B Team: Metal Cartoon Squad

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B Team: Metal Cartoon Squad is a top-down tactical shooter for Nintendo DS that mixes fast gunplay with grid-based strategy. You lead a squad of over-the-top characters through missions requiring careful positioning and resource management. Each level forces you to balance direct combat with stealthy flanking, using the DS's dual screens to track objectives and manage weapons. The controls feel clunky at first but grow intuitive as you learn to juggle movement and commands. The game’s stark metal aesthetic, think jagged edges and neon highlights, sets it apart from slicker shooters. Its single-player campaign offers around 10 hours of content, with optional challenges to replay levels. Community reviews note it’s a niche title with a cult following, praised for its chaotic energy but criticized for uneven difficulty spikes. Released in 2009, it remains a curious artifact of late-gen DS experimentation.