> > > Bad news: PS2 Metal Slug 6 delayed until september :( > > > > > > > It's a pretty decent 3D platformer. I jumped out of Tomb Raider: Legends > > for > > > > Xbox 360 and onto the PS2, and I had a lot more fun playing Metal Slug 3D > > > albeit > > > > with lower quality graphics. The FMV is the best part tho, I know a lot > of > > > > people aren't big fans of FMV but there's enough game content there as > well. > > > > > > The FMV intro transitions the gamer into the game from identifying well > > known > > > > characters in 3D before putting you at the title screen which just reads > > > "Metal > > > > Slug". Fortunately, unlike the majority of games with FMV which is > > generally > > > > intro and ending scenes, there are also FMV cut scenes between levels. > The > > > game > > > > seems very easy so far; much easier than the 2D platformers. All the > voice > > > > acting is in English with Japanese subtitles. For those diehard > traditional > > > > fans, a port of the Sammy Atomiswave Metal Slug 6 is still slated for a > July > > > > 2006 release. > > > > > > > > > The American branch of Sony doesn't usually like selling 2D games on the > PS2... > > Metal Slug 4 and 5 had to be bundled together, and Metal Slug 3 and SVC:Chaos > > weren't released in the US, they were Japan only... > > > > Although they were released on the XBOX... > > > > And poor Samarai Showdown V was released for the XBOX for a short period of > > time. I hate to see how much a copy is going to cost me... > > > > :( > > > > > > > http://www.emuchrist.org > I forgot that Sony's divisions in Europe aren't as anal retentive as Sony US...
Sony US doesn't seem to understand 2D isn't necessarily bad...
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