What's the SLUG in Metal Slug?
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Kumavnmitsurugi
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it refers to a bullet, another slang name for a bullet is "slug"
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Your point is well taken. Reason being all the vehicles are referred to as "slugs". Camel "slug" and whatnot. Which I think sounds stupid, but whatever.finngamer said:Yeah, but the tank's nickname could point to a snail... After all, the series got animal-crazy afterwards. Camels, ostriches, elephants...
I don't know. Maybe I'm being crazy here.
Methinks bullet is the bestest answer on this one.
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This is the first time ever I've seen a poll that was not only unanimous, everyone voted for the logical choice.
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I was under the impression that the "SLUG" in Metal Slug referred to a type of shotgun shell made of solid metal, big recoil, big damage. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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jaydubnb said:
The Camel Slug is pretty funny with a vulcan cannon
attached it and I like using it in the dessert mission
killing the soldiers.
the SLUGs are the vehicles in the game. so you are asking if its a play on words or something? i think it was simply a description of the METAL vehicles in the first game and while there were indeed non-metal animal slugs in later gamesits easier to simply keep the name.
maybe you are asking why the vehicles are called SLUGs? prolly related to ammo.
maybe you are asking why the vehicles are called SLUGs? prolly related to ammo.
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I always assumed it refered to the Slug Tank.
Since it moves rather "sluggish", appears to be made of metal, and is rather small for a tank.
Just my odd logic...
Since it moves rather "sluggish", appears to be made of metal, and is rather small for a tank.
Just my odd logic...
What is a fact is that the vehicles are called Slugs. And since there is a Metal Slug tank right on the title screen in more than one of the games, I think it's fair to say with all certainty that the Metal Slug series is named after the Metal Slug tank.
Now why would the tank be named Metal Bullet? Makes no sense. But it does make sense to name the tank after a slug since both are slow and both crawl (so to speak). Therefore I say it's more likely that the Slug is of the slimy variety.
I always thought it might be making fun of Metal Gear. After all both the Metal Slug and the Metal Gear are supposed to be the ultimate weapon. Of course my money's on the Gear.
Now why would the tank be named Metal Bullet? Makes no sense. But it does make sense to name the tank after a slug since both are slow and both crawl (so to speak). Therefore I say it's more likely that the Slug is of the slimy variety.
I always thought it might be making fun of Metal Gear. After all both the Metal Slug and the Metal Gear are supposed to be the ultimate weapon. Of course my money's on the Gear.
finngamer said:Yeah, but the tank's nickname could point to a snail... After all, the series got animal-crazy afterwards. Camels, ostriches, elephants...
I don't know. Maybe I'm being crazy here.
lol you've got a wild imagination. Well maybe in Metal Slug 6 there will be a snail slug with twin miniguns on the side and it will be the ultimate slug! Kinda reminds me of zoids. Anyone remember those?
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Well, with my limited English (specially in 96), the only meaning of the word "slug" for me is "snail", so I always thought the name was due to that. The tank does remember me of a snail, it is armored and slow, so I thought it made sense. So I voted for snail 
lol and I thought the snail was a daft option. Just shows how wrong I can be!
Anyway there is a big difference between a slug and a snail. A slug has no shell. Surely if it was named after the tank because it's slow and armoured it'd be called 'Metal Snail'!!
Anyway there is a big difference between a slug and a snail. A slug has no shell. Surely if it was named after the tank because it's slow and armoured it'd be called 'Metal Snail'!!
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Metal Slugs are blocks of metal that are then melted down and forged into something else... Think of those gold ingots they show in movies (bars) and you're on the right track.
Why they call the tanks slugs, I have no clue.
Why they call the tanks slugs, I have no clue.
if there was an option i'd change my vote to the tanks. In the first metal slug the tanks resembled slow moving snails that were obviously metal. Another interpretation could be that you are a squishy slug and the tank is your shell. I don't know