Metal Gear (universe): Difference between revisions

After the departure of Hideo Kojima and his company from Konami, the series had slowed down in releases for nearly a decade. '''''{{iw|wikipedia|Metal Gear Survive}}''''' (2018) for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows is the first title in the franchise to switch to the survival genre of video games. Though it is not canon from it, the plot is set months after the Ground Zeroes incident from the eponymous game. For celebrating the 35th anniversary of the franchise, during the PlayStation Showcase of 2023, a remake of ''Snake Eater'' titled ''Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater'' was revealed. Soon after, a collection from the franchise that will be released in volumes titled ''{{iw|wikipedia|Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection}}'' was announced for modern hardware; the first volume ranges from MSX2's ''Metal Gear'' to ''Snake Eater''. Later in the Nintendo Direct of June 21, 2023, further information were given to the collection, such as a [[Nintendo Switch]] release, the NES versions of the two ''Metal Gear'' games, and will be released on October 24, 2023. This will mark the first time other ''Metal Gear'' games, excluding the NES games, ''The Twin Snakes'', ''Snake Eater'', and ''Ghost Babel'', will be available on a Nintendo hardware, 15 years after the franchise's crossover in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' franchise with ''Brawl''.

According to Masahiro Sakurai, Kojima "practically begged" him to include Snake in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', but at that point the game was too far in development to allow adding any additional characters. When work on ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' began several years later, Sakurai contacted Kojima about adding Snake, which led to his inclusion in the game.

Kojima developed Snake's stage, [[Shadow Moses Island]]. After losing a test match of ''Brawl'' against Sakurai, where he played as Snake and Sakurai played as [[Mario]], he stated that he felt the game was "very complete" to the point that Nintendo could have put ''Brawl'' out on the shelves then and it would sell millions of copies. When asked about the inclusion of Snake in ''Brawl'', Kojima remarked that he enjoys playing ''Super Smash Bros.'' with his son, who asked Kojima to put Snake in ''Brawl''. Kojima also cited the lack of ''Metal Gear'' games on Nintendo consoles as a reason to include Snake in ''Brawl''. During an interview with Geoff Keighley for Twitch on March 2014, Kojima was asked about the possibility of Snake reappearing in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', to which Kojima replied that he had no input on the game and felt Snake's return was unlikely, although he was supportive of Snake returning. Upon the release of ''Super Smash Bros. 4'', it was confirmed that Snake does not make an appearance in the game, and indeed all elements of the ''Metal Gear'' [[universe]] from ''Brawl'' do not return. In late 2015, Kojima left Konami amidst rumors of disagreements with the company's management, and in December of that year reestablished himself as the head of the now independent Kojima Productions studio. In June 2018, with the formal announcement of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', it was revealed that Snake would again appear in the ''Smash'' roster. His [[series symbol]], formerly the logo of ''Metal Gear''{{'}}s FOX Unit, was changed to an exclamation point, likely because the FOX logo was also the logo of Kojima Productions while Kojima worked for Konami. Kojima has not publicly commented on Snake's return in ''Ultimate''.

**{{gameIcon|ssbu}} Some rooms of the [[Base]] sub-world share the same forms as the one found in the base of Shadow Moses Island.

**{{GameIcon|SSBB}} "'''{{SSBBMusicLink|Metal Gear|Snake Eater (Instrumental)}}'''": The instrumental version of the main theme, sourced from this game.