Familiar characters are also expected to turn up, including would-be love interest Meryl Silverburgh (apparently not dead)andblond prettyboy Raiden, who has the distinction of being the single most hated character in the franchise (although Kojima swears he'll be likeable this time around.) Don't get too excited, though. This one won't be out till it's ready, and battlefield veterans are betting on a 2007 debut.
Metal Gear Solid's former art director once said he spends "a lot of time fussing over the details of the characters' backside since that's the side the player sees most in-game"
In 1997, Hideo Kojima said the "one thing" he wanted to avoid in Metal Gear Solid was "tedious" cutscenes with characters "blabbering at each other for 4 or 5 minutes"
