The PSP exclusive Metal Gear Solid title, Peace Walker, was also a topic of discussion on the latest Kojima Productions podcast. The team states that Peace Walker "inherits the spirit of (what would be Metal Gear Solid) 5."
Here is a quick run down of the Peace Walker topics discussed as noted by Metal Gear Scholar.
Even in the podcasts, the Kojima Productions team has to be as cryptic as possible. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is a PSP exclusive set for release in 2010.
For those that missed it, hit the jump for the E3 2009 reveal trailer for Peace Walker.<!--more-->
Here is a quick run down of the Peace Walker topics discussed as noted by Metal Gear Scholar.
• The talk about Peace Walker was a little more interesting. It "inherits the spirit of [what would be Metal Gear Solid] 5." But they don't want to put a number on it - maybe because it's on the PlayStation Portable, not home consoles.
• Some fans have been questioning the positioning of Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops in the series now. Who knows why - apparently when you release a new game, there is the off chance that previous games in the series maybe disregarded (according to some). But they make it abundantly clear: Portable Ops is still canon, and Peace Walker follows it.
• Peace Walker is "a major game" in the series. "It's a story that he's [Kojima] wanted to tell for a while". But just because it's on the PlayStation Portable, doesn't mean it's not official. And on the decision to make it for the Portable platform: "It's related to the type of gameplay that we want to express this time around ... [it's] very well suited to the PSP platform. We're going to do things on the PSP that can't really be done actively on the PS3 or the 360 .... People can look forward to a lot of unique game experiences with this game. It'll take this series in a new direction."
• "It's still sneaking, but there's something else in there. People might have noticed a few clues with the four Snakes. There's more to it. More so than any other Metal Gear game to this date. There will be a lot of replayability .... You'll be playing it for a long time."
• There's also a surprise amount of detail in the trailer which, again, many noted. "One of the Snakes early in the trailer has a scar on the chest that should look familiar to anyone who played Metal Gear Solid 3," Eyestone says, and he is of course refering to the scar on The Boss' chest. But that man didn't have no breasts, and The Boss died in 3, so obviously it's not her. "It definitely is connected to Outer Heaven. It's a major chapter in the Metal Gear saga. It's a missing link .... There is meaning to all of that [detail]."
• Some fans have been questioning the positioning of Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops in the series now. Who knows why - apparently when you release a new game, there is the off chance that previous games in the series maybe disregarded (according to some). But they make it abundantly clear: Portable Ops is still canon, and Peace Walker follows it.
• Peace Walker is "a major game" in the series. "It's a story that he's [Kojima] wanted to tell for a while". But just because it's on the PlayStation Portable, doesn't mean it's not official. And on the decision to make it for the Portable platform: "It's related to the type of gameplay that we want to express this time around ... [it's] very well suited to the PSP platform. We're going to do things on the PSP that can't really be done actively on the PS3 or the 360 .... People can look forward to a lot of unique game experiences with this game. It'll take this series in a new direction."
• "It's still sneaking, but there's something else in there. People might have noticed a few clues with the four Snakes. There's more to it. More so than any other Metal Gear game to this date. There will be a lot of replayability .... You'll be playing it for a long time."
• There's also a surprise amount of detail in the trailer which, again, many noted. "One of the Snakes early in the trailer has a scar on the chest that should look familiar to anyone who played Metal Gear Solid 3," Eyestone says, and he is of course refering to the scar on The Boss' chest. But that man didn't have no breasts, and The Boss died in 3, so obviously it's not her. "It definitely is connected to Outer Heaven. It's a major chapter in the Metal Gear saga. It's a missing link .... There is meaning to all of that [detail]."
Even in the podcasts, the Kojima Productions team has to be as cryptic as possible. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is a PSP exclusive set for release in 2010.
For those that missed it, hit the jump for the E3 2009 reveal trailer for Peace Walker.<!--more-->
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