Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes confirmed! - Updated!!

GCN News | Under development at Silicon Knights under the watchful eyes of Hideo Kojima and Shigeru Miyamoto. - Press release, art, and a few other tidbits.

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2003--Continuing to broaden the Nintendo GameCube(TM) library, Konami and Nintendo today announced Konami will publish a new Metal Gear® adventure exclusive for Nintendo GameCube.

Metal Gear Solid The Twin Snakes(TM) combines the thrilling story of the original Metal Gear Solid® game with the jaw-dropping graphics and unparalleled gameplay found in Metal Gear Solid® 2: Sons of Liberty(TM). The game is scheduled to ship later this year in North America and Europe, followed by the Japanese launch in early 2004.

Bringing heart-pounding espionage action home to gamers, Metal Gear Solid® is one of the most highly-regarded action series ever created. Metal Gear Solid The Twin Snakes(TM) for Nintendo GameCube will combine stunning next generation graphics and gameplay, an epic storyline and unmatched content designed specifically for mature gamers.

Under the guidance of Konami's Hideo Kojima and Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo's exclusive second-party developer, Silicon Knights, is working with Konami to develop the game. Silicon Knights previously developed last year's award-winning Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem(TM) for Nintendo GameCube.

"I am tremendously excited to introduce a unique Metal Gear Solid® experience to a new audience of gamers as well as collaborate with my mentor in game design, Mr. Miyamoto, on Metal Gear Solid The Twin Snakes(TM) for Nintendo GameCube," says Hideo Kojima, vice president, Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc.

"Mr. Kojima and I have spoken about this project for some time, and I'm excited our ideas have matched so perfectly," adds Shigeru Miyamoto, senior managing director of Entertainment Analysis and Development Division, Nintendo Co., Ltd. "It's this shared passion for game creation that has allowed us to collaborate to bring a special Metal Gear® project exclusively for Nintendo GameCube."

Metal Gear Solid The Twin Snakes(TM) will be featured at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) on May 14 - 16 in the South Hall at Konami Booth 900 and in the West Hall at Nintendo Booth 2816.

So that's the original Metal Gear Solid using the same technology featured in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, and there is added speculation floating about that GBA connectivity will be a major feature in this title - perhaps for the codec and radar?

Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes will be on display at the E3 exhibition later this month. No exact date has been mentioned for a PAL release, but the title is expected to ship this year.

Updated - 2/5/03:

Just received word from an editor at a major Nintendo site that MGS: The Twin Snakes will feature LAN gaming support, as LAN gaming will be a major focus for Nintendo at this year's E3.

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10 Comments

Cerebral

6 years ago

Silicon Knights? Metal Gear Solid? Original AND coherent storyline?

Hot Damn!

Brendan

6 years ago

Look, stonedwal with the important news again.

Anyway, definately good news for sure.

Matt

6 years ago

crusen86 wrote

Look, stonedwal with the important news again.

Poor Crusen

Yogi

6 years ago

Well at least it's not a new game...... but damn I'ma have to buy a GC now

mrcivic

6 years ago

I'm not too excited yet. If there isn't any exclusive content or something new, I'll pass.

Haarball

6 years ago

Why, civic? You should be overjoyed to see a GC remake of one of the best, if not THE best stealth game to ever hit a gaming platform.

I don't get Nintendo people.

Cerebral

6 years ago

No, you just don't get Civic.

Look at it this way. Think of it as an REmake in the hands of Silicon Knights. I mean come on, they're not stupid. If you've ever played MGS or MGS2, you'd be hella excited (although I get the feeling you've played both and are still unfazed)

lostprophet

6 years ago

I hope they don't whore it.

mrcivic

6 years ago

Haarball wrote

Why, civic? You should be overjoyed to see a GC remake of one of the best, if not THE best stealth game to ever hit a gaming platform.

I don't get Nintendo people.

It has to do with the fact that I played through Metal Gear Solid(yes, on a Playstation

), and not that I'm a "Ninendo person".

Look at people who played through the original Resident Evil - most passed it on it because they had already played it countless times, and no matter how good the graphics were, they still didn't get too excited over it. I'm in the same boat, but with MGS...

Now, I'm not saying that MGS is a bad game, but I'm going to wait for new features or levels or whatever to be announced before I get all giddy with excitement.

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Updated - 2/5/03:

Just received word from an editor at a major Nintendo site that MGS: The Twin Snakes will feature LAN gaming support, as LAN gaming will be a major focus for Nintendo at this year's E3.

Now that's more like it! Co-op play!

Griffin1471

6 years ago

This games gonna kick MGS2's scrawny ass and that batty boy Raiden's as well. The old and the best i say! anyone who doesn't like this game should be **** ed up.... ....the ass by the batty boy Raiden! HA!!

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