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The Internet was full of good jokes yesterday. Out of all of them, I have to say my favorite of the bunch (besides Foxtoid, duh) was this mash-up of the Metal Gear Solid 4 and Assassin's Creed franchises. Even though this is a joke by Ubisoft and Konami, it's still new gameplay footage of Metal Gear Solid 4
 
For most of the video, we're lead to believe that Assassin's Creed star Altaïr has somehow fallen into the war taking place during Metal Gear Solid 4. It isn't until near the end that we see it's really just Solid Snake wearing the robe. The cheesy puns towards the end of the crossover really help sell this joke. The best part is at the very end with Hideo Kojima himself, though.







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thisissami's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 01:01
thisissami
it would be great if that was an actual unlockable in MGS4... it's also cool to see different development teams collaborating together to have some april fools fun! especially since ubisoft and konami don't really have too much to do with each other...
DrNutt's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 01:04
DrNutt
Yeah, it would be pretty sweet to see that as an unlockable or something in MGS4.

Also, I know the whole cow/metal gear connection is pretty old news, but I think I'm going to have a real beef with beef after playing this game.
Neonie's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 01:06
Neonie
Neat.
Dr l0cke's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 01:08
Dr l0cke
I would love this as an unlockable and I bet it is going to be one.
Amaru's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 01:09
Amaru
BEST APRIL FOOLS EVVAAAAAAAAAAARR!!!!
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 01:16
Bob Muir
That's actually pretty cool, seeing Konami and Ubisoft work together on something like this.
Geoff Henao's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 01:21
Geoff Henao
This was my favorite prank. I wish I had more to say.
chaos591's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 01:30
chaos591
When Snake doesn't have the eggs do finish the job
Send Altar to kick some metal gear:)
Revolt in Colour's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 01:31
Revolt in Colour
This was the only April Fools thing I enjoyed. The rest were annoying and trite.

Well except Foxtoid.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 01:44
king3vbo
That suit would be awesome as an unlockable
Boolean's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 01:45
Boolean
That was so flippin cool, and I hate both games!
Akiba's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 01:46
Akiba
Do any of you remember the tuxedo? I'm not 100% positive, but I'm willing to bet that the Altar cloak could be unlocked after playing through the game the first time. Or, like in MGS3, there'll be a question that'll be asked before you start playing the game, and your answer could Altar the kind of cloak you start the game with.
monosylabik's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 01:58
monosylabik
now this is how to do an april fools....
fail on the fools but win at delivering better footage and more awesomeness.
Akiba's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 02:04
Akiba
@Boolean
Shame on you.
crunks's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 02:09
crunks
Dijoo rike it?
Voojagig's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 02:33
Voojagig
Excellent! and hats off to Konami for making an April Fools joke that is really just very effective marketing for MGS4. This will get passed round the internets and put in emailed links showing new gameplay footage and make more people want to buy who might not have looked if not for the AS joke tie-in.
Voojagig's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 02:35
Voojagig
oops meant AC tie-in
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 02:37
Samit Sarkar
That was frickin awesome.
Takeshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 05:06
Takeshi
That's right! Impressive stuff. Good to see these companies working together. I love it.
DV2FOX's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 05:19
DV2FOX
gotta love it..thou the censor in the beginnin' was unnecessary..also the ending with kojima..."did you liked it?"....BBRREEEEEEE!!!!!!
wonky360's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 05:49
wonky360
worked for me, MGS4 looks great in this video, joke aside it looks like a great game. Cunning marketing indeed.
Orionsaint's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 06:09
Orionsaint
I think it's coded into the game. If you watched that clip closely. Its actually Snake dressed as Altair. Im gonna go out on a limb here and guess that its an unlockable costume in the MGS4 game. You heard it here first.
Orionsaint's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 06:11
Orionsaint
Oh at the end Snake takes off the robe? I thought Snake showed up and Altair ran away. It's hard to tell its choppy lookin
episodic's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 06:13
episodic
Mini Gears sound like cows though..

Video's cool :)
EternalDeathSlayer's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 07:17
EternalDeathSlayer
WOW. This is awesome, the two companies doing this together. Bravo!
DTwirler's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 07:53
DTwirler
I knew it was a joke, but it was still pretty awesome!
Holiday's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 08:16
Holiday
I'll tell yah the joke! Hoping to defeat an armored Mech with a sub-machine gun. Haven't seen logic like that since that guy try to kill a great white shark with a McDonald's straw and a napkin.
Zatsuga's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 08:17
Zatsuga
@qwerty
I hear that. I can't wait for the bundle to come out, that's when I'm getting the triple!
SyntaxError's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 08:19
SyntaxError
Didjoo rike it??? Man, engrish never gets old.

The robe came off when the large bipedal thing charged at snake and missed, taking the robe off in the process.
tkyy's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 08:56
tkyy
Nice. That means we'll probably get extra content on MGS4, just like the monkey wars in MGS3!!!
catsithx's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 08:57
catsithx
It was funny as hell I almost belived when I frist saw it then I remeber what day it was
Obs1dian's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 08:57
Obs1dian
My local Game Crazy got their bonus DVDs in on Monday, and they had extras for people still wanting to reserve. Go check if you have a local Game Crazy near, and ask really really nicely. My guy over here is pretty awesome about that stuff.
Conan-san's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 09:05
Conan-san
Hehe, ceratinly isn't the first time that MGS has made refrence to Ubisoft related nonsence, remember the Snake vs Monkey mode?
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 09:46
Cheeburga
Totally going to be an unlockable.
Quest's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 10:38
Quest
pretty cool video ... right ron? :)
killboy's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 10:42
killboy
The best april fools joke was ign's zelda movie trailer but only because it showed that a video game movie could follow the story of the game and not suck.
HarassmentPanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 12:12
HarassmentPanda
I heard about this yesterday but never watched it. Kind of amusing. The gameplay section in the middle was much too long. I skipped a lot of it. Watching other people play games is pretty boring, especially when they appear to be bad.
JamesSorensen's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 12:14
JamesSorensen
killboy..

thats why it was april fools... not showing that it could be done because it can't be done.. that was part of the joke making the trailer appear that it could be done

haha
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 14:09
Sharpless
Now all they need is Sam Fisher night-vision goggles.
Puppetpallmich's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 15:00
Puppetpallmich
wow mgs4 doesnt realy look that good. its also completely one color, there wasnt even a red sache
braulio09's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 16:30
braulio09
title mispelled -.-

also, Assassin's Gear sounds better.

[/bitch mode]
bipolar beers's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 16:48
bipolar beers
thanks obs1dian i checked a gamecrazy near me and preordered mgs4 with the beta code dvd.
Spooky Electric's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 16:50
Spooky Electric
It was okay. Would've been cooler if they had Snake climb on something, even if he was just jumping over a short wall. It was too slow and long, I thought.
0bshaky's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 17:55
0bshaky
ehhh snake with an altair skin... I was expecting assasins creed kills... :s
CreamyGoodness7's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/02/2008 18:50
CreamyGoodness7
This makes me want Metal Gear... Hard
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/03/2008 09:31
Holyetheline
I saw this on Xplay and it was pretty funny.
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