{{Short description|2004 video game by SNK Playmore}} {{Multiple issues| {{More footnotes needed|date=September 2013}} {{cleanup rewrite|date=September 2013}} {{Lead too short|date=July 2022}} }} {{Infobox video game | title = Metal Slug Advance | image = Metal Slug Advance.jpg | caption = North American box art | developer = Noise Factory | publisher = [[SNK Playmore]] | director = Hidenari Mamoto | producer = Moon | designer = | writer = | programmer = Hidenari Mamoto | artist = | composer = Den-Den | series = ''[[Metal Slug]]'' | released = {{vgrelease|JP|November 18, 2004<ref>{{Cite web |author=IGN Staff |date=2004-11-22 |title=Now Playing in Japan |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/11/22/now-playing-in-japan-74 |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=IGN |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527210107/https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/11/22/now-playing-in-japan-74 |url-status=live }}</ref>|NA|November 30, 2004<ref>{{Cite web |title=Metal Slug Advance Ships - News |url=http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/10147/metal-slug-advance-ships |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Nintendo World Report |archive-date=2022-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705021205/https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/10147/metal-slug-advance-ships |url-status=live }}</ref>|EU|December 17, 2004<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-12-08 |title=This And That: Wednesday News Roundup |language=en-gb |work=Eurogamer.net |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/news081204roundup |access-date=2023-05-27 |archive-date=2023-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527210114/https://www.eurogamer.net/news081204roundup |url-status=live }}</ref>}} | genre = [[Shoot 'em up#Run and gun|Run and gun]] | modes = [[Single Player]] | platforms = [[Game Boy Advance]] }} '''''Metal Slug Advance''''' is a [[Shoot 'em up#Run and gun|run and gun]] video game for the [[Game Boy Advance]] handheld system created by [[SNK Playmore]] in 2004, and is canon to the [[Metal Slug|''Metal Slug'' series]].
==Storyline== A survival training camp for new Peregrine Falcon recruits has just begun, where the recruits must survive on an unnamed island with limited supplies and weaponry. However, a large blimp begins to hover above the island, as General Morden's troops parachute down and attempt to build a new base, while successfully capturing many of the new recruits. Players play as either new recruits [[Metal Slug#Characters|Walter Ryan]] or [[Metal Slug#Characters|Tyra Elson]] as the survival training soon becomes a full-fledged assignment for the remaining recruits as they pierce through enemy lines.
==Gameplay== The gameplay is very similar to any other ''Metal Slug'' game, but with two new systems; the life system, and the card system. The life system is simply a life bar for players, as it replaces the extra lives from all the other Metal Slug games. As players take damage, the life bar depletes (different attacks cause different amounts of damage). Collecting food items can restore health, and players instantly die from being crushed or falling down a pit.
The Card system is a card collecting part of the game. Cards can be found from shooting certain parts of the background, and by obtaining it from certain hostages, and sometimes by doing both. The cards have many different purposes, from giving detailed info on items and characters from the ''Metal Slug'' series to boosting player abilities, and even unlocking special (and new) slugs. There are 100 cards to collect, and collecting them all becomes the main objective to anyone who defeats the final boss.
== Reception == {{Video game reviews | MC = 79/100<ref name="mc-gba">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/metal-slug-advance/critic-reviews/?platform=game-boy-advance |title=Metal Slug Advance for Game Boy Advance Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=November 11, 2021 |archive-date=April 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430134648/https://www.metacritic.com/game/game-boy-advance/metal-slug-advance |url-status=live }}</ref> | IGN = 8.4/10<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harris |first1=Craig |title=Metal Slug Advance Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/12/09/metal-slug-advance |website=[[IGN]] |date=9 December 2004 |access-date=11 November 2021 |archive-date=11 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111230637/https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/12/09/metal-slug-advance |url-status=live }}</ref> | GSpot = 8.3/10<ref>{{cite web |last1=Provo |first1=Frank |title=Metal Slug Advance Review |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/metal-slug-advance-review/1900-6114357/ |website=[[GameSpot]] |date=2 December 2004 |access-date=11 November 2021 |archive-date=11 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111230635/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/metal-slug-advance-review/1900-6114357/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | VG = 8/10<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carvell |first1=Stephen |title=Metal Slug Advance Review |url=https://www.videogamer.com/reviews/metal-slug-advance-review/ |website=VideoGamer.com |date=20 January 2005 |access-date=11 November 2021 |archive-date=11 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111230635/https://www.videogamer.com/reviews/metal-slug-advance-review/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | GameZone = 8.2/10<ref>{{cite web |title=Metal Slug Advance - GBA - Review |url=https://www.gamezone.com/reviews/metal_slug_advance_gba_review/ |website=GameZone |date=4 May 2012 |access-date=11 November 2021 |archive-date=11 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111230646/https://www.gamezone.com/reviews/metal_slug_advance_gba_review/ |url-status=live }}</ref> }} ''Metal Slug Advance'' received "generally favorable" reviews according to review aggregator [[Metacritic]].
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