The Metal Gear Solid series has been able to carve out a unique identity for itself in part thanks to these traditions.

Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain is a logistical ... He's connected to the central command of his headquarters, Mother Base, with an iDroid. The other anachronistic device, which made its ...

Though it was tinkered around with in Metal Gear Solid 5, the iDroid still works more or less identically to the codec; which players have been able to use in each and every entry.