- #Metal slug boss upgrade#
- #Metal slug boss series#
The very first boss players (as Marco, the sole playable hero at the time) will encounter is the Big Shiee, who in the original series doesn't show up until more than halfway through 2 (during the Hong Kong level, Mission 4). This remake however substituted the Flame Shot with the introduction of the Ice Shot - so instead of raining Men on Fire, it's raining Human Popsicle(s). Adaptation Deviation: The original games' level in Ronbertburg City have a memorable moment where players gets the Flame Shot after killing a sergeant - right as parachuting rebels start descending from the skies, allowing the players to roast numerous enemies before they hit the ground. 
Its descending claws now has the ability to electrify its surroundings, and its fireball launcher can fire multiple projectiles at a much faster rate, as well as having a powerful and hard-to-dodge energy beam the original version lacks.
Big John from the original series, considered one of the easiest bosses of the franchise, gets an upgrade as well. The Big Shiee, during both it's battles, gains a new ability to spam missiles from both sides of the screen thanks to having multiple missile launchers attached on its sides, where players will have to shoot down its missiles while avoiding its cannons. No doubt players unaware of this new upgrade would suffer some health loss when fighting either of these two bosses. But in this remake both their flamethrowers have been upgraded to the point where it can actually cover the other side of the screen, for just a few seconds, necessitating the players to run backwards and jump to avoid getting incinerated. The Iron Nokana's and Dragon Nosuke's bottom flamethrower in the original can be avoided by running backwards in the original games. Additionally the original series' mummies are only capable of attacking from close range, but in the remake there are mummies which can launch projectile attacks (in the form of balls of mummifying gas) from a distance, or vomit mummifying smoke that covers half the screen. Mummy enemies from the pyramid levels are noticeably stronger and more durable than the original games, and it takes at least two Flame Shot rounds to even kill one. The remake effectively turns a Zero-Effort Boss into a Wake-Up Call Boss for players. But in the remake they are much more durable, they can fire even more missiles at a frequent and unpredictable rate, and once their health are reduced to half, they begin launching waves of artilleries that comes at the players at a straight line. The Mosque Artillery from Metal Slug 2 is a mid-level Mini-Boss that attacks with slow-moving missiles, and has pathetic health to boot a rookie can destroy all three of these turrets while suffering minimal to zero health loss. Although later on common R-Shobu turns up as regular enemies. It's also built with multiple life-bars which Marco needs to deplete before finally going down. System, way back in Mission 1? It's been upgraded from just a mook to a Mini-Boss, capable of spamming missiles and machine-gun rounds all over the area. 
Remember the first R-Shobu from the original game's Villeneuve Mt.Also shielded rebel soldiers, upon having their shields shot off, no longer panic like idiots, rather they continue attacking the players a second after their protection is blown. Now basic enemies don't die in just one hit, with the damage varying depending on the weapons the player is using (for context, it takes two Flame Shot rounds to cause enough damage to kill a single rebel). This trope actually plays both ways, with rebel soldiers each having their own health bars.
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