Metal Slug 8 (Lord Moogoo)

= Overview = 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 been pushed to their final stronghold in Europe. As 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.

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.

The world, much to the happiness to the regular army was relatively peaceful. Sometimes, there were a few rebel army pockets of resistance, but without Morden in sight, were quickly quenched. For roughly 3 years, the world stayed like this. However, the regular army knew that Morden was hiding somewhere and was probably planning something malicious with his troops.

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.

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.

His rebel army has been devastated by the constant major defeats from the Regular Army. His martian comrades had broken their alliance due to finding his leadership incompetent. With his reputation tarnished, General Morden launches a desperate 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.

Allen O Neil urges caution due to her cunning demeanor, but Morden, desperate for new commanders brushes it off. While Abigail was loyal to him between Metal Slug 7/XX and 8, 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, once the biggest threat to the world was close to anarchy, civil war and eventual collapse. 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, 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.

It seems like the true final mission - The heartland of the Rebel Army was about to fall !

Chapter 2 - The Capture and Arrest of Morden + Abigail's Betrayal
Mission 1 involves the squad in crushing the final offensive by the rebels. The battle was tough, and a bitter Morden gets into a large mech suit amongst the flaming wreckage of the rebel base to battle it out. He begins to laugh - It all came to this. So be it ! And he gets into his signature Hi-Do. As rebel rockets and spaceships escape into space, Morden attempts to kill the heroes for the last time. All is lost for the rebel army, for without any alien assistance or weapons from the Amadeus syndicate, along with constant defections and decay, they are overwhelmed by a collective alliance of Regular soldiers. The Hi-Do Morden pilots is eventually destroyed, and Morden panics, running to an escape rocket. Most of the rebel army fragments have either surrendered or escaped, while small pockets of resistance are spread in other areas around the world. 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. Roughly half of the rebels side with Abigail but the other half refuse to leave Morden, calling it high treason.

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, large swathes of loyal Morden rebels were arrested.

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 !

Suddenly, cracks begin to appear in the Earth, much to the Regular Armies shock. Suddenly, a huge influx of rebel soldiers from all kinds of timelines began to come out. Some had samurai swords, others were cybernetic robots with chainsaws, and even nuclear warhead equipped machines began to crawl out !

Broadcast around on media, perfectly duplicated 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 that half of his army defected. 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.

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. 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.

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.

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.

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.

Deep in this massive palace was giant war machines, along with giant monstrous Bear Type creatures. They found massive robot clones deep inside.

It was modelled 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.

Mission 9 - Rebel Space Base

With the destruction of Amadeus’s palace, the rebel 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.

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. Amadeus and his loyal soldiers see no use of the rebel army anymore and escape to their ultimate space cannon.

Amidst all the chaos, Morden escapes the regular army and attempts to seize the rebel army back under his control. The Amadeus syndicate has reached full capacity and is planning to destroy the Earth completely. They will create a new artificial world of perfection. Now, once again, the rebel army, now split into two warring factions and the regular army must cooperate once more to take down Amadeus who has gone full rogue.

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 Morden’s delight. He pilots a massive mech and attempts to destroy the heroes in space. However, he too is defeated. He escapes 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.

They 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.

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 the rebel army was crushed, they were able to conduct stealth attacks throughout the world thanks to the new tech seized by the retreating rebel battalions. 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

 * Marco Rossi (Starting Character) : Strong and versatile, along with being a very balanced pick does twice the damage with his stock pistol.

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)

Boss List
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.

The Chaotic Iron - Boss

The Chaotic Iron 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.

Hi-Do Pro-XP MK.IV Maximum - Boss

Morden gets into an upgraded Hi-Do, one of his prized possessions. It was able to move faster, and it's weaponry changed with some futuristic energy orb cannons, a cluster cannon rocket launcher, electrified spiked ball droppers and homing missiles. It was even able to summon some future rebels. Chapter 2 - Ancient Japan

Aqua U~ōtāhōsu - Miniboss

The Amadeus Syndicate managed to bring this aquatic waterhorse, 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.

Stone Sentinel - Boss

A rebel commander general 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 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.

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 !

O Mecha Patient Zero - 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 !

Chapter 4 - Medieval Mayhem

Saibanetikkugōremu (Cybernetic Golem) - This possessed golem type creature was enhanced by the Amadeus syndicate into a monstrous machine capable of creating powerful spells and chemicals. It could pummel it's enemies and dive into the ground for a surprise attack.

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.

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 - 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.

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 - 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 !

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

Enemy Types
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.

Rebel Infantry Types


 * Fanatics
 * Grenade Soldier
 * Bazooka Soldier
 * Vehicle Drivers
 * Minelayer Soldier
 * Rebel Riflemen
 * Mortarmen
 * Gatling Soldier
 * Special Force Soldier
 * Flamethrower Soldier (New)
 * Turret Maker (New)
 * Medic (New)
 * Smoke Bomber (New)
 * Backpack Supply Infantry (New)
 * Taser Soldier (New)
 * Bodyguard (New)
 * Gas Bomber (New)
 * Professional Knife Ops Soldier (New)
 * Shotgun Soldier (New)
 * Freeze Shot Soldier (New)

Rebel Tanks


 * Di-Cokka - The standard tank that fires three horizontal shots forward.
 * Neo Di-Cokka - A newer model of the Di-Cokka. Has a orange/black motif. The top part splits off when defeated and flies around fighting on.
 * Di-Cokka FLEXI - A lighter Di-Cokka model that is smaller but is more flexible with it's cannon. It can fire arcing shots, but has lighter armor. It was able to teleport short distances and could temporarily hover in the air.
 * Girida-O - A lightweight tank that fires cannon shots, but has light armor.
 * Girida-O Blast - A brown red variant that fires a firecracker into the air which then bursts into deadly, burning fragments. Resistant to fire.
 * Iron Iso - A large, defensive tank that fires an arcing shot.




 * Iron Iso MK II - A large, defensive tank with better armor and fires a 3 burst shot when damaged


 * Iron Iso MK III - This tank gained three big barrels now, and also has a gunner soldier that continues to fight when damaged.
 * T-2B Melty Honey - Has a strong shield, but it can be destroyed. It fires slow moving missiles.
 * T-2B Melty Honey MK II - Slightly upgraded stats off the original model.




 * T-2B Melty Honey Hive - A bright yellow tank that can freely move it's spike plate by retracting it's cannon. It could also release special grenades covered in a sweet smelling liquid that could slow down the enemy player and even their tank. It would also alert enemy soldiers due to the strong smell. The soldier had to be painted with gold colored camouflage.




 * MV-280B - A propelled jeep with two missile pods.


 * MV-280BB - An upgraded version with two thick spiked plates to prevent damage.