Kojima Teases MGS: Piece Walker
The mind that brought you Raiden, Vamp, and the La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo is up to his old tricks again, as Kojima Production's Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker site is now linking to a side page with the above image, showing a CG box and camo-clad legs teasing a (presumably related) project called "Piece Walker."
Hideo Kojima's always had a thing for English puns, from his very first development entitled Lost Warld to the multiple plays on the word "co-op" in the latest Peace Walker trailer. But, as we all know, he also has a bit of a thing for teaser sites as well, sometimes with countdowns leading to countdowns. This latest site just reiterates the date for Peace Walker, so "Piece Walker" will likely be a smaller or site-only release, since all we have to go on is that it's "coming soon."
While there's some speculation of another iPhone game, my opinion is that the only image we have lends itself more to a Flash game to be played within the larger website. If Kojima Productions is watching Western devs (and we know that they are), it's possible they could even feature some in-game goodies based on progress in "Piece Walker", similar to how EA's login service allowed cross-platform unlocks in the browser-based Dragon Age Journeys.
Of course, 'Piece' could also refer to a future webseries featuring parts of the Peace Walker storyline in an piecemeal format. Speculation is fun! But answers aren't immediately forthcoming, so keep checking back until we know where this one's walking to!
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Posted to Video Games on 29 December 2009
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I love Kojima's sense of humor. Everything from the "Hideo" joke during the Psycho Mantis battle to referencing the MGS2 Alien conversation w/the malfunctioning GW in MGS4 and Liquid-Ocelot's Texas Shootout moves on the boat ;P