Metal Gear Solid 4 radio conversations

These are a list of conversations from Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots that are either funny or contain secrets. These can be obtained by using the Metal Gear MK II's Wi-Fi communication screen

Snake asks about the GEKKO
Snake: Otacon, those two-legged machines... They're not like the Metal Gears I'm used to dealing with.

Otacon: Right. Strictly speaking, though, they're not Metal Gears.

Snake: What are you talking about?

Otacon: The Gears you've fought before were all basically designed and produced to serve as nuclear platforms. RAY was an exception to the rule, but even that was an anti-Metal Gear weapon designed to defeat all of the Metal Gear clones popping all over the world. Its value was still measured in terms of the framework of nuclear strategy. Its been 25 years since the end of the Cold War. We live in a world of regional conflict and asymmetric warfare - and it's getting worse every year. The age of the war economy is upon us. The value of Metal Gear as a weapon - the very concept itself - has changed with the times. You might even say it's evolved. Nowadays, a Metal Gear needs to be more than a nuclear attack platform. It needs to be adaptable, well-suited to fight in large numbers, traverse urban settings, and work alongside infantry. The Gekko were the answer. There are different types of Gekko designed for different missions, and not all of them are equipped with nuclear capabilities. So technically, they're not Metal Gears. Of course, there are still some of the old Metal Gears around - their primary job is to launch nuclear strikes. But these days, Gekko are the first name in bipedal war machines. They may have gotten smaller, but they're as ferocious as ever. Whatever you do, don't underestimate them.

Snake: Don't worry... I wasn't planning on it.

PMC Hired French Troops
(To get this conversation, contact Otacon after looking at a Pieuvre Armanent advertisement poster)

Snake: The PMC the regime hired is French, isn't it?

Otacon: It sure is. Pieuvre Armement... Octopus Armaments. Why?

Snake: This battlefield ad I'm looking at... It's written in French. "Les tentacules de la pieuvre pour votre guerre!" Means something like, "Arms of the octopus. Arms for your war!"

Otacon: Oh, yeah, I forgot - fluent in six languages. You know, I bet the octopus never saw it coming - someone using its limbs in a wartime advertisement.

Snake: You use what you can. That's what we humans do.

Otacon: Sounds like something a procure-on-site expert would say.

Snake: Is that so, Otacon?

Otacon: I'm kidding! I'm kidding!