I don't doubt what you said, but I checked it out on Wikipedia just to make sure and here they said it's removed from the series' canon. So I wonder what's the real deal is? :S

Perhaps the figure is still in development so changes might occur. The last figure of Big Boss for MGS3 was supposed to have certain features/accessories, but were taken out in the end.

Anyways, I have one thing I want to discuss and that is Meryl's role in the game: Even though I'm happy she's back, being one of my favorite characters, I can't help but wonder if her role in the game will be deeper and she'll end up not being one of the "good guys." Like Harry said, we have seen heros turn into villians and vice-versa, so it could be possible that Kojima might make Meryl, well, a villain. What do you guys think her role is and do you think she'll betray anyone? I'm actually really nervous and worried about this. :shame:

You are right Meryl, Snake's Revenge isn't part of the Metal Gear canonic storyline, as Kojima explained many times. In the E3 2006 Famitsu interview, Kojima said the games composing the MG canonic storyline are only seven: Metal Gear, Metal Gear 2, Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2, Metal Gear Solid 3, Metal Gear Solid: Special Ops, Metal Gear Solid 4.

Also, Tttackler is wrong: Snake's Revenge was NEVER released in Japan; the game was released only in North America and Europe, and was replaced by the official Metal Gear 2 in Japan.

I do not know about Meryl in this new game, I also thought about the possibility she could be one of Snake's enemies this time around. One thing I noticed is that it seems Kojima didn't show any "bad guy", with the exception of Liquid, this time around; it's strange, but it could be that he wants to unveil those that will be the game's "bosses" later, maybe at the Tokyo Game Show.

Oi, yes, my fault. I mixed Solid Snake and Snake's Revenge. Don't mind the retard.

Anybody knows why the date at the end of the trailer says "2006", then "2008" and after that "2007"? Is there a meaning in that or is that just a joke?

Don't worry, I'm just glad the facts got straightened out because I had made a reference to "Snake's Revenge" in one my reviews, believing that it's completely disregarded from the series, so I was panicking whether I made a mistake or not to use the reference! :shock: Thanks Carlito and kupo for clearing it up.

Or perhaps, hopefully, Kojima knows we'll be suspecting Meryl so he'll end up making Meryl a good guy. *wishful thinking* I also was looking forward to seeing some bosses during E3, but he may reveal it at the TGS later. I wonder how many there'll be? :D

I don't know, perhaps it was a joke to get viewers excited about the release date, such as thinking it could be '06, but it's really '08, but then it's really '07. :laugh: Or it could represent all three Snakes (Solidus, Liquid, and Solid) but how it could represent them, I don't know. :right:

I can hardly contain my excitement for this new game. But I couldn't believe the changes. It makes me sad as well about these changes and about other things in that trailer. This game isn't going to be the same as the last three. It seems so different. But I can't wait to play it.