Marco Rossi

Marco Rossi is one of the main characters from the Metal Slug games.

Marco is an Italian-American went on to study at the military academy's special technologies college after attending a public technical high school. After graduation, he became a member of the Peregrine Falcons Special Forces Squad (commonly called PF Squad).

Appearance
Marco has blonde hair with a large bang in front and black eyes. His military gear is a white headband, a white sleeveless shirt, red vest, and brown pants. Usually he wears black wristbands, but some artwork has with with black gloves.

Personality
Although gentle by nature, mentioning General Morden, who is responsible for the deaths of so many of his friends and comrades, will send him into an uncontrolled rage. He's one of the squad's expert agents and an intellectual whose hobby is computer science. A computer virus he created for fun once mistakenly attacked the army's central computer system. Penetrating through all of the security firewalls, the virus almost caused the launch of a nuclear missile. But he'll never admit this.

Marco's computer science hobby also resulted in the creation of the AI MS-Alice. She was originally a virus that he stole from an unnamed nation, and Alice gained self-awareness after watching him work to bring her to "life". Marco cares deeply for Alice and becomes visibly worried when she becomes critically damaged.

He also takes care of Midori, acting as her guardian and watching out for her safety.

Abilities
In Metal Slug 6 and Metal Slug 7, Marco is most skilled with the Handgun. He can shoot twice as fast with the Handgun and his shots cause double the damage than other characters. In Metal Slug XX, Marco can rapidly fire weapons by holding (Up + Square + R). The only downside is that while firing he can't move.

Trivia

 * Marco's physique is possibly based on that of John Rambo, and his looks are possibly influenced by David Bowie .
 * His favorite dish is Chinese Noodles.
 * Marco's name may be a nod to the Italian football player of the same name or an homage to the protagonist of the anime series, 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother. Marco Rossi is most likely to be named with the most common Italian name and surname.
 * Metal Slug Advance is the only game in the Metal Slug series (not counting spin-offs) that Marco does not appear as a playable character, though he appears in the cover with Eri Kasamoto cheering on both new PF Squad recruits Walter Ryan and Tyra Elson.