Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3131736-20150428122946

 Hey everyone,



 I must say that I utterly hate the „Did you know ?“ section featured on the Wiki’s frontpage, because the trivia it features is, for the most part, very obvious.



 Examples:

 Did you know that…

 -            Solid has an iPod in MGS4

 -            In MGS1&2, the terrorists are led by a “Snake”, Liquid in MGS1 & Solidus in MGS2

 -            There is a big plot-twist   in every game after the credits have rolled

 -            Many movies in the secret theater create time-paradoxes

 -            You must find Kerotan-frogs to unlock the stealth-camouflage in MGS3

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<p class="MsoNormal"> But the series is so incredibly detailed and complex that there are so many things which are actually worth mentioning because they are not trivial and most people do not know about them.

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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> -            Running Man from Metal Gear 2 is Kojima’s favourite boss-fight in the series

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> -            Cutscenes and codec-conversations in MGS1 were originally intended to be unskippable

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> -            The cyborg-ninja was originally not intended to be in MGS1 and was only added after Yoji Shinkawa had   proposed the idea to Kojima

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> -            MGS1 was supposed to feature a boss-fight against Decoy Octopus, but it could not be programmed the way Kojima had in mind due to hardware-limitations

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> -            In all trailers for MGS1, mostly gameplay was shown and no dialogue was used in order to hide the fact that the game would consist mostly of inactive scenes with only short sections for the player to actually play

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> -            According to hidden information in the PC-version of MGS1, the Shadow Moses Incident takes place on Monday, 28 February 2005

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> -            DARPA actually exists, ArmsTech however, does not

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> -            Hal Emmerich was named after Roland Emmerich, who is Kojima’s favourite director

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> -            Hal Emmerich was originally intended to be seriously overweight and be shown eating chocolate bars constantly

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> -            If Solid kills a raven before fighting Vulcan Raven for the second time, Vulcan will have an additional line of dialogue in their pre-fight conversation

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> -            Naomi Hunter once had a relationship with Richard Ames

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> -            Raiden was one of the members of the Next-Generation Special Forces who did not show up during the REX-testing exercise on Shadow-Moses which led to Meryl Silverburgh and others being called in from reserve

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> -            At the age of nine, Emma Emmerich won a GCHQ-sponsored deciphering-event

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> -            Kojima got the idea for the storyline of MGS2 while reading an article about the P2P-network Napster

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> -            Several characters in the series suffer from some kind of phobia (Big Boss <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings"> à  vampires, Hal <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings"> à  heights, Emma <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings"> à  water, bugs, heights,   Raiden <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings"> à  night(mares)

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> -            The Colonel in MGS2 was originally supposed to be named Daniel Quinn, after a character from Paul Auster’s novel “City of Glass”

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> -            The S3-experiment from MGS2 is already foreshadowed in MGS1 in a conversation between Solid and Mei Ling

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> -            The fact that the Colonel in MGS2 is not Campbell, but actually GW, is hinted at by the name “Campbell”   never being mentioned throughout the whole game

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> -            Solidus and the Document of MGS2 mistakenly state that George Washington became the first US-President exactly 200 years and 223 years respectively prior to the final fight between Solidus and Raiden. The correct number however is 220 years (1789 <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-char-type:symbol; mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings"> à 2009)

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> -            In the English dub of MGS3, US-President Lyndon B. Johnson has two different voice-actors

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> -            The End’s appearance is based on the character Old Boy, who was scrapped from MGS2

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> -            The Fury is a former astronaut because Kojima wanted to become one when he was a child

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> -            Putting EVA to sleep in MGS3 will make her have “naughty dreams”

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<p class="MsoNormal"> This is what I personally consider information worthy of being called “trivia”. Of course, I advocate my points being added to the trivia section. Feel free to add more if you know additional things of interest.

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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast">   <ac_metadata title="Update the &quot;Did you know ?&quot;-section with actual trivia."> </ac_metadata>