History VideoGame / MetalGear2SolidSnake

** For Kojima related shout outs, there are two for ''{{Snatcher}}'', the first was when Kasler informed Snake about the rumors about Big Boss being a cyborg as a result of the Snatcher project (which also doubled as a TakeThat against ''Snake's Revenge''). The second was when Campbell mentions Kasler in a radio call, where he warned Snake to avoid discussing anything relating to "whale cuisine." This is a reference of an autopsied murder victim who had whale cuisine inside his stomach tract. It's LostInTranslation, though, as the whale cuisine was changed to buffalo meat in the English version.

* DiscontinuityNod: During the final battle with Big Boss, George Kasler mentions a rumor that states that Big Boss underwent a cybernetic "{{Snatcher}}" transplant (a reference to a previous Kojima game) in order to replace the limbs he allegedly lost during his battle with Snake at the end of the original ''Metal Gear''. Kasler clarifies that its nothing but a rumor and when Snake eventually defeats Big Boss with a [[AerosolFlamethrower makeshift flamethrower]], he burns to "death" like a normal person would. The rumor is actually a dig at ''Snake's Revenge'', the non-canon NES sequel which preceded ''Metal Gear 2'', in which Big Boss' second form was a fire-breathing cybernetic behemoth.

* DiscontinuityNod: During the final battle with Big Boss, George Kasler mentions a rumor that states that Big Boss underwent a cybernetic "{{Snatcher}}" transplant (a reference to a previous Kojima game) in order to replace the limbs he allegedly lost during his battle with Snake at the end of the original ''Metal Gear''. Kasler clarifies that its nothing but a rumor and when Snake eventually defeats Big Boss with a makeshift flamethrower, he burns to "death" like a normal person would. The rumor is actually a dig at ''Snake's Revenge'', the non-canon NES sequel which preceded ''Metal Gear 2'', in which Big Boss' second form was a fire-breathing cybernetic behemoth.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The first game barely had a plot, with virtually no character development and only one notable plot twist. This game is where the series started to become what it is now by telling a very complex and dark story for the 8-bit era. Big Boss in particular, became a much darker villain with complex motivations.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The first game felt quite Bondish, with a two-dimensional villain and characters without any depth. This game is where the series started to become what it is now by telling a very complex and dark story for the 8-bit era. Big Boss in particular, became a much darker villain with complex motivations.

--> "...Metal... Gear?"
--> --Snake, [[ParrotExposition beginning a grand tradition.]]

Originally released in Japan for the {{MSX}}2 computer in 1990, '''''Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake''''' is the second (canonical) game in the ''Franchise/MetalGear'' series. In spite of early skepticism, the first ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' was received well enough that an NintendoEntertainmentSystem-exclusive sequel called ''SnakesRevenge'' was produced. Though it was the first sequel to ''Metal Gear'' ever made, Konami had commissioned it without the consent or input of series creator HideoKojima. One day, during a train ride in Tokyo, Kojima met one of the developers working on ''Snake's Revenge''. The developer told Kojima about the game. He then asked Kojima to make his own sequel to ''Metal Gear'', and thus, after getting the go-ahead from Konami, ''Metal Gear 2'' was born.

Originally released in Japan for the {{MSX}}2 computer in 1990, '''''Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake''''' is the second (canonical) game in the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series. In spite of early skepticism, the first ''VideoGame/MetalGear1987'' was received well enough that an NintendoEntertainmentSystem-exclusive sequel called ''SnakesRevenge'' was produced. Though it was the first sequel to ''Metal Gear'' ever made, Konami had commissioned it without the consent or input of series creator HideoKojima. One day, during a train ride in Tokyo, Kojima met one of the developers working on ''Snake's Revenge''. The developer told Kojima about the game. He then asked Kojima to make his own sequel to ''Metal Gear'', and thus, after getting the go-ahead from Konami, ''Metal Gear 2'' was born.

The production values of ''Metal Gear 2'' are a noted improvement from its predecessor, but its late release meant that only low quantities were produced (making it the most sought-after [=MSX2=] game in the secondhand market, often going for over 20,000 yen whenever a complete copy is auctioned on Yahoo Japan Auctions). It would be more than fifteen years before an official English version was released, when it came packaged with ''[[{{MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater}} Metal Gear Solid 3:]] [[UpdatedRerelease Subsistence]]'', although a fan-translation was already available on the Internet around the time the original ''MetalGearSolid'' came out.

* BookEnds: If the novelization for ''[[{{MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots}} Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'' is anything to go by, Zanzibarland was originally Tselinoyarsk, the place Naked Snake infiltrated in ''[[{{MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater}} Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''. In other words, his start of fame was in Tselinoyarsk, and his final defeat in this game is in Tselinoyarsk.

** For Dr. Madnar, after Outer Heaven, he defected/immigrated to America (depending on whether the Soviet Union was still in existence or not), leaving his daughter behind. When he did join America... well, let's just say that the promises of liberty and freedom were empty for him. Basically, he was treated with total contempt by the American government, and also implied to have been abused by the government as well, basically forcing him to make brain bombs, SDI, and NEDW. He was then ostracized by the scientific community when he wanted to recreate Metal Gear (ironic, considering the fact that America was working on [[MetalGearSolid Metal Gear REX]] since at least May 1996). He then decided he had enough of it and secretly defected to Zanzibarland, since they at least would allow him to work on the weapon.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Solid Snake managed to stop the TX-55 Metal Gear from being completed. Unfortunately, NATO apparently decided to use that opportunity to launch an air raid nuclear strike against Outer Heaven that resulted in both the Outer Heaven personnel and the Outer Heaven Resistance members suffering severe casualties, not to mention people who were war refugees and war orphans. In fact, it was this action that nearly resulted in Schneider's near death, not Outer Heaven as it was earlier implied. Also, his nearly killing Gray Fox and Big Boss (especially the former) would prove to have serious repercussions for him in the [[MetalGearSolid next game]].

* TogetherInDeath: Snake promises this for [[spoiler: Gray Fox and Gustava]]. Of course, [[MetalGearSolid we all know how that turned out...]]

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Unlike the original ''Metal Gear'', it's averted: The game and [[AllThereInTheManual manual]] state that Zanzibarland was located between the (former) USSR, Afghanistan, China, and Pakistan, and it's even given something of a map showing the bordered area of Zanzibarland.[[hottip:*:For anyone curious, it's that slew of lines in the box next to the Zanzibarland logo]] It's basically within the Badakhshan region, for anyone curious. It also starts a trend in future installments to show the specific location the game takes place in (assuming that the game doesn't flat out state where it takes place in real life, as was the case in ''MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' and ''MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'').

Beginning with ''Metal Gear 2'', the series took a brand new turn. [[GrowingTheBeard It decided to take itself seriously]], to startlingly good results. ''Metal Gear 2'' further evolved the stealth mechanics of its predecessor and introduced a DarkerAndEdgier storyline involving {{Melodrama}}, plot twists, and the themes of warfare and nuclear proliferation. The game system was also completely revamped from the original ''Metal Gear''. Whereas the guards in the previous game remained stationed in one room, here they can patrol more than one screen and they now have a wider range of vision as well. To compensate for the improvement in the enemy's abilities, the player is given a radar which shows the position of enemy soldiers and terrain in adjacent screen, as well as the ability to crawl under desks, ducts and other small spaces.

* AntiVillain: Going by some characters' statements, in spite of Big Boss essentially wanting to turn the world into an immense battlefield, he did nonetheless do non-villainous actions such as saving the Outer Heaven resistance members, as well as forgiving them for their earlier opposition towards him and Outer Heaven, after the NATO bombings of Outer Heaven. This was alluded to in Kyle Schneider's dying speech. Gray Fox revealed that Big Boss saved his life twice, earning him his genuine loyalty. He also saved the children living in Zanzibarland, although the last bit is in the gray area.

* BloodKnight: Although it was initially believed that Big Boss was intending to use OILIX and the stolen stockpiles of nuclear missiles to conquer the world, it is revealed that his true goal was actually just to make the world a war zone [[ItsWhatIDo so he and his soldiers can have meaning in their lives]]. Big Boss also implies that Solid Snake is not that different than him.

* BolivianArmyEnding: Subverted: [[spoiler:Solid Snake and Holly White are fighting off against Zanzibarland forces while waiting for Charlie to arrive to extract them, but then runs out of ammo and are then put at the mercy of the Zanzibarland forces and presumably awaiting execution... only for Charlie to arrive just in time and blast the soldiers to smithereens with the Sikorsky HH-64 Dragoon's machineguns.]]

* CopyProtection: When Colonel Campbell changes his frequency, he tells the player to check the back of the box to get the new frequency (in the fan translated version, Campbell simply tells the player the new frequency in the first place). Also, a few other frequencies can only be learned by deciphering tap codes through the use of a chart in the manual.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Let's see, apparently the American government wanted Dr. Drago Pettrovich Madnar to work on SDI, NEDW, and Brain Bombs, but he refused. What did they do? They had the scientific community ostracize him, exile him from said scientific community, and then act as though he never existed shortly thereafter. Suffice to say, Dr. Madnar was not too pleased with this treatment.

* FreudianExcuse: Gray Fox, Kyle Schneider, and Dr. Madnar give one each in regards to why they defected to Zanzibarland. See MistreatmentInducedBetrayal.

** For Dr. Madnar, after Outer Heaven, he defected/immigrated to America (depending on whether the Soviet Union was still in existence or not), leaving his daughter behind. When he did join America... well, let's just say that the promises of liberty and freedom were empty for him. Basically, he was treated with total contempt by the American government, and also implied to have been abused by the government as well, basically forcing him to make brain bombs, SDI, and NEDW. He wanted to recreate Metal Gear, the scientific community and the government then ostracized him (ironic, considering the fact that America was working on [[MetalGearSolid Metal Gear REX]] since at least May 1996). He then decided he had enough of it and secretly defected to Zanzibarland, since they at least would allow him to work on the weapon.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Solid Snake managed to stop TX-55 Metal Gear from being completed. Unfortunately, NATO apparently decided to use that opportunity to launch an air raid nuclear strike against Outer Heaven that resulted in both the Outer Heaven personnel and the Outer Heaven Resistance members suffering severe casualties, not to mention people who were war refugees and war orphans. In fact, it was this action that nearly resulted in Schneider's near death, not Outer Heaven as it was earlier implied. Also, his nearly killing Gray Fox and Big Boss (especially the former) would prove to have serious repercussions for him in the [[MetalGearSolid next game]].

** Ultra Box, the name of the four-man team who ambush Snake in the elevator, were named after the British band Ultravox.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The original [=MSX2=] uses different spellings for some of the characters (not counting those whose names were changed entirely) than the ones used in the later re-releases and at least one character in the [=MSX2=] version has his name spelled differently between the manual and the in-game spelling. Note that the fan-translated version used the spellings for Campbell and Jaeger that were used in ''Metal Gear Solid''. The following examples gives the names as they appear in the later releases, followed by the spellings used in the [=MSX2=] version.

Beginning with ''Metal Gear 2'', the series took a brand new turn. [[GrowingTheBeard It decided to take itself seriously]], to startlingly good results. ''Metal Gear 2'' further evolved the stealth mechanics of its predecessor and introduced a DarkerAndEdgier storyline involving {{Melodrama}}, plot twists, and the themes of warfare and nuclear proliferation. The game system was also completely revamped from the original. Whereas the guards in the previous remained stationed in one room, here they can patrol more than one screen and they now have a wider range of vision as well. To compensate for the improvement in the enemy's abilities, the player is given a radar which shows the position of enemy soldiers and terrain in adjacent screen, as well as the ability to crawl under desks, ducts and other small spaces.

The production values of ''Metal Gear 2'' are a noted improvement from its predecessor, but its late release meant that only low quantities were produced (making it the most sought-after [=MSX2=] game in the secondhand market, often going for over 20,000 yen whenever a complete copy is auctioned on Yahoo Japan Auctions). It would be more than fifteen years before an official English version was released, when it came packaged with ''MetalGearSolid3: [[UpdatedRerelease Subsistence]]'', although a fan-translation was already available on the Internet around the time the original ''MetalGearSolid'' came out.

** Unfortunately, the North American version of ''Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence'' only came with a condensed manual and the online PDF version barely contained any information on the older games. Because of this, some of the solutions were posted online by Konami in an FAQ on their site (no longer online, [[http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20060626032510/http://www.konami.com/gs/gameinfo.php?id=162 but there's a waybacked copy available]]).

* GuideDangIt: The player is required to decipher tap codes to learn at least two frequencies, which can only be done by using a chart in the manual. Additionally, Snake is also told to look at the back of the game's package to learn Campbell's second frequency upon reaching Tower Building.

* CopyProtection: When Campbell changes his frequency, he tells the player to check the back of the box to get the new frequency (in the fan translated version, Campbell simply tells the player the new frequency in the first place). Also, a few other frequencies can only be learned by deciphering tap codes through the use of a chart in the manual.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Compared to the primitiveness of the previous game, ''Metal Gear 2'' is surprisingly very close to ''Metal Gear Solid'', despite being hampered by the technical limitations of the [=MSX2=]. It still has a few odd moments and leftover play mechanics from the first game, such as the fact that Snake still moves only in four directions.

* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Kyle Schneider (and presumably the other surviving members of his resistance), Dr. Madnar, and possibly Gray Fox's reasons as to why they defected to Zanzibarland dealt with this trope.
** For Schneider, after Metal Gear was destroyed in Snake's mission to Outer Heaven, NATO decided to commence a pinpoint aerial nuclear bombardment on the nuke production facilities of Outer Heaven, and indiscriminately killed both Outer Heaven personnel and the resistance members (the latter of whom were their ''allies''), and that's not even getting to the deaths of war orphans and war refugees. NATO also recovered a near-dead Schneider and subjected him to a NASA-based experiment regarding extraterrestrial ninjas until he and the rest of his unit were disbanded. Because of this, as well as Big Boss actually saving the surviving resistance members, he decided to throw his lot to Big Boss to repay him for this debt.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Solid Snake managed to stop TX-55 Metal Gear from being completed. Unfortunately, NATO apparently decided to use that opportunity to launch an air raid nuclear strike against Outer Heaven that resulted in both the Outer Heaven personnel and the Outer Heaven Resistance members suffering severe casualties, not to mention people who were war refugees and war orphans. In fact, it was this action that nearly resulted in Schneider's near death, not Outer Heaven as it was earlier implied. Also, his nearly killing Gray Fox and Big Boss (especially the former action) would prove to have serious repercussions for him in the [[MetalGearSolid next game]].

* SeriesContinuityError: A few things get... muddled if you try to reconcile this game with later games in the series. In particular, it's claimed by Kasler in-game that Big Boss lost his right eye in Outer Heaven (although he was already wearing an eyepatch in the original ''Metal Gear'' and the manual states he lost it during the [=80s=]), and the revelation that [[LukeIAmYourFather Big Boss is Snake's father]] is nowhere to be seen.

** The manual has other inconsistencies, such as referring to the mission from the first game as "Operation Intrude ''[=N312=]''" instead of ''[=N313=]'' and the region in Africa where Outer Heaven was located as "Salzburgh" instead of "Galzburgh". Natasha's bio even refers to her former lover as "Frank ''Jaeger''", even though she knew him as "Frank ''Hunter''".

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The original [=MSX2=] uses different spellings for some of the characters (not counting those whose names were changed entirely) than the ones used in the later releases and at least one character in the [=MSX2=] version has his name spelled differently between the manual and the in-game spelling. Note that the fan-translated version used the spellings for Campbell and Jaeger that were used in ''Metal Gear Solid''. The following examples gives the names as they appear in the later releases, followed by the spellings used in the [=MSX2=] version.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Unlike the first ''MetalGear'', it's averted: The game and [[AllThereInTheManual manual]] state that Zanzibarland was located between the (former) USSR, Afghanistan, China, and Pakistan, and it's even given something of a map showing the bordered area of Zanzibarland.[[hottip:*:For anyone curious, it's that slew of lines in the box next to the Zanzibarland logo]] It's basically within the Badakhshan region, for anyone curious. It also starts a trend in future installments to show the specific location the game takes place in (assuming that the game doesn't flat out state where it takes place in real life, as was the case in ''MetalGearSolid2'' and ''MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'').

''Metal Gear 2'' is, like its predecessor, a StealthBasedGame following exploits of FOXHOUND operative Solid Snake. The plot kicks off when the world's oil supply unexpectedly runs dry. With the world facing an energy crisis Dr. Kio Marv, a Czech biologist, develops a microbe called OILIX, capable of synthesizing petroleum. Hoping to use OILIX to ensure their military dominance, a small nation called Zanzibar Land kidnaps Marv during a trip to the United States to discuss his findings. Snake is sent in to diffuse this threat and rescue Marv from the clutches of Zanzibar Land. But Zanzibar Land has an ace up their sleeves: a new model of Metal Gear is in development...

* AntiVillain: Going by some characters' statements, in spite of Big Boss essentially wanting to turn the world into an immense battlefield, he did nonetheless do non-villainous actions such as saving the Outer Heaven resistance members, as well as forgiving them for their earlier opposition towards him and Outer Heaven, after the NATO bombings of Outer Heaven. This was alluded to in Kyle Schneider's dying speech. Gray Fox revealed that Big Boss saved his life twice, earning him his genuine loyalty. He also saved the children living in Zanzibar Land, although the last bit is in the gray area.

* BananaRepublic: Zanzibar Land.
* BolivianArmyEnding: Subverted: [[spoiler:Solid Snake and Holly White are fighting off against Zanzibar Land forces while waiting for Charlie to arrive to extract them, but then runs out of ammo and are then put at the mercy of the Zanzibar Land forces and presumably awaiting execution... only for Charlie to arrive just in time and blast the soldiers to smithereens with the Sikorsky HH-64 Dragoon's machineguns.]]
* BookEnds: If the novelization for ''[[{{MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots}} Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'' is anything to go by, Zanzibar Land was originally Tselinoyarsk, the place Naked Snake infiltrated in ''[[{{MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater}} Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''. In other words, his start of fame was in Tselinoyarsk, and his final defeat in this game is in Tselinoyarsk.

* ChildSoldier: Played with. There are several kids within Zanzibar Land, and Big Boss alludes in his final speech to Snake that he plans to arm them for the wars of the next generation. However, their lack of antagonism to Solid Snake (or rather, lack of any interaction with Snake other than giving him hints), certainly not sounding an alarm or attacking Snake, as well as Big Boss stating "wars of the next generation" makes it ambiguous as to whether they were actually intended to be deployed into battle or if they wait until they grow up until they join the battlefield.

* FreudianExcuse: Gray Fox, Kyle Schneider, and Dr. Madnar give one each in regards to why they defected to Zanzibar Land. See MistreatmentInducedBetrayal.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: You know the stinger missiles Snake has to use to shoot down the Hind D around the heliport area? Well, those stinger missiles he gained were originally supposed to be installed onto the war machines of Zanzibar Land, including the Goliath tanks and... the Hind D gunships.

* ItsRainingMen: According to the manual for the game, Solid Snake infiltrated Zanzibar Land at the dead of night via a HAHO jump.

* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Kyle Schneider (and presumably the other surviving members of his resistance), Dr. Madnar, and possibly Gray Fox's reasons as to why they defected to Zanzibar Land dealt with this trope.

** For Dr. Madnar, after Outer Heaven, he defected/immigrated to America (depending on whether the Soviet Union was still in existence or not), leaving his daughter behind. When he did join America... well, let's just say that the promises of liberty and freedom were empty for him. Basically, he was treated with total contempt by the American government, and also implied to have been abused by the government as well, basically forcing him to make brain bombs, SDI, and NEDW. He wanted to recreate Metal Gear, the scientific community and the government then ostracized him (ironic, considering the fact that America was working on [[MetalGearSolid Metal Gear REX]] since at least May 1996). He then decided he had enough of it and secretly defected to Zanzibar Land, since they at least would allow him to work on the weapon.

* TabloidMelodrama: Briefly alluded to by Big Boss when explaining his motivations for creating Outer Heaven and Zanzibar Land, when explaining that soldiers often end up as dead weight back at their home countries:

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Metal Gear Gs were originally planned to appear as enemies, but time constraints prevented them from being added in. Similarly, the Goliaths, the [=MBT=]s that are seen in the hangar area of Zanzibar Land, were intended to appear as bosses, but were not implemented in for the same reasons.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Unlike the first ''MetalGear'', it's averted: The game and [[AllThereInTheManual manual]] state that Zanzibar Land was located between the (former) USSR, Afghanistan, China, and Pakistan, and it's even given something of a map showing the bordered area of Zanzibar Land.[[hottip:*:For anyone curious, it's that slew of lines in the box next to the Zanzibar Land logo]] It's basically within the Badakhshan region, for anyone curious. It also starts a trend in future installments to show the specific location the game takes place in (assuming that the game doesn't flat out state where it takes place in real life, as was the case in ''MetalGearSolid2'' and ''MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'').

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Unlike the first ''MetalGear'', it's averted: The game and [[AllThereInTheManual manual]] state that Zanzibar Land was located between the (former) USSR, Afghanistan, China, and Pakistan, and it's even given something of a map showing the bordered area of Zanzibar Land. It's basically within the Badakhshan region, for anyone curious. It also starts a trend in future installments to show the specific location the game takes place in (assuming that the game doesn't flat out state where it takes place in real life, as was the case in ''MetalGearSolid2'' and ''MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'').

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Unlike the first ''MetalGear'', it's averted: The game and [[AllThereInTheManual manual]] state that Zanzibar Land was located between the (former) USSR, Afghanistan, China, and Pakistan, and it's even given something of a map showing the bordered area of Zanzibar Land. It's basically within the Badakhshan region, for anyone curious.

* TogetherInDeath: Snake promises this for [[spoiler: Gray Fox and Natasha/Gustava]]. Of course, [[MetalGearSolid we all know how that turned out...]]

Beginning with ''Metal Gear 2'', the series took a brand new turn - [[GrowingTheBeard it decided to take itself seriously]], to startlingly good results. ''Metal Gear 2'' further evolved the stealth mechanics of its predecessor and introduced a DarkerAndEdgier storyline involving {{Melodrama}}, plot twists, and the themes of warfare and nuclear proliferation. The game system was also completely revamped from the original. Whereas the guards in the previous remained stationed in one room, here they can patrol more than one screen and they now have a wider range of vision as well. To compensate for the improvement in the enemy's abilities, the player is given a radar which shows the position of enemy soldiers and terrain in adjacent screen, as well as the ability to crawl under desks, ducts and other small spaces.

* BookEnds: If the novelization for ''MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' is anything to go by, Zanzibar Land was originally Tselinoyarsk, the place Naked Snake infiltrated in ''Snake Eater''. In other words, his start of fame was in Tselinoyarsk, and his final defeat in this game is in Tselinoyarsk.

* DisposableWoman: [[spoiler: Natasha/Gustava]] lasts all of ten minutes before getting a missile to the face.

* TheGreatPoliticsMessUp: The game, which was released in 1990 but set in 1999, assumes that the Soviet Union will be still be around by that time and even has a character (Natasha/Gustava) employed by the Czechoslovakian Secret Police, a real-life organization that was dissolved the very same year the game came out. Natasha/Gustava even compares her failed romance with Frank Hunter with the BerlinWall, which was destroyed during the same year as well.[[hottip:*:The manual does note that the Berlin Wall was destroyed in 1989, however.]]

* KillerRabbit: The "deadly poisonous" Zanzibar hamsters.

** Lastly, Gray Fox. During the Calgary Olympics, he, under the name of Frank Hunter, met Natasha/Gustava and wanted to elope with her, arranging for her to defect to the United States. However, the U.S. refused amnesty to her. Gray Fox didn't take it too well, although he didn't defect until after Outer Heaven.

** Dr. Madnar is mentioned in ''MetalGearSolid4'' as the scientist who saved Raiden, despite the fact it was implied in ''Metal Gear Solid'' that he died in this game. Note that Dr. Madnar is the only boss character who does not explode after he is defeated.

** Pegimin-H, from Ultra-Q, is mentioned to be one of the natural resources for Zanibar Land.

** For Kojima related ShoutOuts, there are two for ''{{Snatcher}}'', the first was when Kasler informed Snake about the rumors about Big Boss being a cyborg as a result of the Snatcher project (which also doubled as a TakeThat against SnakesRevenge). The second was when Roy mentions Kasler in a radio call, where he warned Snake to avoid discussing anything relating to "Whale Cuisine," a reference to an autopsied murder victim that had whale cuisine inside his stomach tract. It's LostInTranslation, though, as the Whale Cuisine was changed to Buffalo Meat in Snatcher's English version.

* DisposableWoman: [[spoiler: Gustava Heffner]] lasts all of ten minutes before getting a missile to the face.

* TheGreatPoliticsMessUp: The game, which was released in 1990 but set in 1999, assumes that the Soviet Union will be still be around by that time and even has a character (Gustava Heffner) employed by the Czechoslovakian Secret Police, a real-life organization that was dissolved the very same year the game came out. Gustava even compares her failed romance with Frank Hunter with the BerlinWall, which was destroyed during the same year as well.[[hottip:*:The manual does note that the Berlin Wall was destroyed in 1989, however.]]

** Lastly, Gray Fox. During the Calgary Olympics, he, under the name of Frank Hunter, met Gustava Heffner and wanted to elope with her, arranging for her to defect to the United States. However, the U.S. refused amnesty to her. Gray Fox didn't take it too well, although he didn't defect until after Outer Heaven.

* TogetherInDeath: Snake promises this for [[spoiler: Gray Fox and Gustava]]. Of course, [[MetalGearSolid we all know how that turned out...]]

* DoingItForTheArt: YourMileageMayVary on the rest of the series, but this game was made after one of the developers of ''Snake's Revenge'' told Kojima that he should make a true ''Metal Gear'' sequel, and the game was released at a time when the [=MSX2=] was practically dead as a gaming platform.

* TheGreatPoliticsMessUp: The game, which was released in 1990 but set in 1999, assumes that the Soviet Union will be still be around by that time and even has a character (Gustava Heffner) employed by the Czechoslovakian Secret Police, a real-life organization that was dissolved the very same year the game came out. Gustava even compares her failed romance with Frank Hunter with the BerlinWall, which was destroyed during the same year as well.

** For Dr. Madnar, after Outer Heaven, he defected/immigrated to America (depending on whether the Soviet Union was still in existence or not), leaving his daughter behind. When he did join America... well, let's just say that the promises of liberty and freedom were empty for him. Basically, he was treated with total contempt by the American government, and also implied to have been abused by the government as well, basically forcing him to make brain bombs, SDI, and NEDW. He wanted to recreate Metal Gear, the scientific community and the government then ostracized him (ironic, considering the fact that America was working on Metal Gear REX since at least May 1996). He then decided he had enough of it and secretly defected to Zanzibar Land, since they at least would allow him to work on the weapon.

Originally released in Japan for the {{MSX}}2 computer in 1990, '''''Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake''''' is the second (canonical) game in the ''MetalGear'' series. In spite of early skepticism, the first ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' was received well enough that an NintendoEntertainmentSystem-exclusive sequel called ''SnakesRevenge'' was produced. Though it was the first sequel to ''Metal Gear'' ever made, Konami had commissioned it without the consent or input of series creator HideoKojima. One day, during a train ride in Tokyo, Kojima met one of the developers working on ''Snake's Revenge''. The developer told Kojima about the game. He then asked Kojima to make his own sequel to ''Metal Gear'', and thus, after getting the go-ahead from Konami, ''Metal Gear 2'' was born.