Hot on the heels of my little rant about SNK Playmore's apparent lack of interest in displaying any titles at the AM Show (for unknown reasons), an announcement is made that begins to give more creedence to my belief that SNK Playmore may be withdrawing some of its support for the arcade side of their company's business. According to the most recent Famitsu (and subsequently posted all over the internet), Metal Slug 7 is currently being developed for the Nintendo DS, and only the Nintendo DS.
The action arcade game has always been part of SNK Playmore's bread and butter in the industry. This release on the DS is marking the first numbered game in the series that will not be developed for arcades first (and primarily). More information about the title is sure to come this weekend at the Tokyo Game Show, so I'll be sure to watch out for any more tidbits of details that come out of the event.
