Metal Gear Solid Sneaking to iPhone
Earlier this month, Konami and Kojima Productions launched a teaser site announcing that there will be a next Metal Gear game, and this week we finally know what it will be.
The new title is called Metal Gear Solid Touch and is currently being developed for the iPhone and iPod Touch, marking the biggest video game franchise yet to hit Apple’s portable platform.
According to IGN’s read of Japanese magazine Famitsu, players can drag their fingers on the screen to move Snake – the series’ protagonist – and tap the screen to make him fire his weapon. Zooming works with pinch gestures, as it does with other iPhone Apps.
Although the upcoming game is based on settings seen in Metal Gear Solid 4 on the PlayStation 3, the touch App will be simpler affair. In fact, series creator Hideo Kojima described Metal Gear Solid Touch as a “Simple MGS.”
Metal Gear Solid appearing on an Apple platform should be no surprise, given the amount of Apple love in MGS4. Otacon used a MacBook Pro, while Solid Snake carried around with him an iPod.
Metal Gear isn’t the only Konami title to hit the iPhone and iPod Touch, however, as Dance Dance Revolution S Lite, Frogger and Silent Hill: The Escape are set to hit the App store before the end of the year. Metal Gear Solid Touch is slated for a spring 2009 release.
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I see a lot of games for the iPhone but they're ignoring the fact that it's definitely not a gaming device. It might have a powerful CPU and GPU but it lacks some decent controls in my opinion.
For a real gaming device take a look at openpandora :
Oh , did I mention it runs Linux ? Sure I agree , it's not a phone and it's an extra gadget to buy and carry but ... the iPhone is not a gaming device , sorry.
I'm disappointed with Kojima, you'd think he'd be able to see blatant elitism.
I was inclined to mention the NGage, and how much of flop that was.
But then I realized that Steve Jobs could put a gloss finish on the collective droppings of all the apple employees and sell it at $1299.99 a pop.
Seems to have the haters all bitter and twisted - usually a sign of something pretty cool!!!
Seems to have the haters all bitter and twisted - usually a sign of something pretty cool!!!
Even if that were true, this isn't one of those times. It just a shooting gallery game, with low quality screens from MGS4.
There is no sneaking, no story, just a couple different sets where you have to tap on your enemies.