Remakes are all the rage nowadays, with blockbuster franchises such as Halo and The Legend of Zelda both seeing revamped versions hit their respective platforms just this year. High definition re-releases are one of the safest moves a developer can make and while the act of revisiting too many games in a short amount of time is often open to wide criticism throughout the entire internet, every once and a while it’s nice to play through a classic game.
Metal Gear Solid is one such game that fans would love to see a remake of, and it seems entirely possible – given that the series has had several different remakes throughout its existence. We’re even between releases of MGS remakes Metal Gear Solid HD Collection and Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D, but franchise creator, Hideo Kojima, seems to have mixed feelings when it comes to the idea of a potential re-imagining of his original baby.
The legendary developer recently spoke to Official PlayStation Magazine, and he shared his thoughts on the idea of a remake for the PS1 classic.
“There are a lot of people wanting remakes of the original, and as producer I want to answer those calls, but as a creator I’m not very interested in going back. If we were to do it, it would have to be a total remake – the only thing that would be the same would be the story. If it happened at some point I would stay as a producer, but would have to hand off most of the actual creating.”
While I can see where Kojima’s initial hesitation comes from, it’s safe to say that Konami sees the sure-fire profit just waiting to be made from a highly requested Metal Gear Solid remake.
If this product does come to light, then hopefully it’s the re-imagining that Mr. Kojima has envisioned, and not a product that can simply tote ‘HD’ at the end of its title.
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Source: Official PlayStation Magazine
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I didn’t see the term 3D in there, so it can’t be all that bad.
Haha! You do make a valid point.
Because if a game has “3D” in the name, it’ll just automatically suck.
Fail logic ftw, I suppose.
We’re poking fun at 3D and the way it’s been used as a main selling point for some of the newer remakes (i.e. Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary).
Obviously, gamers would love to see Kojima’s re-imagining of Metal Gear Solid, rather than a game that simply adds the generic HD visual upgrade and 3D functionality.
It’s also not a shot at games that have ’3D’ in their title (which is essentially every single game on the Nintendo 3DS).
Oh, ok. Sorry about that. ><
But yeah…I can share the pain there. I do wish that ICO/Shadow of the Colossus had more than just HD/3D/Trophies, but instead had something more…like a couple of new colossi or something.
What ever happened to ‘Twin Snakes’? The MGS version that came out for the Gamecube. Why not just work off of that one. Either way thankfully its his choice whether it happens or not. Whether it happens or not I’ll be happy…
I’m surprised that most people overlook the Twin Snakes, as if it never existed.
The thing is, the game has already been remade…I don’t think EVERYTHING needs to be in HD.
This is true, not everything needs to be remade. Though I wouldn’t mind an HD remake of MGS, I am disappointed they didn’t include it in the HD collection. I have this strange feeling that Kojima is going to release a another HD collection with MGS in it.
He’s released updated versions of every other MGS game, why not the whole collection?
The reason they didn’t include the Twin Snakes in the current HD collection was because it was a GCN exclusive. If they made the MGS HD Collection for the Wii U, it would probably include the Twin Snakes.
And more than likely, they’ll do just that.
Between Twin Snakes and MGS4 Act 4, I’m not all that eager for another MGS remake just yet. Next generation, maybe.
I hope kojima remakes this game the way he wants to do it,that would be a dream come true. Returning to shadow moses in mgs4 was dope, imagine what the remake would be!!
Don’t remake the solid series remake the metal gear games the first two make them into a newer game so we can experience those in a new way. I would love to play the old school 2d version in a new 3d modeled game.
I agree. I would prefer a remake of the original Metal Gear games. Those are the games that a lot of people missed out on, unless then own then as part of the…I believe Metal Gear Solid 3 Subsistance had them in it.