Operates for a bit when its treads are damaged and then explodes. It is carried by two small blimps as the substructure necessary to support the large turret has not been finished. It can launch massive rolling balls to soak up enemy attacks.ĭenturion: A mostly-complete version of the tank shell. It can launch rocks at enemies.Įvol Hermit: Recolored variant seen in Metal Slug Attack. Skull Hermit: Recolored variant seen in Metal Slug Attack. Upon death, it will sink through the ground and explode. Despite Mini Hermit walking on land, it still has a wave of water around it. Its claw can kill most enemy troops in one hit, but it will take at least 2-4 hits to destroy a tank. Mini Hermit: First seen in Metal Slug Defense as a special reward for 20 million downloads. This is always visible in Metal Slug Defense and Metal Slug Attack. Huge Hermit (Cannon): After taking enough damage, the Hermit reveals a large cannon. Huge Hermit: Initial form, as first seen in Metal Slug 3. While the player receives twice the firepower with the Slugnoid, they have to take care and avoid getting hit or lose a Vulcan per hit. However, if taken the other routes (the Slug Mariner or the sunken ship), they will encounter and fight the crab with a Slugnoid Type-R with invert-controlled Vulcan cannons and fat Iron Lizards.

If the player took the Borobune Slug route (through the swamp), they will face the Huge Hermit with an SV-001 Type-R that faces backwards, which is the easier way. Various POWs walk on the screen one by one from the right side of the bridge. After taking enough damage, it will reveal a large cannon, which fires large shells that can destroy parts of the bridge.

The Huge Hermit will attack by shooting two fireballs from the tank, while also trying to destroy the bridge. The players have to keep moving right while shooting at the boss. The Rebels later captured the gigantic crab and gave it a hollowed out Denturion tank to use as a shell, allowing the crab to (somehow) operate its still-functional turrets. Originally a hermit crab on Pallas Island before it grew to a huge size due to radiation, the Huge Hermit is one of the mutated creatures born from the nuclear test on Pallas Island.

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