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Silicon Knights developed Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes under the supervision of Hideo Kojima and Shigeru Miyamoto. The project began in 2003 and was a complete reimagining of the 1998 classic for the GameCube.
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes was released in Japan on the 11th of March 2004 alongside an exclusive Premium Package. The game was originally scheduled for release in November 2003 but was pushed back to accommodate delays.
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes required re-recorded voice acting because the increased audio quality of the GameCube picked up outside noise from the original PlayStation recordings. David Hayter persuaded Konami to have the original voice cast reprise their roles to ensure sound quality.
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes altered gameplay to resemble Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty by introducing first-person shooting and improved enemy AI. These changes included the ability for enemy soldiers to communicate and detect the player more intelligently with enhanced senses of sight and sound.
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes received a score of 85 out of 100 from Metacritic. The game also received an 85.58% score from GameRankings and an 8.5 out of 10 from IGN.