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Why Metal Gear Solid Rising is actually Hideo Kojima’s surprise

GB writes: "Ok, I know a lot of you will actually disagree with me, but we at GamingBolt are huge Metal Gear Solid fans and just like any other MGS fan we too want a fifth game even though we would ideally want MGS4: Guns of the Patriots to be the last game in the saga."

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Vegeta90004971d ago

Gamingbolt doesn't stay updated on their news at all.

gameseveryday4971d ago

Dont make assumptions on title itself. The article means that even though Rising is announced and even though Kojima states that he is not involved with Rising, Rising might still be game that might be what Kojima is teasing all the way. The article does give some very conclusive points that Rising is indeed the game Kojima teases about but he just wont say it openly.

Read the article. You will understand.

Batzi4971d ago

Agreed. I like this analogy and yes anything is possible from Kojima as far as teasing is concerned. One thing I would like to point out here is that Rising have had 2 trailers out since it's announcement back in 2009 and none of these trailers featured story elements. That's weird. If he pulls off another MGS2 with Rising then this man is definitely the best teaser of all time in gaming history! Hopefully this article is true and we see Snake in a playable form with a decent awesome story! But somehow I highly doubt that :P

hay4971d ago

Yeah, Kojima must be involved in Rising. But some points he bases his "facts" aren't really true. Author lacks knowledge a bit about MGS universe.

Redrum0594971d ago

can someone just confirm ZOE3 with hard evidence and call it a day?

vsr4970d ago

Anyway xbox port is unnecessary and won't sell. But Konami can get some millions from Ms.

Bereaver4970d ago

Sorry for being off topic, but I think it needs to be pulled into consideration how similar Rashid Sayed and Batzi are posting.

Thank you.

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Christopher4971d ago (Edited 4971d ago )

Reason #1: Peace Walker = Metal Gear Solid 5
Reason #4: Metal Gear Solid Rising = Metal Gear Solid 5

Do they know they just called two games the same one?

Also...

***Talk about contradictions. Rising’s Producer Shigenobu Matsuyama has earlier states not many characters from past MGS games will return in the game. Now at TGS 2010, he stated the opposite.***

Actually, he stated the exact same thing:

“I can’t tell you who they are at this stage, but I can confirm the number. It’s not just one person or one character, there’ll be maybe not so many, but they’ll be several characters that you know off from the MGS franchise that will make a return in MGS: Rising.”

He specifically say that there won't be many, but that some will return.

skrug4970d ago

"Rising takes place during a time when Snake has already started to age. It only seems obvious that the team at Kojima Productions will throw more light as to how all of a sudden he started ageing. In MGS4 it is not really clearly explained why he looks so old. The only reason they state is accelerated ageing, but no cause is given. "

Umm.. wasnt the cause because he was a clone? which was explained in MGS4.

CimmerianDrake4970d ago

When I saw that, I was like "did you even play the game?"

I don't remember how early in the game they explain it, but that is the exact explanation given.

**SPOILER**

SNAKE AGES QUICKLY ON PURPOSE AS A WAY TO PREVENT ANYONE ELSE FROM BEING ABLE TO MAKE SNAKE CLONES!! HE ALSO CAN'T HAVE CHILDREN!! THIS WAS ALL PART OF HIS CLONING PROCESS!!

**END SPOILER**

Sorry about the All Caps, but I wanted to really emphasize that Snake's aging was already explained. Plus Rising isn't about Snake, it's about Raiden. It's more likely they'll explain how he became Cyborg Ninja 2.0

UltimateIdiot9114970d ago

Yes, it's because they want to prevent others from obtain Snake's gene and also as a safety mechanism. They alter the gene to make sure he grows up.

Brklynty14970d ago

im like wtf im pretty sure i spent like a hr listen to Naomi explain why hes aging so fast or was that 10 mins of wasted life? XD

DatNJDom814970d ago (Edited 4970d ago )

because these guys know exactly what Kojima is thinking. They programmed him.

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gameseveryday4971d ago

@ Batzi

Absolutely yes, taking the facts in to consideration I dont see Kojima announcing a new a MGS game. Konami just wont allow that since it wont make them money. I have question..If Kojima does make a new MGS...then what MGS will you buy?

MGS: Rising by a younger team or MGS by Kojima, a legend. Rising will flop commercially if Kojima makes a new MGS along with Rising. Konami wont let that happen and neither will Kojima. So we have two conditions:

1. Kojima does not make a new MGS
2. He goes and lead the team at Rising but teases the public that he is not involved it. As we all know he is the EMPEROR of teasing.

Batzi4971d ago

I take both :P I love Metal Gear, so more Metal Gears for me is always great! :D

However to be more realistic, I think the second one is true. :D I don't know if you have noticed but during the demo of the cuttings at the Konami booth, Kojima was there present on stage. This means he is involved in some form or another. We just don't know how deeply he is involved.

Gilliand4971d ago

It's not like they would release at the same time.

Hoje03084971d ago

That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Why would Konami sacrifice sales by letting people think that Kojima isn't involved if he actually is? The reason is that he really isn't that involved. Go back to his statements when the game was announced, as everything that has followed since has been damage control.
OT: Poorly written article that uses its own assumptions to prove the validity of other assumptions, which are then presented as facts. Anyone who can't see through the terrible logic on display is an idiot.

Baka-akaB4971d ago (Edited 4971d ago )

you made very little sense to me

1 . Metal gear fans got no issue buying spin offs as shown on psp .

2 . Nothing prevents kojima from making a new mgs if he wants , that wouldnt be released at all near rising . Konami refusing to do a new mgs would actually cost them so very much needed money .

3. Kojima's involvement seems pretty clear , he is an overseer of the whole mg verse obviously but does not develop that game . He is probably as much involved , if not more into Castlevania than rising .
Of course he'd be there to promote the game regardless of his involvement .

4. Like the others pointed out , it is merely an opinion piece with no actual info on the matter .

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BaKon4971d ago

I hate his teasers, i mean remember that Rising teaser with the lightning? every one thought its MGS5, and boom, Microsoft and Rising, sigh...Kojima =D

HDgamer4971d ago

When kojima tease he does it right. MGS Rising, this has been the disappointment of teasers. The actual creator of this game don't know what he wants to do with the game.

DJKGBYF4971d ago

It's going to be Policenauts, I can feel it.

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Short documentary talks about the cancelled Metal Gear Solid games and concepts

Youtube channel GVMERS has released an interesting video chronicling the various Metal gear concepts and ideas that were cancelled or scrapped during production. In the 17 minute documentary they talk about the Metal Gear Solid port for Game.Com, the cancelled Metal Gear Solid: Rising concept, and ideas that were cut from Metal Gear Solid 2, among other things.

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ccgr2401d ago

Interesting! Thanks for sharing.

Nyxus2401d ago

No problem! Yeah it's a well made video.

TheVetOfGaming2401d ago

Interesting, although, I already knew most of what was on here. I just wish Kojima had the rights to the franchise. The saga has left with a whimper instead of a bang.

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Top 5 Politicians in Video Games That Are Worse Than Donald Trump | Goomba Stomp

President Trump took office around a week ago and in that time a new global trend has emerged - doing a quick search on Google News for "Donald Trump" a couple of times a day just to see what the massive, bejowelled, orange-faced troglodyte has done this time.

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skydragoonityx2645d ago

i doubt any game character can be worse than this man.

IAmLoki2645d ago

Oh come on he really isn't half as bad as the haters claim. He is actually the best president for USA in decades.

Gazondaily2645d ago

"He is actually the best president for USA in decades."

😂😂😂

kneon2645d ago

You forgot the /s at the end, people might think you're serious and then worry about your mental well being.

_-EDMIX-_2645d ago (Edited 2645d ago )

forgot the /s

BizarroUltraman62645d ago

I know Im gonna get disagrees but Ive lived thru 7 presidents. Trump is the worst and he just started. Lol..

Paytaa2645d ago

He makes GWB seem like a saint. That's a hard feat. Bravo Trump.

Erik73572645d ago

People use to have more support for Donald on here, was almost half and half...not anymore lol...people we're like "Ohh he wont do that he just said that in his camapign, he wont actually go through with building a wall and banning muslims noooo"

Utalkin2me2645d ago

@Erik7357

Obama banned mulsims too? So whats you point. It all of the sudden tpeople have a opinion on it due to not liking trump. But didn't care when Obama did it in 2011. Liberal Hypocrites.

ravinash2645d ago

He's been in barely a week, and all he does is create policies that give the appearance that he's doing something to please the people that voted for him. Nothing that is actually effective mind you.
He promises to build a wall, says Mexico has to pay for it - Mexico says it won't pay for it = no wall.
Even if the wall was built, if people are determined to get in, they will either climb or tunnel through, so the wall is completely pointless.

Then the ban on people from 6 Muslim countries. Basically creates a lot of hardship for innocent people (a lot of whom are american) because it's stopping families from being together.
And again it's ineffective because if someone really wants to get in (fake passport or go through one of those tunnels under the wall), then they will.
Even if they didn't, most of the attacks these days have been brainwashed people who were already living in America.

This just shows a president who is more concerned with the appearance they give rather than creating an actual thought out action plan to make the world a better place.

JunMei2645d ago

I'm not sure if he's serious or not. Needless to say, any time a country tries to make things overwhelmingly in its favor, making things unfair for everyone else, that's when countries stop doing business with that country. Which then causes exports from that country to falter, since it loses out on trade.

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crazychris41242645d ago

Do we really need Buzzfeed like articles now?? This site is supposed to be an escape from the US presidential fighting of the past 2 years. This is not the n4g I know and love.

The n4g I know is us fighting over review scores, consoles, handhelds, exclusives and PC.

Bathyj2645d ago

Agreed. I wonder where all these people complaining about Trump were on voting day.

81BX2645d ago

I was voting for hillary

zidane13412645d ago

Probably sitting at home thinking that there was no way trump had a chance in hell?

Themba762645d ago

My area stayed blue the dc area it's those red stated you should worry about

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Paytaa2645d ago

Is Xbox irrelevant? Will Playstation fail? Is Nintendo DOOMED? Find out tomorrow on N4G.

REDDURT2645d ago

Kinda easy to say right now till we as gamers start seeing import taxes on top of consoles. In the States

ravinash2645d ago

I want to hear about the PC master race again!

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Number-Nine2645d ago

Just what I want to see. N4G and political articles

Gazondaily2645d ago

The perfect recipe for productive debate and discussion 😆

sher123win1232645d ago

Who ever post this sh!t should be band, political articles should not be allowed in the gaming websites...

GOODKylePS2645d ago

what if they don't know how to play a musical instrument?

sliggio322645d ago (Edited 2645d ago )

No one is worse than that mother fucker.

zidane13412645d ago

Because Hillary is a racist, sexist asshole with 0 experience and constantly shits on her own country over twitter. Oh wait

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JohnathanACE2645d ago

@zidane1341

No, she's just a criminal which is totally fine.
Oh wait

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The most promising games that never saw a release

VGS: 'Part of the excitement in gaming comes from watching a game be unveiled, following its news updates and eagerly awaiting the day of release. But there are times when it never gets to that final part. Either the game is cancelled, put on hold indefinitely, or becomes ‘vaporware’ - meaning, we simply never hear from it again. Here are some games that never saw a release, but that did look rather promising.'

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Agent20093839d ago

I'm still disgruntled by Kojima's decision to cancel the original Metal Gear Solid: Rising's concept. It was absolutely ambitious: an open world stealth slasher with an ability to cut literally everything to make your way through... without enemy's notice.

I guess it was just too beautiful to happen.

Nyxus3839d ago

Yeah the idea was very cool but they just couldn't get the concept together. It's a shame but maybe they will do something with the material they have some day.

-Foxtrot3839d ago

I know right, in my opinion the game we got was horrible compared to what could of been. The Rising game we got seemed out of place for being a MGS game even despite being a spin off.

Eight Days hopefully will make it's way to the PS4 one day, the gameplay back in 2006 looked amazing. Imagine what it will look like now

Kenshin_BATT0USAI3839d ago

Rising is actually canon. LOL

Also, although it seems out of place. It was by no means a bad game. Terrible story, but gameplay was AMAZING.

-Foxtrot3839d ago

Get out...really, it's now cannon

I thought Kojima said it was a non cannon spin off...christ sake <sigh>

Dagobert3839d ago

I was seriously looking forward to Konami's MGS Rising. That was supposed to be an actual prequel to MGS4 where the storyline made sense. The new one just sucked honestly, it would have made a great Bayonetta game where gameplay is fun and storyline is just stupid.

zeal0us3839d ago

Blame the development for not being able to get the action and stealth element together.

ChipChipperson3839d ago (Edited 3839d ago )

The original concept for Rising definitely looked way better. It just had that swiftness and accuracy to the whole cutting mechanic. There was a certain, I suppose, elegance and finesse to the way they had Raiden move and how he fought. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed Revengeance for what it was, but I was really looking forward to what Kojima Productions was going for, both gameplay wise and story wise. Who knows, maybe one day they will use concept for a new Rising game that is made by Kojima Productions or possibly a new IP from them.

Nyxus3839d ago

I agree, while I did enjoy MG Rising, the previous concept did look and sound intriguing, and I was interested in that story focusing on Raiden's transition to cyborg ninja.

Murad3838d ago

I totally agree with your statement, but now that I'm thinking about it, if he did do it, it would be very difficult in terms of programming. The reason why is because every time, let's say hypothetically, Raiden cut something, that dataStructure would have to look completely different, or disappear and be replaced, there would be far too much to necessary power to be put on different systems, I believe, unless I'm thinking of programming this game completely the wrong way.

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FullmetalAlchemist3839d ago

Trigun for the PS2, was so sad when I heard it got canceled.
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

ZBlacktt3839d ago (Edited 3839d ago )

And when I was saying this spin off game was going to do so poorly long before it came out. People just clicked disagree, lol. I know the gaming market. :cool:

Same with MGS5. People will buy it for sure. But it won't have the impact MGS4 did. More so changing out David Hayter for no real reason at all. But more for a personal one of Kojima's. Many diehards did not like that at all!

A lot of the games history died in MGS4. Now it's become just some game. Will be interesting to see how it plays out.

TheDivine3838d ago

Idk I really didnt care for MGS4, it was too action focused, stealth meant nothing, the story was horrendous, along with many other things like lack of memorable boss fights. Still, MGS is as awesome to me as always. The game didnt live up to snakes last mission in my eyes but it was still a good game. The series is still amazing for sure.

I do agree axing David Hayter was a HORRIBLE thing to do. He is Snake. The series is def going more TPS and mainstream. I'm worried how Kojima will manage to keep it stealthy in an open world setting. I have my worries but Kojima has delivered time and time again so I will trust him and hope he makes me feel like a fool for doubting him lol.

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NarcolepZZZZZZ3838d ago

I thought "Huxley" would have made the list.

NarcolepZZZZZZ3838d ago

Also I want shenmue 3 dammit! I need closure!

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