Metal Slug Advance
Now you can have all the 2D arcade action of Metal Slug in the palm of your hand, because Metal Slug Advance has arrived on the Game Boy Advance. Through five action-packed missions, you must move out on foot…
Metal Slug Advance is a platform developed by Noise Factory, released 12 November 2004 on Game Boy Advance. The main story takes about 1 hrs to finish.
What Metal Slug Advance is
Metal Slug Advance is a platform game developed by Noise Factory and released in 2004. It was published by SNK Playmore. It is available on Game Boy Advance only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Now you can have all the 2D arcade action of Metal Slug in the palm of your hand, because Metal Slug Advance has arrived on the Game Boy Advance. Through five action-packed missions, you must move out on foot or in slug vehicles across rugged terrain and underwater bases. Your objective is to rescue hostages by destroying enemies and solving strategic puzzles. Completing your missions becomes easier when you collect more than 100 types of E-cards, which enhance your character's abilities.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are comedy and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Metal Slug series
Metal Slug Advance is the 17th of 48 entries we hold in the Metal Slug series. It arrived a year after Metal Slug 5. The next entry was Metal Slug 6 in 2006. Its critic score of 89 is 15 points above the series average of 74. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Metal Slug Advance holds a critic score of 89 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 19 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 1 hrs.
What it launched against
Metal Slug Advance launched on 12 November 2004, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and World of Warcraft. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, World of Warcraft.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Metal Slug Advance yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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