The Metal Gear Solid series of video games has a recurring character known as Grey Fox or the " Cyborg Ninja " who is a person wearing a cybernetic exoskeleton ( either worn as a suit or grafted directly to the character's body ) and wielding a high-frequency blade.

The cyborg ninja suit has been donned by multiple characters, most recently by the character Raiden in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.

This was the case with the overseas versions of Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid and Rogue Galaxy, which contained additional features ( such as new difficulty settings for Metal Gear Solid ), resulting in re-released versions of those respective games in Japan ( Final Fantasy VII International, Metal Gear Solid: Integral and Rogue Galaxy: Director's Cut ).

In the case of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, the American versions were released first, followed by the Japanese versions and then the European versions, with each regional release offering new content not found in the previous one.

All of the added content from the Japanese and European versions of those games were included in the expanded editions titled Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance and Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence.

Examples are the Matthew Reilly books Temple and Hell Island, the James Rollins books Sandstorm, Map of Bones, The Judas Strain, The Doomsday Key and Black Order, and the video game series Metal Gear Solid, as well as the video games Infamous, Vanquish, and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction.

" Popular videogame director Hideo Kojima has referred to the movie frequently as an influence on his work, in particular the Metal Gear series.

In Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Snake actually uses the alias " Pliskin " to hide his real identity during the game.

* Frank Jaeger, the Cyborg Ninja from the Metal Gear videogame series

* Gene therapy is a crucial plot element in the video game Metal Gear Solid, where it has been used to illegally enhance the battle capabilities of soldiers within the US military, and their Next Generation Special Forces units.

Metal Gear D in the Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake cover illustration by Yoshiyuki Takani.

Iconic Metal Gears of the series include the Metal Gear D in Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, Metal Gear REX in Metal Gear Solid, and Metal Gear RAY in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty.

* The MOSFET ( Metal – Oxide – Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor ) utilizes an insulator ( typically SiO < sub > 2 </ sub >) between the gate and the body.

Metal ions are Lewis acids, and in aqueous solution they form aqua ions of the general formula M ( H < sub > 2 </ sub > O )< sub > n </ sub >< sup > m +</ sup >.

Metal oxides typically contain an anion of oxygen in the oxidation state of − 2.

* Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance, an update of the video game Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

* Grable & Sons Metal Prods.

* Solidus Snake, a character in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

Their " ambitious " and " groundbreaking " debut album The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth was released in 1990 with the song " The Widdershins Jig " acclaimed as " particularly significant " and " a certain first in the realms of Metal ".

The acclaimed Metal Gear series continued with Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty ( PlayStation 2 ; 2001 ) which further evolved the stealth gameplay.

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty became the genre's best selling game with 7 million in sales, followed by Metal Gear Solid with 6 million in sales.

LaMarr performed the English voice over work for Vamp, a villain of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.

He also provided the Japanese voice of Vamp in the 2008 PlayStation 3 game Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots ( a character previously voiced by Ryōtarō Okiayu in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty ).

: 2001: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty ( for PlayStation 2 )

* 1918 – The first aerial bomb with fins was first produced by the Liberty Pressed Metal Company.

: 2001: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty ( for PlayStation 2 )

* Heavy Metal: Geomatrix, a 2001 arcade game for Sega NAOMI and Dreamcast by Capcom

In 2001 Poison released the web single Rockstar as a preview of the upcoming new album and once again went on tour, touring with Warrant on the Glam Slam Metal Jam tour.

During this time, SNK licensed game production and development rights for its franchises to several other companies, such as South Korean-based Eolith ( who gained control of the King of Fighters franchise between 2001 and 2002 ) and Mega Enterprise ( who produced Metal Slug 4 ), and Japanese-based Noise Factory ( who is responsible for Sengoku 3 ).

* 5 February 2000 – 22 January 2001: Metal Dragon

* 23 January 2001 – 11 February 2002: Metal Snake

In early 2001, Kojima released the first details of the sequel to Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, for the PlayStation 2.

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Other changes to the series were made in Metal Gear Solid 2 as a result of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

In 2001, following the success of the first series, and with the release of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, McFarlane Toys and Konami combined their efforts to produce a line of action figures depicting Sons of Libertys main characters.

He again departed in 2001 due to personal and creative differences, forming the group Wayne with Wells and releasing the curiously-titled debut album Metal Church thereafter.

* My God ( 2001, Metal Blade )

The Sons of Liberty are also referenced in the 2001 video game Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty.

* Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty in December 2001.

* Rich, Mark ; Copetas, A. Craig, Metal Men: How Marc Rich Defrauded the Country, Evaded the Law, and Became the World's Most Sought-After Corporate Criminal, by A. Craig Copetas, Marc Rich, published by Little Brown, 2001, ISBN 0-349-10684-3

* Metal ( Sanctuary, 2001 )

In 2001, the self-titled single and the first full-length album, The Metal Opera, was released.

City of Glass is referenced in the 2001 video game Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, which contains a character named Peter Stillman.

* " Best Black Metal Act from Russia in 2001 " ( annual national awards )

* " Best Russian Black Metal Band in 2001 " — Musica. Mustdie. RU ( Russia )