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Kojima Productions got everyone fooled!

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Everyone remember the last week's Hideo Kojima keynote at GDC, right? At the end of it, a news emerged that the next Metal Gear game may include Raiden as the main character. A small Raiden artwork was shown in the presentation slide and people loved the news, many websites including us posted it.

Well, today, at April Fools day, the truth is here!
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Published: 259 days 13 hours ago | News | GDC 2009 | PlayStation 3
 
 

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skv007 - 259 days 14 hours ago
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1 - ouch
that hurts my feelings :(
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Jamegohanssj5 - 259 days 14 hours ago
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Wow, so my favourite character won't get his own game? :( I am heart broken. It's been a long time since Metal Gear Solid 2, but I guess I'll have to go purchase that or the Scene expansion if I want to play with Raiden.

TGSI
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pandabear - 259 days 13 hours ago
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It is Kojima messing with us - make us think its Raiden then do a spoof video showing that it wasn't - so of course it prob is Raiden in the next MGS.

He has a wicked sense of humour.
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ZeroBlitz - 259 days 12 hours ago
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Seriously, we need a secret theatre for MGS4.
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GVON - 259 days 10 hours ago
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1.4 - Nice
Last year it was assassin creed 2 but was really MGS4 and now this.Nice one Kojima :) that section of the second level was ace though.

It's also the only aprils fool that's worked,every gaming site,every forum was going mental over this joke, and I bet Kojima couldn't stop laughing after looking at the response to his keynote.shame the "jokes" popping up on here from the rest all these gaming sites are obvious and,well sh!te.
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skv007 - 259 days 10 hours ago
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1.5 - lol.
@1 note the sarcasm...
I didnt want Kojima to goto Raiden at all. I rather play as Snake or anyone else he can think of :D
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solidt12 - 259 days 6 hours ago
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I couldnt get it to stop buffering but it is on youtube now.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...
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meepmoopmeep - 259 days 6 hours ago
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1.7 - KOJIMA
gRRRR.. i still love him and his humor
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JHUX - 259 days 4 hours ago
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but what if this news is the april fools joke.
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fanboi hater - 258 days 21 hours ago
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1.9 - actually
if you look back at the pic in the keynote it really was raiden this pic is not the same ... but this was still a good April fools however I'm still very confused??
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meepmoopmeep - 258 days 21 hours ago
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1.10 - ^^
yeah, i think they planned to do this.

i think the original was Raiden and they changed it to Campbell for AFD.

either way, this was awesome :)
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rockleex - 258 days 21 hours ago
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1.11 - "The Next Metal Gear"
Is not MGS5.

The next Metal Gear is simply MGS4: Sub/stance/sistence.

In it, you'll be able to play as Raiden with his own ninja move-sets and maybe his own scenarios. Shall I say... Ninja Raiden Sigma? :P
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blackparade man - 259 days 13 hours ago
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I hate april fools, it's so bloody annoying!
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No FanS Land - 259 days 13 hours ago
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It's true! He made it so realist that nobody would have thought that at GDC. AH F*ck!!!! no metal gear for now....
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Chippydip - 259 days 8 hours ago
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2.2 - Gah. Keep April fools in APRIL please.
WTF I wanted to know what happened to sunny >.<
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sajj316 - 259 days 13 hours ago
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Raiden a clone of the Colonel?

Big Boss -> Snake
Colonel -> Raiden
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xabmol - 259 days 10 hours ago
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3.1 - o.0?!
My MIND!!
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PureGamer - 259 days 13 hours ago
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Thank god i hope it isnt raiden in the next one.
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SolidAhmed - 259 days 13 hours ago
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5 - well come one guys
it was so funny i loved how the media get fooled and i loved the video specially when Campbell said Meryl you look beautiful.

i don't know but this is a good lesson to the press that trying to be smart ass.
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Lawliet - 259 days 13 hours ago
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The whole of his conference was a preparation for the April fools joke! Brilliant! I've never seen someone that gets so devoted into such an event by playing around during a big conference. LMFAO!
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Arsenal4Ever - 259 days 13 hours ago
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I don't know why Developers get a kick at their fans for doing things like this, like Sony's in-game XMB last year :( that was just harsh.
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Marojado - 259 days 9 hours ago
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Like Arsenal pretending they were going to win the Premier League and then ending up 10 points behind United with only 8 matches to go? :P
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artgamer - 259 days 12 hours ago
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Well if its declared that it was a lie, on April fools day, doesn't that make it true ?

Like a double negative situation.
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Batzi - 259 days 12 hours ago
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9 - COME E3!
I can't tell what's exactly going on and no one ever solved any of Kojima's riddles before so I seriously can't wait until E3 comes to find out more about the next MGS.
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Blackcanary - 259 days 12 hours ago
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10 - LMAO
Thats the best April Fools Ever that's gonna be Classic lol.
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LeGenDx - 259 days 12 hours ago
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12 - we got fooled
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SUP3R - 259 days 12 hours ago
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13 - LOL
He did the same thing last year with Metal Gear Assassins(or whatever you wanna call it).
Kojima is awesomely legendary! =D
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7thNightvolley - 259 days 12 hours ago
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14 - love this guy
buwahahaa nice one
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Cajun Chicken - 259 days 12 hours ago
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And I thought that Metal Gear 'Duck Hunt' Touch was bad...oh wait...was that a REAL game?...
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GiantEnemyFlop - 259 days 12 hours ago
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April fool
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zaldare - 259 days 11 hours ago
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17 - Kojima Productions FTW!
Haha, i laughed through the whole video. That sh#t was AWESOME ! :D

<3 Koj. Productions!

( http://www.konami.jp/kojima...
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Qorious - 259 days 10 hours ago
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Darn you Kojima-san!!! xD
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rhood022 - 259 days 10 hours ago
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April Fools.

Here's the original image

http://g4tv.com/thefeed/pho...

It could be a cane, but it's DEFINITELY not the same cane in this story's preview pic. So I call THIS story on the April's Fools.

Plus, the base of the "cane" in the original pic looks too thick and is squared on the bottom--like a sheath.
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fossilfern - 259 days 10 hours ago
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! this isnt funny i was SOOOOOO!!!!!!! excited ! :(
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interrergator - 259 days 9 hours ago
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not funny at all i was really hopin for this dammit
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running rampid - 259 days 9 hours ago
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bah dammit. really wanted this, but it was a good joke. :D
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Calvin_D - 259 days 8 hours ago
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Thank you Lord! I love MGS, but refuse to ever play as Raiden again.

Give us a game based on Liquid Snake.
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redbadger - 259 days 8 hours ago
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I believe it is a april fools day joke today that he IS going to have raiden as the main focus.
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keyblademaster - 259 days 7 hours ago
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is not loading for me anyone having this issue?
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Bobbie001 - 259 days 7 hours ago
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26 - ahh you people fall the april fool april fools joke
This april fool is a april fools joke. Its a dubble joke!
The vid DOES work but it just says "buffering" all the time. Konami is just messin' with us
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The_Zeitgeist - 259 days 3 hours ago
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People get to riled up on here. The N4G crowd could use some Riddilen.
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SlaughterMeister - 259 days 7 hours ago
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27 - THIS STORY IS THE JOKE!
Look at the two images, they are not the same. The angle of the "handle" is different, that is Raiden in the original. The "handle" of the original one is the string from Raiden's sword dangling.

This story is the April Fool's joke, not that other crap.
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Premonition - 259 days 5 hours ago
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boooo kojima cheated, he wrote about this stuff before april fools :(
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Mr Tretton - 259 days 5 hours ago
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I do remember now that it was mentioned the next Metal Gear lead character could possibly be a new character
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Mr Tretton - 259 days 5 hours ago
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Wait a second, isn't this just the joke itself? They aren't flat out saying Col. Campbell will be the hero, THAT's the joke. Everyone is jumping to conclusions. The cane doesn't mean it has to be Campbell as if no one else could have a cane.

This isn't a reveal, it's a joke to play on everyone guessing about the image before, which I saw a cane there from the beginning, and didn't rush to think it must be Campbell.

Ah, the power of suggestion. Lemmings over the cliff.
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rhood022 - 259 days 5 hours ago
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well, anybody who saw the original pic at the GDC Kojima conference knows that this new pic is obviously part of the joke--a joke that includes the "Campbell Arrives!" teaser trailer.

The original pic is obviously Raiden.

But I gotta give it to Kojima--the man knows how to pull a prank.

I just really don't understand HOW people were fooled. All you have to do as look at both pics to know which is the joke.
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The_Zeitgeist - 259 days 3 hours ago
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I honestly think they should just make an whole new character. Reinvent the series.
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thelastsnake - 259 days 2 hours ago
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32 - the photos are different
comepare the photo above to the original from gdc it clearly of raiden while this one is altered to look like cambell
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Sci0n - 259 days 2 hours ago
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33 - Its so easy to fool internet users they take the bait and run with here say without thinking at all
Lol good one
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