Unused Graphics

Metal Slug X is bursting with unused sprites, both unique and leftovers. Believe it or not, some of those leftovers are very interesting indeed!

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Still unused, but now the ladies have their proper legwear.

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Hungry hungry Morden! Although a leftover, this originates from the Neo Geo CD port of Metal Slug 2 (and would subsequently be reused for the console ports of X as well). As far as I know, it's never actually used in the regular Neo Geo version, console or otherwise. Prove me wrong, though! (trying to emulate the Neo Geo's backup battery is a royal pain)

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This quirky little guy was found by Jereminion and ripped by Ivo, he thinks he would’ve appeared in one of the unused levels, the rooftop one. I guess he would’ve acted like the Arabs in Mission 1; he stands around, complaining at you, but when you shoot at him/at a soldier, he’ll get frightened.

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Zounds! An animation of a Rebel soldier being sliced in half vertically! Ivo didn't believe me when I told him about it, but when I showed him the tiles fromMSX, his exact words were "Holy shit man I thought you were mistaken about the cutting in half thing but wow!!" And so he pieced it together, animated it, got the right colours, and sent it over. He's a trooper.
So, here it is. A soldier being sliced vertically. I've no idea what this would've been used for.

Miscellaneous leftovers. No doubt incomplete.

As evidenced by the Missing Areas page, Metal Slug X's development wasn't just to patch up 2's faults - it was to get a headstart on Metal Slug 3! A surprising amount of graphics are left over, and a majority of them with near-complete code, judging from what's seen in the test stages.