Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-86.46.22.35-20130403153709/@comment-1672596-20140830140637

49.194.161.92 wrote: 64.33.250.214 wrote: Can we trust Kojima's Tweet to be legitimate? After all, he did Tweet that PythonSelkan vid. Or it could be he's teasing a Q4 Japan release. The pic he took was of a page with Q4 on it, not the whole mag. Bear in mind that Ground Zeroes released in March, and Peace Walker released in April. Metal Gear hasn't an end of year release for a long time. But who knows...

Hopefully we'll get a new trailer at TGS, and possibly a release date. We haven't seen gameplay in Africa, nor have we seen much of other characters besides Boss. Quiet, Code Talker, and Eli haven't appeared for more than a few seconds. Nor have we been shown a Boss battle. The Phantom Pain is being made in English first, so I personally seriously doubt that there's going to be a Japanese release before a US one (unless I've missed a memo along the way, if so let me know). I personally think that Q4 2014 is a placeholder date, gaming mags tend to do that. There seems to be a consensus (which again probably arose from a memo/video I missed) that it won't be any later than April 2015. If so, we're almost there, guys. :) It might be a placeholder date, but I am frankly doubtful of that, largely because of Kojima tweeting that specific page. Speaking as someone who has read Nintendo Power, Electronic Gaming Monthly, and the like, these kinds of articles generally span about three to six pages, give or take. That means there is more likely to be more pages on The Phantom Pain than just the bit with the release date period, yet he specifically chose that page. Still, it's probably no later than March 2015, especially when the first quarter ends in March.