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Metal Slug 7

The Peregrine Falcon Strike Force, the Ikari Warriors, and the SPARROWS are once again on a search for General Morden and his army. Their mission is to catch General Morden and prevent his attempts at another…

68 22 July 2008

Metal Slug 7 is an arcade developed by SNK Playmore, released 22 July 2008 on Nintendo DS.

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What Metal Slug 7 is

Metal Slug 7 is an arcade game developed by SNK Playmore and released in 2008. It was published by All Interactive Distributuion. It is available on Nintendo DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Metal Slug 7 is a run and gun video game developed by SNK Playmore for the Nintendo DS. It is the seventh and final title in the main Metal Slug series. It marks the first game in the main series that would be released without an arcade version. The game was released in 2008 for Japan on July 22 and North America on November 28 by Ignition Entertainment.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Metal Slug series

Metal Slug 7 is the 22nd of 48 entries we hold in the Metal Slug series. It arrived 7 months after Metal Slug Mobile 3. The next entry was Metal Slug XX in 2009. Its critic score of 68 is 6 points below the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Metal Slug Advance at 89.

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How it was received

Metal Slug 7 holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 3 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Metal Slug 7 launched on 22 July 2008, within three weeks of Braid, Persona 4, Street Fighter IV and Rhythm Heaven. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Braid, Persona 4, Street Fighter IV, Rhythm Heaven.

Cheats and codes

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When did Metal Slug 7 come out?
Metal Slug 7 was released on 22 July 2008 for Nintendo DS.

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