Kojima Stresses That Peace Walker Will Be a Handheld Marvel
Hideo Kojima’s upcoming title, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is arguably the most anticipated unreleased handheld title right now. With an epic trailer at E3 2009, MGS: Peace Walker quickly became a fan favorite by showcasing console-quality gameplay on the PSP’s handheld hardware. What many don’t know is that Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is a full-fledged Metal Gear game that was originally titled Metal Gear Solid 5.
Metal Gear mastermind Hideo Kojima has been posting a lot of new information over his Twitter account the past few days. Only days ago, Kojima stressed that his upcoming title is being given a lot of attention and will be a true addition to the Metal Gear series:
PW is going to be released as a portable game, but it is a TRUE MGS game in the saga, not a spin off. Of course, we have put a lot of power into the story. It should be pretty exciting. The potential of a portable game, an innovative system that changes the nature of future MGs is what makes this a game a title to look forward too.
Many have been disappointed by the fact that Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is coming to the PSP rather than the PlayStation 3. However, Kojima has stated that the PSP has given the Metal Gear series not only a new challenge, but also some new options:
We put a lot of thought into gameplay that handhelds excel at. “Teamwork,” “multiplayer,” and “trade,” are all great components but that is not everything. We also wanted challenge toward a new game design. This is something we couldn’t have achieved if we had developed PW for a next gen console.
As stated by Hideo Kojima, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker should become a title that Metal Gear fans enjoy, but also a game that really defines the PlayStation Portable platform. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is slated to release in April 2010 for Japan, and May 2010 for Europe and North America.
12 Responses to “Kojima Stresses That Peace Walker Will Be a Handheld Marvel”
…Actually, multiplayer would have been possible on the PS3 console? Just sayin’…
You know he said they wanted to challenge to a new game design, so the so caled new game design may have failed on ps3 and could have turn some fans down. Basically this is a test. High profile sequel test but its a test.
It’s because Kojima doesn’t want to make it for 360/PS3. He’d rather stay with just PS3 to make the game special for that system, but I’m sure Konami would make it multi-plat. So he went with PSP
I’m releasing my own book and I must stress IT’S GOING TO BE THE GREATEST BOOK YOU’LL EVER READ!
See where I’m going with this, of course kojima would say that what else would they say? “it’s ok but it’s not amazing” it’s their own game, I’ll believe them when the critics start saying the same thing.
Timewarp Says:
March 14th, 2010 at 8:30 PM
I’m releasing my own book and I must stress IT’S GOING TO BE THE GREATEST BOOK YOU’LL EVER READ!
See where I’m going with this, of course kojima would say that what else would they say? “it’s ok but it’s not amazing” it’s their own game, I’ll believe them when the critics start saying the same thing.
@Timewarp: I think you’re one of the FEW with a brain on this site. Congratulations.
“PSP has given the Metal Gear series not only a new challenge, but also some new options”
This is what developers should do, take a new challenge and develop for psp or ‘the console that is too hard to develop for’ aka ps3. I hope other developers take note of this. I’m looking at you Valve.
I’m pullin for a great PSP game to show that it the premier handheld, but I just can’t see anything do that. When I purchased mine I thought I was gonna be playing PS2 games on the go, that just hasn’t happened yet and I don’t care what line of bull he’s twittering about. It’s been years and I just don’t believe that he can magically push the technology to another level. Now the PS3 on the other hand is a different story. I’m kinda even feeling the same way about the 360 to some degree.
This game would of gotten more hype if it was on PS3. Not that many people are talking about it from what I heard.
@ timewarp.
have you played an MGS game? And have you seriously been let down by anything kojima-san has had his hands on? I don’t understand what there is to doubt. No developer goes into creation of a title to make a sub par game- it’s not like you can hide that a game sucks, and it will reflect completely on sales.
Sounds great to me since I have a Ps3 and a PSP. I believe the decision to put the game exclusively on the PSP was to help drive sales up since the PSP Go was being released, and the lackluster sales of the original PSP. Good move on Sony’s part to have a high selling game put on a platform that needs a sales boost. Kojima loves a challenge, and he is also a perfectionist of sorts, so this game will look tremendous when it comes out. I have no worries Kojima will make everyone happy.
I hope it does good. I liked Portable Ops well enough, but it didn’t feel like the same MGS I’m used too, excluding 4.
I hope this game does great as well. For critics it will do good, that’s a no brainer. But for sales, is where I really hope it shines