Metal Gear Solid touches iPhone, iPod

By Luke Anderson, GameSpot UKPosted Dec 17, 2008 2:41 am PT

Konami confirms Kojima's stealth actioner will join Frogger, Silent Hill, Dance Dance Revolution on Apple's handhelds in 2009.

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Last week, a teaser page on Konami's Web site led many to speculate that the Japanese publisher was working on bringing the Metal Gear Solid franchise to the Xbox 360, reviving the Metal Gear Acid brand, or even porting the long-running series to the Wii. However, those predictions have turned out to be off base.

Konami revealed today that Metal Gear Solid Touch will be heading to the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch early in the New Year. According to Konami, the game will drop series protagonist Solid Snake in an all-new adventure that features many of the characters and locales introduced in Konami's recent PlayStation 3 blockbuster Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Konami also noted that the game will be action-oriented and will include eight initial "stages," with additional levels promised at a later date.

Metal Gear Solid Touch won't be Solid Snake's first outing on mobile platforms. The stealth action hero was also the subject of Konami's Metal Gear Solid Mobile, a portable action adventure developed by Ideaworks3D that was named winner of the 2007 International Mobile Game Awards.

In addition to the celebrated stealth action series, Konami also confirmed Frogger for the iPhone, calling it "a pixel-perfect conversion of the classic arcade game"; Silent Hill: The Escape; and DanceDanceRevolution S Lite.

Konami plans to augment these Apple offerings in the future, with the publisher's VP of online and mobile Anthony Borquez commenting, "We welcome the iPhone and iPod Touch to our product lineup and look forward to these initial games."

The teaser page on Konami's Web site now links to what appears to be a placeholder page with the Metal Gear Solid Touch logo.

1016 Comments

  • LittleBigGamer1

    Posted Mar 22, 2009 5:56 am PT

    this is way cool.
    i was gonna get a ipod touch for my bday anyway.
    but this just makes it a lot more exciting :O

  • MOCHIRON_MAN

    Posted Mar 10, 2009 9:09 pm PT

    EddisonPeters19, there's news about MGS4 going to be on 360 as well. I'd have to say it was Konami's idea, and not Kojima Productions. I'm ot entirely sure, but that miht happen. So, 360 owners probably won't be left out. And for PC owners, well, there's always an emulator, though it's illegal, some lot's of people unfortanetly do it. It's just that they need a high amount of RAM, CPU speed, and a high end graphics card, to play a PS3 game through emuation. but anyway, I believe it will be on 360.

  • MOCHIRON_MAN

    Posted Mar 10, 2009 9:05 pm PT

    I don't know, you really can't put a negative comment ou about this game, I mean, it's like the first big name game to be put on the iphone. All youy can do is discuss and comment it. I can't see why someone would say it's graphics are horrid even though that is their first shot at it. To me, if someone gives a negative comment to a game on a new platform ( like Metal Gear Solid on IP ) it doesn't look like they know how to appreciate games at all. The last bit is just my opinion.

  • anik786

    Posted Feb 21, 2009 5:07 am PT

    The website is now official!

  • CastleCrasher64

    Posted Feb 10, 2009 3:35 pm PT

    idk what the guys below me are talking about. they say the ps3 is all high and mighty, but the truth is: its an overrated, overpriced, lousy, pathetic product. the xbox 360 beats it in everthing except the whole bluray thing. if you want a quality system go for the 360. if you want a great handheld go for the DS. both are better than anything sony can come up with.

  • joelgargan posted Jan 5, 2009 9:02 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    joelgargan

    Posted Jan 5, 2009 9:02 pm PT (hide)

    To sevey13

    the ps3 reigns dominant over the X360. First of all, the ps3 supports bluray, which in turn supports the worlds highest picture and quality sound. This is contrary to the 360's "HD DVD" support, due to to the fact that HD DVD's are no longer being produced because a higher sound and picture quality cannot be supported on the DVD format. The 360 is a typical microsoft product, which was, much like the zune, underdeveloped and released in a poor attempt at market competition. Oh and i hope your PC blue screens.

  • EddisonPeters19

    Posted Jan 5, 2009 1:32 pm PT

    to all you 360 fan boys if you really want to play mgs 4 BUY A PS3 !!!!!!,i swear to god mgs 4 has to be the most envied game of all time, i mean oh my god,pc gamers want it,360 gamers want it,i've even seen some nintendo gamers hoping the game would make an appearence in their future console,if you really want to play this game buy a ps3,if you dont want to buy a ps3 stop commenting and fantiscizing about this game making an appearence on you're console,now you see why us ps3 owners bought a ps3,im not bashing at all the other consoles because i think the 360 is great i think the wii is great but its just terrible how badly you talk about this game comming to you're console,you never see ps3 gamers doing it to 360 games or at least this badly ,have some self respect jesus.

  • djsiddiqi

    Posted Jan 5, 2009 1:15 pm PT

    sick yo i was planning to get a ipod touch and this is in it...

  • ASG_

    Posted Jan 5, 2009 11:50 am PT

    No way in hell would I get an iPhone.
    Seriously, if you whip that thing out of your pocket and it slips out of your hands then BAM right into the pavement, you've got yourself a 400$ paperweight.

  • i_am_chromas

    Posted Jan 5, 2009 6:41 am PT

    I hope this tops most of the iPhone/iTouch application games that are mostly crap... while not being like $10.

  • Gamer_4_Fun

    Posted Jan 5, 2009 12:33 am PT

    Sounds awesome! They may suck in online, but Konami is still one of those developers which can bring out the best fro many platform.

  • redsoxfan22

    Posted Jan 4, 2009 4:25 pm PT

    killkill3 is ACTually A FAT ANNOYING KID!

    that no one likes =)

  • killkill3

    Posted Jan 3, 2009 4:57 pm PT

    hahaha xbox 360 fanboys lose hehehehe, no GOTY 2008 for you guys

  • Shinoadr

    Posted Jan 2, 2009 5:46 pm PT

    MGS4 for Ipod touch would be friggin ballin.

  • poopmcfeces123

    Posted Jan 2, 2009 9:22 am PT

    who cares

  • Elton14

    Posted Jan 1, 2009 5:44 pm PT

    R41N_M4K3R


    Gears could be better on the PS3

  • thug9cole

    Posted Jan 1, 2009 5:03 pm PT

    they are just thinking about how so many people actually pay to activate the iphone then go on and buy music, ring tones... throw away mass amounts of money surely they'll pick this up and look at the install base since it can be played on a ipod touch... money money money moneyyy

  • LegendaryBadass

    Posted Jan 1, 2009 3:41 am PT

    I NEED AN F-ING IPOD TOUCH IN THE LEAST NOW!

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