Shadow Moses Island: Difference between revisions

The Shadow Moses Island stage draws its inspiration from ''[[w:c:metalgear:Metal Gear Solid|Metal Gear Solid]]''. The stage is made to resemble the helipad in front of Shadow Moses Island's nuclear weapons disposal facility's tank hangar. It is one of the first areas Snake ventures through in the facility, although it has some differences in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', such as the lack of the crawlspace, no staircases, the truck that was parked in front of the building is gone, and the height of the searchlight towers has been extended. Shadow Moses Island is one of the most important areas in the ''[[Metal Gear (universe)|Metal Gear series]]''. It is the first place Snake explores in full 3D, and was the housing area for the first nuclear-wielding ''Metal Gear''. In ''Metal Gear Solid'' the nuclear weapons disposal facility building's search lights are focused on the helipad itself. If Snake gets into the light, the cover is blown and guards are called to kill him. Ever since ''Metal Gear Solid'' when the player would be seen by security the trademark sound would be heard and an exclamation point would be shown over the enemy. In ''Brawl'', if a player got caught by the search lights the same sound can be heard and an exclamation point would be shown over the player who got caught. Also, in ''Metal Gear Solid'' when the player is caught by the search lights the lights would be focused on the player until he or she manages to find somewhere to hide. In this stage in ''Brawl'' the search lights would remain focused on the character.

In ''Metal Gear Solid'', Snake was first commissioned out of retirement to infiltrate the facility to destroy [[w:c:metalgear:Metal Gear REX|Metal Gear REX]] before Liquid Snake could launch its nuke. In ''[[w:c:metalgear:Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty|Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' the U.S. Marine Corps designed a new Metal Gear called [[w:c:metalgear:Metal Gear RAY|Metal Gear RAY]]. It was designed as a counter to the immense amount of Metal Gear REX derivatives being constructed around the world. Both Metal Gear REX and Metal Gear RAY have a chance of appearing in the background of this stage; however, Metal Gear RAY never appeared on Shadow Moses Island until ''Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots'' when Snake and Liquid Ocelot fight each other using REX and RAY.

In ''[[w:c:metalgear:Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots|Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'' there are a class of mass produced mechas called [[w:c:metalgear:Gekko|Gekkos]]. Unlike REX and RAY, Gekkos weren't able to launch nukes, which means that Gekkos aren't true [[w:c:metalgear:Metal Gear (weapon)|Metal Gears]]. In ''Guns of the Patriots'', Gekkos do appear on Shadow Moses Island. The design of the Gekkos resemble their appearance in ''Guns of the Patriots''; however, ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' was first released on January 31, 2008 while ''Metal Gear Solid 4'' was released internationally on June 12, 2008 making ''Brawl'' the first game that the Gekkos appeared in. (Notably, ''Brawl'' also included the song "MGS4 - Theme of Love - Smash Bros. Brawl Version" from ''Guns of the Patriots'' before its release.)