When the long-rumored remake, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater was revealed with a cinematic teaser trailer at Sony's May 2023 PlayStation Showcase, it led to some speculation surrounding who from the original 2004 title was returning, especially as the one character who did appear in the footage, Snake, didn't speak. This was in part due to the controversial casting shake-up in which the series' regular voice actor for Snake, David Hayter, was replaced by Kiefer Sutherland for the series' last mainline entry, Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain and its prologue Ground Zeroes.
