Post by: Jonnyboy117 on February 27, 2003, 03:15:59 PM
An administrator at Konami's website's official message boards has confirmed that recent rumors of a Metal Gear Solid title for GameCube are indeed true.
I might as be the first to tell you all. I can tell you that YES, just as Mr. Miyamoto stated, a metal gear game for the GC is in development, but honestly, that is all the info that is available.
This post is by "Administrator", a user with Administrator privileges and the first registered member of the message boards. It's pretty safe to say that this person works for Konami.
Clearly, there are no details on the game, nor do we have any idea whether this will be a remake or port of either existing Metal Gear Solid game, or an entirely new chapter.
We'll have more info on this announcement soon. Thanks to Ethan Pearson of Nintendophiles for the tip!
Post by: Zero on February 27, 2003, 03:42:25 PM
Post by: Perfect Cell on February 27, 2003, 03:48:15 PM
The begining of a beuuuutifull friendship! Now the question is, IS it a Remake ? or a totally new game? Either way ill buy it!
Post by: yeg0 on February 27, 2003, 03:55:24 PM
. But back to the point, I think this will help Nintendo a lot, especially if it is is brand new.
Post by: Riotamus on February 27, 2003, 03:57:46 PM
Post by: BiLdItUp1 on February 27, 2003, 04:32:21 PM
Anyway, not complaining. This could only be a good thing....right?
Post by: Kulock on February 27, 2003, 04:41:08 PM
Post by: Djunknown on February 27, 2003, 04:55:40 PM
GIMME A HELL YEAH!
FINALLY, Metal Gear has come back to Nin-ten-doooooo.
OK, its out of my system now
The question now is: Is it a new adventure or a Remake? It'll be nice if its a new venture, but a Re-make will suffice. But if they remake, will it be done a la Resident Evil? Maybe we'll have something to see at E3 perhaps?
Post by: Gibdo Master on February 27, 2003, 05:02:57 PM
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? Is this all the conformation PGC could get? We had our own thread discussing this, linking to the exact same page. Exactly how much more credibility does the Nintendophile have over us forum goers?
PGC doesn't want to take chances with stuff like this. They want a perfect track record with reporting confirmed and accurate news. I understand this but it would be nice to once and a while get some speculation or some rumors. I don't think it would be a big deal as long as it was appropriately marked. Hell, even though Louie is supposed to report rumors all of that stuff is confirmed on PGC's end of things any way. Of course with the accuracy and lack of BS that PGC does I always know that it's a definite thing when I see something is confirmed here. PGC is always the final word on stuff like this for me even if IGN or a similar site is saying it's true.
Post by: Modulus-X on February 27, 2003, 05:03:38 PM
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Post by: ChuckFisto on February 27, 2003, 06:53:51 PM
Post by: Grey Ninja on February 27, 2003, 07:02:32 PM
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I just hope its not a port of MGS2. All in all I would prefer a remake of the original Metal Gear (considering the story was trashed in the NES version) or even better *gasp*the MSX sequel Metal Gear 2: Soild Snake. Seriously though remaking the first two games in the series would be great for those who've only played Solid. Especially when you consider that MG2:SS contains a lot of info about the characters in MGS. If you never played MG2:SS how would you have never know who even Master was and why you should even care about him.
THAT is exactly what I would like to see. I have played Metal Gear on NES, but the insane difficulty of the game turned me off. I thought that a lot of the ideas were good ones, but I am interested in playing the first two games at some point. I have heard that the MSX Metal Gear 2 was the best in the series, but I have never had an opportunity to try it myself. A remake would be quite high on my most wanted list.
Post by: ruby_onix on February 27, 2003, 09:44:10 PM
Ah, who am I kidding? I want the crappy NES action game "Metal Gear 2: Snake's Revenge" tossed in there as well.
And Snatcher.
Post by: Ian Sane on February 28, 2003, 06:25:26 AM
Either way I'm happy that Konami is at least giving the Cube some attention. You can talk about the lower userbase all you want but Konami basically wrote the Cube off before it was released yet supported the Xbox. Now they have an excuse to not support the Cube but they didn't really initially.
Anyway this is obviously Konami's way of testing the Gamecube market. A remake is less of a risk to make then a brand new game so it's probably the most likely scenario. This game HAS to sell well if we want any decent Konami support. I'm not saying buy the game if you don't like it (I sure wouldn't) but don't sit on the fence either. If you're interested in MGS buy it the day it comes out.
Hopefully it's not a port of MGS2. That game's gotten such a bad rap lately a Gamecube version would be doomed to fail.
Post by: MadMan on February 28, 2003, 07:07:38 AM
Post by: Mingesium on February 28, 2003, 07:45:14 AM
I think that Gaming-Age said it was multiplatform. GBA + GameCube = multiplatform.
Post by: Mode 7 on February 28, 2003, 09:26:32 AM
However, if it is a new game, then either it is a good idea to tweak it up and throw some new things where ever so that it may be worth spending $50 on, orrrrr don't charge $50 for it. A third good idea in this same vein would be to put both games into the same box. I already had my tryst with the MGS games, and as big a Nintendo fan that I am, I won't be buying this game if it's simply on par.
Post by: jasongst on February 28, 2003, 03:44:36 PM
Their only hope for high sales is if they make a completely ground-up amazing remake like RE. But did THAT game even sell very well?
Major 3rd parties refuse to give Gamecube the same dignity they give the XBox. It's been that way since day one and they are trying to make us believe it had to do with their marketing forecasts when most likely it had to do with the cash MS stuffed in their pocket. Amazing how that can alter your forecasts.
Post by: Perfect Cell on February 28, 2003, 04:19:28 PM
Its mostly a dream but still!
Post by: HappyMaskSalesman on February 28, 2003, 04:26:30 PM
Post by: ThePerm on February 28, 2003, 04:42:09 PM
generation agena
third party relationship improvment : Check
Post by: jasongst on February 28, 2003, 05:07:49 PM
The fact that it's probably (we don't know yet) a remake tells me they are reluctant to commit any resources in this direction. In return for their half-hearted efforts they will probably get mediocre sales. Let's wait and see what kind of game they churn out. If it's a new game of some sort, there may be hope. If it's a port of the XBox / PS2 version: bad news, very bad. The PS2 version has been on the budget rack for ages. They expect people to get excited about it now? I don't think so. Game ships, sales stink, Konami drops the GC and never looks back.
Post by: manunited4eva22 on February 28, 2003, 05:50:13 PM
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