174-577: The Metal Gear franchise features a large number of characters created by Hideo Kojima and designed by Yoji Shinkawa . Its setting features several soldiers with supernatural powers provided by scientific advancements. The series initially follows mercenary Solid Snake given government missions of finding the Metal Gear weapon, resulting in encounters in the original Metal Gear games with Gray Fox and Big Boss in Outer Heaven and Zanzibar Land. In
348-614: A Hollywood film composer from Hans Zimmer 's studio, as the composer for Metal Gear Solid 2 was highly publicized in the run-up to the game's release. Gregson-Williams would reprise his role in Metal Gear Solid 3 and Metal Gear Solid 4 . Starting with Metal Gear Solid , theme songs have been provided by popular artists such as Rika Muranaka . Several soundtracks based on the games have also been published. In May 2006, Metal Gear series creator Hideo Kojima announced that an English-language film adaptation of Metal Gear Solid
522-411: A UN Security Council advisory body that monitors PMC activities. He sends Old Snake on an unofficial mission to assassinate Liquid Ocelot in order to put a stop to the latter's activities, providing resources and transportation to complete the mission. He is married to Rosemary, which causes a rift between him and Meryl, now aware that Campbell is her father. However, the marriage is a sham used to fool
696-441: A battle dress uniform and a sneaking suit respectively), although the stories are not considered part of the mainstream Metal Gear canon. The Japanese voice actors from the game reprised their roles for the series, while new characters are introduced as well. Several promotional DVDs have been released detailing the Metal Gear series. Metal Gear Saga vol. 1 was released in 2006 as a pre-order disc for MGS3: Subsistence . It
870-623: A "real Metal Gear sequel". In reaction, Kojima began development of Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake , which was released in Japan in 1990 for the MSX2. Following Metal Gear 2 ' s completion, Kojima worked on other projects before directing his third Metal Gear game, Metal Gear Solid , for the PlayStation . It began development in 1994 and debuted at the 1996 Tokyo Game Show , before being released in 1998. The success of Metal Gear Solid resulted in
1044-494: A British woman named Julie Danziger with a child of her own (Emma). Hal and Emma were close, as they had no other friends. Huey later committed suicide by drowning himself in the family pool, and attempted to drown Emma as well. Afterwards, Emma became estranged from her stepbrother, blaming him for not saving her. Shortly afterwards, Hal ran away from home and did not see any of his family members until several years later. Choosing not to continue school, he began to educate himself via
1218-702: A Vietnamese war orphan. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots reveals that Frank Jaeger's murder of Para-Medic was part of a plan to free Big Boss from Zero's control. There is a Cyborg Ninja unique character card in Metal Gear Acid . Outside of the Metal Gear games, the Cyborg Ninja is featured as a player character driver in Konami Krazy Racers and as an Assist Trophy in both Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate . Additionally
1392-418: A bombing raid against Outer Heaven, not caring about the war orphans or war refugees within. Before dying, he also tells Snake that Big Boss had forgiven the resistance for being against him and rescued as many people as he could from the bombings, Outer Heaven personnel and Resistance members alike. Colonel Roy Campbell ( ロイ・キャンベル大佐 , Roi Kyanberu-taisa , Roy Kyanbel in the MSX2 version of Metal Gear 2 )
1566-712: A brief codec appearance in a minigame in Ape Escape 3 . Roy Campbell for most Metal Gear Solid games had been voiced by Takeshi Aono in the Japanese version and by Paul Eiding in the English translation. The character's young version in Portable Ops was voiced by Toshio Furukawa in Japanese and by David Agranov in English. However, Aono's death has resulted in the character's retirement in future Metal Gear Solid games out of respect. Master Miller ( マスター・ミラー , Masutā Mirā )
1740-402: A departure from the series' style, Metal Gear Acid and its sequel used turn-based strategy mechanics based on collectible cards . On May 18, 2009, a teaser site for the following installment in the Metal Gear series was uploaded by Kojima Production. The site initially consisted of a series of countdowns leading to several flashing letters and the images of two characters looking like
1914-555: A fight, maiming Revolver Ocelot and scaring Otacon in the process. After the fight, he becomes erratic and disappears in a violent rage. Throughout the game, he provides Snake cryptic advice via codec as a faceless contact calling himself "Deepthroat". Naomi Hunter eventually divulges being Jaeger's foster sister, as well as his Cyborg Ninja identity to Snake. Fox later tells Snake that he killed Naomi's parents and, out of remorse, became her foster brother. Fox fights Metal Gear REX (piloted by Liquid) and manages to destroy its radome with
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#17330848807562088-423: A fine job translating the game to the page" with Metal Gear Solid , and MishMashMagazine.com calling Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty "a great companion to the game". A Japanese-language novelization of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots by Project Itoh was published on June 12, 2008. The novel was translated into English by Viz Media and was released on June 19, 2012. A comic book adaptation of
2262-520: A fistfight in the middle of a minefield and is apparently killed. Gray Fox returns as the original Cyborg Ninja ( サイボーグ忍者 , Saibōgu Ninja ) in Metal Gear Solid after having been grafted into a powered armor exoskeleton and armed with a high-frequency blade. According to Hideo Kojima , the Cyborg Ninja "was born from this Shin-chan 's graffiti." During Liquid Snake's FOXHOUND revolt at Shadow Moses, Fox once again challenges Solid Snake to
2436-489: A friendship with Otacon while fighting the corrupt FOXHOUND led by his terrorist twin brother Liquid Snake in Metal Gear Solid , and uses the false name Iroquois Pliskin ( イロコィ・プリスキン , Irokoi Purisukin ) while assisting Raiden against Solidus Snake and the Patriots in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty . In Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots , he gives himself the nickname Old Snake ( オールド・スネーク , Ōrudo Sunēku ) due to his accelerated aging process, and
2610-480: A full game but just a sample of what could be done on the 3DS hardware. Another mobile port of a previously released game was shown at Sony's PlayStation Meeting on January 27, 2011, where Hideo Kojima demonstrated a possible portable version of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots for the upcoming PlayStation Vita . On June 2, 2011, Konami announced the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection which
2784-624: A generic Soviet Army soldier from The Phantom Pain for the smaller RevoMini action figure category. Soundtracks for the first two games were produced by Iku Mizutani, Shigehiro Takenouchi, and Motoaki Furukawa. For Metal Gear Solid , Kojima wanted "a full orchestra right next to the player"; a system which made modifications such as tempo and texture to the currently playing track, instead of switching to another pre-recorded track. Although these features could not be achieved at that time, they were implemented in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty . Hideo Kojima's choice of Harry Gregson-Williams ,
2958-478: A middle-aged Big Boss and a cyborg Raiden . An article published in the July 2009 issue of Famitsu PSP + PS3 covers the content of the site and features an interview with Hideo Kojima. The interview, revealing many details, is heavily censored and was published that way as a request by Kojima, who was directing and designing the new game. Famitsu was to publish the full interview in its following issue. The new game
3132-412: A movie version of Metal Gear Solid with Columbia Pictures . Columbia's parent company, Sony Pictures Entertainment , will be in charge of distribution. On June 3, 2014, Deadline Hollywood reported that Sony was in talks with Jordan Vogt-Roberts to direct the film; he was confirmed to be attached as director of the project in 2015. In February 2017, Vogt-Roberts said the filmmakers are working on
3306-534: A movie version performed poorly. In March 2012, during The Art of Video Games exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum , Kojima stated that he did not have a desire to write or direct a potential Metal Gear Solid movie himself. At the Metal Gear 25th Anniversary on August 30, 2012, Hideo Kojima announced that Arad Productions, owned by Arad brothers Avi and Ari, had agreed to produce
3480-520: A new Metal Gear game was in the works, known as Metal Gear Survive . It is a spin-off game as well as a supplemental to Metal Gear Solid V as a whole, taking place between Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain . On May 24, 2023, during Sony's PlayStation Showcase event, a remake of Snake Eater , titled Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater was announced, as well as the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 , which
3654-459: A new cast of characters to provide both aid and intelligence for Big Boss. A few characters from later games, such as a younger Kazuhira Miller, make appearances in the game. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain , serves as the direct sequel to Peace Walker and is composed of two chapters. The prologue, Ground Zeroes , is set a few weeks after the final mission in Peace Walker , as Big Boss
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#17330848807563828-617: A place where soldiers can live without having to abide by any particular ideology. The first Metal Gear game for the MSX follows Solid Snake , a rookie of the FOXHOUND special operations unit. He is sent by his superior Big Boss to the fortress in South Africa known as Outer Heaven, with the goal of finding the missing squad member Gray Fox and investigating a weapon known as Metal Gear. However, after Snake unexpectedly completes his goals, Big Boss
4002-437: A result of him having a consistent design, and Big Boss's younger self, Naked Snake, was conceived via minor changes to the original version of Solid Snake, other characters' designs were more time-consuming. During their debuts, player characters Solid Snake and Raiden are meant to represent the player, while in following games, they acquire more defined personalities. As a result of Snake's increasing experience in combat across
4176-406: A secretive cabal known as "The Patriots" who were steadily manipulating the course of history. After his tenure as president is over, Solidus takes control of the "Big Shell" offshore facility, which is being used to develop Arsenal Gear, a mobile undersea fortress designed to house and protect a network of AIs created to influence human development by filtering the availability of information across
4350-517: A sequel to Snake Eater , Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops , which was released on the PlayStation Portable in 2006. The series' main storyline was concluded in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots for the PlayStation 3 in 2008. The game featured a multiplayer spin-off called Metal Gear Online . In April 2010, another sequel to Snake Eater , Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker ,
4524-525: A series of sequels, prequels, spin-offs, ports, and remakes for Microsoft Windows , the Game Boy Color , PlayStation 2 , Xbox , GameCube , PlayStation 3 , PlayStation Portable , PlayStation Vita , Xbox 360 , Nintendo 3DS , PlayStation 4 , and Xbox One . Metal Gear Solid was followed up by the sequel Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty released in November 2001 for the PlayStation 2. A remake of
4698-657: A similarly scaled Metal Gear RAY. A prototype was first unveiled at the ReVenture hobby show in Hong Kong in April 2012. Square Enix also joined the production of toys based on the franchise starting with the boss vehicles and characters from Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker . The toys, which are from Square's Play Arts Kai line, were released in 2010. The line has since expanded to include characters from Metal Gear Solid, Sons of Liberty, Ground Zeroes , and The Phantom Pain , with
4872-510: A sniping duel with Wolf and was eventually lured into an ambush by her where he was also captured. Snake is then put through a series of torture trials by Revolver Ocelot; at this point, the player's actions dictate Meryl's fate. If the player successfully completes the torture section, Snake rescues a wounded Meryl in the final section of the game and they escape the facility together before their jeep crashes with Liquid Snake's, allowing them to have their deaths faked by Roy and Mei Ling. However, if
5046-442: A supporting team communicated by Codec. While the team tells the player hints about the mission, it also helps expand the characters through their interactions. During their debuts, player characters Solid Snake and Raiden are meant to represent the player while in the following games they acquire more defined personalities. A common motif in the series is the use of powerful enemies. As games were released, new concepts were given to
5220-629: A voice-only cameo during the game over screen, scolding the player for causing a time paradox if certain characters are killed. He also appears in the Ape Escape crossover minigame "Snake vs. Monkey". In Portable Ops , a young version of the character, then a Green Beret , is imprisoned by the FOX unit in South America with Naked Snake. The two escape to recruit Gene's disenfranchised enemy soldiers and other allies into an early version of Militaires Sans Frontières. In Metal Gear Solid 4 , Campbell works for
5394-506: Is a franchise of stealth games created by Hideo Kojima . Developed and published by Konami , the first game, Metal Gear , was released in 1987 for MSX home computers . The player often takes control of a special forces operative (usually Solid Snake or Big Boss ), who is assigned the task of finding the titular superweapon, " Metal Gear ", a bipedal walking tank with the ability to launch nuclear weapons. Several sequels have been released for multiple consoles, which have expanded
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5568-422: Is a comic book. Not a movie, not a novel. A comic book. It's been made in a certain way, and designed to be read a certain way." Hayter and writer Alex Tse shared credit on the finished screenplay. Tse drew "the best elements" from two of the project's previous drafts written by Hayter. The script did not keep the contemporary atmosphere that Hayter created, but instead returned to the original Cold War setting of
5742-455: Is a drill instructor and survival coach. Benedict Kazuhira Miller ( ベネディクト・カズヒラ・ミラー , Benedikuto Kazuhira Mirā ) , also known as McDonnell Benedict Miller ( マクドネル・ベネディクト・ミラー , Makudoneru Benedikuto Mirā ) , known simply as "McDonnell Miller" in Metal Gear 2 and formerly commonly known by his nickname Kaz , is an ambitious mercenary properly introduced in the prequel Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker , serving as second-in-command in
5916-472: Is a person's understanding of the world that is lost when they die. It also encompasses how some things cannot be passed down to future generations and be misinterpreted as well as the artificially controlled (and globally shared) sense-data of the new era's nanotech-enhanced soldiers. With Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker the plot deals with the true nature of 'peace', and the concept of conflict in human societies. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain deals with
6090-472: Is actually Olga Gurlukovich. The non-canon prequel Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops , set twenty-five years before Metal Gear , features a teenage version of the character under the codename Null ( ヌル , Nuru ) , a masked machete -wielding assassin. He is subjected to a secret CIA project to be the "Perfect Soldier" and recruited into Gene's corrupt FOX unit during the San Hieronymo takeover. During
6264-559: Is chronologically the first game in the series, introduces Naked Snake (or Snake for short), an operative working for the fictional Force Operation X (FOX) unit of the CIA during the Cold War . The game focuses on the rise of Snake from an apprentice to a legendary soldier, as well as the downfall of his mentor and matriarchal figure, The Boss . After The Boss defects to the Soviet Union, Snake
6438-446: Is divided into a prologue and four chapters: Naked Snake-the birth of Snake (chronicling the events of MGS3 , MG1 , and MG2 ), Liquid Snake-the second snake ( MGS ), Solidus Snake-the third Snake ( MGS2 ) and Solid Snake-the first Snake (setting the stage for MGS4 ). In 1999, McFarlane Toys , with the collaboration of Konami , launched a series of action figures depicting key characters from Metal Gear Solid . In 2001, following
6612-406: Is divided into five chapters, each dealing with one game of the then five-part Metal Gear series in chronological order (beginning with MGS3 ), and each includes discussions by Hideo Kojima. Metal Gear Saga vol. 2 was first shown at the 20th Metal Gear Anniversary Party, and then released as a pre-order disc for MGS4 . In this, the video is presented as a pseudo-documentary about Solid Snake and
6786-509: Is embittered as he sees the concept of a nation for soldiers appropriated by other groups and reduced to being mercenary bands before he's rescued from Soviet forces by Venom Snake, enabling him to help with the Diamond Dogs mercenary group's expansion. By this time, he wears a large trench coat and beret while walking with a limp due to having lost his left leg and right arm. Miller is deeply distrusting of anyone affiliated with Cipher, accusing
6960-561: Is revealed to be the leader of Outer Heaven, which he has created as a place for soldiers to fight free of any ideology that he believes has been forced upon them by governments. He fights Snake and is killed. However, it turns out that this was actually the body double from Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain . In Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake the real Big Boss has established a new military nation, Zanzibar Land, and he and Snake face off again, with Snake achieving victory and seemingly killing Big Boss for good. Metal Gear Solid elaborates on
7134-550: Is sent into Russia to kill her and end the threat posed by Yevgeny Borisovitch Volgin , a GRU colonel with plans to overthrow the Soviet government. Snake's heroics during the game earn him the nickname "Big Boss" at the end. The origins of The Patriots, an organization founded by Zero , are also explored. Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops serves as a direct sequel to Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and follows Naked Snake's life after disbanding from FOX. With Snake not yet accepting
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7308-602: Is sent out with a brand new cyborg body to fight the mysterious military group. The original Metal Gear , which was released in 1987 during the Cold War , dealt with the manipulation of soldiers by politicians of the East and West, countered by the concept of "Outer Heaven", a country without politics. Its sequel Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake , which was released in 1990 at the end of the Cold War, expanded on this with themes regarding political intrigue, battlefield ethics, military history, and
7482-445: Is set four years after Guns of the Patriots and it stars Raiden as a cyborg ninja mercenary. Raiden joins the private military firm, Maverick Security Consulting, and is tasked with defending the prime minister of an unspecified African country. However, the situation goes awry and the prime minister is killed by a rival PMC company named Desperado Enforcement LLC. Raiden is defeated in the battle, but decides to re-avenge his failure and
7656-445: Is tasked with rescuing two VIPs from a U.S. military black site on the coast of Cuba. Big Boss' mission coincides with a visit to Mother Base by the IAEA , which turns out to be a cover for an attack on Mother Base orchestrated by the mysterious organization XOF. In the chaos, Big Boss' helicopter collides with another, and he is sent to the hospital for nine years, which leads to the events of
7830-414: Is the most relevant character within the story of the series and of the canonical 11 games five are prequels centering on his story, set decades before the events of the original Metal Gear . However, Solid Snake is still depicted as the primary main character of the series, as the prequels create context of his purpose and him being the antithesis of his father. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater , which
8004-460: Is the playable character once more. Solid Snake was voiced by Akio Ōtsuka in the Japanese version and by David Hayter in the English translation. Gray Fox ( グレイ・フォックス , Gurei Fokkusu , spelled "Grey Fox" in the MSX2 versions) as a high-ranking agent of FOXHOUND with the "Fox" codename being the highest distinction within the unit. He first appears in the MSX2 games where his face portrait
8178-478: Is the primary character of the original series. In the original Metal Gear games, he is a rookie agent of FOXHOUND who was given the mission to find and destroy the Metal Gear located within Outer Heaven and Zanzibar Land, leading to confrontations with his comrade Gray Fox and his superior Big Boss (the phantom in Outer Heaven and his father in Zanzibar Land). In the original Metal Gear Solid games, Snake gains
8352-461: Is the second commanding officer of FOXHOUND. He was introduced in Metal Gear 2 , in which he serves as Solid Snake's primary radio contact in the game. Campbell gives information about the mission objective and general gameplay tips for Zanzibar Land. In Metal Gear Solid , Campbell has more of a personal stake in the mission on Shadow Moses, as his niece Meryl Silverburgh is being held captive by Liquid Snake's revolutionary FOXHOUND team. In one of
8526-802: The Super Smash Bros. series, Ape Escape 3 , LittleBigPlanet , and Fortnite . Hideo Kojima designed the original Metal Gear , which debuted in Japan and Europe in 1987 for the MSX2 computer platform. A separate team created a heavily modified Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) port of the game that was released in Japan on December 22, 1987, North America in June 1988, and Europe and Australia sometime in 1989. Konami produced an NES sequel, Snake's Revenge , again without Kojima, released in North America and Europe in 1990. One of that game's designers became acquainted with Kojima and asked him to create
8700-523: The Manhattan Project , and his father was born on the day of the Hiroshima bombing . Otacon had developed a strong attraction to FOXHOUND member Sniper Wolf. Distraught that Snake would have to kill her, Otacon eventually came to terms with her, himself, and his position in life. With Otacon's assistance, Snake was able to destroy REX and defeat the terrorist uprising. According to the in-universe novel In
8874-522: The Metal Gear version. Meryl's partner in Policenauts , Dave Forrest, also shares the same given name Solid Snake has, whose true name is also Dave (David). In the final scenes of Metal Gear Solid , Meryl wears an orange goose down vest similar to the one Forrest wears in Policenauts . Character designer Yoji Shinkawa stated that the staff purposely avoided mentioning her directly in the first sequel to Metal Gear Solid so that it could follow either of
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#17330848807569048-425: The Metal Gear Solid games established a series of consistent designs based on Shinkawa's ideas of what would appeal to gamers. Additionally, several of the characters he designed follow ideas from Kojima and other staff. Critical reception of the game's cast has been positive, as publications have praised their personalities and roles within the series. Much as Metal Gear began as a pastiche of action movies of
9222-537: The Metal Gear Solid: Ultimate HD Collection only available for the PlayStation 3, which was released on November 25. In November 2011, Kojima discussed with PlayStation Official Magazine (UK) the series' future commenting an upcoming Metal Gear Solid 5 . Kojima said: "I think we'll probably have to make it [a sequel to MGS4 ] at some point, but what that will be, we have no idea". Kojima stated that when Konami does get around to building
9396-463: The Sherlock Holmes novels to introduce a sidekick character in order to view Snake from a different perspective. Metal Gear Solid also marks the first time that characters were given voice actors, with Solid Snake and Naked Snake being voiced by Akio Ōtsuka . Ōtsuka remembers being surprised during his debut as a result of the large amount of dialogue Snake was given. In the English adaptations,
9570-496: The Substance series was eventually brought to the US and UK markets packaged on card rather than blind boxed. During the release of MGS3 , Medicom released 12" figures of Snake as part of their Real Action Heroes line. Medicom continued to support the franchise with the release of Kubrick figures for Snake Eater and Guns of the Patriots , which also included seven- and 12-inch versions of
9744-542: The Watchmen comic. Warner Bros. was amenable to the 1980s setting, and the director also added a title montage sequence to introduce the audience to the events of alternate history United States in that time period. On September 7, 2012, it was announced that Hayter would pen the screen adaptation Caught Stealing , and would star Patrick Wilson and Alec Baldwin . On September 13, 2012, Hayter began filming on his directorial debut, Wolves . On July 8, 2013, Hayter
9918-526: The pharmaceutical industry . David Hayter started acting at the age of nine. He spent most of his childhood living around the world, and moved to Kobe at the age of 15, graduating from its international Canadian Academy in 1987. After this, he attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for two years until transferring to the Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto . He stayed there until
10092-651: The world championships and the Olympics under her belt), Heffner was stripped of her competition rights after being caught in an attempt to seek political asylum in Canada with Frank Jaeger, and sought to redeem herself by joining the StB . She is escorting Dr. Marv to America when Zanzibar Land agents hijack their plane. Later in the game, she joins Solid Snake in rescuing Dr. Marv, but dies when Jaeger (as Gray Fox in Metal Gear D) destroys
10266-431: The 1998 video game Metal Gear Solid , which also served as the series's transition from 2D to 3D. Hayter would go on to play Solid Snake and his progenitor Naked Snake throughout all the succeeding installments (including spinoffs, re-releases and adaptations) up to and including Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010). Hayter also has an extended live-action cameo as himself in one of the fictional TV programs prior to
10440-568: The Big Boss codename, the plot features the origins of his mercenary unit as he attempts to escape the San Hieronymo Peninsula and battles his old unit. The canonicity of Portable Ops is disputed, with Kojima having stated that "the main story of Portable Ops is part of the Saga, is part of the official Metal Gear timeline, while some of the small details that are in Portable Ops are outside
10614-478: The Big Shell. When Solidus Snake seized the Big Shell, he infiltrated the facility with SEAL Team 10 to find Emma who was among the hostages. He managed to be reunited with her, but she died shortly afterwards, due to stab wounds inflicted by Vamp. Before her death, Emma admitted to always admiring Hal and wanting to follow in his footsteps. Despite falling into deep despair, Snake encouraged him to move on and rescue all
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#173308488075610788-471: The CIS Army. Kasler's service earns him a lasting reputation in the mercenary community; only mercenaries who have worked with him can be truly recognized as the best in the world. Johan Jacobsen ( ヨハン・ヤコブセン , Yohan Yakobusen ) , named Yozev Norden ( ヨゼフ・ノルデン , Yozefu Noruden ) in the MSX2 version, is a zoologist specializing in the preservation of all endangered species. He is the vice-president of
10962-552: The Darkness of Shadow Moses: The Unofficial Truth , Otacon had allegedly left for Great Britain after the terrorist uprising to visit relatives. After the schematics for Metal Gear were placed on the black market by Revolver Ocelot , Snake and Otacon formed Philanthropy, an organization dedicated to the end of the proliferation of Metal Gear-type weapons. During the events of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty , Otacon received an email in 2007 from his step-sister Emma, informing him of
11136-577: The English translation, the character was voiced by Greg Eagles (in Metal Gear Solid ), Rob Paulsen (in Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes , Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate ) and Larc Spies (in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops and Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel ). Dr. Drago Pettrovich Madnar ( ドラゴ・ペトロヴィッチ・マッドナー , Dorago Petorovitchi Maddonā , known simply as Dr. Petrovich in
11310-413: The English versions of Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 2 as they mentioned plot elements that were further explored in Metal Gear Solid 4 . A novel adaptation of the original Metal Gear was published in 1988 as a part of Scholastic 's Worlds of Power line of novelizations , which were based on third-party NES games. It was written by Alexander Frost. The novelization is not based on
11484-518: The Internet. He became a big fan of anime , and started calling himself Otacon, short for the " Otaku Convention", which he never misses. He matriculated at MIT and earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University . During his college years, he was recruited by the FBI 's Engineering Research Facility, but was fired from his job after hacking into their classified database. Otacon was hired by Armstech, Inc. to be
11658-462: The Internet. The game is set four years after Liquid's death in Metal Gear Solid , and it puts the player in control of Raiden , a soldier who fights against Solidus, who is revealed to be his former commander during his time as a child soldier. Raiden joins forces with Snake and learns that they are being manipulated by Revolver Ocelot , who has been working for the Patriots. At the end of the game, Ocelot seemingly becomes possessed by Liquid Snake as
11832-403: The Japanese version and by Debi Mae West in the English translation. Naomi Hunter ( ナオミ・ハンター , Naomi Hantā ) , nicknamed Dr. Naomi ( ドクター・ナオミ , Dokutā Naomi ) by her staff as opposed to the more formal Dr. Hunter, is a geneticist by practice, and specializes in nanotechnology-based gene therapy. In Metal Gear Solid , she is the chief of FOXHOUND's medical staff and part of
12006-475: The Metal Gear universe, history had diverged at some point during World War II, with the fictional Cobra Unit, led by The Boss , being instrumental in the defeat of the Axis Powers. Cloning, AI and robotics technology of the 1970s are more advanced. The eleven games in the main Metal Gear series continuity reveal a narrative that spans five and a half decades, from the Cold War , until the near future. Big Boss
12180-726: The Militaires Sans Frontières mercenary group. His backstory reveals his upbringing as the son of a US officer and a Japanese woman and also notes his brief service in the JSDF . Unlike Big Boss, Kaz is initially characterized as idealistic, believing in MSF's idea of a nation for soldiers free of political ideology. However, he's naïve in underestimating Cipher and assumes he can maintain a business relationship with Zero's organization. This comes into full effect with Miller in Metal Gear Solid V . Following MSF's destruction at Cipher's hands, Miller
12354-512: The Patriots as the commander of Rat Patrol Team One (RAT PT 01), a fictional division of the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command sent to investigate Liquid Ocelot's private military company activities. She is now aware that Roy Campbell is her true father, but openly resents him due to the circumstances of her conception and his marriage with Rosemary who is her own age. She reconciles with him at
12528-473: The Patriots , set in 2014. He and Sunny built a robotic companion to Snake called Metal Gear Mk. II , which he controlled remotely. The Mk. II was taken from a robotic character of the same name in Snatcher . He became romantically involved with Naomi Hunter through the course of the story although he once again lost her upon her suicide, thus forcing him yet again to witness the death of a woman he cared about. In
12702-517: The Patriots and protect Rose's and Raiden's son John. Following the Patriots' destruction, he reconciles with Meryl to walk down the aisle at his daughter's wedding. Outside the main canon, the character reprises his role as the reluctant commanding officer in the Game Boy Color game Metal Gear: Ghost Babel , a side-story which serves as an alternate sequel to the events of the original Metal Gear . He, Otacon and Mei Ling serve as Solid Snake's codec contacts in Super Smash Bros. Brawl . He also makes
12876-550: The Patriots have continued in their plans to influence the course of human history, installing artificial intelligence systems around the world. Ocelot, opposed to this, has assembled armies with which to fight back and intends to hijack their entire operating system for his own ends. Solid Snake's objective later changes to destroying the AIs of the Patriots and stop their oppression. After he and his allies succeed, Snake decides to live out his life peacefully. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
13050-429: The Patriots. Using connections he had with an organization, he managed to steal Liquid Snake's corpse (which was missing its right arm) and dumped it into the sea. He continued to manage Philanthropy's activities while keeping Snake's survival a secret from the public. In 2009, he received another anonymous e-mail, this time from Liquid (while taking over Ocelot's mind), informing him about the development of Arsenal Gear in
13224-509: The PlayStation 3, but due to the long wait for the console, the game was developed for the PlayStation 2 instead. As previous game's settings were indoors areas due to difficulties with the consoles, since Metal Gear Solid 3 , Kojima wished to drastically change it despite difficulties. Since Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty had several plot points unresolved, it was originally meant to leave it to players to discuss them to come to their own conclusions. This has led to consistency issues in
13398-479: The Saga, not part of the main timeline of the game." The next game, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker , is set ten years after the events of Snake Eater and returns to the story of the young Big Boss. Now the head of the mercenary corporation Militaires Sans Frontières (MSF), Big Boss discovers that nuclear warheads are being transported to Latin America and decides that he must put a stop to it. Peace Walker features
13572-452: The Sega CD spells his name as Dr. Petrovich Modnar. Kyle Schneider ( カイル・シュナイダー , Kairu Shunaidā ) (known simply as Schneider in the original Metal Gear ) is the leader of a resistance movement against Outer Heaven in Metal Gear , who helps Solid Snake as a radio contact alongside fellow resistance members Diane ( ダイアン , Daian ) and Jennifer ( ジェニファー , Jenifā ) . He discovers
13746-493: The US but failed and was stripped of competition rights as a result. Afterwards, Jaeger developed a great deal of resentment toward his superiors, but was unaware that Gustava later joined the StB and is present in Zanzibar as Dr. Kio Marv 's bodyguard. During his and Snake's first direct encounter as enemies, Fox's piloting of the Metal Gear accidentally causes Gustava's death. After Snake destroys Metal Gear, Fox challenges Snake to
13920-522: The advanced Metal Gear D and confronts Snake a few times, while secretly assisting Snake as an anonymous informant. The character's past is fleshed out in this game: his civilian identity Frank Jaeger ( フランク・イェーガー , Furanku Yēgā , "Frank Yeager" in the MSX2 version) had a relationship with former Czech figure skater Gustava Heffner (Natasha Marcova in the MSX2 version) after they met in Calgary and fell in love. Gustava tried to seek asylum with him in
14094-470: The age of 20, when he moved to Hollywood . Hayter did some live acting in the early 1990s, most notably in an episode of the sitcom Major Dad , but soon became more interested in voice acting and later landed the role of Captain America in the popular 1994 Spider-Man animated series. He also provided the voice of Arsène Lupin III in the English version of the anime film The Castle of Cagliostro and
14268-677: The algae to the World Energy Conference in Prague , and was on his way to a demonstration in the United States when he was kidnapped by soldiers from Zanzibar Land. Solid Snake is brought out of retirement by FOXHOUND's new commander Roy Campbell, and is sent to Zanzibar Land to rescue Dr. Marv. However, he dies of torture in his cell and leaves behind the OILIX documents for Snake to find. Holly White ( ホーリー・ホワイト , Hōrī Howaito , Horry White in
14442-460: The attention of the CIA. She infiltrates Zanzibar Land as a journalist and assists Solid Snake over the course of the mission. Gustava Heffner ( グスタヴァ・ヘフナー , Gusutava Hefunā ) , originally named Natasha Marcova ( ナターシャ・マルコバァ , Natāsha Marukobaa ) in the MSX2 version of Metal Gear 2 , is a former professional figure skater . Once known as one of the world's best figure skaters (with stints in
14616-450: The beginning and feels a deep sense of vengeance, and as such exacts his 'revenge' on the group who sabotaged him, as well as coming to terms with his own past and embracing his true nature. The games carry many implicit parallels to Nietzschean philosophy. Solid Snake serves as a deconstruction of the action hero archetype, as his wartime experiences have turned him into a bitter, broken-down soldier who wishes to retire, but cannot escape
14790-421: The bosses to make them innovative and notice their strength. As the first games used humans with supernatural abilities, for Metal Gear Solid 4 , the designers decided to use monsters rather than humans as enemies. A notable boss battle was The End from Metal Gear Solid 3 that was meant to differentiate it from all the other bosses in the franchise due to its strategic gameplay. Another common motif has been
14964-541: The bridge she is on. George Kasler ( ジョージ・ケスラー , Jōji Kesurā , George Kesler in the MSX2 version) is FOXHOUND's resident strategist and advisor whose military career includes service with mercenaries from South Africa and the French Foreign Legion , plus a short stint in negotiation and combat intelligence-gathering. He is also a veteran of the 1997 Mercenary War of Independence in Zanzibar Land, fighting
15138-470: The cast of the original Metal Gear Solid for the 2004 remake Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes . Following the announcement of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain in the 2013 Game Developers Conference , Hayter announced that he was not asked to reprise as the main character for this entry. This was later confirmed when Konami announced that Kiefer Sutherland would be the character's voice during E3
15312-592: The casting was directed by Kris Zimmerman and supervised by a member from Konami. Solid Snake's English voice actor was David Hayter , who, despite having issues with some of the dialogue in Metal Gear Solid , became attached to the series. Various Metal Gear Solid games have been expanded upon in remakes and other media, such as Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes , Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel , Metal Gear Solid 2: Digital Graphic Novel , and Metal Gear Online . Solid Snake ( ソリッド・スネーク , Soriddo Sunēku ) , real name David ( デイビッド , Deibiddo ) ,
15486-528: The central antagonist of Metal Gear Solid 4 as Liquid Ocelot ( リキッド・オセロット , Rikiddo Oserotto ) , and an ally of Venom Snake during Metal Gear Solid V . Playing a major role in the overall story, Ocelot often is working as a double or triple agent at any moment, with his overall intentions unclear. In Japanese, Revolver Ocelot was voiced by Kōji Totani (original depiction), Takumi Yamazaki (younger version), Satoshi Mikami (middle-aged version), and Banjō Ginga (Liquid Ocelot). In English, Revolver Ocelot
15660-467: The chance to tell her in this alternate ending (the subject of Meryl's paternity is brought up again in Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance during "Confidential Legacy", one of the non-canonical Snake Tales missions). The fictional publication In the Darkness of Shadow Moses by Nastasha Romanenko, offered as a bonus feature with Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty , states that Snake and Meryl escaped together. Meryl returns in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of
15834-670: The detail more pronounced than the original McFarlane Toys figures. In 2012, Hot Toys released a 1/6th action figure of Naked Snake in his original sneaking suit attire from MGS3 , as well as the Boss. To celebrate the franchise's 25th anniversary, model kit company Kotobukiya released a 1/100 scale Metal Gear REX, which features small figures of Solid Snake, Liquid Snake, and Gray Fox in both standing and near-death versions., and later followed suit with RAY. Kaiyodo 's Revoltech action figure line includes versions of Big Boss from Peace Walker and Raiden from Rising: Revengeance , plus Venom Snake and
16008-484: The end of the game. At first, Meryl dislikes her subordinate Johnny due to his clumsiness and stomach problems, but forgives him after learning he does not have nanomachines in his body and falls in love with him after he saves her life on their missions and ends up marrying him at the end of the story. She also appears in Metal Gear Online as a playable character. Meryl Silverburgh was voiced by Kyoko Terase in
16182-407: The fictional Worldwide Animal Rights Federation and works for the science magazine Maxwell . He is revealed to have been acquainted with Dr. Madnar since their college days and is in Zanzibar Land to study indigenous animals. Revolver Ocelot ( リボルバー・オセロット , Riborubā Oserotto ) is a recurring gunslinger antagonist during the Metal Gear Solid games. He is a major nemesis of Solid Snake during
16356-403: The film's script with Kojima. He has stated a desire for the film to receive an R rating, expressing a desire to make "the riskier, balls-to-the-wall, Kojima-san version of it. [...] it's a way to make the first great video game movie where it doesn't matter that it's based on a video game." Although Jay Basu was initially announced as screenwriter in 2015, Derek Connolly was hired to rewrite
16530-465: The finale, Otacon told Snake that he will live with Snake for the remainder of his life, to serve as a witness of his existence. By the time of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance in 2018, Otacon is mentioned to have officially adopted Sunny. Outside of the Metal Gear series, Otacon has made guest appearances in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate , where he was one of Solid Snake's support crew available through taunting. Otacon
16704-523: The first comic book adaptation was released for the PlayStation Portable , Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel, in 2006 . A second digital version, Metal Gear Solid 2: Bande Dessinée , was released exclusively in Japan as a DVD release in 2008 and features fully voiced versions of both comic book adaptations. All the Japanese voice actors from the games reprised their roles with the exception of those that have died. A radio drama based on
16878-463: The first games were given detailed backstories, the Cobra Unit members were intended to have little information known about them, resulting in a significant impact among players upon their deaths following their boss battles. This also gave Shinkawa difficulties in conceptualizing their visual appearances as a result of having little to no background details. By Metal Gear Solid 2 , Kojima was inspired by
17052-693: The franchise has grossed about $ 2.5 billion worldwide. David Hayter David Hayter is a Canadian-American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. He is well known as the English-language voice actor for Solid Snake and Naked Snake in the Metal Gear video game series. He wrote the film X-Men and co-wrote X2 and Watchmen , and was awarded the Saturn Award for Best Writing in 2000 for his work on X-Men . Hayter voiced King Shark on The Flash . Hayter's father, Stephen, worked in
17226-597: The game progresses, Naomi realizes that some of her original perceptions of Snake were wrong and is later remorseful for modifying the virus. Uncertain of when exactly the FOXDIE would kill, Naomi tells Snake to live life to the fullest in whatever time there was left. Afterwards, Nastasha Romanenko's account reveals that Naomi was briefly arrested following the Shadow Moses incident until her escape. Metal Gear Metal Gear ( Japanese : メタルギア , Hepburn : Metaru Gia )
17400-465: The game's characters. In 2009, toy company ThreeA joined forces with Kojima to make related products. The first fruit of this partnership came in late 2012, when ThreeA released a massive 1/48 scale figure of Metal Gear REX, with working LED lights. It can also be dressed up to depict REX's decrepit condition in Guns of the Patriots . The company is also cooperating with graphic artist Ashley Wood to develop
17574-469: The game's endings, he reveals Meryl is his daughter, the result of an affair between himself and his late brother's wife. In Metal Gear Solid 2 , he is impersonated by an elaborate AI constructed by supercomputer GW within Arsenal Gear for the Patriots who poses as Raiden's commanding officer and only communicates via codec. In Metal Gear Solid 3 , Campbell is not involved in the main story but he makes
17748-509: The game's official storyline, but rather on Konami of America's localization of the plot. The book takes further liberties by giving Solid Snake the name of Justin Halley, and by changing the name of Snake's unit from FOXHOUND to the "Snake Men". In Japan, a Metal Gear gamebook was published on March 31, 1988, shortly after the release of the game on the Famicom. It is set two years after the events of
17922-572: The game's setting. With the improvements offered by video game consoles like the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 , the staff gave the characters a more realistic look starting with Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty , although they initially had doubts about it. This brought difficulties to the staff, as they had to make the faces more realistic. When illustrating characters, Shinkawa does not focus on minor details (such as eyes, which he sometimes tries not to draw), instead illustrating something more symbolic. While Solid Snake remained easy to illustrate as
18096-480: The game, Null fights with Naked Snake twice. Snake eventually realizes that Null was a boy in Mozambique that used his innocence as a cover to kill dozens of government soldiers with only a knife while speaking a small amount of German, leading to the name "Frank Jaeger" (German for "Frank Hunter"). Snake defeats Jaeger and sends him somewhere outside of FOX for help. The game's backstory contradicts his true backstory as
18270-528: The game, he will have less influence than he had on previous iterations in the series. After the mixed fan reactions of the reveal of the rebooted action gameplay focused spin-off Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance , Hideo Kojima reassured fans that an "authentic stealth Metal Gear Solid " sequel would be coming in the future. During a discussion panel at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in March 2012, Kojima stated: "I am working on something that I think will become
18444-476: The gameplay to focus on a prisoner escaping. In a series of articles written for Official PlayStation 2 Magazine , Hideo Kojima identified several Hollywood films as the primary sources of inspiration for the storylines and gameplay of the Metal Gear series. He further noted that the James Bond series is what influenced him the most regarding the creation of Metal Gear Solid . The original plot has references to
18618-494: The government turns over the remains of Big Boss. Solid Snake destroys Metal Gear REX and kills the renegade FOXHOUND members, with the exception of Revolver Ocelot . A third Snake brother known as Solidus Snake is introduced as the United States President at the end of Metal Gear Solid and serves as the main antagonist of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty . During his time as president, Solidus became aware of
18792-575: The hostages held in the Big Shell. Apparently, he was successful in this and stays in contact to support Raiden until he defeated Solidus. When Snake met Otacon at their hideout, he was given the disk that contained data on the Wisemen's Committee to look over, which included names and whereabouts. After this (the ending note), Otacon told Snake about the information on the disc: the twelve members had been dead for about 100 years. Otacon appeared once more as Old Snake's support man in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of
18966-492: The identity of Outer Heaven's leader, but is silenced before he can mention his name. In Metal Gear 2 , Schneider appears under the guise of Black Ninja ( ブラック・ニンジャ , Burakku Ninja ) (Black Color ( ブラック・カラー , Burakku Karā ) in the original MSX2 version), a high-tech ninja under the service of Zanzibar Land and the first boss in the game. Solid Snake defeats him during a battle, but does not learn his true identity until he collapses. He then reveals to Snake that NATO led
19140-505: The island, the unit involved with the exercise revolted along with members of FOXHOUND and took over the nuclear disposal site on the island and the Metal Gear REX weapon being developed there. Meryl refused to join in with the mutiny and was taken prisoner and placed on the same holding cell level with ArmsTech President Kenneth Baker who gave her the card needed to activate REX. She manages to escape confinement and meets up with Snake, and
19314-589: The lead engineer for the Metal Gear REX project. He jumped at the chance to make an actual mecha type robot, which appears frequently in the anime he enjoys. He was led to believe that it was a mobile defense system, but in reality it was a nuclear doomsday weapon . During the events of Metal Gear Solid , Otacon encountered Solid Snake who had informed him of the true nature of Metal Gear REX. Devastated, Otacon realized that he had written yet another chapter in his family's dark history—his grandfather had worked on
19488-520: The life of conflict that had entwined him for so long. This concept is further explored through Raiden, who is put through the same torments as Snake in explicit detail. Big Boss is similarly not immune to this theme: as Naked Snake, he does not resemble a suave, impeccable secret agent that would otherwise fit into the 1960s spy film pastiche of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater , but is instead an everyman character. Only after undergoing immense psychological and physical scarring does he begin to resemble
19662-610: The likes of Huey and Quiet of betrayal and calling for the defectors' deaths. Miller takes little satisfaction with vengeance on Skull Face but nevertheless believes in Diamond Dogs' cause. However, his faith is shaken with the revelation that a body double was used for Big Boss which ultimately prompted him to reject Big Boss. Miller's later years has him serving as a survival coach within FOXHOUND while acting as Solid Snake's mentor in Metal Gear 2 before he's murdered for Liquid Snake's identity theft in Metal Gear Solid . The character in
19836-445: The main chapter, The Phantom Pain . The basis of the main story revolves around Big Boss forming a new private military company , the Diamond Dogs to retaliate for the destruction of MSF and the loss of his comrades. However, this "Big Boss" is revealed to be a part of the medical staff who survived the helicopter crash, who was brainwashed to believe himself to be Big Boss, while the real Big Boss went into hiding to create Outer Heaven,
20010-537: The nanomachines from Liquid's arm (which Ocelot took to replace his own arm after Gray Fox slices it off in Metal Gear Solid ) work their way into Ocelot's thought process. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots deals with a rapidly aging Solid Snake (now branded "Old Snake") who is on a mission to find and defeat Revolver Ocelot, now known as Liquid Ocelot. Despite the destruction of the Arsenal Gear in Sons of Liberty ,
20184-435: The negative effects of warfare. The overarching theme of the Metal Gear Solid series is that of the " gene , meme , scene , sense , peace , revenge and race ," and how people are affected by these factors according to the game's producer Kojima— Metal Gear Solid deals with genetics and the moral implications of genetic engineering , Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty deals with how identity can be affected by
20358-404: The new prototype Metal Gear RAY. The e-mail was actually a trap for the Patriots to lure Solid Snake out of hiding and frame him for terrorism, by having Ocelot hijack RAY and place the blame on Snake with forged evidence. When the tanker was destroyed by Ocelot, Otacon took a boat and managed to save Snake, as well as Olga Gurlukovich . Otacon was forced to fake Snake's death after he was framed by
20532-608: The nuclear strike capabilities and later is a founding member of the non-profit Philanthropy organization while dealing with more personal problems. Hal Emmerich was born in 1980 to Dr. "Huey" Emmerich and Dr. Strangelove, a pair of former scientists. When Hal was still young, Huey attempted using him as a test pilot for the Metal Gear ST-84, as the machine could only be piloted by a child. Strangelove vehemently opposed this, leading to an argument between Hal's parents and to Huey ultimately killing Strangelove. Years later, Huey married
20706-589: The nuclear war paranoia during the mid-1980s that resulted from the Cold War . Following games would revolve around nuclear weapon inspections in Iraq and Iran, but this idea was left out due to growing concern regarding the political situation in the Middle East. Other changes to the series were made in Metal Gear Solid 2 as a result of the September 11 attacks . After Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake , Kojima planned to release
20880-592: The original Metal Gear and Dr. Pettrovich Madnar in the MSX2 version of Metal Gear 2 ) is an Eastern engineer. He's responsible for creating the TX-55 Metal Gear mecha in the original Metal Gear , as well as the TX-11 Arnold (Bloody Brad) androids. Dr. Madnar is one of the hostages Snake must rescue along with his daughter Ellen ( エレン , Eren ) . In Metal Gear 2 , Dr. Madnar bitterly defects to Zanzibar Land and develops Metal Gear D after being rejected by
21054-495: The original Metal Gear and is part of the Konami Gamebook Series . A novelization of Metal Gear Solid was published in 2008. It was written by Raymond Benson , the author of nine James Bond novels. Benson also wrote a Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty novelization, which was published in 2009. Critical reaction to Benson's novelizations has been generally positive, with Bookgasm.com writing that "Benson does
21228-537: The original Metal Gear Solid aired in Japan from 1998 to 1999 as part of Konami's syndicated CLUB db program. Directed by Shuyo Murata and written by Motosada Mori, the serial lasted over 12 weekly installments spanning three story arcs. The series was later collected as a two-volume set. The series serves as an alternate continuation to the events of Shadow Moses, with Solid Snake , Meryl Silverburgh , Mei Ling and Roy Campbell going on further missions as FOXHOUND operatives (Mei Ling and Meryl are depicted wearing
21402-478: The original Metal Gear Solid called Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes was released for the Nintendo GameCube in early 2004. Later that year, the third numbered entry, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater , was released on the PlayStation 2. This is the first prequel which was set prior to all the previously released Metal Gear games and which acted as an origin to the franchise. These games were followed by
21576-469: The original Metal Gear Solid games as Shalashaska ( シャラシャーシカ , Sharashāshika ) where he acts as Liquid Snake's right-hand man within FOXHOUND during Metal Gear Solid , Solidus Snake's right-hand man and the Patriots' agent during Metal Gear Solid 2 , both Naked Snake's friendly rival and the Philosophers' triple agent during Metal Gear Solid 3 as Major Ocelot ( オセロット少佐 , Oserotto-shōsa ) ,
21750-482: The original Metal Gear Solid games, Solid Snake works with Otacon and Raiden while opposing Liquid Snake 's FOXHOUND, Solidus Snake, the Patriots and Revolver Ocelot . Additionally, the Metal Gear Solid prequels follow Big Boss's past as Naked Snake and development of a living legend via Venom Snake , as well as the origins of the various aforementioned organizations. While the original Metal Gear games had their character designs modeled after Hollywood actors,
21924-607: The original Metal Gear Solid was published by IDW Publishing in 2004. It was written by Kris Oprisko and with illustrations by Ashley Wood . The series lasted 24 issues and has been collected in two trade paperbacks as well as a single hardback collector's edition which is currently out-of-print. The entire run of the comic was collected again in a paperback book, Metal Gear Solid Omnibus, and released in June 2010. A comic book adaptation of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty has also been published by IDW, written by Alex Garner with illustrations by Ashley Wood. A digital version of
22098-737: The original Cyborg Ninja's exoskeleton appears as a downloadable content skin for Raiden in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance , and Venom Snake in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain . Kojima was interested in developing a game with Gray Fox as the main playable character. In the Japanese version, the character was voiced by Kaneto Shiozawa (in Metal Gear Solid ), Jun Fukuyama (in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops ) and Takumi Yamazaki (in Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel ). In
22272-520: The original MSX2 version) is an American freelance journalist. Born from a French mother and an English father, she became interested in literature at an early age and was later awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her coverage in Afghanistan plus an Emmy Award (mistakenly referred to in the original manual as a Grammy Award) for her documentary Unknown Bloodstream . Her newfound fame eventually gets her
22446-447: The original game's plot, adding characters opposing and supporting Snake, while several prequels have explored the origins of Metal Gear and recurring characters. The third game in the series, Metal Gear Solid for the PlayStation , marked a transition to 3D graphics and gained the series international fame. The series is credited for pioneering and popularizing stealth video games and "cinematic video games". Notable traits of
22620-419: The philosophies of one's society (a "meme") and the effects of censorship on society, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater deals with how the time and place one lives in (a "scene") affects their identity, how politics change along with the times and hyperreality , the inability to distinguish fact and fiction in an information-saturated world. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots deals with "sense", which
22794-431: The player submits to the torture, Snake discovers that Meryl has died during her imprisonment and he leaves her body to be buried by the collapsing structure with REX's remains. When Snake informs Campbell of Meryl's death, Campbell reveals that Meryl was actually his biological daughter, conceived from an affair between him and his sister-in-law, and this secret was kept from Meryl by her biological parents and they never get
22968-457: The prequels was voiced by Tomokazu Sugita in the Japanese version and by Robin Atkin Downes in the English translation. Dr. Kio Marv ( キオ・マルフ , Kio Marufu ) is a Czechoslovak biotechnologist. In the backstory of Solid Snake , Marv had successfully created a new algae species called OILIX that could produce petroleum-grade hydrocarbons with little expense and effort. Marv presented
23142-473: The prologue and The Phantom Pain serving as the main story. Snake's usual English-language voice actor David Hayter was not cast for the role. Instead, Hollywood actor and producer Kiefer Sutherland portrayed the character through voice acting and facial capture . In 2015, Konami revealed that they were recruiting new staff members to develop a new Metal Gear game as Kojima left the company. On August 17, 2016, Konami announced during Gamescom 2016 that
23316-484: The realm of chance yet comes off without a hitch. Furthermore, it examines what happens to a child soldier forced to take up a normal life through the characters Eli (also known as Liquid Snake) in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and Jack (primarily known as Raiden) in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots . Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance also deals with "revenge". Raiden is defeated in
23490-401: The role in a Metal Gear Solid -themed advertisement for the 2016 Ford Focus SE aired in 2016. In 2018, Hayter provided the character's voice in two video games: Super Bomberman R (which added two playable characters based on both Solid Snake and Naked Snake in an update) and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate . In 2000, he wrote the screenplay for the movie version of X-Men , for which he
23664-515: The same year. Hayter has since revealed in an interview that he had to re-audition for the role suggesting that the series' creator Hideo Kojima was already considering recasting the part much earlier, with Kurt Russell ( Snake Plissken in Escape from New York and Escape from L.A. ) having been allegedly offered the role during the development of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004). After Kojima's departure from Konami, Hayter would reprise
23838-474: The scientific community. He comes in contact with Solid Snake in the game while posing as a hostage, but attacks him after the truth is revealed. His name is mentioned in Metal Gear Solid 4 as the scientist who saved Raiden's life after he was turned into a cyborg. A character with the same name also plays a supporting role in Hideo Kojima's adventure game Snatcher , although the English-language version for
24012-522: The script in November 2017. Connolly completed the first draft of the film's screenplay in July 2018, and another draft in December 2019. In December 2020, it was announced that Oscar Isaac had been officially cast as Solid Snake following his having expressed interest in the role; a 2024 insider rumor suggests Isaac may have dropped out of the project. Updates have been minimal since 2020, with comments from Isaac in 2022 and Arad in 2024 indicating that
24186-476: The script was still in progress. The Metal Gear franchise has achieved great success, selling over 61.1 million copies as of February 2024 . By February 2007, the series had grossed more than $ 1 billion (equivalent to between $ 1.5–2.7 billion adjusted for inflation) from 20 million copies sold, in addition to having sold ancillary merchandise including 3 million strategy guides , 1.5 million action figures and 200,000 comic books . As of 2019 ,
24360-419: The series as an influence on his screenwriting, stating that "Kojima and I have different styles," "but I've certainly learned things from him, especially about ambiguity and telling a story without giving all the answers." Hayter is one of the few Metal Gear actors to have played and completed the games he's voiced in. According to Paul Eiding , Hayter gave up half of his own paycheck in order to bring back
24534-541: The series include cinematic cutscenes , intricate storylines, offbeat and fourth-wall humor, and exploration of cyberpunk , dystopian , political and philosophical themes, as well as references to Hollywood films . Individual installments have been critically acclaimed, as well as receiving several awards. The series has sold 61 million units as of December 2023. The franchise has also been adapted into other media, such as comics , novels , and drama CDs . Solid Snake has also gone on to appear in other games, such as
24708-456: The series were produced as well, such as Integral ( Metal Gear Solid ), Substance ( Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty ), and Subsistence ( Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater ). The series' portable installments are usually set outside the main storyline. Metal Gear: Ghost Babel was released for the Game Boy Color, and several games were released for Sony's PlayStation Portable. In
24882-501: The series' story bible and pilot episode, as well as producing and serving as showrunner. On September 28, 2018, Hayter announced he was co-writing and producing the Netflix series Warrior Nun , based on the 1994 comic book series Warrior Nun Areala , with Simon Barry serving as series creator and showrunner. Season 1 debuted on Netflix on July 2, 2020. On January 31, 2022, it was announced that Hayter would be writing and producing
25056-611: The series, Kojima attempted creating more challenging antagonists for the boss battles . This resulted in Big Boss's clones from Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 2 that had the same abilities as Solid Snake, the legendary Cobra Unit from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater who participated in World War II , and the Beauty and the Beast Corps from Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots that had few human traits. While villains during
25230-530: The shining moment" for his career and the Metal Gear series. During the franchise's 25th anniversary, Konami revealed a demo for a new game in the Metal Gear series, Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes . A social game for the GREE , Metal Gear Solid: Social Ops , was released in December 2012. On December 7, 2012, a teaser for The Phantom Pain was revealed on the Spike Video Game Awards . Following
25404-491: The start of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008); where he wears the "Solid Eye", the technologically advanced eye patch that the main character wears throughout the game. Outside the Metal Gear series, Hayter also voiced the character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008). His work with the Metal Gear series has also led Hayter to do voice work in other video game projects such as Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem and Star Wars: The Old Republic . He cited
25578-545: The storyline of the earlier games and reveals that Solid Snake is a genetic clone of Big Boss, created as part of a secret government project. An antagonist is introduced in the form of Liquid Snake , Snake's twin brother who takes control of FOXHOUND after Snake's retirement. Liquid and FOXHOUND take control of a nuclear weapons disposal facility in Alaska and commandeer REX, the next-generation Metal Gear weapons platform being tested there. They threaten to detonate REX's warhead unless
25752-495: The success of the first series, and with the release of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty , McFarlane Toys, and Konami combined their efforts to produce a line of action figures depicting Sons of Liberty' s main characters. Each character has a piece of Metal Gear RAY, so collecting the entire set is essential to build the robot. Konami has also released 4" scale blind-box figures based on MGS2 released in Japan, Sons of Liberty in 2002 and Substance shortly after in 2003;
25926-436: The support crew assembled to assist Solid Snake, providing the player with information on the FOXHOUND members Snake faces. Being Gray Fox's adopted sister, she attempted to get revenge on Snake for nearly killing her brother during the original Metal Gear games. When instructed to inject Snake with the FOXDIE virus, she secretly modifies it so that it will kill Snake at a random moment in addition to its original programming. As
26100-401: The teaser trailer, numerous video game-related websites and fansites reported the trailer's seemed connection to the Metal Gear series of video games. On March 27, 2013, Kojima announced at GDC 2013 that Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain were two different portions of one work, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain , with Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes serving as
26274-437: The themes "race" and "revenge" and how the latter can make one lose his humanity. Following the initial Metal Gear, each game has been a deconstruction of action movies and video games, using tropes to invoke the themes and ideas especially those of spy movies - it examines what kind of mind and complete control of a situation would be needed to pull off the absurdly complex and convoluted plans that rely on events completely within
26448-420: The third Metal Gear game in 1994 for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer in 1994. Besides changing the game's platform to the PlayStation , the game was renamed, and its subsequent sequels were given the word "Solid" as the series started using 3D computer graphics . Since then, the games were designed to be more realistic to further entertain the players. Metal Gear Solid 3 was initially meant to be made for
26622-493: The time skip between games, a few of the characters have been redesigned to fit in the game's year. With the improvements from new video game consoles like the PlayStation and PlayStation 2, the staff gave the characters a more realistic look although they initially had doubts about it. Kojima's thoughts regarding Snake's improved abilities by the time of Metal Gear Solid led to the concept of cloned characters who would be able to match him in combat. By Metal Gear Solid 2 , Kojima
26796-399: The time, characters were pastiches of contemporary action movie heroes. Once Shinkawa started designing the characters in PlayStation 's Metal Gear Solid , they were given their respective established visual appearances. As a result of hardware limitations, Shinkawa designed them to appeal to gamers. Because of the time skip between titles, a few of the characters were redesigned to fit in
26970-604: The transformation of a previously normal character returning as a ninja. It started with Kyle Schneider in Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake when he fought against Snake as "Black Ninja". Several other characters have done the same, including Gray Fox, Olga Gurlukovich, and Raiden. Much as Metal Gear began as partially a pastiche of action movies of the time, characters were sometimes pastiches of contemporary action movie heroes. Metal Gear Solid characters have been designed by Yoji Shinkawa . Several of their real names and aliases are references to various Hollywood films. Because of
27144-465: The two endings from the first game. Meryl is first introduced as the teenage daughter of Roy Campbell's deceased brother, Matt Campbell, who died during the Gulf War . Born to a house of military traditions, Meryl trained herself throughout her childhood in the 'arts' of soldiery. She admired the FOXHOUND unit (a high-tech special forces group), viewing the days when her uncle and Solid Snake were members as
27318-514: The two eventually begin working together. Meryl manages to stay hidden by disguising herself as one of the Genome Soldiers using the clothes she stole from Johnny Sasaki, the guard that was watching her cell. When Psycho Mantis takes control of Meryl's mind, Snake knocks her out before fighting Mantis. Later Meryl was shot and subsequently captured by FOXHOUND member Sniper Wolf. In an attempt to rescue Meryl and complete his mission, Snake engaged in
27492-430: The ultimate soldier known as Big Boss. Although the series takes place in a realistic military setting, the Metal Gear video games also feature a strong focus on supernatural elements, leading the series to be commonly described as magic realism . In games, players control a character who has to infiltrate into his enemy's area alone to complete his mission. Across the mission, the player receives assistance from
27666-590: The unit's heyday, and wears a paint tattoo of the unit's old logo on her left shoulder. She joined the armed forces after graduating high school and received extensive psychotherapy to prevent any attraction to the opposite sex. Her weapon of choice is a Desert Eagle pistol. She was recruited by the Next-Generation Special Forces (Genome Soldiers), a U.S. military unit, and assigned to Shadow Moses island in 2005 as an emergency replacement when several soldiers were reported missing. Following her arrival on
27840-421: The use of a prototype railgun attached to his arm. However, Fox is mortally wounded and begs Snake to kill him and destroy REX with a Stinger , but Snake refuses to shoot. Saying goodbye to his comrade, Fox is killed by REX. Raiden initially believed the original Cyborg Ninja was alive in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty during Solidus Snake's Manhattan incident before learning that the person in question
28014-447: The voice of Tamahome in the English version of the anime series Fushigi Yūgi . He also starred in the 1994, straight-to-video movie, Guyver: Dark Hero , as the protagonist, Sean Barker (a role he took over from the previous actor, Jack Armstrong ); Hayter has since gone-on to use the character's name as an alias in various work credits. Hayter began providing the English voice of Metal Gear series protagonist Solid Snake in
28188-400: Was a possible contender. Viggo Mortensen and Hugh Jackman were considered for the role of Snake, while Christian Bale denied rumors of his involvement. On January 11, 2010, producer Michael De Luca confirmed that work on a Metal Gear film adaptation had been postponed indefinitely. He said Konami expressed concern that the entire Metal Gear franchise could be seriously affected if
28362-542: Was awarded the 2000 Saturn Award for Best Writing , and then went on to co-write the screenplay for its sequel X2 with writing team Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris . Shortly after his work on X-Men , Hayter was hired to write and direct a project based on the heroine Black Widow . However, due to the limited success of similar themed films featuring female vigilante protagonists at the time, Marvel withdrew their offer to Hayter stating, "We don't think it's time to do this movie". Hayter's daughter Natasha, born whilst he
28536-524: Was eventually revealed to be Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance , which was announced on June 1, 2009, at E3, during the Microsoft Press Conference. At E3 2010, a demo, "Metal Gear Solid 3D: Snake Eater – The Naked Sample", was shown on the Nintendo 3DS . The official E3 Kojima site later released screenshots and official art for the demo. Kojima did state, however, that this was not a preview for
28710-482: Was hired by Lakeshore Entertainment to write the film The Sword , based on the Image Comics series. On August 7, 2013, it was announced Hayter was developing a television show on Fox tentatively titled World War III , about a fiction global conflict that chronicles "a perfect storm of world events places us in the center of a global battle which may bring the world as we know it to an end." Hayter will be writing
28884-742: Was in early development. Kojima also announced at the Electronic Entertainment Expo later that month that he had negotiated a contract with a party in Hollywood to adapt the video game into a film, though no further details were shared at that time. David Hayter , the English voice actor for Solid Snake, submitted a film treatment that executives passed on. Producers had expressed interest in Equilibrium director Kurt Wimmer as writer and/or director, or Paul Thomas Anderson to direct; Kojima also denied claims that German director Uwe Boll
29058-412: Was inspired by the Sherlock Holmes novels to introduce a sidekick character in order to view Snake from a different perspective. The first Metal Gear game was intended to be an action game that featured modern military combat. However, the MSX2's hardware limited the number of on-screen bullets and enemies, which Hideo Kojima felt impeded the combat aspect. Inspired by The Great Escape , he altered
29232-458: Was modeled after actor Tom Berenger . In the first game , he goes missing during a mission to Outer Heaven , with his last transmission being a cryptic message simply saying "Metal Gear". Fox is later rescued by Solid Snake, and reveals the TX-55 Metal Gear's true nature to the player. Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake revealed that Gray Fox left FOXHOUND and defected to Zanzibar Land. Fox pilots
29406-457: Was released for the PlayStation Portable and was set shortly after the events of Portable Ops . The spin-off game, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance , was released in 2013 on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and in Jan 2014 on Steam (PC). The game is set after Guns of the Patriots and stars Raiden , the protagonist of Sons of Liberty who turned into a cyborg ninja. Expanded re-releases of games in
29580-409: Was released in November 2011 for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 . The collection features remastered versions of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty , Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater , and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker , rendered in 720p and running at 60fps, including Trophies/Achievements, and remastered audio. On August 15, 2011, UK retailer Zavvi secured the exclusive right to sell
29754-455: Was released on October 24 of that year. It includes the first five mainline Metal Gear games, as well as extra content including the NES version of Metal Gear , Snake's Revenge , Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel , and Bande Dessinée , as well as additional content such as screenplay books, master books, character profiles, story summaries, strategy guides, and a playable soundtrack. In
29928-565: Was voiced by Hideyuki Tanaka in the Japanese version and by Christopher Randolph in the English translation. Meryl Silverburgh ( メリル・シルバーバーグ , Meriru Shirubābāgu ) in the Metal Gear series is based on a supporting character of the same name in Hideo Kojima 's earlier game Policenauts (1994) where the character was originally designed by Tomiharu Kinoshita. Kojima liked the character so much that he used her name, likeness, voice actress ( Kyoko Terase ) and other characteristics for
30102-427: Was voiced by Patric Zimmerman (original depiction and Liquid Ocelot), Joshua Keaton (younger version), and Troy Baker (middle-aged version). Hal Emmerich ( ハル・エメリッヒ , Haru Emerihhi ) , nicknamed Otacon ( オタコン , Otakon ) , is a recurring character in the Metal Gear Solid series and Solid Snake's close friend. He is introduced as an employee of ArmsTech and Metal Gear REX 's engineer that learns of
30276-483: Was writing the Black Widow script, is named after the titular character. Hayter also wrote an adaptation of the graphic novel Watchmen by Alan Moore and David Gibbons. Noted for being a harsh critic of translations of his works to film, Moore said of the script "David Hayter's screenplay was as close as I could imagine anyone getting to [a film version of] Watchmen . That said, I shan't be going to see it. My book
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