Kojima Production's flash teaser website presents Big Boss, and Famitsu magazine blanks out all the details on the next Metal Gear game.
Yes, a new Metal Gear game is now confirmed to be in the works. Kojima's flash website, which had previously only been joined by stormy weather and numeric/alphabetic glyphs, now brings up the image of Big Boss (maybe even his clone Solidus...)
The update has also been joined by an interview with Hideo Kojima himself in the latest Famitsu magazine. The interview is similarly teaser-lishus, with much of the interview being blacked out. You can read a section of the interview, complete with blanks, below.
Despite the blanks, you'll be able to decipher that Hideo Kojima is once again designing and directing a Metal Gear game, with the MGS4 staff working on the title. Kojima makes it clear that he wants everyone to guess about the game when Big Boss flashes on his teaser website, and we expect Raiden to appear as well, since he's shown alongside Big Boss in Famitsu magazine.
How Raiden and Big Boss will appear in the same game seems a little bit of a stretch, so a reliable source has let us know that it's very likely that the team is working on two games - one for the PSP and one for the PlayStation 3 (and perhaps other the Xbox 360 and PC).
Big Boss will be featured in one game, with Raiden in the other. This can be backed up by a new Metal Gear game being listed for the PS3 and PSP on a Japanese retail website.
Moreover, it seems that Kojima is talking about the PSP game in his Famitsu interview, since if you replace 'XXXX' with 'MGS5' and 'X' with '5' in the following quotation, you'll understand why he's eager to point out that the game will mainly be focused on its Japanese audience:
"I think the focus will be domestic, and we're launching it globally. For me, this is like 'XXXX.' I won't say 'X,' but a solid story has been created, and the MGS4 staff is making it."
Of course, that last bit is speculation, but it seems that Kojima doesn't want to call the game a full out sequel to Guns of the Patriots. Perhaps he's just hinting that this is indeed a prequel featuring Big Boss/Naked Snake - then again so was MGS3... Find a selection of the interview below.
Hamamura: XXXXXXXXX's XXXXXX?
Kojima: But, XXXXXXXXX. It's XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.
Hamamura: Ah! I get it!!
Kojima: "XXXXX XXXXX XXX". Well, it's not "X", but a "X" kind of feeling. That's him. I can't say the title yet, but it's this kind of feeling. But it's the Metal Gear saga's tradition.
Hamamura: The time period is XXX?
Kojima: No, it's XXX. I'm saying everything, maybe XXXXX. I'm designing and directing all of this game.
Hamamura: Wha!
Kojima: I think the focus will be domestic, and we're launching it globally. For me, this is like "XXXX". I won't say "X", but a solid story has been created, and the MGS4 staff is making it.
Hamamura: Wow! That's great.
Kojima: This time, only the image of this guy (image) will appear. Then lighting. Just this appearing, I want everyone to guess. This is how XX's will be appearing.
Hamamura: This...is Big Boss?
Kojima: XX's way of appearing is slightly different.
Hamamura: Eh? Different...?
Kojima: The emblem on this guy's hat is important.
Hamamura: The emblem isn't a fox. There's like a world map thing drawn.
Kojima: It's not only an emblem, but for the game, it will be a new type of system.
Hamamura: Is it XX-XXXXXXXXXX?
Kojima: Yes. You'll while XXXXXXX. XXXX, etc. are a given, so they'll be included. Ooops, I've said more than I was planning to. (laughs)
Hamamura: Hahahahaha! Well XXXXXX, it's XXXXXXX? Also, where's the game going to be set?
Kojima: The place is XXXXXXX. XXXXXXXXX happened, and it's a XXXXX type of country. There isn't XXXXXXXX in the country, but they do have XX like things and XXXX. At that time, XXXXXX come to where the guy is.
Kojima: The theme is XX. XXXXX kinda thing or XXX theme, or XXXXXXXXXXXX, or why is there X, that's where we're drawing. Maybe everyone is probably thinking, "This sermon again!" Maybe this sermon will become a genre. (laughs)
Hamamura: Ahahahaha!
Kojima: This is quite a deep interview.
Hamamura: So true!
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