Metal Slug Anthology sells itself like an 80's music compilation, so much so that I'm surprised there haven't been late-night infomercials with washed up celebrities hawking the game to insomnia inflicted gamers. I can hear the commercials now: "How much would you pay for this collection? You get not one, not two, not three, but seven! Count them: seven titles for one low low price!" The difference, however, is that unlike many of the overproduced power ballads that came from the decade of decadence, Metal Slug has held up admirably.
VGChartz's Adam Cartwright: "The Neo Geo was something of an oddity in the gaming market – a family of systems that included the MVS arcade machine, AES home console machine, and a number of short-lived experiments such as the Neo Geo CD and Neo Geo Pocket. What tied these all together were the brilliant 2D titles created by SNK, which included a number of the most enjoyable fighting games of their time. Thanks to the company’s resurrection in recent years and some internal cheerleaders at Sony, the Vita has been home to a great number of Neo Geo games, although sadly it hasn’t received the brilliant Arcade Archives series by Hamster, meaning it's an incomplete library."
The switch is also another portable NeoGeo, lots of incredible games on it. If you like old school beat them ups and fighting games, as well shoot them ups, it's the place to be. The Vita will go down as an incredible piece of tech that got overlooked. Still playing mine to this day.
As announced last week, SNK’s Metal Slug Anthology released today on the PS4, and is currently available on the North American PlayStation Store.
Considering that Mega Man Legacy Edition only comes with 6 games and is $5 cheaper.
But then again this has one more game and a theme.....so I guess they are pretty close in value.
Game Idealist take a look at the top ten gifts for new Wii gamers back in 2006.
