In 2012, Hot Toys released a 1/6th action figure of Naked Snake in his original sneaking suit attire from MGS3, as well as the Boss. KCE Japan. Metal Gear Solid. Konami. Level/area: Maintenance Facility: Underground Base. Master Miller: Without the detonation codes, we had to find some other way. That's when I decided... you might prove useful, Snake. / (...) / Solid Snake: You mean you had this planned from the beginning? Just to get me to input the detonation code!? / (...) / Croft, Liam (May 24, 2023). "Metal Gear Solid 1, 2, and 3 Launch on PS5 in the Master Collection". Push Square . Retrieved June 4, 2023.

Vol. 1 was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on October 24, 2023. More volumes will be announced and detailed in the future.Williamson, Colin (December 12, 2000). "Yoji Shinkawa interview". IGN. Archived from the original on February 13, 2007 . Retrieved January 1, 2007. For example, if all 8 Capture Cages are placed in one particular area and it catches 8 ultra-rare animals, the game rewards Snake with 400,000 GMP and +960 Hero Points all without even breaking a sweat! Refer to the Animals section of the IGN Wiki for the details on finding them all. The game was titled Metal Gear Solid, rather than Metal Gear 3, as Kojima felt that the previous MSX2 games that he worked on were not widely known, due to the fact that they were not released in North America and only the first one was released in Europe (an NES version of the first Metal Gear was released in North America, but Kojima had no involvement with it or its sequel Snake's Revenge). [52] The word "Solid," derived from the codename of series's protagonist Solid Snake (as well as the title of the second MSX2 game), was chosen not only to represent the fact that it was the third entry of the series, but also the transition from 2D to 3D computer graphics. [53]

Metal Gear Solid is credited with popularizing the stealth game genre. The idea of the player being unarmed and having to avoid being seen by enemies rather than fight them has been used in many games since. It is also sometimes acclaimed as being a film as much as a game due to the lengthy cutscenes and complicated storyline. [146] IGN called it "the founder of the stealth genre." [147]Hideo Kojima at the Movies: 007". PlayStation Official Magazine (UK). Future Publishing. March 2003. Archived from the original on July 3, 2010 . Retrieved September 11, 2010. KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS – HIDECHAN RADIO – Episode 148" (in Japanese). Konami. Archived from the original (mp3) on July 22, 2011 . Retrieved August 30, 2011. Metal Gear Solid Movie Script Is Finished, More Art Revealed". MovieWeb. July 16, 2018. Archived from the original on June 4, 2019 . Retrieved June 4, 2019.