02-24-2017, 07:51 AM
You weren't expecting a Metal Slug thread, were you? And if you did then well done, you truly have earned your Metal Slug badge of honor, since not many people actually know about the elusive character in the series called Tequila. Truth be told, I've been putting off making this thread because I knew that this specific trivia would require a lot of show-and-tell, more than a simple mention on a wiki page. I know I could have just made a simple video showing the game's character screen and whatnot but I don't want to saturate my YT page making random videos showing stuff only relevant to a single trivia on another site. Now, about that Tequila...
His existence in itself isn't the trivia here, he just happened to be a playable character in Metal Slug: 2nd Mission. What is interesting, however, is that he is literally the only character in the plethora of playable characters this series has had who does not make an appearance of any kind in Metal Slug Defense. The game is a tactical, side scrolling tower defense game which incorporates characters, vehicles and units from all over the franchise.
Just for kicks, here's the entire list of characters who have ever been playable in the series:
Metal Slug Defense does not include nearly every enemy type, villain and vehicle that has appeared in the series but I think only the playable characters are important in this case, really. I only added the supporting cast for the main characters' side because they did include everyone from there (only missing Regular Army Cadet, who I deem inconsequential since they are technically only background characters).
So, as you can see, there is a very long list of playable characters, and out of all of them for one reason or the other, Tequila is the only character dismissed from appearing in Defense. He appeared in the same game as Red Eye and Gimlet, yet both of them do appear in the Defense.
In the attachment file you can see the Metal Slug Defense profile pictures of all the characters listed above, taken from The Spriter's Resource. The only characters out of the ones mentioned in this thread that do not have profile pictures are Rootmars and the three Rebel Army soldiers. I added their unit icons in the attachments as well.
Just for good measure, here is a complete unit list from the game, taken from here.
His existence in itself isn't the trivia here, he just happened to be a playable character in Metal Slug: 2nd Mission. What is interesting, however, is that he is literally the only character in the plethora of playable characters this series has had who does not make an appearance of any kind in Metal Slug Defense. The game is a tactical, side scrolling tower defense game which incorporates characters, vehicles and units from all over the franchise.
Just for kicks, here's the entire list of characters who have ever been playable in the series:
- Main: Marco Rossi, Tarma Roving, Eri Kasamoto, Fiolina Germi
- Secondary: Trevor Spacey, Nadia Cassel
- Ikari Warriors: Ralf Jones, Clark Still, Leona Heidern (and by extension, Heidern and Whip, though they have only been playable in King of Fighters)
- Mobile: Roberto Nicola, Nathalie Neo, Alisa Stewart
- Handheld: Walter Ryan, Tyra Elson, Red Eye, Gimlet and, last and apparently least, Tequila
- Allen O'Neil has been playable in Metal Slug: Allen's Battle Chronicles and its remaster Metal Slug Mobile 3.
- Mars People have been playable in NeoGeo Battle Coliseum, SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom and Metal Slug: Mars Panic!, and their leader Rootmars has appeared as a rideable "vehicle" in Metal Slug 6.
- In Metal Slug 3's console exclusive extra mode Storming the UFO Mothership you could play as Rebel Army soldiers titled as Normal, Bazooka and Shield. I was actually struggling with this one, since technically the soldiers you play as are "Elite" rank, distinguished by their red attire, and there are no red soldiers in Defense. However, the "Elite" are identical to regular soldiers, the only difference being the color, and all three unit types are usable in the game and the mode you play as them in is an extra mode, not a full game in itself, so I think they get a pass. The only other game they ever appear in is Metal Slug Advance, and even then they only appear as regular enemies.
- The "Hero" characters from Metal Slug: 1st Mission do not have names in the game, though they appear to be Marco Rossi and Eri Kasamoto.
- As an extra, even all supporting characters from the Regular Army's side make an appearance, including:
- The only other playable characters not included in Defense are ones introduced in its sequel, Metal Slug Attack.
Metal Slug Defense does not include nearly every enemy type, villain and vehicle that has appeared in the series but I think only the playable characters are important in this case, really. I only added the supporting cast for the main characters' side because they did include everyone from there (only missing Regular Army Cadet, who I deem inconsequential since they are technically only background characters).
So, as you can see, there is a very long list of playable characters, and out of all of them for one reason or the other, Tequila is the only character dismissed from appearing in Defense. He appeared in the same game as Red Eye and Gimlet, yet both of them do appear in the Defense.
In the attachment file you can see the Metal Slug Defense profile pictures of all the characters listed above, taken from The Spriter's Resource. The only characters out of the ones mentioned in this thread that do not have profile pictures are Rootmars and the three Rebel Army soldiers. I added their unit icons in the attachments as well.
Just for good measure, here is a complete unit list from the game, taken from here.