So Ive been watching some fan videos out there of the usual conspracy theorist garbage. But I have to admit, that there are some things that stand out about the trailers and some of the theories I heard.
If you've not played MGS 3 be aware that there are potential spoilers ahead.
Specifically there seems to be a connection to the Cobra Unit - the Precursor to FOX, which later became the precursor to Foxhound, etc. etc.
The Sorrow - was a character who's spirit you encountered during the story of MGS 3. He was the Boss's lover (The Joy) and had died prior to the events in Operation Snake Eater and Operation Virtuous Mission. Some interesting elements about this character, was his ability as an extrordinary medium during the WW2 era, which was the reason that he was utilized on the Cobra Unit. He was even said to be so powerful, that he could even control dead soldiers, among other things.
Now, not only does Mads Mikkelsen's character bare a striking resemblance to certain aspects of the Sorrow (a bleeding eye, for example) he also is seen in the first trailer, in tactical gear, leading a squad of skeleton soldiers dressed in WW2 military attire and armed with weapons in that era. (All except for him of course). There seems to be some importance here. We know form the trailer that Mads' character, has some sort of strong link with the dead, he is even able to control them, but more specifically, WW2 armed sentries? The parallels seem to be quite striking.
Now... the Joy. They were lovers. They even had a child together, who we all know now as the famous (or infamous) Revolver Ocelot. The child in the tank in the trailers also appears to have a link with Mad's character who we see in one of the trailers appearing above the wrecked utility vehicle where we see Sam Porter Bridges (Norman Reedus) along with two fellow burial team members get attacked by those... spirit things. We can draw the link between this character being the same in Mads' trailer, because of the shhhhhhh gesture he does with his finger, that matches Mad's character in the earlier TGS trailer where we see him in the sewers with the skeleton soldiers. The child was not in the tank before this moment, and then all of the sudden, we are able to see that somehow, the child is able to sense these creatures. (maybe, they are actually dead spirits.)
Now this part might be a stretch --- kind of makes me wonder if the baby is linked to Ocelot somehow. Would be interesting if that 'medium' link and genetics he shares with his father is somehow what allows the child to see these things. Again, this is a stretch!
So this baby clearly has something important about it. Its obviously very central to the story. We also know it is somehow linked to Mads character. So the next question is... where is the Joy in all this if any of this is true? At the end of the E3 trailer, we see a woman who turns around who says, "Still don't know who I am yet?" and when we see her, there is a striking resemblance to the Boss, like a younger version of her.
So... if we consider, that the MGS universe has never been grounded in reality... there have been instances of alien mind control (referenced in MGS2 taking over the Government (the patriots, or LaLiLuLeLo) there was also mention that the first Mercury mission was something that Joy participated in (possibly linked to Ludens somehow, and important to note there is a ludens charm on the baby tank.)
It kind of brings up even more questions. Is the world we seeing a post apocalyptic one? Is it a different world entirely? Is it something far more supernatural? And is there some spiritual links to the MGS Universe? And what is with this undead army, and Mads character, who seems not quite benevolent, nor malicious... but mysteriously neutral. A "Gray" fox if you will.
Now we all know that Konami and Kojima parted ways. If Kojima were to incorporate anything, it could only be in concept. Chances are that if he intentionally used these stories (which was the MGS game he always wanted to make, about the Cobra Unit and the Boss) he would have to do so without referencing any of the original characters by name, anything that could concretely make it Metal Gear. Some people believe the break up was a ruse... I feel like that is entirely impossible given that this kind of ruse greatly affects the economy of big corporations like Konami.
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