

The pixel art is beautiful," Loos says.Īs it turned out, Leikir was more than capable of recreating Metal Slug’s famous pixel art, even without the benefit of being able to use pre-existing assets. "The first thing we needed to do was to check that we were good enough for Metal Slug because the series is huge.

There’s little in the studio’s portfolio to suggest that it has the chops to recreate the look and feel of one of the most beautiful 2D action games ever made. A relatively obscure outfit based in the Paris suburbs, Leikir’s most recent game is Rogue Lords - a party-based roguelite featuring famous monsters such as Dracula and Bloody Mary. When Leikir Studio CEO Aurélien Loos first pitched the concept of Metal Slug Tactics to Dotemu, he wasn’t entirely certain whether the studio could actually pull it off.
