Metal Slug Tactics (Switch): all the updates (latest: ???)

6 February 2025 Lite_Agent DotEmu, Leikir Studio, Metal Slug Tactics, SNK

On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for Metal Slug Tactics on Nintendo Switch.

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Metal Slug Tactics – Ver. ???

Release date: February 6th/7th 2025
Patch notes:

UX:

Preview of Special Actions superior levels on Level Up and in Barracks

Features:

Refusing a Strategic Asset grants 5 coins

New weapon mods that change the user’s Max HP

Improved the algorithm that randomly draws missions in a biome

Balancing:

Trevor’s Flying Blade II & III now cost 3 ADR

Trevor can now target himself with Nanoshroud

Balancing & Feature

Reworked Clark’s Argentine Backbreaker to differentiate it from Stargazer. Now Clark
rushes towards the enemy before hurling them.

Clark’s Argentine Backbreaker costs -1 ADR (all 3 levels)

You can now give up your current run at any time. This triggers the Defeat screen,
grants currency rewards, and then takes you back to the Character Selection screen.

Rebind for Camera Move (WASD) added

Rebind for cursor superposition cycling added. Default keys: page up/page down

Protect Miners is now easier for the first 3 difficulties, lowered the count of required miners to be kept alive to complete the mission

Trevor’s Shinobi I & II now cost +1 ADR

Trevor’s Shinobi III now doesn’t grant a bonus action if the target dies

Trevor’s Flying Blade now doesn’t grant a bonus action if the target dies (all 3 levels)

Trevor’s Flying Blade now has a reduced launch range, reduced damage for level 3, and increased ADR cost for level 1

Feedback & Interface

The Desynchronized feedback on bosses is now triggered after all sync attacks have
been performed

Increased screen size for Special Action upgrade popups

Improved AOE now display in popups

Enemies’ level is now displayed in their popup

Profiles do not use display names anymore, nor they require a keyboard for
creation

The 3 available profile slots are displayed explicitly

Sounds

Polish, resync, and added missing SFX for

Leona’s Skills and her afterimages (attack type/hits)

Nadia’s Skills

Trevor’s Skills

Clark’s Skills

Ralf’s Skills

Enhanced “no damage” feedback

Mummy players now no longer trigger Flamethrower or grenade sound upon weapon
selection

Fixed announcer randomly not saying “you’re great” on level up

Bug Fixes & Performance Optimizations

Lightning Idol now deals damage on high ground

Explosive props destroyed in a Sync attack now correctly apply their damage

Players can now sync on targets hit by an explosive prop

Syncs, including destructible crates, are now properly previewed

The Convoy is not hurt by Geyers

The Convoy does no longer open Sarcophagi

Fixed the “Spy” achievement

When moving an enemy with a Special Action in a mine’s AOE, the mine is now only
triggered if the enemy is not killed by the action, or if another enemy is in the AOE

Enemy Chaser now correctly predicts sync attacks

Fixed Special Actions that could not hit Dragon Nosuke : Dynamite Punch, Enemy
Chaser, Galactica Phantom

Fixed pathfinding bug after room transitions in Dragon Nosuke’s mission

The game now keeps backups for save files if the game/computer crashes during the
save process

Sync attacks are no longer previewed for units killed by the original attack

Spotlight II & III AOEs should now correctly display in popups

Fixed an issue for which delayed Hits for the Rebel Tower were sometimes not correctly restored on reload or reset turn

Rewards drawn in the Outpost are now saved and won’t change on reload

Incubator animations now play correctly

Special Actions cannot break anymore when opening the Pause Menu during
preview

The destroyed Rebel Tower now stays on screen

The camera now starts at the correct position when reloading the Dragon Nosuke mission

The “War Machines” achievement now correctly triggers when defeating Dragon Nosuke

Target statuses don’t count for the “A Sister” achievement

Combustion triggers if a sync kills an enemy

Units in Slugs are not killed during room transitions

Correctly initialize reinforcements when selecting another difficulty

Destroy idols objective counter

Hide the enter slug UI “IN” feedback after destruction

Cannot one-shot Abul Abbas and Allen O’Neil by invoking slugs on their position

Don’t play idle for empty slugs on continue

Lingering character visual when resetting a turn with a character inside a slug

Alice is now correctly restored on continue

Added bleeding effect description

Fixed all occurrences of several music tracks playing at the same time

Improved performance when there are Delayed Hits

Improved performance for Jupiter King

Improved performance when playing with a controller

Improved performance when displaying units range

Improved general performances in mission

Bug Fixes:

There cannot be several weapon mods of the same upgrade chain when choosing a reward

Eri’s Secret Service achievement could not be triggered with Clark’s Jump into Action, Tarma’s Final Crash and Ralf’s Overhead

Trevor’s Flying Blade sometimes did not inflict damage when the target was too far

Trevor’s Jet Lag reduced Special Actions costs by 2 instead of 1

Trevor’s Nanoshroud applies the correct bonus movement effects

Characters who died while in Mummy status played their idle animation on the next turn and appeared alive

Some effects were not properly applied or removed after Aeshi Nero’s Laser and Bite attacks (e.g. Protection status was not removed)

Path preview was not properly rendered on top of the map, mainly where there was a Jump

Path preview Jump was sometimes vertically misplaced

Path preview was improved for big jumps (eg. when landing on a Leaf Pile)

Fixed path preview for the Slugnoid

Fio’s Helping Hand passive did not work for some of her Special Actions

Fio’s Extra Motivation passive did not work for some of her Special Actions

Fio’s Field Dressing did not always correctly preview the healing bonus

Fio’s Germi Style could trigger Fio’s weapon’s effects even if no sync was triggered

Hid the Rewards panel on JupiterKing’s mission

Miners are not affected by Nadia’s electric mines

Slugs are not affected by Nadia’s electric mines

Brawn’s bonus can only be activated once per turn per unit

Brawn’s bonus was not activated if the attack triggered a revenge hit

After gaining a bonus action, the unit’s UI was in some cases not properly updated

Improved Paqar SFX integration when swapping idols

Fixed Paqar’s idols hit and destroy animations

Paqar’s destroyed idols were not correctly respawned on Reset Turn

Paqar’s introduction can be fast-forwarded

Fixed Slugs Popup (Armor and Fuel label)

Fixed the Tutorial reset button

Fixed Trevor’s animations in the HQ

Additional notes: none
Source: Dotemu (Steam) / Dotemu (Steam)

Metal Slug Tactics – Ver. 1.0.1

Release date: December 2nd/3rd 2024
Patch notes:

UI:

Increased font size for:

All popups

Tooltips

Character reactions

Mission UI: cancel move button, objectives, deploy units…

Rewards Legend

Level Up

Turn order popup shows Rumi’s order

Nadia’s Mine tooltip

Optimizations:

First Blood damage modifier optimized

Controller memory leaks optimized

Audio:

Missing SFX for Paqar’s Totem swap now should appear correctly

Debug:

Fixed equipped weapon glitch that could happen after exiting a vehicle

Fixed the Metal Slug main cannon attack animation

Node Superposition tooltip: the mouse icon should now appear correctly

Optimized Save Profiles management

Frags made by invocations (Alice, Gunbot, Iron Lizard, After Image) now count as frags for their invoker

Frags made from a vehicle now count for objectives

Frags made with a Crane now count for objectives

Credits: “Compositor” role corrected to “Composer”

End Turn now doesn’t require holding on the keyboard

The game now ensures that all achievements validated ingame are validated on the platform as well

Rumi’s name is now displayed

Alice’s status now has a description

Alice’s SFX now does not play indefinitely after going back to the menu

Outpost: fixed Rumi’s name that could be hidden behind the reroll button

The green color should no longer stick to the tile after reviving a character.

Characters should no longer keep the mummy attacks after being killed as a mummy and revived.

Leona’s afterimages can now be walked through by other units

Nadia can no longer sync with her handgun while gunbot is spawned

Fio’s Field Dressing passive skill now triggers correctly on Acupuncture Boost

Gunbot can no longer gain infinite XP and coins for saving prisoners

Tesla Ammo should now activate after undoing a move

Quitting to the Main Menu then Continue’ing decremented the number of turns left before a destination room reveals by 1

Corrected a crash that happened when a berserker retribution hit killed Leona

Dragon Nosuke can now be correctly targeted

The menu font should now correctly adapt to Turkish language

Instigator II & III weapon mods now correctly add sync damage

The description for Gunbot Self Destruct should now be correctly displayed

The description for Rage ability and status (Natives) should now be correctly displayed

Additional notes: none
Source: Dotemu (Steam)

How to download updates for Metal Slug Tactics for the Nintendo Switch?

To download the updates for Metal Slug Tactics, you have three options:

let the console do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated, and didn’t completely turn it off

If not…

try to launch the game from the Home Menu while being connected to the internet. You should get a prompt when doing so: simply follow the instructions on screen;

select the game > press either + or – to go to the Options page > select Software update > select Via the Internet.

To check that you have the latest version installed, simply select the game on the Home Menu, and press – or + to go to the Options: the version number is displayed just below the game title.