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MGS4: Leaked trailer, online details and new characters discussed

4:37 PM on 09.19.2007, Jim Sterling 50 comments

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Above is the Japanese-dubbed trailer for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, as leaked from the Tokyo Games Show and currently doing the online rounds. While it's in Japanese, certain details have already been gleaned from the trailer, which are available via the provided link or after the jump. Even if you don't speak Japanese though, I advise you to approach this trailer with extreme caution as, like I warned you in an earlier post, Konami is blowing its wad like crazy and showing off way more than is perhaps sensible. At this rate, I begin to wonder if there are any cutscenes left in the game that we haven't seen some part of.

In other MGS4 news, it has been revealed that the game will include an online starter pack. It seems this pack is something of a free taster in preparation for Metal Gear Online. Further details are yet to be made clear, so it's safe to just say that Guns of the Patriots will have some online functionality, while Metal Gear Online will remain a seperate title. 

Hit the jump for further details from the leaked trailer, which reveals the names of the new characters shown. Bear in mind however, that these come with spoiler warnings, and spoilers are cereal business.

[Tip from Justin V]

As you may know from watching the trailer, a whole host of new characters have shown their faces in Metal Gear Solid 4, as well as a few familiar ones. Let's check it out.

First up, we have the new Foxhound, consisting of Meryl (hot), Jonathan (mohawk), Ed (bald) and Johnny (balaclava). Now, MGS fans will know of only one guy who wears a balaclava and calls himself Johnny. While this Johnny also goes by the name of Akiba, could he be THE Johnny Sasaki, having put his differences aside with the woman who exposed his pixellated bumhole to the world in the first Metal Gear Solid?  I really hope so. Everybody loves Johnny Sasaki.

Sunny is the young girl in the video, revealed to be Olga's daughter. Sons of Liberty players will remember that Olga's daughter was kidnapped by The Patriots. That's all we know of her so far.

The man with the white handkerchief is an arms dealer called Drebin. He takes guns from the Private Military Companies and removes their ID chips so they can be used by other forces. He seems a bit of a card.

We already know that Eva is in it and that she looks like The Goblin King. I must admit that for a 70-year-old, she's not too bad. I'd give her a go.

You'll have noticed an ugly little monkey in this trailer. His name is Little Gray and I hate him already. He's accompanied by a woman in a white coat. It's suggested that this woman is Naomi. Is it the original Naomi Hunter? She was said to have gone missing in the Middle East.

Finally, we have the return of Metal Gear Ray and Metal Gear Rex. Already, whispers of a Metal Gear showdown are buzzing on the Intertubes, Fans are talking of a Liquid versus Solid deul using the Metal Gear machines, which I have to admit would be utterly badass, even if I'm not totally excited about Rex being recycled.


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Toneman's Avatar
Toneman at 09/19/2007 16:44
This game will rule your faces.
blehman's Avatar
blehman at 09/19/2007 16:46
MGS4 has Chris Tucker in it?
Reallynotnick's Avatar
Reallynotnick at 09/19/2007 16:47
I have to agree, are there any more cut scenes left to show? I am starting to think they should just make this a movie so I don't have to sit through the boring gameplay to get to the kick ass cut scenes.
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Trev at 09/19/2007 16:48
I would hope there's a new big Metal Gear that they're just not showing us yet. Not that extra-pretty high-def REX isn't hot, but I want a new one that shows off what they advanced beyond RAY.

Then again, REX was the last 'real' metal gear as RAY was an 'anti-metal gear' metal gear and didn't carry nuclear weapons.
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Yayoo at 09/19/2007 16:52
My God...
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ElfAngel7 at 09/19/2007 16:58
RAY vs REX would rock my face off and would make it worth it for me to con one of my friends into getting a PS3 so I can play this.
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Necros at 09/19/2007 17:08
In case you want the full script, it's available here.
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gomeja at 09/19/2007 17:14
If I remember correctly, either Raiden or Snake promised to take care of her child at the end of MGS2.
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Ignignokt01 at 09/19/2007 17:14
was that there sum racism in the last few seconds of the video?

Black dude making wierd facial expressions, followed by a monkey making the same?

and good god, even the old hag in the game has AMAZING tits. Japanese developers are such perverts
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Pistolaero at 09/19/2007 17:15
08 is taking way too long to get here.
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Reeper at 09/19/2007 17:23
Did anyone else notice the lack of PS3 symbol at the end? Conspiracy? Or is MGS4 coming to the 360 too?


/duckandrun
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joeisremy at 09/19/2007 17:25
even tho i think this site is mostly trash here are the translations
http://metalgearsolid.org/show_news.php?id=1348
Gato's Avatar
Gato at 09/19/2007 17:29
Where's a time machine when you need one?
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Edarios at 09/19/2007 17:31
how the HELL did Johnny Sasaki get into Foxhound?! Sweet! he finally gets to be in the spotlight, and not just a random grunt with bowel problems...

Also, how old is the Ray model now? wouldn't it be out of commission, or scrapped for newer models?
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brainderailment at 09/19/2007 17:37
good to know there will be pooping in mgs, sorry did i give a spoiler?
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AngelsDontBurn at 09/19/2007 17:55
So gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood!
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boxhound at 09/19/2007 17:58
Can't. Fucking. Wait.

Also the last part of the trailer, so awesome!
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Tron Knotts at 09/19/2007 18:00
This trailer has me more excited than the others did, but I'm still not in any huge rush to play this game. Eva's return is pretty awesome, as are all the returning characters. And it's got poop jokes.

But Metal Gear Solid games have such bland, repetitive enemies, repetitive backgrounds, and repetitive gameplay, packed with fetch quests and monotony. I couldn't play through the other 3 games, I just got too bored. I did see them all the way through though. I got my room mate to play them for me.

I do wonder if there will be anger about the obvious connetion they are making between a black man in a suit and a monkey wearing daisy dukes.
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zealot9802 at 09/19/2007 18:01
Is this for the 360? hehehehehehe
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Orionsaint at 09/19/2007 18:09
WOW! More boring cut scenes that take the storyline outta of context and spoil the story. Thanks Konami!

HOW BOUT SOME FUCKING GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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cielo mist at 09/19/2007 19:02
ray vs rex thats awesome and the that monkey it angers me for some reason
Milofo's Avatar
Milofo at 09/19/2007 19:50
Meet the reason I bought a PS3.
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SLiFE at 09/19/2007 19:58
Was it just me, or was that Metal gear showdown on Shadow Moses?

That is fucking B.A.
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fatmanjoe at 09/19/2007 20:17
HEY ORIONSAINT....GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE EXISTS GO WATCH IT
Sharpless's Avatar
Sharpless at 09/19/2007 20:30
Here's what I came away with: boobs, monkey, boobs, and Chris Tucker.

All hail Kojima and his brilliance!
Robert's Avatar
Robert at 09/19/2007 22:01
What was up with Raiden vomiting/spitting/coughing up something?
Aurain's Avatar
Aurain at 09/19/2007 22:23
Was that Snake in the Rex? If so, i think i can die happy after this game. If no, I'll still die after this game happy.
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DGX Goggles at 09/19/2007 22:38
LOL! Big Mama, EPIC WIN. I WANT.
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Paul Soth at 09/19/2007 22:52
Jonathan's mohawk is in the shape of an exclamation point, more Metal Gear metahumor.
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Papapishu at 09/19/2007 22:55
I wish the goblin king would have me call shim big mama.

FUCK. I'M PROJECTING MY FANTASIES ONTO THE INTERNET AGAIN.

Anyone else notice that Drebin's monkey is wearing leather underwear? I for one, am all for gun running simians with leather fixations and soda addictions.

Why ya gotta hate Sterling? Why ya gotta hate?
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RskimB at 09/19/2007 23:36
I havent played MGS2 in awhile but didnt Olga have a boy?
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RskimB at 09/19/2007 23:37
also lmao @ the name Big Mama
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KamikazeTutor at 09/19/2007 23:44
GameVideos updated the movie, it's now in English, both voice and subs.

And damn you blehman, you beat me to it. :P
KamikazeTutor's Avatar
KamikazeTutor at 09/19/2007 23:48
LOL
Wadya sellin? Wadya byin?
The Grudge's Avatar
The Grudge at 09/20/2007 01:10
Them Japanese sure love them some scat. This game might entice me to purchase a PSTriple. It is peculiar though, that there was a lack of a Playstation logo. Hmm...
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iamgod at 09/20/2007 01:17
buying it just for the possibility the monkey being a butler.
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Orionsaint at 09/20/2007 02:34
I know footage exist. I just want more! I play games. I don't play cut scenes.
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Dexter345 at 09/20/2007 02:55
I'm confused. That wasn't Japanese at all. The dubbing AND the subbing were in English.
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Sharpless at 09/20/2007 03:09
Yes, it was. The video has changed, since I first watched it.
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Takeshi at 09/20/2007 04:56
Who's your Big momma?!
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tehuberone at 09/20/2007 05:00
@Milofo

Meet the reason I bought a 360.
Takeshi's Avatar
Takeshi at 09/20/2007 05:08

Also poo
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Fading Star at 09/20/2007 06:00
Meryl, Vampie...this looks interesting. Colonel Jim, keep us posted.
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GrayFox at 09/20/2007 07:13
I'm a huge MGS fan, and some of that looked kind of retarded. That guy shitting in the barrel or whatever he was doing...WTF?
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Aurain at 09/20/2007 08:46
I think the Guy shitting in a barrel was a joke that flew over your head Grayfox. I'd be surprised if it was in the final game.
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neveranything at 09/20/2007 09:37
Bowel problems FTW!
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Teta at 09/20/2007 23:13
Late post to say BOOOOOBS!!!
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Dende-snail at 09/21/2007 13:51
Mmm, I really think it's an official hoax, I thought it all along the watch. I'm really surprised that nobody thinks the same way...
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