Enough Peace Walker News To Shake A Snake At

MISSION: PRODUCT PLACEMENT

"Regarding the collaborations, I have one reason for doing them. It's because I want to surprise players. If the surprise and freshness were lost, I would stop the collaborations. It's different from Hollywood-style merchandising." - Hideo Kojima via Twitter

Let's just get that outta the way. Yes, we know there is in game product placement for MGS: Peace Walker. They include -

AXE Body Spray
Dorritos
Mountain Dew
Pepsi
Sony Walkman

If this in game advertising means a huge marketing campaign in North American, then I'm all for it. The more people exposed to Peace Walker, then the more people want PSP's. The more people owning PSP's, then there are more users buying content for the device making the line much stronger. Success! ;)

MISSION: UNITE FRANCHISES

What's this?!?! A side game include in Peace Walker has Snake battling beasts from Monster Hunter Unite. This is a brilliant tie in. Simply stated, Monster Hunter is HUGE in Japan. We are talking like Grand Theft Auto big. Metal Gear has been popular in Japan but it has never reached the success or cultural phenomenon it is in North America. With a tie in like Monster Hunter, everyone out in Japan... and I mean EVERYONE IN JAPAN playing Monster Hunter on their PSP's will see this awesome cross over. Then they'll get the Snake fever, which results in hopefully explosive sale numbers for Peace Walker. Fingers crossed!

MISSION: BUNDLE BUYING OPTIONS IN NA

What's this as well?!?! The North American PlayStation Blog has revealed a couple of Peace Walker, PSP-3000 bundles headed on the start of Snake's mission on June 8th. The "Big Boss" pack will be released in GameStop's in the U.S. It may be released in EB Games across Canada, however there has been no confirmation. Check the above link for details.

MISSION: RECENT TRAILERS

Finally, let's round out this post with some awesome trailers. Enjoy! Get ready for June 8th, it's gonna be a hell of a ride!

MGS: Peace Walker - Game Opening Trailer



MGS: Peace Walker - Monster Hunter Unite Trailer



OPERATION PEACE WALKER: SUCCESS!