Update: December 21, 2005
«©NCSX» The definitive version of Metal Gear Solid 3 reaches market a little over a year after the original Snake Eater enthralled gamers. For early buyers, the first limited edition of the game includes three DVDs, a special booklet, and a slipcase. The DVDs feature the following MGS3 love:* DVD1: Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater game with enhancements
* DVD2: Online MGS3 combat-mode gameplay, deathmatch, capture frog
* DVD3: 3-hour movie recounts the entire story of MGS3 Snake Eater The following modes and features are available:
* Secret Theatre and Demo Theatre
* Nifty 3rd person-view camera
* Updated Snake vs Piposaru (Ape Escape monkeys) missions
* Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (original MSX versions)
* Stare at Eva in the Peep Show Mode and invade her privacy - gives new meaning to the term, "Solid Snake." Jan Code: 4988602127041 View the back cover and screenshots on the main NCSX site.
NCS Game Notes
The third person camera may be used in both the original MGS3 game and the new online and sub-game modes. DVD #1 Contents
* The options in disk 1 are as follows once START is pressed: NEW GAME : Play four "subtle" variants of MGS3 Snake Eater
/Metal Gear Solid
/Metal Gear Solid 1
/Metal Gear Solid 2
/Metal Gear Solid 3 - Features Extreme and European Extreme difficulty levels LOAD GAME : Resume a game from memory card save data OPTIONS : Set Vibration, toggle blood, change camera mode, toggle captions, adjust screen SPECIAL:
/BASIC ACTIONS : View how Snake moves and does his thing in a video window
/BEGINNER : Crouch, crawl, snipe, swim, barrel roll attack, etc
/INTERMEDIATE : Dangle, shoot rapidly, stealth attacks, etc
/ADVANCE : Duck 'n shoot, peer, peek, hide bodies, evade, etc PHOTO ALBUM : View saved artwork and snapshots on memory card METAL GEAR ACID LINK : Connect PSP to PS2 via USB and link to MG AC!D * Snake wears a "Jack" mask at the outset of the third MGS3SE variant. Only after falling from the back of a plane, opening his parachute, gliding down into the forest, losing some gear on a tree branch, and landing like a man-beast does he peel away the mask and discard it. Actually, it's only after Jack receives the first call from his C.O. that he removes his mask. Snake begins the game as his grizzled old self in the other three variants. * Before Snake can leave the first area, he'll have to retrieve his gear from the tree branch. Climb the tree by walking up to it and then press TRIANGLE to climb the trunk. Once on a branch, press TRIANGLE again to hang down and then sidle towards the stranded backpack to take it back. * After sending Snake plummeting over a cliff, the words "Snake is Dead" appear on the screen and his C.O. screams... "SNAKE!!!" The words will eventually morph into TIME PARADOX. If Snake is sent into the deep part of the alligator swamp, he'll eventually drown. Walking over an alligator's tail will also make the beast whip it around to cause some damage. * After playing the game using the 3rd Person View, one wonders why Kojima didn't implement it in the first place. The game is a whole new experience and gamers will play through the entire game again to check out the refreshing view.
DVD #2 Contents
* The intro in DVD2 shows Snake being commended by his cohorts followed by scenes of a small regiment of soldiers following Snake into missions of subterfuge and sabotage and text which touts the joys of Metal Gear Online. A whole group of soldiers move stealthily in cardboard crates and follow their fearless leader. Super comical. In another scene, a dozen or so targeting lasers roam Snake's body while he stands against a column. The intro cinema continues with more scenes of multiplayer online action where Snake shows his crew how to move and attack. They strut and synchronize their movements later on in and the intro ends with Snake standing in front of a barracks while his crew is behind him above the barracks.* The options in disk 2 are as follows ONLINE MODE : Set up an internet connection and enjoy Metal Gear Online. SNAKE VS MONKEY : The Piposaru apes prove worthy opponents against the super agent in seven levels
/Escape from the Jungle
/Dragnet of the Apes
/Dawn of the Apes
/** The four remaining levels must be unlocked METAL GEAR : MSX version of the original Metal Gear game from 1987 (There are no cellphone versions of the retro classics as rumored.) METAL GEAR 2 SOLID SNAKE : MSX version of the original MGS2 game from 1990 OPTIONS : Set Vibration, toggle blood, change camera mode, toggle captions, adjust screen * The retro MG games may be played with the D-pad or the L-analog but the D-pad is much preferred. Original and Easy versions are selectable in the respective games.
DVD #3 Contents
The third disc of MGS3 Subsistence includes the full movie of the entire game from start to finish. Captions may be set on or off and there's a chapter select option to view any of the eight chapters in the order one desires. The third DVD also includes the MGS4: Guns of the Patriots trailer as shown at the Tokyo Game Show 2005. This document is ©NCSX 2005. All rights reserved. No reproduction in whole or in part of this document may be made without express written consent of National Console Support, Inc.
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