TGS '07: MGS 4 casts shadow over Konami

Solid Snake's latest mission featured front-and-center in Makuhari Messe as fans wait hours to go hands-on with the game.

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TOKYO--Konami's booth here at the Tokyo Game Show is located right in the middle of the main hall in Makuhari Messe, where other important companies like Sony have also taken up residence. Of course, Konami offered one of the biggest stories of the show by giving attendees the chance to play Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots for the first time. Unfortunately for those fans, the wait to play the game's 15-minute demo had reached a whopping three-and-a-half hours by midday on Saturday, the first day TGS was open to the public. (Luckily, GameSpot had the opportunity to get a more in-depth 90-minute hands-on demo with MGS 4 on the show's first day.)

Kojima Productions' other anticipated PlayStation 3 game, Metal Gear Online, had a much more respectable wait, however. When GameSpot secured a spot in a six-versus-six multiplayer match, we were first shuffled into a cramped meeting room where an attractive woman in faux military uniform harshly lectured us on the tactics we should employ in our forthcoming match. These matches were open for spectators to see on large screens at the front of the booth.

In fact, Metal Gear consumed most of Konami's booth. The company's massive video screen drew walkway-clogging crowds when the latest MGS4 trailer appeared. Hideo Kojima himself took the stage a number of times over the course of the show to discuss his latest goings on, again bringing in crowds big enough to bring nearby foot traffic to a crawl. Girls in MGS-themed hot pants were seen walking around the perimeter of the booth, allowing waiting attendees to play Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus on the new version of the PSP. Lastly, a display case showed off a number of Metal Gear toys and figurines, boxes from the entire series (MSX through PlayStation 2), and a couple of books about Kojima.

Sports and lifestyle games also occupied a large portion of the booth, from the latest Winning Eleven to Konami's numerous baseball products. The company is also prepping a new line of Nintendo DS games that cover everything from skincare to yoga, and a number of incredibly fit yoga instructors (we assume) were on hand to show off their poses and the yoga game simultaneously. The final, rear segment of Konami's booth was an enclosed area showing off the company's new Nintendo DS adventure game, Time Hollow. This enclosed area amplified the already uncomfortably warm conditions of the TGS show floor to sweltering levels, but we waited through the 15-minute presentation to give the quirky temporal adventure a spin.

Check out the gallery up top for some pictures of the Konami booth, and hit our TGS event page for all the coverage we've amassed this week.

40 Comments

  • benx009

    Posted Jun 27, 2008 9:19 pm GMT

    @Puhgeejuz

    It's just you.

  • PuhJesus

    Posted Jun 19, 2008 12:56 pm GMT

    Is it just me or are those girls.. not really worth a second look?

  • andalore

    Posted Feb 27, 2008 4:31 pm GMT

    How Many Japanese women Are Actually In MGS? Anyways, I feel A Bit Screwed Over By the New MGSO Shouldnt All Of That new Stuff Have been available for Free? Like a Free Download?

  • supersonicGO

    Posted Nov 9, 2007 12:34 am GMT

    i want mgs4!

  • daleyboy928

    Posted Sep 28, 2007 1:25 pm GMT

    KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS...

  • playstation_wii

    Posted Sep 26, 2007 1:58 pm GMT

    I want it bad!

  • Myriam_D

    Posted Sep 25, 2007 6:53 pm GMT

    @ssj4_2004 I'm a girl and I understand. They're booth babes! XD

  • nemes1s3000

    Posted Sep 24, 2007 2:27 pm GMT

    I wish I had the money to go there.

  • ssj4_2004

    Posted Sep 24, 2007 1:25 pm GMT

    Why have the picture of some random booth babe on the article, and not the picture of Kojima?

  • BILLNYE6983

    Posted Sep 24, 2007 12:41 pm GMT

    therejectx, "with all the metal gear solid talk lately, its starting to become the next halo 3 (meaning over hyped). granted theres no commercials or mountain dew flavors with solid snake on the bottle, but yeah only time will tell."

    No... it really isn't, Metal Gear Solid is probably just about the most unique and innovative series of all time, with great gameplay, graphics AND, probably the best story ever to be in a videogame. If anything the series is under rated and under hyped. Your telling me games like Gears and Halo get such high ratings when they don't do much of anything unique... bogus I say.

  • Xbox_Gamer_117

    Posted Sep 24, 2007 11:19 am GMT

    Nice babes!

  • therejectx

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 9:08 pm GMT

    with all the metal gear solid talk lately, its starting to become the next halo 3 (meaning over hyped). granted theres no commercials or mountain dew flavors with solid snake on the bottle, but yeah only time will tell.

  • PillsberyDoeMan

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 7:25 pm GMT

    i know those girls

  • sonic2010

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 7:19 pm GMT

    this game liiks cool.

  • CrAzED_MOFO

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 4:56 pm GMT

    no it means the people who are to report it dont get any and there desprit

  • Xaovagon

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 1:01 pm GMT

    you know when a game is going to suck when the crowd cares more about the booth woman than the game itself

  • MrSickVisionz

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 12:05 pm GMT

    @Egg99

    So if you say a woman is attractive, that means you don't have sex? Explain the logic to me. In the whole article he mentions women twice... and when he did he's describing what Konami's booth was like... which is the whole point of the article.

  • mashom

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 11:56 am GMT

    all Mgs babes are mine...

  • Egg99

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 10:38 am GMT

    An "attractive woman" and a "incredibly fit" yoga instructor eh? A certain reporter sounds like he hasn't seen any "excitement" in quite some time by the sounds of it.

    This once again proves the fact that, although seemingly having the best job in the world, being a game junky still leaves much to be desired =P

  • Prinze

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 10:29 am GMT

    Hmmmm, TGS must be the new E3. I wonder how long it will take me to get citizenship status in Japan.....

  • aliguyt0r

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 9:19 am GMT

    MGS4 + booth babes !!!
    no wonder it was so popular...

  • punisher2k8

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 9:19 am GMT

    you have a "metal" gear instead of a..... ???

  • xgalacticax

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 6:55 am GMT

    omg, who'd look at the game when there's hot chicks around. they can play with my metal 'gear' any day.

  • ScottEFresh

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 4:25 am GMT

    Can't get enough Metal Gear asian babes.

  • ScottEFresh

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 4:25 am GMT

    Can't get enough Metal Gear asian babes.

  • instantdeath999

    Posted Sep 23, 2007 2:03 am GMT

    Dynomitemaster, I seriously doubt it. I knew lair would be bad once I heard it was sixaxis exclusive. However, theres enough evidence to see that this game will be good, if not great. First off... well, its the 6th game in the series, not to mention the spin offs. The gameplay trailer indicates that it has the same basic gameplay. The previous games were great, and this one should follow in their footsteps, because of the teams past experience.

    Saying mgs 4 will be a bust is like saying halo 3 will be a bust. They probaly wont be, because they have the same formula of their past games, which were great.

  • spraynard

    Posted Sep 22, 2007 10:51 pm GMT

    LOL @ thorsen_ink. what is it about the japanese in school girl outifts that make them so damn hot? i wanna play MGS4 demo

  • thorsen-ink GameSpot staff member

    Posted Sep 22, 2007 10:28 pm GMT

    skanky booth babes! I approve!

  • ocdog45

    Posted Sep 22, 2007 9:34 pm GMT

    what is time hollwo?

  • supersonicGO

    Posted Sep 22, 2007 8:05 pm GMT

    sounds so cool, wish i could have been there!

  • Tungsten88

    Posted Sep 22, 2007 7:35 pm GMT

    Contra 4.... Where the hell is it?!

  • thedoubledragon

    Posted Sep 22, 2007 7:09 pm GMT

    Contra 4? What happened?

    And where's word of Suikoden VI? I'm disappointed.

  • dynomitemasta

    Posted Sep 22, 2007 7:07 pm GMT

    How many times have you gone to the movies to see a sequel to a favorite movie of yours and it SUCKS? As far as game sequels are concerned, the percentage is a bit higher for a decent sequel but don't put your eggs in one basket. Sometimes games that are suppose to be blockbuster AAA titles turn out to be a real waste of time. Look at LAIR. . . yikes. I really hope MGS4 is worth the hype, but something in my gut is telling me this is going to be a bust. My gut never fails me. A lot of people attacked me before Lair came out when I said it was going to bomb, I hit that one right. I think I'm gonna start keeping track of my predictions, cause I'm usually right, but this way the rest of the world can see and enjoy my power and my command over time and space, . . . by the way, did you know the the Myans predicted the world will be ending in 2012

  • GPSnake03

    Posted Sep 22, 2007 6:17 pm GMT

    I can't wait ....

  • Sergelgar

    Posted Sep 22, 2007 5:37 pm GMT

    i think ill have to buy a PS3 just for MGS 4. I hope the price drops a bit more. Hate exclusive games...

  • mrbean667

    Posted Sep 22, 2007 5:36 pm GMT

    Very cool.

  • SM2099

    Posted Sep 22, 2007 5:35 pm GMT

    Awsome... Can wait till the beta reaches the internet... or PSN in this case. CAN´T WAIT TILL FEB... MUST HAVE MGS NOW!

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