Metal Gear Solid Touch confirmed

Metal Gear Solid Touch confirmed

Michael Brown on 17 December 2008 - 07:23 · 24 comments & 7589 views

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It seems like only yesterday that the Internet was rife with speculation surrounding the mysterious Metal Gear teaser site, but today the covers have been lifted and Konami have confirmed Metal Gear Solid Touch for the iPhone and the iPod touch.

A spin-off of Metal Gear Solid 4, gameplay is driven by the touch screen, with swipes and pinching gestures familiar to regular iPhone users, apparently making it so easy that anyone can play. The game is due for release in Spring 2009 in North America, Japan and Europe.

Also announced are DanceDanceRevolution S Lite, Silent Hill: The Escape, and Furogga. All three will see a late Decemeber release in all three major territories, except for DanceDanceRevolution S Lite, which won't be released in Europe.

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#1 richardsim7 on 17 Dec 2008 - 07:53

Boo ya!!

-Rich-

#2 SojIrOu on 17 Dec 2008 - 08:21

oh man this will make me spend some quality time with my ipod touch

#3 Vezineth on 17 Dec 2008 - 08:25

Kojima is big fan of Apple, there are a lot of Macs in MGS 4. So this doesn't comes as a big surprise.

#4 creamhackered on 17 Dec 2008 - 08:25

Oh wow this is pretty cool

#5 Navan on 17 Dec 2008 - 08:33

I'm so happy I bought the Touch. xD

#6 Digix on 17 Dec 2008 - 08:42

haha that's pretty cool. so that kills off the 360 rumors again

(2 replies) #7 Scirwode on 17 Dec 2008 - 08:57

And here I was hoping for a MGS title for the PSP

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Scirwode

#7.1 CRIKEY on 17 Dec 2008 - 09:33

there is, or where you referring to a new one?

#7.2 Scirwode on 17 Dec 2008 - 13:37

CRIKEY said,

there is, or where you referring to a new one?

I was hoping for a new one actually.

Scirwode

#8 +NienorGT on 17 Dec 2008 - 08:57

Hell yah! Nice thing for my iTouch, sorry for X360...

(7 replies) #9 +kraized on 17 Dec 2008 - 09:09

The iPhone and touch will be a bigger portable gaming platform than the PSP and DS combined. Only time will tell.

#9.1 SH3K0 on 17 Dec 2008 - 09:32

100% agreed on that, that's if Sony doesn't have anything under their sleeves!

#9.2 burnsflipper on 17 Dec 2008 - 11:18

I dont see the touch as a big candidate yet, when it can pull off graphics as good as Chains of Olympus, maybe

#9.3 ahhell on 17 Dec 2008 - 11:44

burnsflipper said,

I dont see the touch as a big candidate yet, when it can pull off graphics as good as Chains of Olympus, maybe

You can't possibly believe that. Bigger than the PSP...maybe...bigger than the DS?? Yeah right.

#9.4 bdsams on 17 Dec 2008 - 13:11

ahhell said,

You can't possibly believe that. Bigger than the PSP...maybe...bigger than the DS?? Yeah right.

I love my touch, but some games are really anoying to play on it without the proper analog sticks

#9.5 hotdog963al on 17 Dec 2008 - 17:34

Can't see it happening, it's not a dedicated gaming device, not got propper controls, list could go on and on...

#9.6 LTD on 17 Dec 2008 - 18:44

hotdog963al said,

Can't see it happening, it's not a dedicated gaming device, not got propper controls, list could go on and on...

Fair enough, but "touch" is a new paradigm. Once more people start plying this way and become accustomed to it, it might very well catch on. And it already is catching on.

#9.7 The Gunslinger on 18 Dec 2008 - 11:55

LTD said,

Fair enough, but "touch" is a new paradigm. Once more people start plying this way and become accustomed to it, it might very well catch on. And it already is catching on.

Try playing the DS, and see how new a paradigm touch is...I dont think they will challenge either the PSP or DS anytime soon. If they are serious, the next revision will need to come equipped with a D pad, and buttons at the very least!

#10 Michael1406 on 17 Dec 2008 - 13:38

For starters, I don't think a touch screen phone could ever out-do a portable console with buttons. It's way too limiting.

Secondly, I'm glad that they've finally admitted it's an iPhone game. If it wasn't for the very few that thought with logic on the subject, I would have lost what little faith I had in the people of the Internet. A 360 MGS game just because of a power button symbol? It just goes to show just how clueless people really are these days.

#11 LTD on 17 Dec 2008 - 14:11

It's where the developers are going, in droves. This is only the beginning. There is HUGE potential here for future development, and a lot of money to be made.

(1 reply) #12 MightyJordan on 17 Dec 2008 - 15:18

Why isn't DDR coming over here?

I love that!

It's stuff like this that makes me wanna get an iPhone even more! If they make a 32/64GB model to house all my music, I'm there!

#12.1 PureLegend on 18 Dec 2008 - 06:26

Take a look at Tap Tap Revenge.

#13 NeoFlix on 19 Dec 2008 - 20:08

Sorry all ou apple supporters i cant see this being pulld off i see it as a failure i mean cmon the phones like a freakin paper weight. so wht u can play games big deal but the games are not good and i cant see how people could even consider a metal gear game on the iphone really tap to shoot god thats goona be really picky where you touch it.

#14 Aahz on 20 Dec 2008 - 22:05

It's a terrible gaming platform right now: battery life is terrible when playing games, the OS has a terrible time with memory and storage in regards to games, they crash left and right, post-play most require that you restart the device to reclaim your resources, the store is capped at $10 for games, oh and THERE'S NO F*CKING BUTTONS!

Apple hasn't made a good gaming platform yet; their damn PCs barely support games let alone their handhelds.

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