Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5085906-20130627191357/@comment-64.33.250.214-20150825083232

Weedle McHairybug wrote: I'm pretty sure the concept art for Metal Gear Rising was specifically for the Collector's Edition of the guide and not the regular edition.

Not to mention that concept art's pretty much never appeared before. Usually, unused artwork has to appear at least once beforehand, which it really didn't.

Also, that's not a horn, that's a V-shaped scar. I might as well point out that they cited the flashback to when Big Boss fell into a coma when discussing Ishmael, which implies the flashback is indeed in the game, and exactly as it appeared in the GDC 2013 trailer.

And don't you find it the least bit suspicious that Konami would take those down? If they were false, they wouldn't need to worry about whether they should be kept up. Was it not the Collector's Edition that was leaked? Because the pages looked similar to official images from the CE guide.

Can anyone confirm the concept art for Rising was shown prior to the guide's release?

We're assuming this is Yoji's concept art, and not a clever fake. I've seen some incredibly convincing tributes to his art style. The shading is a little different than what I'm used to seeing from Yoji, but perhaps he was experimenting.

We may have to agree to disagree on the horn. I and at least one other person who commented on reddit noticed what could be a horn shape near the V you're talking about. It's difficult to tell what's scar and horn, and that V-shape looks like a scar meeting the edge of Boss's hairline. If you look closely, it appears as though there's a jagged lighting bolt running down the left side of Boss's hair. But this isn't a discussion about the quality of Yoji's art...

The most important details shown in the concept art are the scars on Snake's face which are similar to those that appear in the trailers. Partically the one running verticle down his right eye, and one running horizontal across his nose.

Can you confirm the leaks were taken down by Konami?