Now that you are sick of reading the word “countdown,” here’s what the timer on the mysterious Kojima Productions “Next” website ticked down to another timer. This one is set to expire roughly around May 30, 2009. This is why I love Kojima Productions. As soon as Lost ends, they come bring this website on to cater to our need for crazy crackpot theories and over-analyzing.
The Flash video on site has gone from windy and ominous to the freak storm is right on top of us. Complete with lightning bolts, thunder, and rain the rolling clouds from before have turned to dark gray and slow-moving. The flashes of lightning this time bring the phrase “@ E3″ one symbol at a time.
Earlier today, Joystiq got wind that the next issue of Famitsu magazine is set to unveil a new Metal Gear game for a PlayStation platform. Guess when the issue is set to arrive? That’s right, May 30, 2009. This would line things up nicely for the mysterious website to actually be a new Metal Gear game and not the survival-horror mystery game that I was hoping for. Maybe next time Mr. Kojima? Of course, this could all be a ruse too and while Kojima Productions may be unveiling a new Metal Gear game inside Famitsu, they are also planning to unveil something else too. But that’s reaching for hope.
In case you lost your detective notepads, here are the clues thus far:
- The first countdown page gave us the number “5″ whenever a flash of lightning hit.
- Now we have the symbols for “@ E3″
The simple deduction would be: “5 @ E3″ which lends further credence to this being Metal Gear Solid 5. If this is true, with Solid Snake supposedly retired from action (if not dead by now), what is Mr. Kojima planning to do with the series now? Raiden’s story maybe? How about a little back story for Drebin? Or maybe the cast is out for a picnic and a storm suddenly ruins their day causing one of the members to hatch a plan for world domination with the ultimate goal of ridding all storms from the world so they can have a decent picnic? I’d play it.
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"I'd give my life
Not for honour, but for you! [Snake Eater]
In my time there'll be no one else
Crime, it's the way I fly to you! [Snake Eater]
I'm still in a dream,
Snake Eater!"
LOL. Probably the new clan wars coming up this summer. Been training new recruits all week for it. Can't wait to see the new game. BTW… you do know Snake is only a clone, you only play the real snake in MSG3 in the PSP versions they're different clones. Soooo …. which clone will this one be?
Far as we know, the only surviving clones of Big Boss were Solidus, Solid, and Liquid. Two out of three we know are dead and the status of series main, Solid, is unknown. But, as you pointed out and I just found out this morning – there's actually a clone of Solid Snake himself!
Could there be yet another living clone or is the game going to be about one of the existing clones? Possibly!
As im sure you probably already know Raidan is Japanese for thunder
There is thunder in the background
MGS1:Snake…MGS2:Raidan…(Exclude MGS3 as it is a prequal)…MGS4:Snake
It is logical to believe that the combination of the thunder and the patterns of the games that this next game will follow Raidan