Konami posted a teaser site today that displays this simple image with the words, “A Next Metal Gear Is…”  Hideo Kojima, the head honcho behind the most recent Metal Gear series, has mentioned nothing concerning this on his MGS development blog.

While the image and its formula may seem cryptic, the solution symbol does slightly resemble the power light of the Xbox 360:

XBox 360 doing its thing

Could this mean that the next MGS will be an Xbox 360 exclusive?  What effects would this have on the never-ending battle between XBox and PS fans? As my readers may have noticed, I rarely discuss the aforementioned… box.  I have nothing against it, I just don’t wish to feed into such a pointless argument.

Anyway, I am really excited to see that Konami is already working on a new MGS title.  I eagerly await something more substantial to wrap my mind around.

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About 10 minutes ago a friend of mine called me from his job as manager of video game software at Best Buy. He said he had some exciting news for me, so I called him back.

Apparently he, like many other Best Buy stores, received this poster.

The obvious conclusion to draw from this bit of info is that a Final Fantasy VII remake is being released for PS3 on said date.

Square Enix has toyed with the hearts of Final Fantasy fans for years by making us believe this remake was in production. Did they simply skip the hype and produce the game without us knowing? Seems unlikely, but damn I hope so.

*UPDATE* This probably doesn’t mean anything, but I just realized that Cloud Strife’s birthday is August 19th.  Obviously this isn’t the same date, but it is rather curious.

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Atlus’s website has been updated with this banner as well as a series of cards bordering the site’s content. Rumor has it that the announcement will be for a US release of the Yggdra Union PSP port. This seems like a fair guess to me since cards are an integral part of Yggdra’s battle system. Also the ones on Atlus’s site are identical to the back of the cards in Yggdra.

This is still just a rumor, but we will find out the truth tomorrow. Since the Yggrda PSP port has been out in Japan for nearly a year now, we can probably expect to find copies hitting shelves before the year is out. Yggdra Union is part 2 in the 4 part Dept. Heaven series.

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This is a higher quality image of the scan which has created the buzz around the possible announcement of Pokémon Platinum. After being able to see it up close, I have to agree it does seem like Pokémon Platinum will be officially announced soon (within the month). According to the scan, the game will be released in the fall.

The quote on the right-hand side reads: “Platinum is opening the door to a new adventure!”. There is more text above Giratina’s head which says “Giratina: Original form”.

While I am excited to get a better scan, it doesn’t seem like the male protagonist has gotten much of a style upgrade. According to the scan, it looks like he’s just getting some color moderations. Oh well, I guess we’ll have to put up with that damn berét for one more game.

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Yesterday Serebii.net posted this image of what is believed to be an advertisement for Pokémon Platinum (ポケットモンスター　プラチナ) for the Nintendo DS. Please be aware that this is still just a rumor, of which I can neither confirm nor deny at this point.

Generally Game Freaks does release a third installment to each pair of Pokémon games:

• Pokémon Red and Blue are accompanied by Pokémon Yellow
• Pokémon Gold and Silver are accompanied by Pokémon Crystal
• Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire are accompanied by Pokémon Emerald
• Pokémon Diamond and Pearl are still unaccompanied

These editions usually feature some minor advancement in the game as well as different Pokémon, enemies, and character designs. Serebii.net believes (based on this scan) the following to be evident:

This single page scan shows Pokémon Platinum (confirmed as the name, although technically the Katakana says Platina, but that is generally the term the Japanese use for Platinum), Giratina in its Origin Form as well as what seems to be a new battle interface and potentially a new costume for the main character in Platinum as we see by the Blue top on Lucas in the battle screen. We’re awaiting other scans as well, hopefully to confirm this data as well as the other data we revealed yesterday, when the scans come in bigger size and quality. Here’s the current scan for you to look at, however it is not be 100% confirmed yet

_serebii.net

Again I wish to stress the fact that neither I, nor Serebii.net claim to pass this off as the truth until more information is available.

For those who don’t know, Giratina is a Ghost/Dragon type Pokémon, little is known about it other than it’s Pokédex entry: ”A Pokémon that is said to live in a world on the reverse side of ours. It appears in an ancient cemetery.” The dark image in the center of the photo does appear to be a living Dragon similar in appearance to Giratina. Perhaps this yet unknown Pokémon is the mascot for the Platinum version… or it could just be Giratina.

On a personal note, I am excited to learn the truth behind this scan, which should come out any day now. I really didn’t like the male character’s appearance much in Diamond and Pearl, so I would (hopefully) like a change. Also, I wouldn’t mind playing through the game again, but I just can’t delete my Diamond file!

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