right a bit and the screen will lock as one
of those tall enemy tanks rolls into view. Blow
it up and the screen will unlock, so move to the
right and you'll run into prisoner (018) who has
a heavy machine gun for you. Keep going right,
slowly. You will see the tip of a turret gun.
Stop moving right, and jump and fire a shell to
hit the turret. The turret will fire a shot at
you, but you can't be hit as your are too low.
Once the shot has gone past you, jump up and
fire another shell. Keep repeating this process
until the turret is destroyed.
Now move to the right and the screen will
lock once again. Enemy soldiers will throw bombs
at you and a enemy helicopter will appear and
start dropping bombs in sets of three, as usual.
If you want to have full shields for the slug,
jump out of the slug and use the heavy machine
gun to destroy the helicopter and kill the
soldiers, then jump back into the slug. If you
do use the slug and it gets damaged, destroy
everything on the screen, then shoot at the black
square in the destroyed turret and prisoner (019)
will appear, who has some gas for the slug.
Jump upward and you will see another log, this
time pointing out to the left. Jump up to it and
go the left of it, where there is a box with some
bread in it, then jump and shoot directly upward
to free prisoner (020), who has Marco's card.
Now start going right again, and go up the next
log you see which is longer than the previous
two. At the near tip of this log is prisoner
(022), who will give you the level 1 armor card.
From the tipof this log, jump to the right and
jump up a couple of ledges. To the left of you
there is another log which is the longest yet.
Drive up it,
and at the tip of it is prisoner (023) who has
a rocket launcher for you. Now drive to the tip
of the log and jump off it too the left whilst
shooting in the up left direction to free prisoner
(021), who was tied up in the air. Save him to
get the Dropshot + card.
Once you have saved this prisoner, keep going
right and jumping up ledges, until you get to
a level patch of land. The screen will lock
and a enemy tank and small helicopter will
appear, destroy them both to proceed to the next
part of the level.
PART 2
When you first enter this section, there are
two large trees in the background shoot at the
middle of the second one and Rumi's card will
drop down for you to collect. Go right until
you see a platform in front of you which you
have to jump across too. Before you do, a diver
will jump out with a big missile, kill him
before he has a chance to throw it at you. When
you do jump onto the middle platform, another
diver will jump out, so be ready to shoot him.
On the platform there is prisoner (024) who has
some fire bombs which replace your grenades with
bombs that spread fire everywhere. When he has
been saved, jump and shoot directly upward to
free prisoner (025) who has a heavy machine gun
to give to you.
Once he has been saved jump across from this
platform to the right. Continue right killing
enemy soldiers and you will eventually arrive
at a ledge. Shoot the tip of this ledge and
the Metal Slug card will drop down. At this
point, you can drop down the first pit you see
to go to the hidden area of this part of the
mission, see below for details.
Otherwise, you must jump over to a wooden
structure, and the screen will lock as a
enemy submarine drops down and starts firing
missiles at you. Use your slug's shells to
destroy it quickly. Then jump across to where it
was (the screen will be unlocked) and jump across
again to yet another wooden structure.
You will now see a new type of enemy who have
swords, can throw bombs at you and, worst of
all, will blow themselves up when killed which
will hurt you if you stand near them.
Anyway, on this wooden structure, shoot the
enemy high above you, then shoot at the left tip
of this wooden structure to reveal prisoner (026),
who will give you the amber jewel card. After
doing this, free prisoner (027) who is directly
in front of you, who will give you a rocket
launcher.
Jump across to another wooden structure and a
few enemy troops and a small helicopter will
attack you, take out the helicopter first. After
they are gone, jump across to the next wooden
structure, which has a few more enemy troops
to kill, then jump across to yet another structure.
Another small helicopter will appear, destroy it
and then jump across to the last wooden structure
which has prisoner (028) on it, save him to get a
turkey. Continue right to finish this part of
the mission.
PART 2 SECRET AREA
When you are at the bottom of the pit, shoot
at the bottom platform and the rocket launcher +
card will drop down, make sure to collect it. Go
left to enter the secret area. Inside there are 2
prisoners above you on platforms. Free them by
throwing fire bombs on each platform. The one on
the right, prisoner (029), will give you the laser
weapon, whilst the other one, prisoner (30), has
some canned food. Now go to the far left of this
room and aim upwards and shoot and the S.S. Sword
card will drop down.
By the way, there are a few enemy troops in this
room but they don't pose a problem. Also, like in
mission 1's secret area, if you try to enter the
area with a slug, your character will jump out of
it and go inside on foot, and when you appear back
outside the slug will be gone.
PART 3
The boss of mission 2 is called Emain Mahca, also
known as "Twins" and is two tanks which attack you
one at a time.
The first one is slower and will trundle on screen.
The only place it can be shot at is it's turret, so
constantly fire at that to damage it. The turret
will fire fire bombs around the area so tread
carefully to avoid them. Also, sometimes an enemy
soldier will pop out of part of the tank and shoot
at you, kill him so he doesn't cause trouble.
Eventually the tank will explode.
However, once it has exploded, the second tank
comes on and it moves a lot faster than the first
one but has the same tactics and weak spot as
before. You'll just have to have quicker reactions
this time. Once this tank has been destroyed the
mission will end.
On the hard setting, the second tanks moves
around ridiculously fast and as so is harder to
land shots on. If you want to defeat this thing
quickly to get it's card, make sure you have your
slug with you at this boss (and you really should
have the Black Hound turned on for this boss) and
use it's heavy machine gun/homing rockets for a
quick and easy win. If you don't have the slug,
then my advice is to use the laser to destroy it,
you can get another laser by killing the yellow
troops that appear from either form of the boss,
the odd one will drop a laser icon when killed.
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MISSION 3
Cards:
*L.2 Armor
*Tarma
*Marsnium
*Paper thing
*Blue jewel
*Madoka
*Stealth
*L5 Armor
*Coin
*S.G. Clip
*I.Lizard+
*Hyper Vulcan
*Crawler
*H.M. Clip
*Kaladgolg
*M3 Clear
When you first play this mission, you'll see a
little cut scene of your character running
forward and cutting open a cage who has a
prisoner inside (this prisoner doesn't count
on your prisonerlist by the way) Your character
will then see Allen Jr a few feet in front of
you and your character will run towards him,
but then the ground will give way and your
character will fall down a pit! Allen Jr will
start laughing as a couple of enemy soldiers
join him in chuckling away. It seems Allen Jr
has turned traitor.
This mission is mainly set underground and you
will be fighting new enemies who are exclusive
to this mission. Like the last two missions,
you can use the metal slug you can find in the
third part against the boss.
PART 1
You'll fall downward when you start this
mission until you eventually hit solid land.
As soon as you do, two bats and two humans with
bird masks will rush towards you. These bird men
use primitive weapons such as axes or will throw
fire sticks at you. The bats are small and can
move fast but are easy to kill. Move right and
you will see a small ditch, and a platform with
prisoner (031) on it. Free him and he will give
you a turkey. If you shoot at the bottom right
corner of the trench, you will free prisoner (032)
who has a flame shot weapon for you.
Continue right and more enemies will appear,
shoot them with the flame shot. You will then see
a pit, jump across it and the screen will lock.
Lots of bird enemies will appear, shoot them all
and the screen will unlock. Now position yourself
to the right side of the pitfall so about half of
your character is standing on thin air and the other
half on solid land, and jump and shoot upward. A
hidden card will drop down, the hyper vulcan, and
fall on your character.
Continue right killing enemies as you go until you
see a prisoner above you on a large platform. This is
prisoner (035) and he has some canned food for you.
Now go right again until a message on screen going
GO!-> You'll see a torch nearby, shoot at it and a
enemy chaser weapon will fall out, collect it and
then move on to the next section.
PART 1 SECRET AREA
To be able to go to this hidden section, you'll
need the Ancient Soul and Weird Ruins cards. When
you have those, you will see a large platform has
appeared just after the pit where the hyper vulcan
card was. Jump on the platform and it will rise.
When you can see a platform to the left of you,
jump across to it and shoot upward. First a few
bananas will drop down, and if you keep shooting
the S.G. Clip will also drop down. Now fall back
down to the platform that took you up here and it
will rise again, this time ride it all the way to
the top. When you get to the top, shoot at the
torch and prisoner (034) will appear who has a
heavy machine gun weapon for you.
Keep going left and a bird enemy will attack you,
kill him and crawl left to see prisoner (033) who
has the useful crawler+ card. Keep crawling left
and there are lots of maggots in the way, stab at
them to kill them but watch out for poison gas.
Once you've got past them, you will be in a small
area where you can stand up. Shoot upward here
to reveal the L.5 Armor and I.Lizard+ cards. Now
go back the way you came and continue the mission
as usual.
PART 2
Go right and an enemy soldier will run on and
throw some of those rolling bombs, and I've quite
often seen him kill himself with his own weapon.
Once he is dead, go right and the jump down a
platform and shoot at the dent in the left side
of the wall, prisoner (037) who will give you the
H.M. Clip. Now jump up a few platforms until
you can see a few enemies, go onto the same
platform as them and kill them. Keep going right
until you see a box, this has the drop shot weapon
in it. You will also see a tied up prisoner above
you, this is prisoner (039) who will give you
another drop shot weapon. To rescue this prisoner
you will probably end up falling down to the bottom
level of this area. Simply go left and jump up a few
platforms to be back where you were before. Very
near where prisoner (039) was, there is another
tied up prisoner to the right of him. This is
prisoner (040) and he will give you the L.2 Armor
card.
It's very likely that you fell down to the bottom
of the level when rescuing the above prisoner. Good.
When you are at the bottom, go to the far right of
the level, and you will see a upward spray of purple
poison gas. Directly above this spray is a hidden
prisoner. Throw a grenade at where the tip of the
poison spray is and prisoner (042) will drop down,
who has Tarma's card. Now go to the very far left
of this area and shoot at the bottom left corner
to get prisoner (036) to appear, he has a super
grenade weapon to give to you. Make your way back
up the platforms and go right, but this time fall
down the first pit you see. You will appear in a
little area with a rocket launcher soldier, kill
him. You will see a hole in the ground you can
fall down. Shoot above this hole and prisoner
(038) will drop down, who has the grenade clip
card. Now drop down to the bottom level of this
area and work you way back up to the top and now
go all the way to the right, keep going right
until the screen locks. A lot of bats will
attack you, but if you duck these creatures
will not be able to hit you and will fly right
past you. Once the screen unlocks, go left and
jump up three platforms to prisoner (041) who
has a turkey power up for you.
Now go back to where the bats where, and go left
and go down the hill until you can see a small
platform with a box on it. Jump over to this
platform and shoot the box, which has the stealth
card inside it. Now go all the way back to where
the bats were and go right to end this part of
the mission.
PART 2 SECRET AREA 1
This secret area will open up when you get
the Cave maze card. After the rolling bomb
soldier, jump up a platform and a previously
sealed off section will be open to you, go
through it to be in a small room. Inside here
are several bird enemies. As soon as you enter
this section, jump forward and crawl through
the gap, throw a grenade to kill the enemies
on the other side. Free prisoner (044) has the
coin card, once you save him, jump up and aim
at the corner to the left of the gap you just
had to crawl through and shoot, the paper thin
card will drop down. Now crawl back through the
gap and when you are near the exit ot this
secret area, aim up and shoot and prisoner
(045) will fall down who has the blue jewel
card for you.
PART 2 SECRET AREA 2
After you exit secret area 1, jump up a few
platforms and go left and you will be able to
go through another area which was sealed off
previously. Inside here make your way to the
far left to prisoner (043) who will give you
Madoka's card. Shoot at the top left corner of
this area and the Marsnium card will drop down.
Many bird enemies will appear once you get to the
prisoner in here, so be careful. Once you have
killed them all, exit this section and finish this
part of the mission.
PART 3
As soon as you enter this section, move right
and throw as many grenades as you can at the tall
enemy tank in front of you can to destroy it quickly,
then kill the soldier who is pushing a metal slug.
If you don't kill him in time, he will push the tank
into the sea so you cannot use it so kill him quickly.
Get inside the tank and move right, killing many
enemies and jumping platforms as you go. At one
point the screen will lock and you will have to
face LOADS of those rocket throwing divers. I hate
this bit of the mission, it goes on for far too long
in my opinion. Once you kill the last diver the screen
will unlock so you can move to the right again. After
a short while of going right, the screen will lock
again and lots of yellow enemy soldiers will drop
down. The first wave will try to knife you but if
you are in the slug they cannot hurtyou. The next
wave will throw grenades at you so kill them
quickly. There will then be another wave of grenade
throwing soldiers, kill them quickly. The screen
will then unlock at this point so move right and
you will see a single enemy soldier with a rocket
launcher. Kill him and continue right to end this
part of the mission.
PART 4
The boss of this mission is called the Kaladgolg
and is a train type thing. It has a large super
laser in the middle and it's extra weapons are two
mini guns and two mine launchers. At first the boss
will use it's mini guns to try and get you, just
jump around to avoid their fire. After a short
time the guns will stop and the Kaladgolg will
fire it's extremely powerful super laser, be
sure to be out of it's way when it fires. It
will fire the super laser twice in a row. Also,
the boss may fire a few mines before it fires
the laser so watch out for those.
The only area of this boss you can shoot is where
the super laser powers up. You can still use this
metal slug against this boss, if you still have it,
so use it's vulcan cannon on the super laser to
damage this boss quickly.
When the boss is damaged, flames will be all over
it. It uses the same tactics but moves around
faster so make sure you are ready to move when
it does. Keep shooting the super laser and
eventually the boss will blow up and mission 3
will be completed.
To defeat this boss quickly, collect the super
grenade weapon from part 2 and have the metal
slug from part 3. When you get to the boss,
jump out of the slug and fire every super
grenade into the bosses' weak point, followed
by all of you grenades. If it still isn't
destroyed at this point, jump into the metal slug