Metal Slug 8 (Lord Moogoo)

= Overview =

'"The time has awakened, my loyal and subserviently allies. The countless war between the humans has proven that they are not fit to rule this world. We will cleanse this polluted world and reboot it !" - Unknown'

Metal Slug 8 is the newest installment in the Metal Slug franchise, and is published by SNK Playmore and TenCent. This game retains a lot of old mechanics from previous games, but has included some major changes, such as the presence of an upgrade store where you could spend your coins to upgrade your character before the next mission. Missions have also been revamped to different timeline locations, somewhat akin to Metal Slug 7/XX.

Story Synopsis
In 2036, roughly three years after Metal Slug 7/XX, Morden's Rebel Army has gone under attack from many directions from a coalition of united Regular forces. The Regular Army decide to strike hard at Morden's HQ in Eastern Europe. By destroying this base, they might be able to demoralize the other major Rebel cities still under control. As the Rebel Base comes under attack, the rebels escape into space to reach their space station due to the approaching regular army, a civil war forms in the rebel factions between Morden and the new Lieutenant General, Abigail.

During this time, the defunct Amadeus syndicate is restored when a soldier from deep underground signals that "it is ready". The rebel and Amadeus syndicate unite once more by creating a special time warp that unleashed a whole wave of rebel and Amadeus soldiers from different times. They plan to use the energy cores from each timeline to power a space cannon that will infect the whole planet with an upgraded White Baby Virus that will mindwipe all the regular soldiers into surrendering for the rebel aligned Abigail army. Meanwhile, an uneasy Morden is forced to work with the regular army till the opportunity arrives to regain control of the rebel army.

Secretly, however, Morden is the true mastermind of the resurgency, and the Doctor has left an ultimate battle body in a deep hangar just waiting for him. With it, he could conquer the world and rule all technlogy with the White Baby Virus. But, secretly, White Baby is ready to pilot it.

Allen O Neil fought valiantly with Morden, but a bazooka knocks him into the mountains. Where is he now ?

Chapter 1 - Morden's "Battle of the Bulge" Last Stand
Just after Metal Slug 7/XX had ended, General Morden and his forces were being pursued by the regular army, after his last disastrous failure with his future rebel soldiers and the fall of the Kraken. Fortunately for him, his rebel soldiers manage to create enough diversion and he makes his hasty getaway in a submarine, and speeds off into the ocean. However, the rebel army has been crippled due to their constant failures to stop the regular army and the P.F. Squadron.

Even worse, during the events of Metal Slug 7 and 8, the regular army laid a decisive blow by capturing several Rebel bases of importance. While the Rebel Army was had a dominant grip on the world, it became clear that their massive firepower was not as great as they once thought. Thus, Morden began heavy research onto new tanks and weapons to supercharge his reserves. While doing so, he was not visibly seen in public for a few years.

Between the events of both games, there was constant warfare between both sides. However, the regular army knew that Morden was hiding somewhere and was probably planning something malicious with his troops.

Alas, the regular army never knew what was forming beneath them...

Somewhere, in an unknown location, a soldier in a purple uniform in a darkly lit room holds up a phone to his ear. He hears an old man saying "The time has come - Our utopia awaits. Initiate the operation." The man salutes and the screen fades to black. Also, a little girl is heard laughing ominously, along with a smaller sister next to her side who looks worried. Meanwhile, deep in the European Forests, somewhere in modern day Poland was Morden's temporary base of operations. Morden was busy reshuffling his war cabinet. He sat in a war cabinet in a huge office in the East European HQ of the Rebel Army, holding a battle map. He suspected that the Regular Army would land via the Northern Beaches, and began laying a massive set of defensive barracks in the area. Also, he wanted to send further reinforcements to his home city, Mordenia in New Brunswick, Canada.

He is frustrated at recent Regular Army gains in Europe and America. His martian comrades had broken their alliance due to how many Martians were killed in their alliance. With his reputation on the line, with Rebel soldiers considering impeaching him, General Morden launches a propoganda-based offensive akin to the “Battle of the Bulge” to strike hard at the Regular Army. He has recruited Abigail, a promising soldier to the Lieutenant General, much to Allen O Neil’s distaste. She makes promise that the rebel army will rise up again. He hopes that they can lure the Regular Army in, and deal a smashing defeat. Doing so would guarentee the allegiance of the Rebel Army into a brand new offensive front.

Allen O Neil quickly becomes jealous and suspicious with Abigail, and they quickly break out into arguments. Morden, delirious for his desire of power brushes it off. While Abigail was loyal to him between Metal Slug 7/XX and 8, seemingly devoting her loyalty during the events of Metal Slug Attack/Defense, she was waiting till he made a large enough mistake before she could take over the rebel army for herself. She felt that Morden was a highly corrupt and incompetent officer, causing countless Rebel army defeats, something that Morden ironically accused the regular army long ago.

At this point of time, she knows that the rebel army was undergoing political turmoil, with many beginning to question if Morden's leadership was the right way for the Rebel cause. She supported his mantra of world conquest, but saw little faith in his leadership. As reports come in that the regular army has found their base and begun a frontal assault, she decides to exploit the situation as Morden drafts his "Battle of the Bulge" plan.

Meanwhile, the regular army and P.F. Squadron quickly receive information of an impending rebel soldier offensive by their trained spies in Europe and quickly head there to dispatch. Marco lead a large battalion of Slug Gigants, Slug Blasters and Slug Hoppers to lead the beach-head offensive.

Chapter 2 - The Capture and Arrest of Morden + Abigail's Betrayal
Mission 1 involves the squad infiltrating the Rebel HQ. Morden sits in his war office, leading phone calls with his officers for constant updates on the war effort. Despite calls of evacuation, Morden stays put, sending more soldiers into the fray. The Regular Army, with the help of Trevor's new technlogy manage to destroy the bunkers and turrets in the sand, making their way into the forest. After going through ruined buildings, they begin to reach the front gates of the HQ. Climbing up the HQ, the Regular Army encountered a massive war tank, along with Rebel Ball Slugs. Choosing to go via the river or through the city, they finally reached the top of the mountain where the city was burning in the background.

Marco finally reaches Morden's base, and enters it. He finds Morden behind a thick glass wall, next to his right-hand man, Allen O Neil. They both laugh, as Marco runs out. The Ultimate Jupiter King lifts it's mighty hands out and challenges the Pergrine Squad ! It was a tough battle, where Allen even lifted the broken robot body after taking damage. It's head eventually flew off, and attacked Marco with laser eyes, machine gun fire and mortar shots, but was eventually destroyed. Morden fires his bazooka at Marco, who dodges the shots, before he makes his escape in a MV-280B. However, it is quickly hit by missiles and is destroyed. With nowhere left to run, Morden summons the Hi-Do MK IV, a black and green attack helicopter enhanced by Future Rebels, but without Allen's muscle, it is quickly tackled down. Finally, Morden decides to temporarily retreat and heads to an escape rocket. He feels that he must lead from his space station, in order to prevent Regular Army infiltrations on his life. When Morden attempts to evacuate the site into his space rocket, Abigail executes her coup. She had, for months before spread rumors and misinformation between the rebel ranks about how Morden was not supporting the rebel cause. While Morden attempted to find the culprit, she was not suspected due to his belief in Abigail's loyalty.

Now in the heat of battle, accusing that Morden is unfit to lead the rebel army, she hijacks Morden's rocket with the help of her rebel aligned soldiers and takes off to the rebel space base on the Moon without him, in a blatant act of betrayal. Chaos ensues with rebel soldiers fleeing in all directions.

As a stray rocket is about to hit Morden, Allen O Neil quickly appears and tanks the shot for Morden. He is blasted away. As the smoke clears, it is unknown what happened to him. Morden is quickly cornered by the regular army and this time, there was nowhere to run and no-one to save him again. Along with him, swathes of loyal Morden rebels were arrested.

Standing proud and triumphant, Abigail offically became the leader of the Rebel Army. While there were Morden sympathsizers, the Rebel Army began to make triumphant battle victories under her command. With this in effect, the Rebel Army has gained a stronghold on the Earth again ! But for now, she heads to space, where Rebel Soldiers have notified her of an ancient machine from the past.

Chapter 3 : The Return of the Amadeus Syndicate
Deep in space, a computer in the rebel army’s space station suddenly receives a signal from Earth. On it, a familiar logo with the letter A begins to boot up. The computer whirs and begins to buzz electricity. Then, none other than Amadeus himself appears on the screen. While his physical body was destroyed, he managed to transmit his AI onto the final computer in Metal Slug 4. The rebel soldiers tried to shut the machine off, but the machines were infected by the dormant White Baby Virus. When Abigail and her commanders arrive at the base, they encounter the Amadeus computer. They quickly make an alliance, confident a change in commander would revitalize the rebel army. Amadeus has been working on a new plan. Amongst the new weapons and war machines of death, he found the wreckage of the portal from Metal Slug 7 and infused it with the White Baby Virus. This brand new portal of doom has linked with several different alternate universes with other versions of the Rebel Armies from all kinds of different timelines !

Within several major Rebel Cities, Scientists from the Amadeus Syndicate helped open portals around the world. To the surprise of the Regular Armies, they were ambushed by new forces they had never seen before. Terracotta Warriors, Vampires and Demons, along with Dragons and Dinosaurs were just a few of the terrifying things that had crawled out !

Broadcast around on media, perfectly duplicated robot clones of Marco and the squad appeared claiming that they had defected to the rebel and Amadeus's syndicate. This caused chaos and confusion throughout all the worlds governments. The real P.F. Squad was being blamed for the whole incident ! They had to track these robots down and stop this misinformation.

But they have had to originate from one point. Trevor managed to hack into an Amadeus computer and found a large heat signal. It seemed to emanate deep underground and was shaped like some kind of superfortress. It looked like a palace was being constructed. Maybe this was where the army was appearing !

Marco and the team rushed back to HQ if they could find out what the massive appearance of soldiers were. This was not like anything that had seen - All kinds of soldiers and war machines had begun springing up. They quickly found their base sabotaged by none other than the Amadeus Syndicate, where a small army of theirs managed to escape to space, too and begin building a giant space cannon that could wipe out cities and infect countless machines with the virus.

With the help of the Rebel Army, Amadeus entrusted that Abigail would command her forces to seize the 6 energy cores in each timeline to power the space satellite. If it was completed, the entire world would lose their will to fight and surrender to the rebel army. Abigail cunningly agrees, but would seize the moment to use the satellite without Amadeus syndicate and would promptly execute him and his followers after the plan was completed.

Chapter 4 - Stopping the Alternate Timelines
Marco, Eri, Tarma and Fio, along with the other main characters quickly dispatch with the regular army to stop the satellite being completed. The player has free reign to choose which of the six worlds they tackle. A new feature, the upgrade store had opened. By scoring enough points, players were able to upgrade their hitpoints and weapon capabilities. With Morden in prison, he feels incredibly betrayed and is infuriated. However, he hatches the plot to cooperate with the regular army… till the right time comes for his mighty return. He will show them that Abigail was mere power hungry tyrant while he fought for their proper cause. And for the Rebels that defected ? Assimilation or Death.

While the regular army refused to allow Morden to assist, Marco knew that Morden would know where the rebel space base was and allowed him to assist. They knew that bringing Morden to fight would immediately draw in Abigail's forces. Along with that, there were still many Rebels around the world who refused to acknowledge Abigail. While Morden had PTSD from working with the regular army again, he knew that he would break away from their corrupt clutches when he could get the upper hand.

But secretly, Morden knew that by the end of this all, the Regular and Abigail's Army would be so weak that he could eliminate them... with his ultimate machine of pain ! However, he also wanted to know where Allen had gone.

Missions 2 to 7 - The Timeline Rift Missions
Ancient Japan - Ancient Warlords and Samurai Rebels


 * The Amadeus Syndicate seems to be exporting large amounts of solid stone from this area. With the help of the Japanese Army, they were able to make the fiercest Samurai warriors.

Mutant Dystopia - The rebel army mutating by radioactive wastes from a nuclear war


 * This was caused by a massive nuclear testing project by the syndicate, with the most deadly chemicals that created more mutants than seen in Metal Slug 3. As this world was abandoned and left to rot, it became an unspeakable place of horror - And a perfect place to eliminate the P.F. Squad.

The Medieval Age - Rebel soldiers in knight uniforms, along with wizards !


 * Ancient Manuscripts found in the Dark Ages allowed for powerful mechanical creations and barbaric warriors to bolsten the strength the syndicate's army. It allowed for magical discoveries. It is full of Vampires.

Soviet Russia - A cold dictatorship


 * By harnessing the radio communication satellite, the Amadeus Central Cannon was able to enhance it's destructive capabilities and transmission of the new White Baby virus. To make sure data was encrypted, the Soviet Rebel Satellite Cannon guarded the facility.

Ancient Rome - A new rebel empire, armed with dangerous warriors !


 * This Ancient Rebel Empire was relatively modernized, but also retained it's Roman type fighting styles. Their sheer manpower allowed for formidable training.

Tropical Jungle - An island situated on Borneo in another universe


 * This tropical jungle housed mutated animals and allowed for geothermal discoveries for the Amadeus Grand Palace. Their brain technology has mindwashed the local Monkey population and turned them into giant beasts with fangs and sharp claws.

After the successful shutting of each timeline, the regular army would be one step closer to foiling Abigail’s and Amadeus’s plan. However, for each timelines shut, they too would be one step closer to finishing their ultimate weapon.

Chapter 5 - Tracking Down the Amadeus and Rebel Alliance
Mission 8 - The Grand Amadeus Palace

After the successful defeat of all the timeline rifts, Amadeus activates his secret base, deep underground to surface. Turns out that for years, a massive Amadeus aligned army had built a massive palace, under instructions by Amadeus from his space computer. Now, the rebel army has joined them. As the Perigrinne Squad crossed the treacherous sea, they were ambushed by Pirates and Japanese Soldiers based on their route they took. After taking out the defenses, they discovered a large steel door underground, which was the secret entrance to the base.

Deep in this massive palace was giant war machines, along with monstrous Bear Type creatures. They found massive robot clones deep inside, along with a secret testing lab full of vats of chemicals and mutated creatures.

It was modeled after the old Amadeus Base, which was destroyed in the events of Metal Slug 4, but was greatly expanded with multiple paths and greatly enhanced security. As the Regular Army got closer to the heart of the base, the resistance became stronger and stronger.

Mission 9 - Rebel Space Base

With the destruction of Amadeus’s palace, the rebels and Amadeus syndicate escape into space onto the rebel space base to plan their next move. However, the regular army are quick to end their escape and begin appearing en masse on the base for a final offensive.

However, fighting breaks between Abigail's and Morden's Rebels, causing chaos. Morden gets into his Space Tank with his Rebels, joining the Regular Army to destroy Abigail's Army. Abigail is angered about this, but the Doctor quells her with a powerful war machine.

Abigail appears, heavily armored and battles the P.F. Squadron on the rebel base, but is defeated. She attempts to hijack Amadeus's computer to gain the upper hand afterwards but Amadeus was one step ahead and shot a powerful bolt of electricity that stunned her. It was there where Morden arrived, to the surprise of everyone, where the Amadeus soldiers salute the commander. It turns out that he was the mastermind of the plan, using Martian technology to revive the Doctor. As thanks for his plan, they created a powerful army to weaken his enemies.

And why might he attacks his own Rebel defectors ? Simple. He knew that parts of his army planned a coup against them, so instead of letting them do so, their allegiance should be shown if they stuck with him or Abigail. And now that his competition is weakened, he can finally regain the support of his army.

Holding a laser pistol, Morden executes several rebellious Rebels to show his intolerance of defection. Now, he attacks the Regular Army in his space tank, using a powerful tractor beam and laser weaponry. He boasts how the Martians and other alien races will come back after seeing how well they have crafted their plan. The Amadeus syndicate has reached full capacity and is planning to destroy the Earth completely. They will create a new artificial world of perfection.

Chapter 6 - Chaos In Space + Ending Conclusions
Final Mission - Amadeus Intergalactic Cannon of Death Tons of metal duplicates of our heroes, Abigail and Morden have been produced to stop them. Amadeus pilots a 5 part mechaton machine of death. The best and most powerful creations ever seen in a Metal Slug game appear, along with the most tough and deadly soldiers ever !

He has attained powers equivalent to a God and nearly erases the entire Earth. However, he is defeated. While he wished for a world full of robot creations, something his robotic children would have loved, Amadeus is unable to continue his war. But maybe, there may be a utopia. But it will have to be one of his soldiers who complete that task.

His loyal soldiers begin to defect to both the regular and rebel armies. Some, however, stay in the wreckage and are killed, and others still actively plan on carrying out Amadeus’s mission.

When the cannon is falling apart, Morden receives a message that his supporters have found a massive superweapon in Amadeus’s destroyed palace and are sending it to him, much to his delight. He pilots a massive mech, however White Baby was hibernating in the machine, waiting for some fool to turn it on. Morden is forced to help White Baby destroy our heroes, but their common interest makes it easier. However, they are defeated. Morden manages to escape with a loyal battalion of fanatics but the exploding cannon propels their ship away from Earth into space. As the cannon station is exploding, the superweapon is pulled into the machine, destroying both of them. Morden and his forces escape into a ship, but are blasted off into space, away from Earth. The White Baby is supposedly destroyed, along with her younger sister.

Morden's team land up, conveniently on the martian homeland, much to the anger of the Martians. Morden screams and attempts to run away from the Martians. However, someone wearing a mask appears to have allied with the martians. Taking off the mask, it seems that the Ptolemaic Army has established a unified base with the martians. There, on the throne is a ancient man. He grins menacingly and the cutscene ends. It also seems that Ptolemaios has recruited several other Alien Species, including a race of Mermen and Snake Warriors.

Abigail had escaped back to the Earth to seize control of the rebel army. Now, a civil war exists between two factions of the rebel army : Morden vs Abigail. While her forces took heavy casualaties, they were able to conduct stealth attacks throughout the world thanks to the new tech seized by the retreating rebel battalions. However, they were unable to relaunch a major offensive for a few months. Nonetheless, Abigail leads the Rebel Army on the Earth now. She's upgrading her army, knowing that Morden will be back, one day.

Later on, it turns out that the Younger Sisters programming has survived, and she warns the Regular Army that First Baby is still active on Earth. The only way to truly rid the virus was to destroy her. The Regular and Abigail's Rebel Army fought together to destroy First Baby, riding the Earth of the virus once and for all. It was here where Abigail and Trevor first encountered each other again.

Abigail seems to have had a romantic crush on Trevor Spacey, after finding the regular army leaked several Rebel documents. It could prove a big problem if Abigail managed to convince Trevor to join her cause instead. But hopefully, Trevor won't budge, besides he fights for world peace ! In fact, maybe he could convince her to join the regular army instead ! Seems like a big "hope" though, so things will have to stay as they are now.

The regular army continues to battle the rebel army, but things are looking bright for the future. Perhaps the war is ending ? Or is it just the start of the beginning ? Whatever it may be, the Regular Army actively pursues peace but also is on high alert for any future attacks, whether it be the rebels, aliens or other forces.

Playable characters
There are 8 starting characters in the game, and 8 unlockable characters. All have their own unique traits allowing for a diverse gameplay style.

Starting Characters :

 * Marco Rossi (Starting Character) : Strong and versatile, along with being a very balanced pick does twice the damage with his stock pistol. He can charge his pistol to fire a powerful blast shot that explodes on enemies.
 * Tarma Roving (Starting Character) : Excelling in metal slugs, he gives a big boost to damage, ammo and health when in a metal slug and can apply repairs to them. When a metal slug explodes, it deals extra damage and has a larger explosion radius.
 * Eri Kasamoto (Starting Character) : This war battled veteran is armed with tons of extra grenades that deal more damage and can be aimed. She can also switch between any type of grenade, such as the fire grenades and stones. Powerups also give back some grenades.
 * Fio Germi (Starting Character) : Armed with all kinds of weapons, she can start any mission with any weapon you want ! She also has more ammo for these weapons. If she is killed, she can continue with the weapon she was holding.
 * Trevor Spacey (Starting Character) : Essential due to his experience working against the Amadeus Syndicate, he uses special electrical grenades that stun enemies. He can use a special move "Brainhack" to temporary turn some enemy soldiers against each other, and can create little flying turrets when he collects enough points. He also does more damage versus machine type enemies. It also seems that Abigail has a crush on him. This may be of concern.
 * Nadia Cassel (Starting Character) : This food lover gains lots of perks when she picks up food ! Enemies drop food with a much higher chance. When fat, Nadia gains one more hitpoint, deals more damage and can roll into a ball to steamroll over enemies ! She has a special coconut cannon when fat which fires large coconut cannonballs that explode.
 * Destrade (Starting Character) : One of the few commanders still loyal to Morden (along with recovering the missing Allen O Neil), she has a heavy duty rocket launcher and massive iron fist that can release a powerful wave attack. She fires large ballistic missiles and crack enemies skulls. She has one more hitpoint. However, she is a big target and moves slower.
 * General Morden (Starting Character) : General Morden is back to stop Abigail's treason ! He's got a big bazooka to blow enemies away and can take one hit of damage. He can summon loyal rebel soldiers in combat and even his Hi-Do copter for some missile mayhem !

Unlockable Characters :

 * Ralf Jones (Unlockable) : A master in combat arts, his close combat does extra damage and he can even counter enemy melee attacks. He has an extra hitpoint, and can use his Fulcan Punch ability to destroy enemies with ease. He can even lift enemy tanks and throw them back ! But, he has less weapon ammo.
 * Clark Still (Unlockable) : Clark is a well balanced character able to use his Argentine Backbreaker. He can break enemies backs and throw them at others ! He also has a unique dodge roll that grants temporary protection and has a shield equipped to block some enemy shots.
 * Leona Heidern (Unlockable) : Leona has a unique moveset, such as her Moon Slasher that creates a close burst slash attack that then bursts into a powerful radial shockwave. She can dash in the air and temporarily become invisible to the enemy. While in the air, she throws arcing moon slashes that act like boomerangs. She does less damage against machines, but excels against infantry.
 * Allen Junior (Unlockable) : Allen O Neil's son goes looking for his missing father. His default weapon is a heavy machine gun, with no ammo limit. He has an extra hitpoint and does extra damage with his weapons. He can throw grenades in 8 directions. He can unleash his Power Roar which makes him shout so loud that it temporarily disables enemy machines and scares infantry for a short time.
 * Roberta Nicola (Unlockable) : With a crush on Fio and a shy personality, he is a fine fighter. He is able to run fast and his crouch is lower than most others to avoid bullets easier. He has a longer slide that can trip enemies. He is able to use Fio Charm ability to summon Fio who gives him a random powerup and grants firepower for a short while. If the other player is Fio, both players get a x2 damage boost for a short while.
 * Tyra Elson (Unlockable) : Brave and courageous, Tyra loves her dog. When hurt, she has a 50% chance to get back up. She can use her Animal Swarm ability to summon her faithful dog to sniff up weapon pickups and food, along with it growling, scaring enemy troops for a short time. She is immune to pitfalls and will swing back to her original state.
 * Vita (Unlockable) : She was infected by the Amadeus Syndicate White Baby Virus and was unable to group with her creator, Navy, who had joined Abigail's coup. However, Trevor was able to help suppress the virus. She is working with Morden and wishes to reunite with Navy. She is able to fuse with enemy tanks and hijack them, along with detaching her head when she is damaged, which functions as a makeshift flying turret. She can also self-detonate, causing a powerful blast when destroyed.
 * Hyakutaro Ichimonji (Unlockable) : This disguised prisoner of war uses powerful bursts of blue energy that rip through enemies. He can channel energy into a massive heatball and throw it down on the ground. His attacks are elemental based, and is immune to elemental type attacks like fireballs and freeze rays.



Returning Weapons

 * Heavy Machine Gun  [H] - Efficient bullet spray weapon
 * Double Machine Gun [2H] - Extremely potent bullet spray weapon
 * Rocket Launcher [R] - Fires powerful exploding rockets
 * Shotgun [S] - Extreme Damage in a single burst
 * Drop Shot [D] - Fires bouncy, elastic exploding balls
 * Flame Shot [F] - Fires burning balls of fire that scorch enemies
 * Enemy Chaser [C] - Homing missiles that lock onto targets
 * Laser Gun [L] - Fires powerful laser sparks
 * Iron Lizard [I] - Fires exploding iron lizards
 * Super Grenade [G] - Fires powerful strong grenades
 * Zantetsu Sword [Z] - Extremely strong sword
 * Thunder Shot [T] - Fires electrical beams

New Weapons !

 * Comet Cannon [CO] - Fires space rocks that burst into rock fragments that bound off walls
 * Nuke Bazooka [N] - Fires heavy handed nukes that have large explosions and poisons enemy troops
 * Shock Wire [SHO] - Uses a short ranged energy whip that stuns enemies that releases ground sparks.
 * Shield [Shield Icon] - Equips a resilient shield that deflects enemy shots, but falls after enough damage.
 * Plasma Boomerangs [P] - Fires hot energy boomerangs that curve and can hit enemies twice !
 * Freeze Ray [F] - Fires a superchilled ray that slows enemies and can freeze some surfaces.
 * Gravity Gun [GG] - Fires anti-gravity pulses that throw enemies up into the air and throws them back down !
 * Shark Hunter [SH] - Fires robot torpedo sharks that eat enemies and ejects poop (10 points)

New Slugs !
Metal Slug 8 introduces several new exciting slugs to occupy. Most slugs from previous games are avalible, too.

Note : You can purchase the upgrade in the store where you can start off with a slug of your choice for that level !


 * Robot Kangaroo Slug
 * Blazing Dragon Slug
 * Banana Slug
 * Goliath Ape Slug
 * Telepathy Aircraft Slug
 * Ball Slug
 * Mad Marco Slug
 * Knight Slug

Character Transformations
Fat Mode - Enhanced Firepower but larger target

Zombie Mode - Immunity to human firepower, strong special attack but slow movement

Mummy Mode - Immunity to human firepower, can resist one hit from non-humans but impeded movement and attack power

Monkey Mode - Enhanced firepower and jump height

Vampire Mode - Able to fly, feed of humans to regain HP, special releases homing bats but you die if you don't feast enough

Mutant Mode - Immunity to non-human attacks, immunity to toxic environments, attacks poison enemies but slow movement and deterioration if no vial picked up

Robot Mode - Enhanced firepower, breaks into smaller working parts even if destroyed

Alien Mode - Enhanced fire power, special creates a carbon copy of yourself for a short time

Dialogue in Cutscenes :
Cutscene 1 - The Unknown Chamber

Unknown Voice : "Day 453, coordinates B12,A500. We are initiating contact."

** Zaps of electricity, and static machinery buzz in the background**

Unknown Voice : "We are attempting to boot his excellency. Accessing local restart point..."

** Slowly, but surely the initiative is successful. The lights begin to fade into darkness, leaving the unknown man in the dark in the chamber. A face materializes on the purple screen, but is unable to be distinguished. Instantly, his excellency begins writing a note onto a printed piece of paper, which the unknown soldier picks up.**

It reads : "It has been a long time for me to reflect. The constant, vicious cycle of war never ends. We have seen this feud between the Regular and Rebel armies for decades now. However, it seems fate has turned against the Rebel Army. Morden was a friend of mine. But he truly never knew the way to maintain his army. Now, he is delirious and ill-contempt. It is such a shame to see such a disgrace of power. But, just like evolution, all things have to come to an end. And now, we must seize this opportunity, soldier. Initiate the operation."

The soldier in a purple uniform salutes the screen, copying the access codes for the operation from the paper. Only his excellency could initiate the operation. And thus, crumbling of rock was heard. The screen cuts to black.

Cutscene 2 - Abigail's Dilemna

So who is still loyal to Morden and who is loyal to Abigail ?
While Abigail's coup was unexpected and many officers defected to her side, there are still many loyal commanders to General Morden.

All rebel aligned characters from Metal Slug Attack will be mentioned here.

 Morden Loyal : 

Destrade - Incredibly loyal strong female warrior. Her loyalty to Morden is undeniable, and given her crush on Allen O Neil who went missing, she blames Abigail for the chaos. She's been promoted to First Sergeant, and second in command of the Allen Platoon.

Julia - She's the girlfriend of Allen O Neil Junior, so naturally, she would stay with Allen's son to look for him after helping free General Morden.

Huracan - She is loyal to Morden for giving her whole career, and for that, she is loyal to his cause. She aids the rebel soldiers in the forest and trains their combat skills.

Dolores - Her fascination with her custom made Sarubia and generally the whole model itself made her stay with Morden's army, after promising to her battalions of rebel soldiers called the "Dolores Sarubia Battalion". Due to her jealousy of Abigail, and her likings of older men, it was not hard for her to stick with Morden.

Loretta - Second in command to Grazia, head of the blaze brigade. Morden promoted her after she pledged her loyalty to him, calling her a "sophisticated, good woman who serves our cause". Morden however is suspicious that her behavior is similar to Abigail. Loretta knew that Grazia's chaotic behavior would make her go off the tight end any day.

Norah - While she loved being with Grazia, Loretta comforted her during times of stress and she didn't want to upset the frustrated Morden. Morden awarded a badge of loyalty, telling her that she was "a good girl. You'll grow up to be just as prudent and tenacious as Loretta".

Mission Briefings and Descriptions
The missions have been split into three sections with their own pathways. You may end up at different starting points depending on your choices :

Chapter 1 - Morden's Last Stand
Description : It's all or nothing now ! The commanders of the regular army are striking a D-Day assault on the final rebel capitals led by the unstable and incompetent leader General Morden. Due to how little time they had to reinforce, the troops will try their best to defend with what they have got but we should quickly get a foothold in the enemy territory.

After storming the darkened beaches, Marco has designated the main squadron to attack the forest north of Morden's base. Old buildings, relics of an old war lie, but the rebel troops may be manipulating them to their advantage.

We have finally reached the city center. Go and travel along the broken pathway of cars and trucks, ascend the fortified hills and down into the deep pit where General Morden is lying ! He seems to have created a large powerful battle body to crush you, but thanks to our forces destroying his fuel deposits, it is prone to cutting off every so-often. It's armor may also be weak if hit in the right spots.

Morden's HI-DO MK IV is a burning sight for sore eyes. Morden tries to use his last bodyguards to help escape into space, but it seems he let Abigail get the better of him... or was this part of his plan ?

Pathways :

The Grand Attack on Morden's HQ !

Mission 1 (A)


 * The Beach Pathway - A long stretch of destroying roadblocks and obstacles
 * The Trench Pathway - Open the hatch to enter a narrow set of tunnels. Go into the defended turrets and kill the rebels inside.

Mission 1 (B)


 * The Forest Pathway - Kill the rebels defending the buildings leading up to the city
 * Ridge Pathway - Shoot down the brown door on the shed near the mid-section of the stage. You'll cross the ridges of the mountain side suspended by bridges.

Mission 1 (C)


 * The Main City Road - The main pathway to reach the rebels
 * The River Side - Jump on the log to bypass to the opposite side of town. Enter through the large moat, destroying any rebel fleets that you encounter
 * The Elevators - Shoot down the metal door and jump down. You'll encounter some elevator rooms that will eventually take you to a top section over the town, before you take the elevator down to the boss fight with Morden.

Chapter 5 - Soviet State

Mission 1a :


 * Frozen District - A desolate winter with empty boarded buildings.

Mission 1b :


 * The Moat - This takes you underground towards to the Laboratory
 * Skytops - This takes you up the building to the roof and down through the Corridor

Mission 1c :


 * Security Zone - A security zone patrolled by Robots and Soviet Troops
 * Base Connections - A windy, thunder-filled area on top of the receptor and home to the nuclear core.
 * Elevator - Alternative Entrance to Base Connections.

Chapter 1 - Morden's Last Stand !
Cannonball Overloader - Miniboss

This miniboss encountered the P.F. Squadron halfway in the base. It was a heavily fortified tank that was able to launch a cluster of powerful cannonballs that rained down. It also had a gunner that was well shielded and starting to shoot when the cannonballs were being reloaded.

Calamity King - Boss

The Calamity King was a large, mechanized bodysuit armed with powerful homing missiles, massive flaming hands and laser balls that it could shoot out of it's mouth. Morden pilots this machine as a final ditch attempt, but due to it being rushed has some large structural flaws that Marco and his squad managed to exploit. Sometimes the power would cut out to the machine, and leave some vulnerable spots to the machine exposed.

Ultimate Jupiter God - Boss

Enraged, Morden emerges with his secret weapon in his HQ, a huge Jupiter King upgraded with state of the art destruction power. It fights in three phases, first with the whole body, then it's upper body, then it's head (functioning like a Dr Wily Capsule).

Chapter 2 - Ancient Japan
Aqua U~ōtāhōsu - Miniboss

The Amadeus Syndicate managed to bring this aquatic warhorse, which seems to be half animal and half machine. It was able to manipulate the water in the flowing river and could create dangerous creations out of the waterfall. Japanese Troops also sprung out of the water to ambush the player.

Stone Sentinel - Boss

A Japanese Commander climbs into this massive warrior made out of hefty stone. It could crush it's opponents with it's massive fists and feet, along with pulling out ancient weapons of war such as a sword and could block shots with his shield.

Titanium Tatsu - Boss

This was a mechanized fire breathing dragon that Marco and the squad battle in the sky. It was none other than the Emperor of the Japanese Army who was riding it ! It was also able to fire massive fireworks and when a part of the dragon was destroyed, it attempted to blow up into the heroes !

Chapter 3 - Nuclear Nightmares
Blazing Battalion - Miniboss

This nuclear powered sea mine ship rode in the toxic waters. The crew in the ship had mutated into monsters and vampires. The ship fired lasers, toxic barrels, deadly slime covered bullets and toxic green airborne mines. Eventually, the leg sprouted crab lebs and chased the player in a deserted town with mutated swamp water.

Robotto ōkami otoko kyūketsuki - Boss

This monstrous werewolf-robot-vampire mutant was another experiment of Amadeus's syndicate. It was capable of flying and becoming a frenetic creature in the moonlight. It was able to spit acid and detach it's head as it came after the player ! Eventually, Marco and the squad encountered several wild animals that helped their escape from the mutant abomination.

O Mecha Patient Zero (Awakened Big John) - Boss

Like something out of a horror story, this was an upgraded version of Big John. It seemed like a mad monster had been mixed with a giant animatronic that was able to emit extremely toxic chemicals. It created all kinds of monstrous beings, from zombies, mummies, vampires and monsters. It would even trap some of the rebel soldiers and spray them with the toxic chemicals, before unleashing the mutants onto the P.F. Squad !

As the machine was destroyed, Marco sighed in relief. However, it sprouted wings and turned into a demonic puppet. Marco flew into the sky as it gave chase. Eventually, the face was destroyed, revealing a skeleton with a giant vial of screaming soldiers being mutated into vampires and demons.

Chapter 4 - Medieval Mayhem
Ballista Tank - An ancient tank that fired spears and spun around like a drill, inspired by Michaelangelo's ancient Tank Designs.

Moonyang Capacitor - This giant wooden + stone aircraft was equipped with state of the art electricity beams and magical weather altering events that could change the full moon to create lots of different environments. It's superstitious powers could change the elements.

Alchemy Mecha - This massive tank is being piloted by a giant robotic king and his queen. They seem to knight fellow soldiers into resilient damage sponges and can attack with flaming chemical torches, giant swords and summon demons out of the swamp.

Chapter 5 - Soviet Russia
Broadcasting Turret Facility - As Marco and his squad reached the base, rebel Kremlin soldiers would defend the perimeter with a laser powered laser dish, attempt to fire their turrets and launch a mini-missile strike. Eventually, they filled the dish with electrified water where mutant fish would lunge out.

Soviet M-46 Ultra + Super Sea Satan - Deep in the Soviet Hinterlands, this tank was created by Future Soviet Rebels. It could fire a massive hammer and sickle, launch massive spiked balls, and launch a Tsar Bomba deep into space which then rained down into nuclear blobs. Taking place over a giant vat of waste, mutants crawled out. The tank fell into the waste when it was defeated, but a massive modified Sea Satan appeared out, rescuing the rebel soldiers, where it proceeded to fight our heroes.

Sputnik Space Satellite - This superpowered satellite was able to communicate with alien lifeforms and hypnotize them. It was able to fire burning lasers by concentrating the sun through a massive mirror. As it crashed into the ground, it continued to fight by spouting robotic legs and climbing up the Communist Rebels Tower. There, it was electrified and attempted to fry our heroes, but it fell off the building. It's chip was made by Amadeus and revealed it's true location.

Chapter 6 - Ancient Rome
Ballista Barracks - These Roman Rebel Soldiers were able to use their shields to turn into different shapes and attacked with a volley of sharp ballista launchers.

Coliseum of Chaos + Iron Roma - This fully robotic coliseum chased our heroes. It was able to release all kinds of monsters, like robotic lions and robotic elephants, along with Amadeus tanks and coliseum guards. It tried to call on cybernetic Amadeus Idols when defeated, creating two giant stone busts of Amadeus and Abigail who gave chase to our heroes ! The fun wasn't over when it was destroyed, out came a Romanized version of the Iron !

S.P.Q.R. - The giant golden eagle was fully mechanized. It was able to created mini-suns and smash them onto the ground, along with firing deadly talons and screech attacks. It was able to cloak itself and could call on the Pharaoh Mummies from Egypt for a surprise attack.

Chapter 7 - Tropical Bornean Jungle
Mud Monolith - This giant rebel constructed machine housed giant mutant mosquitoes and a giant metallic snake hand that could bite at players. It could hide in the mud swamps and attempt to drown our heroes.

Amadeus Tree Burner - This giant pyromaniacal machine with giant flamethrowers could burn swathes of trees, and through napalms that ricochet on the ground.

Volcanic KI 300 - This giant robotic deity rose rose out of the ground. It was able to fire spurts of hot lava from it's volcanic top and attempted to cause natural disasters like flooding, hurricanes and earthquakes. Our heroes had to climb the monstrosity in order to damage it.

Chapter 8 - Amadeus Grand Palace
Super Morden and Super Abigail robot clones - As our heroes made their way into the palace, these two giant robotic clones appeared and attempted to crush us with their giant rocket launchers and laser cubes. However, they were destroyed.

Science Machine - These Elite Scientists grouped up to pilot a massive science machine that could summon all kinds of creatures from the torture labs they had made. However, they were defeated and fell into toxic waste as their retribution.

Corrupted Amadeus Mother Computer - Heavily burnt and destroyed, the Amadeus troops managed to rebuilt and salvage the broken computer. They were heartbroken to find their dear leader Amadeus dead inside the burnt cockpit after Metal Slug 4, but he lived on as an AI. But horrifyingly, they somehow managed to preserve Amadeus's dead body in the cockpit and use brain electrodes to make him reanimate this machine. It is armed with all kinds of new weaponry. As the machine sunk into the reactor core below, it chased our heroes for a final fight in the burning palace but was destroyed.

Mission 9 - Rebel Space Station
Space System Defense - As the P.F. Squad headed towards the base on the moon, they were stopped by a large security space system. It attempted to send spaceships to stop our heroes, and piloted a massive laser beam but was damaged heavily and unable to stop their landing.

Super Martian Rebel - This purely robotic Martian made from the Amadeus syndicate was able to use different attacks based on the chemicals in it's tube.. With the help of Amadeus's white baby AI, it became superpowered and attacked our heroes with tons of energy balls and energy attacks deep in the space system. It even attempted to use the bases security features like a laser grid that had to be dodged.

Abigail - Abigail was frustrated with her alliance, and knew that Morden was coming for her head. She battled our heroes, in a super war suit, along with her rebel allies. She even fused with the war suit to become a superpowered warrior who used large mechanical weapons to try and kill them. However, she was beaten and attempted to hijack Amadeus's cannon. Too late. She was electrocuted, but was saved by some of her rebel allies as they attempted to fly towards the Amadeus satellite cannon to try and hijack it there one more time.

Mission 10 - Amadeus's Space Satellite Cannon
Super Amadeus Giant + Bravest Guerrier - This extremely heavily armored behemoth was the result of a single Amadeus soldier being fused with the DNA of several creatures along with some of the best weaponry of the Amadeus syndicate. All fights end quickly when he swings his dreaded Mace of Malice. He assaulted our heroes in a super strong variant of the Brave Guerrier from Metal Slug 4, with some massive upgrades before he leapt into action.

The P.F. Squad MK.II - Four robotic super minions, exactly replicated and voiced like the P.F. Squad were the ones responsible for the malicious framing of the original P.F. Squad. Once beaten, they fused with the White Baby AI to become four monstrous robot puppets that attempted to kill our heroes, but were pushed back.

Cyborg Allen O Neil and Cyborg Destrade - These two robot clones were superpowered machines that seemed to enjoy each other's company very much. They also made an extremely potent killing team. As they were corrupted by our heroes, they fused into one massive machine of death.

The Elevator (Toschake Dalanue Infinite) - As our heroes made it to the Amadeus's lair office complex, the glass elevator was reinforced into a massive tower, similar to one made in Metal Slug 4. As a desperate last minute offensive, Amadeus soldiers came and ambushed our heroes from both and front. As the reinforced layers fell, eventually our heroes were able to board the elevator. More Amadeus soldiers came, broke the glass and tried to invade, but were shoved off. As the heroes made it to Amadeus's complex, only a couple of staircases with strong defenses blocked our heroes way to their final confrontation.

Amadeus - It seems that Amadeus had captured Abigail. Amadeus was impressed to see the heroes come again, and was willing to enjoy the fight again. But this time, he knows he will win. He's made some brand new machines, along with harnessing the full core power of the satellite against anyone who stands in his way. However, as he took damage, his AI was progressively corrupted till it was destroyed. He laughed however, for he had prepared a final surprise, and it was lying in the ruins of the palace. With that, he started the self destruct sequence and activated the final machine on Earth.

General Morden + Final Baby - General Morden was able to receive the finest creation found in the ruins of the Amadeus palace, after the Amadeus troops there were instructed to give the machine to Morden. After stealing the White Baby and forcing it/her to fuse with the machine, he piloted a massive space mech which could easily destroy the world. However, Abigail sided with the heroes and damaged Morden's mech to the point where it was sucked into the space station, exploding both of them. Morden and his forces fled the site, but the explosion propelled them to another planet far away. Abigail escaped back to the Earth.

Mission 11 - The Tomb
True Baby - With all her programming limitations gone, Final Baby refined herself into True Baby, hibernating in an ancient tomb deep in the ground. Marco and the squad returned back to Earth to fight off the mutants guarding the temple in order to finally get rid of the Amadeus Virus once and for all. After she was destroyed, she turned into a large mechanical monstrosity that chased our heroes before exploding.

Her younger sibling pleaded with her to stop the madness, but she was unable to convince her.

Rebel Units
There are many old enemies from the previous games, but also many new enemies that appear. They are distinctly split into the two factions : Rebel and Amadeus Syndicates, despite having an uneasy alliance. However, as we will see, it's an elaborate trap laid by Morden to duke out his rivals and crush them all, thanks to his friendship with the Doctor.

Returning Rebel Units from previous games




New Rebel Vehicles !
The Rebel Army have received some brand new powerful tanks thanks to improved tech from the Amadeus Syndicate.

Amadeus Syndicate Units
The Amadeus Syndicate is not to be underestimated. While their group was relatively small in Metal Slug 4, you'd be surprised that their army has really provided the backbone for the rebel army. They have also introduced several new factions in their army like the Valerian Bear faction. Thanks to their terrorist efforts, all soldiers are well armed over their rebel counterparts. And it seems like they may not need the rebel army anymore...

During the events of Metal Slug Attack, the Amadeus Syndicate was frustrated with the fact that all their tanks were simply recolored versions of rebel tanks. This was due to a lack of financial supplies provided by the Rebel Army. But, now that things have changed, let the true power of the Amadeus syndicate shows their mighty tanks, with brand new looks.

All Amadeus soldiers have been given an electrified combat knife to slash at the regular army's forces. Otherwise, they also have their own unique weapons to attack.

As Amadeus says "In order for our utopia to form, we need quality over quantity, just like the purity of the White Baby's A.I."

Event Timeline

 * January 23rd 2033 - The Garbage Island Incident starts
 * September 15th 2033 - Garbage island is liberated, General Morden escapes as Operation Ironscrap enters it's final operations.
 * November 12th 2033 - Rebel Army recaptures Mordenia, capital and homeplace of General Morden.
 * December 14th 2033 - Regular Army captures Egyptian and Libyan cities from Rebel Army.
 * February 3rd 2034 - Regular Army Protest groups break out in several Rebel Cities, civil war begins in the colonies.
 * April 3rd 2034 - Construction and enhancement of White Baby Virus begins testing.
 * May 21st 2034 - Morden promotes Abigail to General of the Army
 * July 3rd 2034 - Regular Army liberation of multiple islands
 * November 23rd 2034 - Regular Army pushes Rebel Army completely out of African continent, and begins raids on South American Rebel entrenchments.
 * February 2nd 2035 - General Morden issues Order 233A, reducing the minimum age of signing for the army, and forced military service for at least a year.
 * May 11th 2035 - Abigail begins to plot against General Morden, in allegiance with commander Hugo, after a large Rebel Defeat in South East Asia and Europe. However, there has been some gains by the Rebel Army in Central America and Canada.
 * September 2nd 2035 - Regular Army seizes Mordenia, but is quickly recaptured 3 weeks later.
 * January 3rd 2036 - Amadeus Syndicate's advancement of White Baby is almost complete, the time-rift portal has been obtained and the cloning machines are fully activated.
 * March 3rd 2036 - Abigail executes her coup, during a decisive raid on Morden's HQ in Warsaw, starting the events of Metal Slug 8.