Talk:TX-55 Metal Gear

Miniaturization?
Much has been said about how TX-55 is so outdated compared to the canonically preceding ZEKE, and a good part of this always seems to go towards the fact that the TX-55 is much smaller in size than it. However, is this really a sign of older technology... or actually the contrary? For starters, while being smaller, it still nonetheless possesses not one but two nuclear launchers. That alone would make it more advanced in the main role of the Metal Gears, that's it, of a nuclear weapon. A more compact size would also be translated in cheaper price, and thus easier mass-production. Oh, and it would also be able to aid infantry in places where ZEKE would be too large to go in, thus also fullfilling Granin's original idea of the MG as well. All this could apply to D, as well.

Finally, I remember Huey, in one of the cassette tapes, mentioned something about how scientists are starting to find ways to miniaturize robotics as technologies advance. Maybe this could be a very subtle hint at how actually more advanced is TX-55 in certain ways?Greed-sama 21:47, April 13, 2012 (UTC)