Trivia / Snake's Revenge

• Approval of God: Series creator Hideo Kojima has mixed feelings about the game, but on the whole he clearly has a higher opinion of it than the Nintendo Entertainment System port of the first game. He once jokingly called it a "crappy game", but in his more serious statements, he has said that he doesn't think that it was a bad game at all and even called it "faithful to the Metal Gear concept".
• Executive Meddling: A positive example. A member of the Snake's Revenge team approached Kojima during a train ride and suggested he make a true sequel of Metal Gear.
• Fan Translation: As the only Metal Gear game to never receive an official Japanese release, Makimura Manufacturing took it upon themselves to release an unofficial Japanese translation of Snake's Revenge in 2010.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: Much like the NES version of the original game, Snake's Revenge never got a re-release until 2023's Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 1, not even as a bonus for certain versions of The Twin Snakes.
• Late Export for You: It is included in the 2023 release of Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1, marking the game's debut in Japan, 33 years after it originally came out in North America. However, this release only contains the English script.
• Overtook the Manga: Snake's Revenge was made before Kojima developed his own MSX2 sequel and takes the game's plot into a different direction that makes both games irreconcilable with each other.
• What Could Have Been: There are a number of ways the series could have gone after this game, all things considered. Imagine if the game wasn't rendered Canon Discontinuity; how would games like Metal Gear Solid have continued its events?

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