Two New Neo Geo Carts Are Coming To Evercade

Why would you ever use Metal Slug 2 instead of Metal Slug X? Metal Slug X is essentially just the actual finished version of 2.

Well, I'm interested in all three SNK Evercade collections, even though I already own the Metal Slug compilation on Wii and three SNK compilations on Switch. Still, there are some titles in these Evercade sets that definitely justify the purchase! Well done, Blaze!

Clearly so they can stretch it out with 1 Slug per cart for longer. Giving us X right now instead of waiting til cart five or six would get the bean counter angry.

@Quick_Man No really it was a messed around version of the game with some unwelcome changes. I seem to recall it was SNK of America that asked for them. Swapping out the first boss and sticking it randomly into stage 3, while just copying in the boss from stage 5 from Metal Slug 1 added nothing. I actually prefer the balance in 2.

Overall all these Neo Geo cartridges are a bit of a let down for me, the evercade is just MAME. These games are on so many format with so many better options to play, they don't really interest me that much. Had they done these releases as a Metal Slug and King of Fighters collection. That would be more interesting to me, but this bit by bit release for me doesn't work. Unless it included titles that aren't on other systems like NEO Bomberman which is in a rights black hole.

It’s nice to see but I fear Blaze are just porting their existing Superpocket games instead of signing new deals.

I’m sure we’d all love some sort of Sega collection and they’ve been shown to be quite generous at throwing around their old ROMs in the past.

@JJtheTexan Wouldn't be the first time Blaze used an inferior version of a game. 😂