For all the outrage and concern the high-quality visuals used in the upcoming Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater Pachislot, which is a pachinko machine based on the classic Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Konami is very much going ahead with it.

New images for the same have been released and you can witness in even more detail how good the classic seemingly looks in FOX Engine.

We say “seemingly” because it’s easy to render a few assets and scenes as opposed to remaking an entire game. While fans will definitely want a full game more than a pachinko machine, Konami is fairly gung-ho about the pachinko business, adapting other key franchises like Silent Hill and raking in profits.

Does it suck for a hardcore fan of the Metal Gear franchise? Definitely but it’s Konami’s IP and they can do what they want with it, for better or worse. What are your thoughts on the Pachislot and Konami in general these days? Let us know in the comments.

If you weren’t outraged enough to see the work that’s gone into Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater for Konami’s line-up of pachinko machines, then these accompanying screens will only make you feel worse (courtesy of NeoGAF).

And lest you think plenty of these are just character renders, then a few comparisons with the original game and the current pachinko machine’s visuals have been provided. It’s almost hilarious how much detail went into this but then again, it’s still not as much work as a full remake would have warranted.

After the release of Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain and director Hideo Kojima’s departure from the company, Konami expressed its interest in focusing on mobile games and its highly profitable pachinko business. Though interest has been expressed in continuing the Metal Gear Solid series, it could be a while before we see a true successor to Kojima’s titles.

What are your thoughts on the Metal Gear Solid pachinko machine though? Let us know in the comments.

Regardless, the trailer for the Metal Gear Solid pachislot looks pretty amazing. The game uses in-game cinematics which are rendered in Fox Engine, the same engine that powered last year’s Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain across five different platforms. The trailer features crucial scenes from Metal Gear Solid 3’s ending and it also features extremely high end in-engine cutscene (the hair simulation and lighting being the standout features). Not only that but several bosses form the game such as The Fear, The End and The Sorrow have been intricately rendered as well. To be honest, I am quite amazed at the lengths Konami has gone to market the latest pachislot. Heck, even the lip syncs of Snake and The Boss are perfect.

It almost makes me assume that Konami are secretly working on a Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake something that I would totally buy in a flash. Unfortunately, the reality is sour and in many ways this is a missed opportunity for Konami to redeem themselves. They could have easily invested in a Metal Gear Solid 3 remake and use the profits to fund a main Metal Gear Solid game. Metal Gear Solid 3 is by far one of the best games in the saga which somehow managed to maintain the perfect balance between story and gameplay, unlike the convoluted mess found in Metal Gear Solid 2, 4 and 5. In many ways, it was much more closer to Metal Gear Solid in terms of story telling and gameplay mechanics.

However this is Konami we are talking about, a company that currently does not have anything besides the annual PES series in mainstream gaming. Konami had this chance to reinvent themselves and make amends for the mess they created last year. If they can develop such high end cinematics using the Fox Engine for a mere pachislot, one can only imagine how beautiful a revamped version of Metal Gear Solid 3 will look like.

In fact, one Youtuber actually went ahead and edited the trailer to include lines from the English version of Snake Eater. Take a look at the video below.

Who could have imagined that one day the power of the Fox Engine will be used to develop trailers for a pachinko machine…