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On the anniversary ofMetal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Hideo Kojima has revealed the “one regret” he holds about the original PlayStation Portable game. Interestingly, this concern isn’t related toMetal GearSolid: Peace Walker’s gameplay or story but another key immersive aspect.
Having been released in 2010,Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walkeris a title etched in the history of Sony’s highly successful PSP handheld. The game is distinguished for featuring a slew of tough boss battles and challenging levels and thus considered as one of thehardest Hideo Kojima games ever. Recently, Kojima shared intriguing trivia about the game’s final boss battle and underscored his feelings about it.
Spoiler alert: The following text contains story spoilers for Metal Gear Solid: Peace WalkerIn a recent tweet posted afterMetal Gear Solid: Peace Walkerturned 14 on April 29, director Hideo Kojima revealed his regret at having failed to use a certain song for a cutscene that takes place near the end of the game. In his tweet, Kojima highlighted that the unnamed song would have played during the sequence where the Boss AI-controlled mecha, Peace Walker, drowns itself to prevent a nuclear attack. Unfortunately, the intended music didn’t make its way into theSony PSP stealth hitas publisher Konami couldn’t secure the rights. Moreover, the game director stated that the two parties negotiated “until the very end” but couldn’t come to an agreement becausePeace Walkerwas a “gun shooting game.” He added that reaching out to the artist’s family itself also came to no avail.
In his post, Kojima labeled losing out on using the “famous song” as his “one regret” aboutMetal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. Giving hints about which song it could be, he mentioned that it “fit the ‘peace’ and ‘70’s’ [sic] theme” prevalent throughout the game. In the comments, fans picked up clues from Kojima’s tweet and suggested songs that fit his description of the unnamed song. Several users said that the music the game auteur alluded to could be John Lennon’sImagine, which came out in 1971. Keeping in mind thatImagine’s lyrics also talk of peace, a theme central to the game, it seems like an informed guess.
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Could Be Re-Released in the Near Future
Konami is currently looking to revive its AAA game business after leaving its popular franchises, such asMetal GearandSilent Hill, mostly dormant over the past several years. In 2023, the Japan-based company launchedMetal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1,and it is now focused onrolling outMetal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, a remake of the 2004 original game.
Excitingly, this new strategy of re-releasingMetal Geargames as remasters and remakes suggests thatPeace Walkercould also get the same treatment. Back in October 2023,rumors said thatMetal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2’s contentincluded ports ofMetal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots,Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, andMetal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Painfor the latest consoles. If this turns out to be true, fans can expect to playPeace Walkeron a current-gen console for the first time sinceMetal Gear Solid: HD Collectiondropped in 2011.
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
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The Games on Demand version supports English, French, Spanish.1974The Peace Walker Incident. The era is the 1970s. Big Boss has stationed his “Army without a Nation” in Colombia, South America, where he is approached by visitors from Costa Rica– “a Nation without a Military.” In the wake of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Latin America became key to maintaining the power balance between East and West. But now, a mysterious armed force threatens to disrupt this balance. To preserve peace and neutrality in Costa Rica, the “Soldiers without Borders” move into action. In time, they would come to be known as the founders of “Outer Heaven.”
