Konami's future Metal Gear Solid plans look pachinko-shaped

It seems that not even legendary soldiers can hide from the pachinko-ization of Konami's franchises - the company's pachinko division has register❀ed 'Big Boss' as a trademark that covers a wide variety of uses, including card games, mahjong equipment, exercise equipment, a✅nd yes, pachinko machines.

Konami's relationship with the Metal Gear Solid series has been … shall we say "tenuous" lately. Series creator 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Hideo Kojima's name was scrubbed from the box art, and reports abound that 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Kojima Productions has been disso♔lved, while Kojima himself has sup♈posedly left the company (neither Kojima nor Konami have made official, public statements about this).

Konami has also been somewhat confusing about their future intentions in game development - although president Hideki Hayakawa stated that 澳洲幸运5开奖号码🔥历史查询:Konami will continue to develop console games, all we've seen or heard regarding franchises like Castlevania and Silent Hill are pachinko machines. In light of these developments, a Big Boss pachinko trademark registration seems about as surprising as learning about a group of terrorists 🍰who want to control the world using a nuclear battle tank.

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