Metal Slug 6 added to Metal Slug Anthology!

[A Black Falcon]

Quite! :)

I thought that since SNK said that Metal Slug was their most successful franchise in the US (or at least it is these days, I think) that they wouldn't include all of the major ones in one collection, but I guess not... I was hoping at best for a Wii port of Metal Slug 6, but including it in with the rest of them? Awesome!


In other SNK news...
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6158355.htm...ws;title;1

TGS 06: King of Fighters to get facelift
After more than a decade, SNK is throwing away its old graphics and giving a new look to its familiar fighting franchise.
By Hirohiko Niizumi, GameSpot
Posted Sep 22, 2006 2:30 pm PT

TOKYO--SNK Playmore's King of Fighters series is one of the longest-running fighting game franchises, but the game's graphics have remained relatively the same since it was introduced more than a decade ago. According to the publisher, that's going to change.

During the 2006 Tokyo Game Show, SNK Playmore arcade project art director Nona appeared on stage and revealed that King of Fighters XII will feature a complete visual overhaul. Only a logo for the game was shown, and Nona explained that the game is still in the middle of development.

"We're throwing out the [character] pixels that we have been using for the past 10 years, and we are going with new graphics," Nona said. "We are hoping to make the ultimate 2D game."

Last week at the Amusement Machine show, SNK Playmore announced that KOF XII will be one of three debut titles on Taito's new Type X2 arcade platform. The publisher is also bringing its KoF: Maximum Impact series to Type X2, as well as a new 3D version of Samurai Showdown titled Samurai Spirits Sen, which is under development by K2 Ltd., the company behind the PlayStation 2 Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven and Tenchu: Fatal Shadows games, as well as Tenchu: Return from Darkness on the Xbox.

SNK Playmore hasn't announced a release period for KOFXII yet. GameSpot will bring updates on the title as they become available.

I had heard about the move to the X2 arcade platform and that KOF XII and a 3d Samurai Shodown would be on it, but not that KOF XII has all new sprites (or about Maximum Impact 3, but that's 3d, and 2d fighting games are better... :))... nice. :)