From Calorie Mate snacks to hidden Kerotan frog statues, 2004’s Metal Gear Solid 3 was full of diverse real-life Easter eggs, even when they contradicted the sport’s Sixties setting. One memorable gimmick for eagle-eyed gamers to spot in the indoor areas of MGS3 (and MGS2) was the posters of present Japanese gravure idols — feminine fashions who pose in revealing outfits.
These attractive posters make a return in the remake Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater — with an added twist. Should you play on Legacy Type mode, the posters are as they have been in the authentic. However in case you are taking part in utilizing the New Type mode, with its fashionable over-the-shoulder digicam angle, you’ll discover that though the fashions are the identical, the images have been swapped out for latest photographs of what they appear like now, 20 years on.
In a latest interview with Famitsu (and beforehand reported on by Automaton), the builders at Konami revealed how this modification happened. They say that their purpose with Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater was to evolve the sport whereas staying true to the core essence of the authentic MGS3, and recreate its jungle setting in order that it regarded extraordinarily sensible. Nevertheless, in addition they ended up making small, sudden tweaks to the content material of the authentic, with the gravure posters being one such tweak.
Apparently, the preliminary plan for the mannequin posters was to use increased resolutions of the photos utilized in MGS3. Nevertheless, as soon as the workforce had determined to implement a Legacy Mode and a New Mode, they come across the concept of fixing up the gravure posters to mirror the 21 years which have handed since MGS3’s preliminary launch.
Delta’s inventive producer Yuji Korekado (who additionally labored on the authentic MGS3) defined that for New Type mode, the workforce determined to attain out to the fashions that featured in MGS3 and ask them to ship in new, latest images. This doesn’t imply that each one the fashions are decked out in bikinis, although. Reasonably, the workforce requested them to merely ship in photos of how they give the impression of being now. In accordance to Korekado, each single mannequin from the authentic despatched in images that span the gauntlet from attractive swimsuit photographs to household snaps. “We want gamers to hunt down and discover all the several types of images,” mentioned Korekado, with collection producer Noriaki Okamoto including that “in case you are acquainted with the authentic graphics, seeing the present images actually packs an emotional punch.”
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MGS3 additionally featured problems with real-life online game and glamour magazines that you might amusingly use to distract guards (the magazines featured differed relying on the area). Nevertheless, Korekado mentioned that the choice was made not to replace these journal covers, as lots of the publications that popped up as objects in MGS3 have since ceased publication. So, the real-life mags that you might discover in MGS3 stay the identical in each variations of Metal Gear Solid: Delta Snake Eater.
Korekado additionally expresses gratitude in the direction of all the those who returned to work on the remake. He defined that the workforce was in a position to get Cythia Harrel to re-record the sport’s Bond-esque opening theme ‘Snake Eater,’ in addition to Kyle Cooper, who designed the intro film.
In associated information, Lori Alan, who has reprised her position voicing Snake’s mentor The Boss in the sport’s English language model, shocked followers yesterday by posting a seemingly latest image of herself cosplaying as her character:
Select your destiny, end the mission! Can’t wait for you all to expertise Delta tomorrow!
You’re going to have your thoughts blown!
“I maintain the legacy—however the battle has solely simply begun. Select your destiny in MGSΔ” 🤔#TheBoss #MGSDelta #YouveWaitedLongEnough@Konami pic.twitter.com/NS0HInAMnF— Lori Alan (@LoriAlan1) August 28, 2025
We have got lots extra Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater information, together with very early mods (one in every of which helps you to play as Hideo Kojima!), and patch notes for the first post-launch replace. IGN’s Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater assessment returned an 8/10. We mentioned: “Between its old-school stealth-action gameplay and interesting spy-thriller story, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater largely succeeds as a devoted, visually spectacular remake of the 2004 traditional.”
Verity Townsend is a Japan-based freelance author who beforehand served as editor, contributor and translator for the sport information web site Automaton West. She has additionally written about Japanese tradition and flicks for numerous publications.