That poster on the right should have been the game's cover. I hope they at least make it available for retail.

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Well apparently there was a completion event/ceremony for the game in Japan today, which was really for the press. They revealed a new trailer (movie trailer styled), commercials, the game's 17 minute intro, gameplay footage, some promotion stuff, and merchandising.

The game itself contain's a lot of promotional stuff, more than just the Altair outfit. There's actually an Ipod in the game, an Japanese energy drink called Regain (similar stunt to CalorieMate in MGS3), Sony's Ericsson W62S cell phone, and Triumph Motorcycles. What they're doing with the merchandising is pretty crazy, they're actually going to make the GAKO clock seen in the game.

IGN: Konami Holds Metal Gear Solid 4 Completion Event
IGN: Metal Gear Solid 4 Meets iPod

The new "theatrical" trailer and the Japanese commercials that the article mentioned are now available online, as well as the game's intro (only a 2 min snipet). The 2 minute snippet of the intro really had nothing spoilerific, it was footage we've all seen and the dialogue was kinda familiar. The Japanese commericial's were pretty typical, heh, but that Regain one easily the best one.

As for the new trailer, ok wow, I gotta say I kinda regret seeing it. It was awesome, but it really showed so much much more than I ready to see before the game's release. If you're trying to avoid spoilers, I highly suggest avoid viewing this newest "theatrical" trailer, it contained so much more than rehash footage.

GameVideos.com - Metal Gear Solid 4 'Intro' video Video

GameVideos.com - Metal Gear Solid 4 'Regain' ad Video
GameVideos.com - Metal Gear Solid 4 'Cat' ad Video
GameVideos.com - Metal Gear Solid 4 'Cellphone' ad Video

GameVideos.com - Metal Gear Solid 4 'Theatrical' trailer Video

HOLY FAWKING SHIT!

That theatrical trailer was epic and in English too! Complete with Movie Voiceover guy too. Wish I could post more but I've got to head to work, quite a nice treat before heading off though!

EDIT: Yeah ok so now I'm back 8 hours later and the amount of awesomeness to go through is almost too much. So watching the trailer again...shit is still awesome and there's a ton of hidden details in there and even a shot where Snake looks...


Secondly I want this poster:
http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/...0513/mgs05.jpg
I'm happy with the boxart we've got but I'd love it if Konami made those posters available for purchase. That or just give me a high resolution image of it so I can make my own. :D

The official site is now up and running too at the following link:
METAL GEAR SOLID 4 GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS

Site takes awhile to load due to traffic but the bulk of it is made up of a VR game that earns you points to unlock more of the site including wallpapers and such as well as samples from the soundtrack. I've got the OST samples but if anyone else can help getting all the wallpapers in their maximum resolution it'd be appreciated!
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Also on the site you can listen to samples of the voice actors under the Characters section. Most noteworthy is Raiden given how different, and better, he sounds now.

Aside from all the product placement in MGS4 that Hantei mentioned it also was revealed that Snake can obtain an iPod.
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Collecting the iPod then allows you to find CDs and hidden tracks littered throughout the game that can be played on the gadget with tracks consisting of old Metal Gear tunes. You can also buy more music from Drebin's store.

Lastly some new images, spoilered because of their size and also because they did accompany the story about the product tie-ins with the game including a cell phone and motorcycle...


Phew. So I think I managed to cover just about everything.

Yeah that theatrical trailer was awesome, they REALLY need to try and get that trailer in US movie theaters. They should go all out for the marketing since it is the last game.

I wonder if there are plans to put it in theaters, even though theres only a few weeks left until launch, it wouldn't hurt to put it in after for extra exposure (though for most people will put it as "meh" because its a vidya, I myself wouldn't mind at all).

As for the product placement, I don't mind it, it probably helped fund this game (a bit) to what we see it.

Yeah plus the product placement seems more fun and acceptable then most hollywood movies as they cram it in your face.

Why do you think that?

What differentiates MGS's product placement from something like Iron Man's Audi stuff, for example? Why would it be more acceptable in this setting?

I don't know really... could be cause it's a game and I'm not used to it in a game? It just seems cooler in MGS4 then again product placement never bothered me as much as it seems to bother others. Or it could be my biased love for MGS4 hahah

Ol' Kaz was at the completion event and said that Sony would be partnering with Konami for worldwide advertising including TV spots, trailers, bundles and PSN events including 3 days of MGS4 coverage.

Also GameStop/EBgames will be having a midnight launch for the game. So no worries about having to wait till the 13th for the game as apparently it'll be shipping from distro to EB/GS stores on June 6th.

It happens quite often in games these days, actually. Perhaps it was just ineffective on you and you didn't notice it, though. *shrug*

I would hardly deem any product placement "cooler" than anything else, but to each their own, I suppose. I'd much rather have the thing without, but this is not as bad as it could have been, really. There's much worse examples of horrible product placement I can think of.

Product placement I believe is more common in Japanese games [Remember the FFIX CocaCola CM?] For us westerners, its more subliminal, and not exactly all "Ah ha! Snake drinks this energy drink! Drink it!"

It would be cool to see a trailer for the game in the theaters though I must say.

Also, is EB/GS the only people doing the 80 gig Bundle?

I guess i never noticed it in japanese games since I'm not familiar with their products. Also wtf at midnight launch I just pre-ordered the game at Gamestop yesterday and when I asked of a midnight launch he said no. Then again that's typical gamestop for ya

Thanks a lot for those music samples! I think they'll fit the game quite nicely. What is Untitled6, if you know? All the other ones had names associated with them once I loaded them into my player.

I think they just got the word today so try calling your GameStop again and see what they say now.

War Economy I believe.

I don't believe so since by the sounds of it it'll be a common SKU and not really a limited item. The "Gun Metal" PS3 on the other hand...

Haha, man that trailer really did show too much in my opinion. I wouldn't be surprised if it popped up on the PSN before the games release. Probably even the week before to build up the hype. I'm interested in seeing what steps Sony will be taking to promote the game as well.

Checking out the site, which is taking forever to load, I love Raiden's line "Jack is dead. Snake, I'm at your side", that was pretty cold. Huh, that actually makes me curious about his situation with Rose. Hopefully they tie up that knot as well.

According to the site, Sunny... Thanks for the samples too, though too bad they didn't included the good stuff, like the compositions used in the trailers. I really love that piece they used in the E3 07 trailer, especially after hearing it again the new trailer.

Oh and those PMC advertisements were, haha, really interesting.

EDIT:
The game's intro that was shown at the actual event, cam version. Nothing spoilerific, it contains scenes we've all seen before (through the numerous trailers released). The only really differences is the music used (good stuff too, which we've heard from the trailers), and that there are credits with it. It was actually a pretty sweet opening for the game.

GameVideos.com - Metal Gear Solid 4 'Intro Gameplay' Video

Whoa whoa whoa what the fuck. This thread just exploded over the past two days. I'm really trying to stay away from it, because I want this to be as spoiler free experience as possible as it was with MGS3. When I finally realized I was playing as Big Boss, I got giddy like a 5 year old school girl.

Those South America shots look absolutely amazing though - it's really refreshing to see some lush jungle and foliage. I was starting to get bored with the whole middle eastern stage.

Can't fucking wait. I wonder if they'll ever announce if they made any changes to MGO from the beta feedback...

I'm hoping it'll be on this week's PSN update and pretty feasible too considering Konami's Gamer Day tomorrow which the PS Blog hinted at some surprises being in store. Honestly I thought this trailer contained less spoilers than the TGS '07 one main because this one seem to focus more on giving is a glimpse at the Eastern Europe location which we already knew about and the more spoilery stuff flashes by or really aren't as bad as TGS '07 when showing...


The SOP Destabiliser was awesome! :D Nothing better than planting that thing and then seeing the opposing team just stop and start freaking out allowing you to just walk up to them and pop 'em in the head.

Well they're just samples and the OST will be released in 2 weeks anyway and no doubt somebody here at GFF will have it ripped and ready in no time. :)

Yeah I think the theatrical trailer will be the last piece of footage for me. The PMC ads will spoil the opening movie if I watch them and I'd rather experience the opening as I play it in HD on my set. I mean it's only 29 days away...!

Yeah yea you can wait, there isnt something really special or spoilerific about ads though.

Anyways it is taking while to load the official site , so if there is anything special in making section, anything?
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BTW music is awesome, any more tracks, did you cut them or they are this long on site by default?

drebin and sixth one are really cool i wish they would be long.

Haha, when you put it that way, TGS 07 definitely had the biggest one. I guess that's a good way to look at it, but before seeing the new trailer I honestly didn't expect the east euro location to have that large of a part in the game (well, at least it appears that way). Heh, though that's probably because all we've ever seen in the current trailers and footage were the middle east and south america locations.

Just a side thought on the TGS 07 trailer and the new trailer...

Heheh, SOP destab was awesome, I used it every chance I had. Though I don't understand why some people pop the other players when they're disabled, the ideal thing would be to stun them that way they can't respawn right away, heh. Oh, that reminds me, I had one match where right after planting my destabilizer the other team planted theirs causing both teams to be disabled at the same time, rendering our efforts to be useless. Haha, I got a good laugh out of that round.

Eh, the PMC ads have something to do with the opening/demo movie? (don't elaborate if so, heh, I really don't wanna know what the revolutionary Logan opening is gonna be like) I didn't know that, haha. Oh well, I personally thought those advertisements weren't anything special, just really weird.

That is true, hah, maybe the real one will be bigger than that, guess we won't really know till June 12th huh?

Got all the wallpapers and screensavers off the new site. Has anyone manage to beat Lv03 of the Secret Mission 01? Do you get anything special out of it? I kept screwing up on the last jump, some how over shooting it so I end up landing on the PMC, and gave up trying.

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Does anybody know if you preorder a game at a Gamestop, can the preorder be moved to a different stores location?

Apparently I graduated college and won't exactly be up there when this game finally comes out...

No, our stores don't link up like that, so your best bet is to cancel your preorder at it's current store and move it to whatever store you'll be near when it comes out.

The destabilizers were fun after the first few times, but then they got so damn annoying. For example, in one of the matches this one guy just spammed the HELL out of destablizers, and when we started using it he started kicking those people. :erm:

As for the theatrical trailer, they need to show more in theaters. I can barely remember the last video game trailer I've seen in the movies.

The last video game trailer I saw in theaters was Gears of War

The last video game trailer I actually REMEMBER in theaters was for Command & Conquer - Red Alert. o_Ô