Is Metal Slug steampunk?

[QuickSciFi]

...with respect to the whole series, of course.
What's your take?

[j_factor]

Anything with jeeps and tanks isn't really steampunk.

[deadpixels]

No, not at all.

[QuickSciFi]

It sure does feel a bit steampunkish

[bohokii]

not steampunk but more cartoonish retrofuturistic

[NeoVamp]

I never really saw Metal Slug as steampunk either, perhaps a bit.. chibi-punk?
with the tiny submarines and tiny planes, kind of an Super Deformed reality but not *that* deformed.

[deadpixels]

not steampunk but more cartoonish retrofuturistic

Sounds about right. I've always felt that Morden's army is supposed to have a pseudo German WWII flavor, and many of the vehicles are supposed to be cartoonishly exaggerated takes on the technology from that era.

[jerry coeurl]

Not really steampunk at all. Cartoon-retro for sure but old =/ steampunk.

[QuickSciFi]

There is indeed a WWII (and perhaps, even, WWI) flavor to the whole mix. The idea just struck me after just finishing Metal Slug 7. It is very anime (cutesy) oriented, with outstading hand-drawn graphics all-around. What deters me from such a concept is that most of it plays homage to the vietnam war, rather (i.e. the prisoners you rescue). But there are indeed some steampunk elements in the manner in which some of these battletanks and "slugs" are drawn.

Anyways, awesome series.

[roundwars]

What about Steel Empire and Rocket Knight Adventures? At least more so than Metal Slug.

[GohanX]

What is the game in the second pic? I'm not familiar with it.

[QuickSciFi]

Just a randomly-generated image when I "googled" Metal Slug. Let me know if it's not part of the series so that I can remove it. Thanks.

[Guntz]

I can't believe anybody would not notice the German WWII theme to the Metal Slug series. I think you all should replay the first Metal Slug game, right now.

[MrMatthews]

This thread really makes me want to track down Metal Slug 7.

[QuickSciFi]