Noriaki Okamura, the lead series producer on Metal Gear Solid, has explained during the latest Production Hotline episode why the upcoming Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater isn’t being presented as ‘A Hideo Kojima’ game like the 2004 original.
Okamura-san revealed that the game will instead have ‘Based on Metal Gear Solid 3′ at the beginning, noting that titles that Kojima-san ‘didn’t personally direct’ didn’t have his name attached in that manner.
You might notice that a lot of Metal Gear titles start with the line, ‘A Hideo Kojima Game’. But in Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, you’ll see it says ‘Based on Metal Gear Solid 3‘ instead. I just want to take a moment to make sure everyone understands why that is. It’s always been the case that games Mr. Kojima didn’t personally direct don’t have ‘A Hideo Kojima Game’. So, for instance, I directed a few Metal Gear titles, like Portable Ops or the Digital Graphic Novel, so neither of those open with that line. The same with Ghost Babel, which was handled by another producer. So, for Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, we decided that it just made sense to follow that precedent.
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Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater is full remake of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, which was released on PS2 back in November 2004. Like that version, the game follows Naked Snake during the 1960s as he infiltrates a jungle compound in Soviet Russia to rescue scientist Nikolai Stepanovich Sokolov.
[Source – Konami Production Hotline]