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Brandon Boyer

AT 8:57 AM
Wednesday June 3, 2009

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E309: 4-player simultaneous play in PSP's Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker?

Hideo Kojima's full sequel to Metal Gear Solid 3 will also follow the events of its PSP debut Portable Ops, again focused on Liquid Snake/Big Boss's storyline up to the establishment of Outer Heaven (if I'm understanding Kojima's labyrinthine storyline correctly): the location you infiltrated as Solid Snake in the NES original.

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More interestingly, with Kojima promising to take full advantage of the PSP's capabilities during Tuesday's Sony press conference, four player simultaneous play seems all but assured, both with the lineup of four near-identical Snakes at the end, and the double-box gag at the end of the trailer.

You can see a double-set of boxed Love-Pack'd legs, too, in the screenshots included after the jump.

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2 Comments

Parn

#1 – 5:00 PM June 4, 2009

Just a little remark: there's no such thing as a "NES original Metal Gear". The first Metal Gear game was released for the MSX home computer in 1987. It is fairly unknown in the US, but many people remember fondly the NES port, published in the US in 1988. However, this port was made without Hideo Kojima's involvement, and it was heavily altered. Personally, I've played both, and I think the NES version is fine (despite Kojima's scathing opinion about it), but the MSX version is indeed better. Please try it if you have the opportunity. =)

Variable Rush

#2 – 4:33 PM June 23, 2009

Also, it's not "Liquid Snake/Big Boss," It's Naked Snake. Liquid Snake was Solid Snake's brother.

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