Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 Is Coming To Switch This October

"Kept you waiting, huh?"

Cool. Will probably buy this (eventually) just for Snake Eater.

Amazed to finally have these playable on a Nintendo console. Again, if physical, another must buy for me from this Direct.

Sad that the visuals for Metal Gear Solid are not brought up to Twin Snakes level. But a pre-order nonetheless for me!

I've never played these games, so I'm super excited to dive into Metal Gear and Metal Gear Solid soon enough.

Was it just me, or were most of the 3rd party announcements repeats from other 2023 Summer showcases? Most of these were already known commodities.

Still cool to see MGS on Switch

@John_Koshiro dang it you beat me to it!

Really hope MGS1 had an option to increase resolution. The game looked great on PC at higher res.

I dont know why I didn't expect this but I am happy to see that switch is getting a greater bevy of games. Really is the system for everything.

This collection is fantastic cause you got all the Metal Gear games from Nintendo (NES), Sony (PlayStation), and Microsoft (MSX) all in one package. Glad the big 3 all collab together for this. Sadly the only game missing is Metal Gear: Ghost Babel from the Game Boy Color, a masterpiece which I hope will come in volume 2 with Peace Walker, Twin Snakes, Revengeance, and Guns of the Patriot.

And so The Twin Snakes continues to be trapped on the Game Cube

So glad it's the MGS1 from PS1 and not Twin Snakes.

This is great news! Love the series.

@CharlieGirl Sad but true; trying to find a GC copy is challenging.

Hey! What's about Japanese voice-overs and dual audio support?
Edit: I want to hear cool Akio Ôtsuka's voice as Big Boss/Solid Snake!

is everyone here finally?

@ERGgamin I’ve held on to my copy.

As I mentioned in the forum why can’t these be the best versions of the three (twin snakes, substance and subsistence)? I’m super excited to see snakes revenge acknowledged!

@Ashina It's actually a remastered of the PC version.

@Fizza

You’re in for a treat my friend.

Especially Sons of Liberty. Get ready to have your mind blown away by how much it predicted about the modern world.

@OrtadragoonX I know, right? Those days, it looked bonkers to me (I was young and naive).

But now...pff...so much came true.

I'll only buy this on digital.

I've had all three games on my Vita for more than a decade now, so not really that excited to be honest.. but I might get MGS 1 individually in a sale down the line as it is the best in the series (not graphically of course - but it's the best GAME imo).

@GameOtaku Because they aren't the "best versions" for many fans, at least not Twin Snakes. I'm aware that many fans were introduced to the series with that game, but it's different to the others in a bad way, hence why many dislike it. I do think they could have included it as an alternative though, but not as the definitive way to play MGS.

I'm so glad we'll finally get this, the MGS games is my favorite franchise and I was so sad after what happened with Kojima.

@HarmanSmith

It’s kinda sad how we ended up right?

@roy130390
Twin snakes is the only one to not have a rerelease since it came out on GameCube. It’s high time for it.

@Serpenterror
Msx doesn’t stand fir Microsoft. It was a Japanese pc from back in the 80s and 90s. Nothing to do with them.

Excellent. It'd be nice if we got Twin Snakes, but I've never actually played the PS1 original.

Buying this Physical day 1. Now just give me Castlevania SotN and all is forgiven Konami.

@Brue Lucky you! I passed a lot of games down to family members, and let's say they are gone now. I should have thought ahead.

@GameOtaku That's true and it does deserve it's place in the series and availability for the fans despite of personally disliking it. Maybe it could be included on Vol.2 as I'm positive that Konami is aware that the game does have it's fandom.

PLEASE let there be a physical version!

@roy130390
By that token though wouldn’t it have made more sense to have it here since we have both msx and nes games that are different. (Well at least mg 2:ss and snakes revenge are different anyway)

@GameOtaku Yeah but since it seems that ship has sailed, there might be a chance to get it that way or separately. They could even do a third volume with stuff like the Ac!d Games and Metal Gear Portable Ops. Personally the one that I expect the most is Peace Walker.

Metal Gear Solid coming to the Switch is a big deal. It's worth getting the collection for Snake Eater alone. This will be a day one purchase for me. What are the chances the Switch also gets Vol. 2?

@GameOtaku It has everything to do with them. Microsoft made architect for it, it's just that they sent it to different companies for manufacturing in similar case to 3DO and Steam Machines. It's a PC made for the Japanese market as Commodore refuse to bring the Commodore 64 to Japan. This was before Microsoft got into Windows in the west and completely killed Commodore for good. The M in MSX doesn't stand for Microsoft but Microsoft was involve with the MSX which is why the M in MSX stands for Microsoft now.

I've had the NES one and MGS 1-3 sitting on my shelf for YEARS now...always wanting to play them with my best friend (who owns 4, 5 and Revengeance) like we marathoned Castlevania back in the day...never got around to it...but I am a sucker for collections so if this gets a physical release, the time might finally come.

@roy130390
I figured volume 2 would focus on big boss so the portable entries including peace walker seems logical. Then again this is Konami so logic doesn’t really matter.

@Serpenterror still glad it's not the Twin Snakes version. Never really liked it despite the updated controls. Speaking of controls, I'd hope MGS3 will adapt or do something similar to the 3DS' control scheme. Having to crouch while moving in that game is such a gamechanger

@Ashina It will probably just be emulated versions of the Xbox 360 (or PC) versions of 2 and 3 and PS1 version of 1. So no port of the 3DS version I'm afraid.

Certainly going to pick this one up. I'm not too big on MGS but I have a soft spot for the first game at least, and getting that on Switch is gonna be nice.

@Ashina The problem was that while the updated controls are usually a positive change, the game wasn't designed around them so they ruined some boss fights like with Vulcan Raven as the player didn't need to figure out how to defeat him. That combined with the different soundtrack, voice acting and cutscenes that were changed for the worse as well as entire videos removed and it ends up being much inferior for the majority that played MGS. It's a shame because the updated visuals looked nice.

Interestingly, the eshop page says the collection is 1.7 GBs, whereas the Vita version that comes without MGS1 is at 3.3 GBs. I assume either the size is a placeholder or Konami seriously compressed the assets.

Sweet! This is great news!

This is destined to become a Limited Run release.

@Serpenterror
That last line hurts my head.

@CharlieGirl sadly I don’t think we will ever see that one again. It’s likely locked behind tons of red tape. Would not be shocked if some of the Roger to certain assets are distributed among Nintendo and whomever owns the remnants of silicon knights.

Wow 20€ a piece if you buy 1, 2 or 3 individually or 60€ for the whole collection. That's almost double what I paid over 10 years on my Vita. I hope MGS1 is the enhanced PC version or something or I'll have to wait for an at least half price sale. Not paying 20€ for an emulated PS1 version.

@TheExile285 Snake Eater will be available to buy individually, just as the other two main games, in the case you only want to get that one.

@Olliemar28 that's what I wanted to hear, most likely, I'll get it physical, but, I might be tempted to play it day one!

@shgamer May I ask why you like 1 better than 3? Snake Eater is the only MGS I was really blown away by.

Sense there is vol 1 will vol 2 be next? Hope metal gear rising be next

I shall peacefully walk away from this.

@sketchturner First of all I never really managed to get a real grip on the stealth gameplay in 3 (and these games are supposed to be played stealthily imo).

1 and 2 played better (except for the final bosses - which I never finished) because they were simpler by design in many ways (you weren't able to control the camera like in 3's expanded/altered version "Subsistence" for example). The stealth played better (and then I just think 1 had something very special going for it storytelling wise)

I always really loved the graphics in 3 though; especially the jungle parts were extremely good looking for a PS2 game. But I never really got into the gameplay (I liked the 3DS version more because it controlled - I actually finished that one - never finished 1, 2 or 3 (PS2 version)).

Konami announced that Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 will be coming to Switch on October 24th, 2023.

Correction: Switch, Xbox Series S|X, PlayStation 5 and Windows.

I replayed these on my Vita a couple months back, so I'm in no rush to play them again anytime soon, but it's great that they'll be available for more people who never got the chance to experience the series.
I'd like to see a re-release of MGS4 instead, if anything. Seems like the only way to play that nowadays is PS3, after it got taken off of PS+.

@TheExile285 iiiim still in a dreaaaaam snake eateeeer !!!

@GameOtaku most likely it will be the subsistence version, i think the avoided the sub-subtitle to avoid confusion. bc im not buying if its the other way around XD

@DogDetective they just confirmed it will have a physical version LOL

@GameOtaku this collection is honestly rubbish, supposedly the ps5 versions will be better at least but i personally wouldn't pay retail price for bare bone ports

Wish the Twin Snakes was remastered for this version but I doubt they would go through all that effort to remaster it when if I would be correct they would only be able to release it on Switch since Nintendo funded it production when Silicon Knights developed it.

For someone that owns the vita and PS3 collections, how are this going to be different from those 2 collections? I just want to see the general opinion to which is better? or would the switch version be the best?

I have played Snake Eater so many times but I will play it AGAIN and love every second of it.

Everyone, looks like if you're going physical you still need to download about 90% of the game. If I'm reading correctly right off the Konami website, the game is 24.1GB with 2.4GB "front-loaded" on the cart.

EDIT: That in itself sucks but I do really appreciate the transparency on that.

THIS!!!! I can't wait to play these.

@CharlieGirl it's probably never going to be released on newer consoles unless Nintendo does NSO for GameCube. With the legal issues around Silicon Knights, I just don't think it will happen

@ChromaticDracula thanks for that info

Bummer. May pass on the cart.

It's kinda dumb sometimes they have to wait until Nintendo talks about it for a 3rd party game to finally be announced for their console. At least it's something to be excited for!

Hoping for Volume 2 to have MGS (GB), Portable ops, Acid, Acid 2, Peace Walker and MGS4.

I just want MGS4. I will get this if there’s a physical otherwise I’ll pass

@DiamondJim there is a physical edition but it requires almost a full download. (See my previous comment in these comments.)

MGS1 is definitely in my top 5 favourite games ever. Never got around to playing the others in the series so I'll be picking this up for sure.

Sad they are botching physical release. Most of it isn’t even in the cart. Even Borderlands collection did a better job on that.

Considering Snake's Revenge wasn't handled by the original Kojima team, I'm surprised it made it in this collection. That's a game I've needed to play, not to mention Metal Gear Solid 2 and the MSX version of Metal Gear I've never played either.

Hm. As someone who never played a single minute of MGS I am tempted. But this collection doesn’t feel like they put much effort in.

What's a bit interesting for me personally is that it's the volume 1 collection, so there might be a volume 2 collection too with 4 (maybe 5), Peace Walker and Portable Ops (and other bits and pieces too probably).

I really enjoyed Peace Walker on my PSP, as I felt it had much better controls than 1, 2, 3 and Portable Ops. The only problem Peace Walker had was the 20 fps performance.

But there was a PS3/Xbox 360 60 fps version of it on the Metal Gear Solid HD collection from 2011, so maybe we could get Peace Walker 60 fps version for Switch (THAT I would be willing to pay 20€ for!).

I played MGS 1 back on PS1 of a friend and I fell in love but never got around to playing the others.
I was aware of this collection release from showcases/gamefest and in an instant thought (same goes for switch release) that MGS 1 & 2 are so fking bad ports for my aged eyes. If they'd bring the two 1st games as properly HD remakes or remasters then I would for sure have bought this collection... yesterday, but now is a BIG NO from me. Especially for this crazy high price for so fking old games that didn't bothered to at least do some "makeover" !

I will wait for a proper remake/remaster of them and I will get them on my next console.