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'''Henry Allan Gleason''' ([[1882]]-[[1975]]) was a noted American [[ecology|ecologist]], [[botany|botanist]], and [[taxonomy|taxonomist]], most recognized for his endorsement of the [[individualistic hypothesis]] of [[ecological succession]]. |
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|developer = [[Kojima Productions]] |
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|publisher = [[Konami]] |
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|designer = [[Hideo Kojima]] ([[Game producer|producer]], [[Video game director|director]])<ref name=escapistE3blog>{{cite web |url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/92123-Liveblog-Sonys-E3-Press-Conference |title=Liveblog: Sony's E3 Press Conference |publisher=''[[The Escapist (magazine)|The Escapist]]'' |author=Arendt, Susan |date=June 2, 2009 |accessdate=June 2, 2009}}</ref> |
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|writer = Hideo Kojima |
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|artist = [[Yoji Shinkawa]] |
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|composer = ''[[Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker#Music|See Music]]'' |
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|series = ''[[Metal Gear (series)|Metal Gear]]'' |
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|released = {{vgrelease|JP=April 28, 2010<ref>http://www.konami.jp/mgs_pw/en/index.html/</ref>|NA=June 8, 2010<ref name="konami.jp">http://www.konami.jp/mgs_pw/en/index2.html</ref>|EU=June 17, 2010|UK=June 18, 2010<ref name="konami.jp"/>}} |
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|genre = [[Stealth game|Stealth]], [[Action-adventure game|action-adventure]] |
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|modes = [[Single-player]],<br>[[multiplayer]] ([[cooperative gameplay|cooperative]]) |
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|ratings = {{vgratings|CERO=C|ESRB=T|BBFC=15|PEGI=18|OFLC=MA15+}} |
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|platforms = [[PlayStation Portable]] |
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|media = [[Universal Media Disc|UMD]], Download |
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{{nihongo_title|Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker|メタルギアソリッド ピースウォーカー|Metaru Gia Soriddo Pīsu Wōkā }} is a [[video game]] produced by [[Konami]] and [[Kojima Productions]] that was released for the [[PlayStation Portable]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.edge-online.com/news/metal-gear-solid-peace-walker-announced |title=Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Announced |publisher=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] |date=June 2, 2009 |accessdate=June 2, 2009}}</ref> ''Peace Walker'' is the fifth ''[[Metal Gear (series)|Metal Gear]]'' title for the PSP, although it is only the second to be considered canonical. It is also the first game in the series for a portable platform to be directed by series' creator [[Hideo Kojima]].<ref name=escapistE3blog /> The story takes place after the events of ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'' and ''[[Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops]]'', both [[prequel]]s to the original ''[[Metal Gear (video game)|Metal Gear]]'', and features [[Naked Snake]] as the protagonist once again.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.konami.jp/mg/mgsaga.html|title=Metal Gear Saga page from the official Metal Gear Portal|language=Japanese}}</ref> Peace Walker's original title was ''Metal Gear Solid 5 : Peace Walker''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ameblo.jp/kp-blogcast/entry-10466416389.html|title=Kojima's blog|language=Japanese}}</ref> The development team that worked on Peace Walker is as large as the team that worked on ''Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.n4g.com/psp/News-479339.aspx|title=N4G.com: Peace Walker's Development Team as Big as MGS4's}}</ref> |
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Gleason was born in [[Dalton City]], [[Illinois]], and after undergraduate and master's work at the [[University of Illinois]] earned a PhD from [[Columbia University]] in [[1906]]. He held faculty positions at the [[University of Illinois]] and the [[University of Michigan]], before returning to the East Coast, to the [[New York Botanical Garden]] in [[the Bronx]], [[New York]], where he remained for the rest of his career, until [[1950]]. |
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==Gameplay== |
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In Gleason's early [[ecology|ecological]] research on the [[vegetation]] of [[Illinois]], around [[1909]]-[[1912]], he worked largely within the theoretical structure endorsed by [[ecology|ecologist]] [[Frederic Clements]], whose work on [[ecological succession|succession]] was the most influential during the first decades of the twentieth century. Building on [[Henry_Cowles|Henry C. Cowles]]'s landmark research at the [[Indiana Dunes]] and some of the ideas of his mentor [[Charles Bessey]] at the [[University of Nebraska]], Clements had developed a theory of plant succession in which vegetation could be explained by reference to an ideal sequence of development called a [[sere]]. Clements sometimes compared the development of seres to the growth of individual [[organism]]s, and suggested that under the right circumstances, seres would culminate in the best [[adaptation|adapted]] form of vegetation, which he called the [[Climax_community|climax]] state. In his early research, Gleason interpreted the vegetation of Illinois using Clementsian concepts like [[association_(ecology)|association]]s, [[Climax_community|climax]] states, [[pioneer]] species, and dominant species. |
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Some changes are made to the standard ''Metal Gear Solid'' formula. Movement is done on the analog stick; actions such as co-op actions use the directional-pad; melee actions, which include multiple throws into crowds of enemies, use the R button; and weapons use the L button with the R button. Players will be unable to move while lying down and while pinned on a wall. There is also an option to switch to the style of gameplay used in Portable Ops.<ref>[http://kotaku.com/5366536/metal-gear-solid-peace-walker-preview-competitors-take-notes Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Preview: Competitors, Take Notes]</ref> |
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The game will feature a heavy emphasis on co-operative gameplay, with two players in main missions and up to four players in boss missions. Players can choose one of various different loadouts including one's camouflage. |
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However, in [[1917]], Gleason began to express significant doubts on the usefulness of some of Clements's widely-employed vocabulary, especially the use of the organism [[metaphor]] to describe the growth of vegetation, and the treatment of the units of vegetation as including [[Climax_community|climaxes]]. (What units should be used in the analysis of vegetation was a widely disupted issue in early twentieth-cenntury ecology.) In [[1926]], Gleason expressed even stronger objections to the Clements's theory. First, he argued that Clements's identification of particular [[natural kind|kinds]] of vegetation assumed too much [[homogeneity]], since areas of vegetation are actually similar to one another only to degrees. Second, he argued that Clements's associating particular vegetation types with particular areas underestimated the real diversity of vegetation. These objections together cast doubt, for Gleason, on the "integrity of the [[association_(ecology)|association]] concept" itself—on identifying any grouping of species as amounting to an nameable [[association]], like "oak-maple association," as botanists and ecologists (including Gleason himself) normally had. |
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*Naked Snake - Moves fast and carries more items at the cost of stealth, defense. |
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As an alternative to describing vegetation in terms of [[association_(ecology)|associations]], Gleason offered "the Individuaistic concept of ecology," in which "the phenomena of vegetation depend completely upon the phenomena of the individual" (1917), and plant associations are less structured than he thought Clements's theory maintained. At times, Gleason suggested that the distribution of plants approaches mathematical [[randomness]]. |
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*Jungle Fatigues Snake - A balance of stealth, defense, weapons and inventory. |
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*Stealth Suit Snake - Allows one to make no noise when running opposed to the usual racket. |
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There are several actions that can take place when two Snakes are next to each other. 'Snake-in' allows players to hold on to each other as one player leads the way, also allowing the Snakes to fire on the move. Other co-operative actions include holding up closing doors, performing [[CPR]] on fallen comrades, sharing items, and acting as a [[spotter]] for other players whose vision is obscured. There is an updated CQC system and a new prisoner evacuation system (using the [[Fulton Skyhook]]) along with the ability to move while crouched and the over-the-shoulder shooting view as seen in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots|Metal Gear Solid 4]]''. The cardboard box used to hide from enemy soldiers now appears to have different variations, with the inclusion of a "Love Pack" (big enough for two players) and a tank design. They can also be dropped from the inventory and used as footholds to reach higher areas. Aside from the sonar system featured in ''Portable Ops,'' players will also be able to use an early version of the Soliton radar system from ''Metal Gear Solid.'' The game will feature the camouflage index system from ''Snake Eater'', but the player will not have the ability to change camouflage uniforms as it will be entirely based on movement and position. |
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Clements never responded in print to Gleason's objections, and they did not become widely recognized by ecologists until the [[1950s]], when a number of ecologists began to refer to his criticisms as significant. |
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===Works by Gleason=== |
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*Gleason, Henry A. 1909. Some Unsolved Problems of the Prairies. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 36(5): 265-271. |
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A mysterious military force equipped with the latest weapons has established a presence in [[Costa Rica]] in late 1974. The Costa Rican government cannot do anything about them because the [[Military of Costa Rica|country's constitution bans the army as a permanent constitution]]. The nation has secretly tapped [[Big Boss (Metal Gear)|Naked Snake]] and his ''Militaires Sans Frontières'' (Soldiers without Borders; Outer Heaven's predecessor) mercenary group to turn back the threat, which could endanger the balance of power between the East and West.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tgs.gamespot.com/story/6230488/kojima-talks-peace-walker |title=Kojima talks Peace Walker |date=25 September 2009}}</ref> |
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*Gleason, Henry A. 1912. An Isolated Prairie Grove and Its Phytogeographical Significance. Botanical Gazette 53(1): 38-49. |
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*Gleason, Henry A. 1917. The Structure and Development of the Plant Association. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 43: 463-481. |
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*Gleason, Henry A. 1922. On the Relation between Species and Area. Ecology 3(2): 158-162. |
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*Gleason, Henry A. 1922. The Vegetational History of the Middle West. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 12: 39-85. |
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*Gleason, Henry A. 1925. Species and Area. Ecology 6(1): 66-74. |
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*Gleason, Henry A. 1926. The Individualistic Concept of the Plant Association. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 53. |
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*Gleason, Henry A. 1927. Further Views on the Succession-Concept. Ecology 8(3): 299-326. |
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*Gleason, Henry A. 1936. Is Sunusia an Association? Ecology 17(3): 444-451. |
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*Gleason, Henry A. 1939. The Individualistic Concept of the Plant Association. American Midland Naturalist 21(1): 92-110. |
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*Gleason, Henry A. 1975. Delving into the History of American Ecology. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 56(4): 7-10. |
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*Gleason, Henry A. and Frank C. Gates. 1912. A Comparison of the Rates of Evaporation in Certain Associations in Central Illinois. Botanical Gazette 53(6): 478-491. |
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=== Characters === |
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Japanese voice actor for each character are listed first, followed by their English voice actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kjp.konami.jp/gs/hideoblog_e/2009/10/000196.html|title=The KP Report Session 102}}</ref> |
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*Barbour, Michael G. 1996. Ecological Fragmentation in the Fifties. in William Cronon, editor. Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. |
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*McIntosh, Robert P. 1975. H. A. Gleason - "Individualistic Ecologist" 1882-1975: His Contributions to Ecological Theory. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 102(5): 253-273. |
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*Mitman, Gregg. 1995. Defining the Organism in the Welfare State: The Politics of Individuality in American Culture, 1890-1950. in Sabine Maasen, Everett Mendelsohn and Peter Weingart, editors. Biology as Society, Society as Biology: Metaphors. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic. |
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*Nicolson, Malcolm and Robert P. McIntosh. 2002. H.A. Gleason and the Individualistic Hypothesis Revisited. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 83: 133-142. |
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*Tobey, Ronald C. 1981. Saving the Prairies: The Life Cycle of the Founding School of American Plant Ecology, 1895-1955. Berkeley: University of California Press. |
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*Worster, Donald. 1994. Nature's Economy: A History of Ecological Ideas, 2nd ed. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. |
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* '''[[Big Boss (Metal Gear)|Naked Snake / Big Boss]]''' ([[Akio Ohtsuka]]/[[David Hayter]]) - Former member of the CIA special forces unit FOX and the founder of FOXHOUND. An expert in combat and stealth infiltration, Snake has spent some time in [[Colombia]] leading a mercenary group known as the ''Militaires Sans Frontières'' (MSF). He is also struggling with the guilt of killing his mentor, The Boss. |
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* '''[[List of characters in the Metal Gear series#Master Miller|Kazuhira Miller]]''' ([[Tomokazu Sugita]]/[[Robin Atkin Downes]]) - Miller is involved in the management of the MSF. The child of an American officer and a Japanese woman, he was born during the US military's occupation of Japan and was given the name {{nihongo|Kazuhira|和平||an inversion of the word ''heiwa'', Japanese for "peace"}}. He serves in the [[Japan Self-Defense Force]] after graduating from college in the US, but is eventually discharged and works as a mercenary. His travels eventually lead him to meet Snake in Colombia. |
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*[[http://www.nybg.org/bsci/libr/Glearec.htm Henry A. Gleason records]] at the New York Botanical Garden |
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* '''Paz Ortega Andrade''' ([[Nana Mizuki]]/[[Tara Strong]]) - A sixteen year old Costa Rican girl who is an advocate of peace, per her Spanish first name. She is studying her country's Peace Constitution under Gálvez at the [[University for Peace]]. They hire the "Soldiers without Borders" to eliminate the ''Peace Sentinels'' and restore peace to the nation. |
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*[[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/icuhtml/aepsp.html History of Ecology and the American Environment]] at the Library of Congress |
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* '''Ramón Gálvez Mena''' ([[Hōchū Ōtsuka]]/[[Steve Blum]]) - Paz's former instructor. A professor of peace studies, Gálvez currently teaches at Costa Rica's University for Peace. He accepts Paz's request to seek help from the "Soldiers Without Borders." However, Gálvez may have some motives of his own. |
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* '''Amanda Valenciano Libre''' ([[Romi Park]]/[[Grey Delisle]]) - The daughter of the commandante of the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional(FSLN) and a guerrilla fighter who aims to spark a revolution in Nicaragua. She fled to Costa Rica to escape persecution, but her father was killed by a mysterious armed group leaving Amanda to lead the FSLN along with her kid brother, Chico. |
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* '''Huey''' ([[Hideyuki Tanaka]]/[[Christopher Randolph]]) - A wheelchair-bound scientist who is the father of [[Hal Emmerich]], a character from previous installments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tgs.gamespot.com/story/6230488/kojima-talks-peace-walker|title=Kojima talks Peace Walker-PSP News at Gamespot}}</ref><ref name=famitsucom20100318>{{cite web|url=http://www.famitsu.com/game/coming/1230170_1407.html|title=『メタルギア ソリッド ピースウォーカー』2010年3月18日開戦 - ファミ通.com|language=Japanese|quote=車椅子に乗った科学者風の男性。胸にストレンジラブと色違いの認識票をつけていることから、同じ組織の所属だと思われる。時代的にはオタコンの父親あたりの世代だが……。}}</ref> |
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* '''Chico''' ([[Kikuko Inoue]]/[[Antony Del Rio]]) |
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* '''Strangelove''' ([[Yumi Kikuchi]]/[[Vanessa Marshall]]) |
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* '''Coldman''' ([[Mugihito]]/[[H. Richard Greene]]) |
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* '''Cécile Cosima Caminades''' ([[Yū Kobayashi]]/[[Catherine Taber]]) - Her name in the Japanese version is pronounced {{nihongo|''Seshiiru Kojima Kaminandesu''|セシール・コジマ・カミナンデス}}, a play on the phrase {{nihongo|''Kojima, kami nan desu''|小島、神なんです|"Kojima, he's definitely a god"}}.<ref name=hideblog20090923>{{cite web|url=http://www.kjp.konami.jp/gs/hideoblog/2009/09/000376.html|title=Kojima Production Special Report 000|language=Japanese|format=MP3}}</ref> She is also named after and visually based on Cécile Caminades, an employee from the Paris branch of Konami Digital Entertainment.<ref name=cecile>{{cite web|url=http://gamez.itmedia.co.jp/games/articles/1004/30/news023.html|title=待たせたな! ヨドバシカメラ横浜にあのスネーク潜入 - ITmedia Gamez|language=Japanese}}</ref> |
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==Promotion== |
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On March 27, 2010, Japanese beverage firm Suntory released a special line of eight cans in Japan that have images of various ''Peace Walker'' characters for the Mountain Dew and Pepsi Nex lines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.destructoid.com/metal-gear-peace-walker-gets-mountain-dew-peace-walker-168688.phtml|title=Metal Gear Peace Walker gets Mountain Dew Peace Walker|author=Josh Tolentino|accessdate=2010-04-01|publisher=[[Destructoid]]|date=2010-03-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/214515/japan-gets-peace-walker-branded-mountain-dew/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&|title=Japan gets Peace Walker-branded Mountain Dew|accessdate=2010-04-01|date=2010-03-23|publisher=[[Gamepro]]|author=AJ Glasser}}</ref> The drinks will also be promoted in the game as health items, with Snake possibly getting a Mountain Dew shirt after the player inputs a special code. Japanese apparel brand Uniqlo is also running a similar promotion. The player can also use [[Walkman|Sony Walkmans]] to listen to the game's background music.<ref name="psp.ign.com">http://psp.ign.com/articles/108/1082269p1.html</ref> |
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On April 1, 2010, Konami released a short promotional video with Patrice Desilets, the creative director of [[Assassins Creed 2]]. The clip, which was an April Fool's Day joke, features Snake performing Altair's Eagle Dive move into a large pile of hay (the Assassin's Straw Box) and stealthily knocking out enemies. The Easter egg will be part of the game. Konami and Ubisoft earlier produced an Assassins Creed-themed April Fool's Day joke for MGS in 2008, which featured Snake wearing an Altair costume.<ref name="psp.ign.com"/> |
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[[Category:1882 births|Gleason, Henry]] |
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[[Category:1975 deaths|Gleason, Henry]] |
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On April 7, 2010, Konami and [[Square Enix]] unveiled a new line of action figures based on the game. To be released under Square's ''Play Arts Kai'' series later in the year, the line will feature the Sneaking Suit and Jungle Fatigues Naked Snakes and four new vehicles operated by the ''Peace Sentinels''- ''Chrysalis'' (the VTOL aircraft featured in the original E3 trailer), ''Pupa'' (a derivative of the ''Shagohod''), ''Basilisk'' (the mech being carried by ''Chrysalis'' in the TGS09 trailer), and the ''Cocoon'' (a large tank with multiple turrets). In addition, mech parts from [[Front Mission Evolved]] can be used in the game.<ref>http://www.gpara.com/article/cms_show.php?c_id=20094&c_num=14</ref><ref>http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/252/252416/</ref> |
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[[Category:American biologists|Gleason, Henry]] |
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[[Category:Ecologists|Gleason, Henry]] |
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To build interest for the game's North American release, Konami, Best Buy, and Sony Online Entertainment launched a code-collecting contest on May 5, 2010. The "Code Hunt," which is exclusive to United States customers of [[PlayStation Home]], will have contestants scouring locations for elusive ''Peace Walker'' codes, each of which gets them closer and closer to the grand prize.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/05/05/this-week-in-playstation-home-uncharted-2-space-mw2-play-session-items-for-red-dead-redemption-more/|title=This Week in PlayStation Home: UNCHARTED 2 Space, MW2 Play Session, Items for Red Dead Redemption, & more|date=2010-05-05|author=Locust_Star|publisher=[[Sony Computer Entertainment America]]|accessdate=2010-05-06}}</ref> |
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The game also features a special section devoted to Capcom's ''[[Monster Hunter]]'' franchise, where players will be brought to an island to face characters from the series and be rewarded with items unique to the series.<ref name="psp.ign.com"/> |
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===Demo Ops=== |
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A nine-minute video was shown at [[Gamescom]], which strongly emphasized its co-operative play (the term Co-Ops was used frequently, obviously mirroring Portable Ops, which utilized a solo sneaking motif for its story mode).<ref>{{cite web| url=http://pspupdates.qj.net/GamesCom-2009-Collaboration-and-cooperation-in-new-Metal-Gear-Solid-Peace-Walker-video/pg/49/aid/133958 |title=GamesCom 2009: Collaboration and cooperation |publisher=Quickjump |accessdate=August 20, 2009}}</ref> The game made its playable debut at [[Tokyo Game Show]] 2009, and [[IGN]] released a demo version to the public. The demo is in Japanese.<ref>http://uk.psp.ign.com/articles/102/1027904p1.html</ref> |
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On December 17, 2009, the official English demo of the game was released on the [[PlayStation Network]], containing the levels from the 2009 [[Tokyo Game Show]] Japanese demo along with an all-new boss battle.<ref>http://psp.ign.com/articles/105/1056000p1.html</ref><ref>http://www.konami-peacewalkerdemo.com/demo.php</ref> A survey was made available on Konami's website for the rest of the month after December 17.<ref>http://www.konami.com/games/mgspeacewalker/survey.php</ref> |
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==Versions and releases== |
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Japan is scheduled to have two ''Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker'' Bundle versions, one consists of the game with a camouflaged PSP-3000, leather pouch, leather wrist strap, cloth, dog tags, numbered collectable stands and a booklet for [[Japanese Yen|¥]]36,980 or US$404 with 1,974 copies only being made when the game is released on March 18, 2010, from the Konami Style Store.<ref name="Destructoid">{{cite web|url=http://www.destructoid.com/metal-gear-solid-peace-walker-psp-bundle-details-161088.phtml|title=Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker PSP bundle details|author=Dale North|accessdate=2010-04-01|date=2010-01-20|publisher=[[Destructoid]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/5453508/first-good-look-at-new-metal-gear-solid-psp-bundle|title=First Good Look At New Metal Gear Solid PSP Bundle|accessdate=2010-04-01|date=2010-01-21|publisher=[[Kotaku]]|author=Brian Ashcraft}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siliconera.com/2010/01/21/glamour-shots-of-the-metal-gear-solid-peace-walker-psp/|title=Glamour Shots Of The Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker PSP|accessdate=2010-03-31|publisher=Siliconera|author=Spencer|date=2010-01-21}}</ref> The other one have the camouflaged PSP-3000, a green limited pouch, a strap, a camouflaged limited cleaning cloth and the UMD game for [[Japanese Yen|¥]]26,980 or US$295.<ref name="Destructoid"/> |
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For North and South America players, Sony will release a special Big Boss Pack that features a camouflaged PSP-3000 with the UMD game, a downloadable movie voucher for the PlayStation Network, a code to unlock special in-game content and a 4GB Memory Stick PRO Duo. It will be a GameStop exclusive.<ref name="PSP NA">{{cite web|url=http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3178725|title= |
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Sony Announces Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Bundle|date=2010-04-08|accessdate=2010-04-28|publisher=1.UP.com}}</ref> This pack will be available on June 8, 2010 for US$199.<ref>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/08/mgs-peace-walker-psp-big-boss-bundle-is-a-gamestop-exclusive/</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siliconera.com/2010/03/30/mexicos-metal-gear-solid-peace-walker-bundle-has-japans-camouflage-psp/|title=Mexico’s Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Bundle Has Japan’s Camouflage PSP|accessdate=2010-03-31|date=2010-03-30|publisher=Siliconera|author=Spencer}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/5494717/metal-gear-solid-peace-walker-shows-its-spirited-green-side|title=Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Shows Its "Spirited Green" Side|accessdate=2010-03-16|date=2010-03-16|publisher=Kotaku|author=Michael McWhertor}}</ref> Among the exclusive items included, is a FOX Unit camouflage and a Stealth Gun.<ref name="PSP NA"/> |
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==Music== |
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The ''Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Original Soundtrack'' was released on Apr 14, 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vgmdb.net/album/17314 |title=METAL GEAR SOLID PEACE WALKER ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK |publisher=VGMdb |accessdate=January 1, 2010 }}</ref> The soundtrack is primarily composed by Kojima Productions' Kazuma Jinnouchi and Nobuko Toda, while Akihiro Honda provides the orchestral theme and the theme songs, "Heaven's Divide" (performed in English by [[Donna Burke]]) and "Koi No Yokushi Ryoku (Love Deterrence)" (performed in Japanese by [[Nana Mizuki]]). GEM Impact's [[Norihiko Hibino]], Yoshitaka Suzuki and [[Takahiro Izutani]] as well as [[Soundelux Design Music Group]]'s Todd Haberman and [[Jeremy Soule]] also provide compositions to the soundtrack.<ref>[http://www.squareenixmusic.com/musicnews2.php?subaction=showfull&id=1271445691&archive=&start_from=&ucat=2& Square Enix Music Online - 16 Apr 2010: Studios Unite for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker]</ref> |
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==Reception== |
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| PSM3 UK = 91/100 |
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| [[Cheat Code Central|Cheat CC]] = 4.8/5<ref name="CCC MGS5 Review">{{cite web|url=http://www.cheatcc.com/psp/rev/metalgearsolidpeacewalkerreview.html/|title=MGS:PW Cheatcc Review|last=CC|first=Cheat|publisher=CCC|date=2010-05-29|accessdate=2010-06-09}}</ref> |
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| GT = 9.1/10<ref name="GRadar MGS5 review">http://www.gametrailers.com/gamereview.php?id=11424/a-2010030715312815077/g-20060713144458560042</ref> |
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| GR = 87.55%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/psp/960566-metal-gear-solid-peace-walker/index.html|title=God of War III for PlayStation 3|publisher=[[GameRankings]]|accessdate=2010-03-09}}</ref> |
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''Peace Walker'' has received generally positive reviews with an aggregate of 87.55% on [[Gamerankings]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/psp/960566-metal-gear-solid-peace-walker/index.html|title=Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Review Scores|accessdate=2010-06-10|date=2010-06-10|publisher=Gamerankings|author=Saim Cheeda}}</ref>. It was given a perfect score of 40/40 in the May 5, 2010 issue of Japanese magazine ''[[Famitsu|Weekly Famitsu]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/5520907/metal-gear-solid-peace-walker-scores-famitsus-latest-4040|title=Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Scores Famitsu's Latest 40/40|accessdate=2010-04-22|date=2010-04-20|publisher=Kotaku|author=Michael McWhertor}}</ref>; making it the fourteenth game to achieve a perfect score, as well as the first title for the PSP. However, gaming blog [[Kotaku]] pointed out that there is potential [[conflict of interest]] for Famitsu in giving the review because the magazine appears in the game and former Famitsu Editor-in-Chief Hirokazu Hamamura appears in print ads and on a Konami website actively promoting the game.<ref>{{cite web|title=Do Not Trust This Magazine's Review Scores - Famitsu |url=http://kotaku.com/5520937/do-not-trust-this-magazines-review-scores|accessdate=2010-04-26|date=2010-04-26|publisher=Kotaku|author=Brian Ashcraft}}</ref> PSM3 awarded the game 91%, commenting on the game's ability to "take the best bits from every Metal Gear Solid game - the recruitment tricks... from Portable Ops, the camouflage and multi-player from MGS3: Snake Eater, the stripped-down controls from Metal Gear Solid 4 and the bonus missions... from VR Missions".<ref>{{cite web|title=Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker review - 91% in PSM3|url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=249182}}</ref> [[IGN]] gave the game a score of 9.5/10, stating that it "is probably the biggest game in the Metal Gear series, and it's only on Sony's smallest system".<ref>http://psp.ign.com/articles/109/1095291p2.html</ref> EuroGamer awarded the game a score of 8/10. G4 gave the game 5/5. Gamespot gave it 9 out of 10. |
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''Peace Walker'' received the ''Best of Show'' and ''Best PSP Game'' awards during the 2009 [[Tokyo Game Show]]. |
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Revision as of 08:53, 13 June 2010
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker | |
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Developer(s) | Kojima Productions |
Publisher(s) | Konami |
Designer(s) | Hideo Kojima (producer, director)[3] |
Artist(s) | Yoji Shinkawa |
Writer(s) | Hideo Kojima |
Composer(s) | See Music |
Series | Metal Gear |
Platform(s) | PlayStation Portable |
Genre(s) | Stealth, action-adventure |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer (cooperative) |
Template:Nihongo title is a video game produced by Konami and Kojima Productions that was released for the PlayStation Portable in 2010.[4] Peace Walker is the fifth Metal Gear title for the PSP, although it is only the second to be considered canonical. It is also the first game in the series for a portable platform to be directed by series' creator Hideo Kojima.[3] The story takes place after the events of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, both prequels to the original Metal Gear, and features Naked Snake as the protagonist once again.[5] Peace Walker's original title was Metal Gear Solid 5 : Peace Walker.[6] The development team that worked on Peace Walker is as large as the team that worked on Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.[7]
Gameplay
Some changes are made to the standard Metal Gear Solid formula. Movement is done on the analog stick; actions such as co-op actions use the directional-pad; melee actions, which include multiple throws into crowds of enemies, use the R button; and weapons use the L button with the R button. Players will be unable to move while lying down and while pinned on a wall. There is also an option to switch to the style of gameplay used in Portable Ops.[8]
The game will feature a heavy emphasis on co-operative gameplay, with two players in main missions and up to four players in boss missions. Players can choose one of various different loadouts including one's camouflage.
- Naked Snake - Moves fast and carries more items at the cost of stealth, defense.
- Jungle Fatigues Snake - A balance of stealth, defense, weapons and inventory.
- Stealth Suit Snake - Allows one to make no noise when running opposed to the usual racket.
There are several actions that can take place when two Snakes are next to each other. 'Snake-in' allows players to hold on to each other as one player leads the way, also allowing the Snakes to fire on the move. Other co-operative actions include holding up closing doors, performing CPR on fallen comrades, sharing items, and acting as a spotter for other players whose vision is obscured. There is an updated CQC system and a new prisoner evacuation system (using the Fulton Skyhook) along with the ability to move while crouched and the over-the-shoulder shooting view as seen in Metal Gear Solid 4. The cardboard box used to hide from enemy soldiers now appears to have different variations, with the inclusion of a "Love Pack" (big enough for two players) and a tank design. They can also be dropped from the inventory and used as footholds to reach higher areas. Aside from the sonar system featured in Portable Ops, players will also be able to use an early version of the Soliton radar system from Metal Gear Solid. The game will feature the camouflage index system from Snake Eater, but the player will not have the ability to change camouflage uniforms as it will be entirely based on movement and position.
Story
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A mysterious military force equipped with the latest weapons has established a presence in Costa Rica in late 1974. The Costa Rican government cannot do anything about them because the country's constitution bans the army as a permanent constitution. The nation has secretly tapped Naked Snake and his Militaires Sans Frontières (Soldiers without Borders; Outer Heaven's predecessor) mercenary group to turn back the threat, which could endanger the balance of power between the East and West.[9]
Characters
Japanese voice actor for each character are listed first, followed by their English voice actor.[10]
- Naked Snake / Big Boss (Akio Ohtsuka/David Hayter) - Former member of the CIA special forces unit FOX and the founder of FOXHOUND. An expert in combat and stealth infiltration, Snake has spent some time in Colombia leading a mercenary group known as the Militaires Sans Frontières (MSF). He is also struggling with the guilt of killing his mentor, The Boss.
- Kazuhira Miller (Tomokazu Sugita/Robin Atkin Downes) - Miller is involved in the management of the MSF. The child of an American officer and a Japanese woman, he was born during the US military's occupation of Japan and was given the name Kazuhira (和平, an inversion of the word heiwa, Japanese for "peace"). He serves in the Japan Self-Defense Force after graduating from college in the US, but is eventually discharged and works as a mercenary. His travels eventually lead him to meet Snake in Colombia.
- Paz Ortega Andrade (Nana Mizuki/Tara Strong) - A sixteen year old Costa Rican girl who is an advocate of peace, per her Spanish first name. She is studying her country's Peace Constitution under Gálvez at the University for Peace. They hire the "Soldiers without Borders" to eliminate the Peace Sentinels and restore peace to the nation.
- Ramón Gálvez Mena (Hōchū Ōtsuka/Steve Blum) - Paz's former instructor. A professor of peace studies, Gálvez currently teaches at Costa Rica's University for Peace. He accepts Paz's request to seek help from the "Soldiers Without Borders." However, Gálvez may have some motives of his own.
- Amanda Valenciano Libre (Romi Park/Grey Delisle) - The daughter of the commandante of the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional(FSLN) and a guerrilla fighter who aims to spark a revolution in Nicaragua. She fled to Costa Rica to escape persecution, but her father was killed by a mysterious armed group leaving Amanda to lead the FSLN along with her kid brother, Chico.
- Huey (Hideyuki Tanaka/Christopher Randolph) - A wheelchair-bound scientist who is the father of Hal Emmerich, a character from previous installments.[11][12]
- Chico (Kikuko Inoue/Antony Del Rio)
- Strangelove (Yumi Kikuchi/Vanessa Marshall)
- Coldman (Mugihito/H. Richard Greene)
- Cécile Cosima Caminades (Yū Kobayashi/Catherine Taber) - Her name in the Japanese version is pronounced Seshiiru Kojima Kaminandesu (セシール・コジマ・カミナンデス), a play on the phrase Kojima, kami nan desu (小島、神なんです, "Kojima, he's definitely a god").[13] She is also named after and visually based on Cécile Caminades, an employee from the Paris branch of Konami Digital Entertainment.[14]
Promotion
On March 27, 2010, Japanese beverage firm Suntory released a special line of eight cans in Japan that have images of various Peace Walker characters for the Mountain Dew and Pepsi Nex lines.[15][16] The drinks will also be promoted in the game as health items, with Snake possibly getting a Mountain Dew shirt after the player inputs a special code. Japanese apparel brand Uniqlo is also running a similar promotion. The player can also use Sony Walkmans to listen to the game's background music.[17]
On April 1, 2010, Konami released a short promotional video with Patrice Desilets, the creative director of Assassins Creed 2. The clip, which was an April Fool's Day joke, features Snake performing Altair's Eagle Dive move into a large pile of hay (the Assassin's Straw Box) and stealthily knocking out enemies. The Easter egg will be part of the game. Konami and Ubisoft earlier produced an Assassins Creed-themed April Fool's Day joke for MGS in 2008, which featured Snake wearing an Altair costume.[17]
On April 7, 2010, Konami and Square Enix unveiled a new line of action figures based on the game. To be released under Square's Play Arts Kai series later in the year, the line will feature the Sneaking Suit and Jungle Fatigues Naked Snakes and four new vehicles operated by the Peace Sentinels- Chrysalis (the VTOL aircraft featured in the original E3 trailer), Pupa (a derivative of the Shagohod), Basilisk (the mech being carried by Chrysalis in the TGS09 trailer), and the Cocoon (a large tank with multiple turrets). In addition, mech parts from Front Mission Evolved can be used in the game.[18][19]
To build interest for the game's North American release, Konami, Best Buy, and Sony Online Entertainment launched a code-collecting contest on May 5, 2010. The "Code Hunt," which is exclusive to United States customers of PlayStation Home, will have contestants scouring locations for elusive Peace Walker codes, each of which gets them closer and closer to the grand prize.[20]
The game also features a special section devoted to Capcom's Monster Hunter franchise, where players will be brought to an island to face characters from the series and be rewarded with items unique to the series.[17]
Demo Ops
A nine-minute video was shown at Gamescom, which strongly emphasized its co-operative play (the term Co-Ops was used frequently, obviously mirroring Portable Ops, which utilized a solo sneaking motif for its story mode).[21] The game made its playable debut at Tokyo Game Show 2009, and IGN released a demo version to the public. The demo is in Japanese.[22]
On December 17, 2009, the official English demo of the game was released on the PlayStation Network, containing the levels from the 2009 Tokyo Game Show Japanese demo along with an all-new boss battle.[23][24] A survey was made available on Konami's website for the rest of the month after December 17.[25]
Versions and releases
Japan is scheduled to have two Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Bundle versions, one consists of the game with a camouflaged PSP-3000, leather pouch, leather wrist strap, cloth, dog tags, numbered collectable stands and a booklet for ¥36,980 or US$404 with 1,974 copies only being made when the game is released on March 18, 2010, from the Konami Style Store.[26][27][28] The other one have the camouflaged PSP-3000, a green limited pouch, a strap, a camouflaged limited cleaning cloth and the UMD game for ¥26,980 or US$295.[26]
For North and South America players, Sony will release a special Big Boss Pack that features a camouflaged PSP-3000 with the UMD game, a downloadable movie voucher for the PlayStation Network, a code to unlock special in-game content and a 4GB Memory Stick PRO Duo. It will be a GameStop exclusive.[29] This pack will be available on June 8, 2010 for US$199.[30][31][32] Among the exclusive items included, is a FOX Unit camouflage and a Stealth Gun.[29]
Music
The Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Original Soundtrack was released on Apr 14, 2010.[33] The soundtrack is primarily composed by Kojima Productions' Kazuma Jinnouchi and Nobuko Toda, while Akihiro Honda provides the orchestral theme and the theme songs, "Heaven's Divide" (performed in English by Donna Burke) and "Koi No Yokushi Ryoku (Love Deterrence)" (performed in Japanese by Nana Mizuki). GEM Impact's Norihiko Hibino, Yoshitaka Suzuki and Takahiro Izutani as well as Soundelux Design Music Group's Todd Haberman and Jeremy Soule also provide compositions to the soundtrack.[34]
Reception
Aggregator | Score |
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GameRankings | 87.55%[43] |
Metacritic | 87/100[42] |
Publication | Score |
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1Up.com | A-[39] |
Edge | 9/10[41] |
Eurogamer | 8/10[35] |
GameSpot | 9.0/10[38] |
GameTrailers | 9.1/10[37] |
IGN | 9.5/10[40] |
Peace Walker has received generally positive reviews with an aggregate of 87.55% on Gamerankings[44]. It was given a perfect score of 40/40 in the May 5, 2010 issue of Japanese magazine Weekly Famitsu[45]; making it the fourteenth game to achieve a perfect score, as well as the first title for the PSP. However, gaming blog Kotaku pointed out that there is potential conflict of interest for Famitsu in giving the review because the magazine appears in the game and former Famitsu Editor-in-Chief Hirokazu Hamamura appears in print ads and on a Konami website actively promoting the game.[46] PSM3 awarded the game 91%, commenting on the game's ability to "take the best bits from every Metal Gear Solid game - the recruitment tricks... from Portable Ops, the camouflage and multi-player from MGS3: Snake Eater, the stripped-down controls from Metal Gear Solid 4 and the bonus missions... from VR Missions".[47] IGN gave the game a score of 9.5/10, stating that it "is probably the biggest game in the Metal Gear series, and it's only on Sony's smallest system".[48] EuroGamer awarded the game a score of 8/10. G4 gave the game 5/5. Gamespot gave it 9 out of 10.
Awards
Peace Walker received the Best of Show and Best PSP Game awards during the 2009 Tokyo Game Show.
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