Metal Gear Solid fans, alongside series creator Hideo Kojima, celebrate two significant events for the franchise with Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.
Hideo Kojima Celebrates Metal Gear Solid 2 and Peace Walker
The Significance of April 30 for Metal Gear Fans
Hideo Kojima posted on X (formerly Twitter) a picture of Solid Snake with the caption "4/30" on the morning of April 30. For non-Metal Gear followers, this was a regular tweet talking about today’s date. However, for long-time players of the series, it was an acknowledgement to Metal Gear Solid 2, which features April 30 as a recurring motif in its story.
Metal Gear Solid aficionados already know the significance behind the date, but for players who just started piecing together Metal Gear Solid’s lore, April 30 is a reference to when Metal Gear Solid 2 protagonist Raiden (or Jack) first met his girlfriend, Rosemary. Other than that, it’s also a pivotal date for the antagonist, U.S. President Solidus Snake, as it was the time George Washington took office in the year 1798. He claims that the date is significant to him as Washington’s inauguration day marked America’s independence from British rule, echoing his goal of liberating the U.S. from the shadowy cabal known only as the Patriots.
Beyond its lore, the April 30 post also serves as a callback celebrating Metal Gear Solid 2’s enduring legacy, with the events of the game’s acclaimed narrative beginning on that date. Hideo Kojima’s continued acknowledgement of the Metal Gear Solid series, even years after his departure from Konami, has energized the MGS community despite the series’ long dormancy.
Fans were ecstatic to see Kojima post a date many associate as symbolic in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty’s identity about memetic knowledge. Resulting in users flooding the post with comments and memes referencing the game’s repeated mentions of April 30. Even the Game Awards creator, Geoff Keighley, chimed in and replied to the post with a fire emoji.
It’s no secret that Metal Gear Solid 2 is often regarded by fans and critics alike as one of the best games of its time, especially given that it came out in 2001 during a politically volatile period in history. Hideo Kojima’s Nostradamus-like visions of the future in MGS2 continue to resonate today among fans, particularly with growing concerns around AI (artificial intelligence) content generation and modern warfare.
Hideo Kojima, now long gone from Metal Gear and Konami, continues to pay respects to a franchise he created. Despite shifting his focus to other projects like the growing Death Stranding universe and the upcoming OD and Physint, the gaming auteur occasionally posts about Metal Gear Solid from time to time. On X, he shares snippets behind the game’s development, easter eggs and fun facts about his tactical espionage series.
Celebrating 16 Years of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
A day before the April 30 post, Hideo Kojima celebrated the 2010 PlayStation Portable title, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, as it just turned 16. Kojima posted on X that the "comrades" (or players, as reference of the game’s multiplayer component) who were once teenagers at the time of its release are "now in their 30s."
Released in North America on April 29, 2010, in Japan, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is considered a PlayStation Portable staple by fans and critics alike. With its 89 Metascore on Metacritic, it was praised for its signature Hideo Kojima’s tactical stealth-action gameplay with over-the-top kaiju-like battles against towering mechs, all of which surprisingly fit into a compact console.
Now 16 years old, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is still a highly recommended entry by fans for anyone interested in exploring Metal Gear Solid lore, as it adds further depth to Big Boss’s character following the events of Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
An HD remaster of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is coming on August 27, 2026, as part of the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2, which also includes Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and the Game Boy Advance title Metal Gear: Ghost Babel.
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, on the other hand, is already playable on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, and PC via Steam as part of Volume 1 of the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection.
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