Close Up: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Premium Package
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty was released in Japan on November 29th, 2001. Aside from the regular version, a limited edition Premium Package was made available as well.
It comes in a paper box roughly the size of an A4 sheet, making it slightly smaller than most other Premium Packages. The box itself is black and shiny, with just the game’s logo in silver colored letters and the text ‘Premium Package’ on the front. On the back you can see a list of contents, as well as keywords related to the series and still images from MGS2’s cutscenes.
As is common with these packages, a book is included as well. This one is called Metal Gear Chronicle, and it contains background information, interviews, concept art, storyboards and more. Of course the text is all in Japanese, but fortunately there are also plenty of images to look at, including some lesser known artworks.
The ‘Guest Illustrations’ section shows scenes and characters from the game drawn by different artists, all with their own distinct style that is very different from Shinkawa’s, offering an alternative look at the game.
There’s also a Premium Disc (bonus DVD) with trailers and commercials for MGS1 and MGS2, as well as some behind-the-scenes footage showing early concepts of MGS1’s first trailer from 1996.
Obviously, the game itself is also included. The cover features a Shinkawa artwork of Solid Snake, and there are some slight differences between this one and the regular Japanese game (not as many disclaimers on the box). But the main difference is that this cover is reversible, with on the other side an artwork of Raiden, by Shinkawa as well.
Lastly, a small paper box is included, in black with only the logo printed on. It contains a Solid Snake figurine with a pedestal. Konami released a whole series of similar MGS2 figures a bit later, but this particular (platinum colored) one is exclusive to the Premium Package.
To conclude, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Premium Package is a nice item for any Metal Gear collector. The contents are all neatly organized inside the box, and the book’s high quality makes it a joy to leaf through even if you can’t read the text. Since it was exclusive to Japan and had a limited run, it’s not all that cheap if you want to buy it now, though it’s far from the priciest Premium Package.
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Why?!!!
guest illustrations look badass!
well.. except for ocelot he looks a bit lucky luke style haha but still nice work
http://www.metalgearinformer.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Metal-Gear-Solid-2-Sons-of-Liberty-Premium-Package-Book-Raiden-Takato-Yamamoto.jpg
Naked Raiden is like: “Quiet ain’t got shit on me!”
hahah nice! i’d choose raiden over quiet every day of the week #nohomo
Well.. if he starting jiggling his ass to the camera like a professional gay pornstar, only then quiet REALLY ain’t got shit on him lol
lol oh boy. I would have turned the game off. That would have terrified my 14 year old self.
Dat nude bloody Raiden.
Hey guys, something weird happened to me last Thursday when I was driving home. I had a couple of miles to go – I looked up and saw a glowing orange object in the sky, to the east! It was moving very irregularly. Suddenly there was intense light all around me, and when I came to, I was home.
What do you think happened to me?
You took lsd or it was a nightmare
You should turn off the game console right now.
He probably used a wormhole in a odes mgsv and used to return to the ACC LOL
I need scissors! 61!
Kawanishi-Noseguchi, Kinunobebashi, Takiyama, Uguisunomori,
Tsuzumigataki, Tada, Hirano, Ichinotorii, Uneno, Yamashita, Sasabe,
Kofudai, Tokiwadai, Myoukenguchi.
Do not cut AC outlet cable with scissors or you are good for surprises like shutting down your whole home with a short-cut melting the scissors in best case, or have also an extra Jacksons-5 new hair-cut in the worst. x( xD
Solidus was always a badass IMO and he got beaten by a badass he created with his own hands
So what was you guys favorite moment ?
I guess for me is when the interface started to go nuts / fission mailed and stuff inside arsenal. I was like man, WTF is goin on here !? xD My second fantastic favorite moment is when we were sneaking around Ray in the tanker behind the 2 rooms full of soldiers… Sneaking & praying not to wake it up.
Thx Nyxus for the close up. Look, I am always wondering, is it you taking these shots on your own nice carpet ?? xD The shots are always very clean anyways.
All the photos we make ourselves. 🙂
They are really nice and pro, looks like official shots ! Judging by what you showed us so far on it, you have a legendary S+++ carpet ! ;D
Idk why but I always imagine the carpet around the frame of the pictures are all messed up and dirty lol.
Come on !? Dirty ? Compared to mine, I could easily eat a pizza (like “without any fear”) on his carpet !? xD
Lollll me too but that wasn’t what I meant though. I can’t explain it very well.
Sorry, I am not native english sorry too ! xD
2 favorite scenes, when Solidus reveals himself to Raiden on the connecting bridge, and the scene on top of Arsenal Gear when Liquid takes possession of Ocelot in front of Snake and Solidus
Yeah ! Those two ones were legend as well !
Fortune’s first cut-scene also. I was “mmmh, she is probably going to railgun the cr.p out of my .ss … but dang ! what a babe” 😀
The most memorable moment was my realization that we play as Raiden. I wasn’t hating on him like it was public opinion but it was odd 😀
Exactely my feeling 1:1… 😀
Odd, and a bit surprised but since Snake was however there first on the tanker, I went, ok, what’s next !!
When Raiden & Snake are back to back fighting. And Olga’s death, brutal shit. And of course the fight with Solidus.
Yeah me too ! 😀 The UI was totally infected / nuts at this moment… -FISSION MAILED- xD
And the Solidus fight was magistral, I was so grateful to HK for giving me so long gameplay.
The slomo Shalashaska first cut-scene was also sooo imperial ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbqQsiFkhWY
Kojima with that short beard and moustache. Also young handsome David Hayter and nude Raiden 😉
HideOcelot ! 😀 mustache !
This looks so good!
what a beautiful package full of love.
I’m pretty stoked about the PS2 emulator coming to PS4! I hope the MGS games make it onto the PS Store 🙂
Anyone excited to play Def Jam Fight for NY when PS2 emulation comes to PS4? ;’DDD
lmao i was unbeatable with Snoop Dogg
I played it once on a PSP. Lol
That game was fucking great. I personally can’t wait to play the GTA games again.
Fuck yeah
A big fan of your close-ups nyxus ;’DJust wondering how many years it took Koji-Pro to make MGS2?
They must have started sometime in 1998/1999.
Late November ‘98 – Analysis of PlayStation 2 evaluation-use graphics board
Late December ’98 – Planning outline finalized
Early January ’99 – Begin character and mechanical design work, planning development
February ‘99 – Announce that MGS2 is under development for PlayStation 2
March ‘99 – Begin PlayStation 2 basic research (acquire tools)
May ’99 – Research trip to America (New York). E3
June ’99 – Begin full-scale development
August ’99 – Research trip to offshore plant
Summer ‘01 – Finish development
Winter ‘01 – Release
[source: Kojima Productions – Metal Gear Solid 2 Grand Game Plan – traduction by Marc Laidlaw]
Here’s hoping that whatever Kojima makes next, it’s going to have detailed stuff as these premium packages.
So all your missing now is GZ and TPP? Did MGS4 or the original PW have a Premium? I don’t think the HD collection had one either.
MGS3 Subsistence, GZ and TPP. There’s also the Gold shareholder’s edition for MGS1, but that one is quite expensive. GZ and TPP are very pricey as well.
I got the big arm edition 🙂
What do you mean by MGS HD? The HD collection?
I forgot about MGS3 Subsistence. I think I recall Stan Lee getting one autographed by Kojima.
MGS 2 & 3 were released separate from PW in Japan. Both releases had a Premium Package as well.
That’s right. I think both just mainly came with a Play Arts figure correct?
PW also come with a soundtrack: http://www.metalgearinformer.com/?p=19594
I’m curious to see what’s in MGS3 Subsistence, if you ever get that one.
Off topic:Guys what is your favorite song from the 70s.Heres mine
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cFU-FJzPE80
Not my favorite maybe but still love it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tth-8wA3PdY
Nice
Who hasn’t heard this ?Lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c8O2n1Gfto
You’re pretty good.I heard this in ads etc.
Almost like me, I first discovered the song through RUN-DMC’s cover(1986, I remember it staying several weeks at the first place in the charts) which is top-cool as well. Aerosmith’s version was the first / original shot (1973).
I almost chose the man who sold the world for this but I prefer the glorious Timmy Thomas r and b track that had such a good beat and a good message that drake sampled the song for hotline bling lol.
Yeah Funky us ! 😀
Beatles “Let it be”, Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to heaven”, Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”, Bee Gees “Stayin’ alive”, and so much more… 70’s were awesome
I love Led Zeppelins black dog.ZHU who is my FAVOURITE house musician sampled its guitar solo.Surprising since he is a multi instrumentalist and graduated in USC.I love the bee gees.And Freddie Mercury is a badass for his music IMO.
Such a lust for close-ups?WHOOOOOOOO?lol.
Thanks,Boss.I’m a big fan of your close-ups.
Hi, thanks for your close ups, ad i translate partof your site to spanish, very good information and thanks for all…!
Thanks!
Hey guys.Yesterday I finished V for the second time,but this time I encountered something weird.I don’t know it’s a bug or not.I played mission 46 without playing 45!!! Actually I don’t have mission 45 right now and I don’t know why.The first time I played (PS3) I played 45 first,then 46,but now like I said before,the game didn’t unlock 45.Is this normal?and how to trigger 45?Thanks in advance.Here’s the problem:
Just to check, but you are of course not wearing butterfly right ? xD
Looks weird your stuff, maybe it is related to the reunion update.. Did you played mission 150 ?
re-xD… Cannot see your pic so far..
No my emblem is the default “Black DD” emblem (I’m not really into customization).
And no,I don’t have mission 150.And my bond with Quiet is 100.It’s a weird bug.
WTF… I can not remember well, are all primary missions / yellow side-ops fulfilled ?? I am sure yes, though. 🙁 You don’t have 150 ? Is there any yellow dot left ? Knowin you I am sure of that at well… Maybe the tapes ? Interesting / bizarre / mustache this stuff… 😉
That’s the weird part.I did all main missions and all yellow side ops,but the game don’t give me the Quiet side mission that leads to 45.I think the only way is to play all these replay missions to see what comes up.Thank you for your time.
Rahesh miconam… 😉 I unfortunately can’t remember which missions I polished before triggerin the stuff in my first gameplay. I hope it is not a bug. Good luck !
Damet garm Dadash.Lotf kardi 😉
Khornban et ! “Spotted” nashi ye dafey ! 😀
Na havasam hast 😉
Midunam, farad nafidam cherah guir kardi to eh in Zareh marh, teflak ! 😀
Are baba rafte roo aesab.Bad bugie!!!In Konami ham ba in patchash gand zade.Miad ye chizo dorost mikone,do ta chize dige ro kharab mikone,lol.
Are, divouney shodan. Arey to cherah esmet o gozashti Zarey Marh, massalam !? xDxD
Akhe esme shakhsiate MGSV venom bood,manam snake ro bardashtam be jash esme khodamo gozashtam,lol.
Rochal am, esm am ast Kaveh Rassoulzadegan, jan am.. 😉
Che esme ghashangi dari.
Rasti ye soal:Iran be donya oomadi ya France?
Farancey be donya oomadam. Avalin sal am rho zendegi kardam iran, am vartike 5 sal am bood oomadam, moundam 6 mah. Diggeh sart bood biyam.
Behtarin karo kardi.Felan inja zendegi kardan be hich dardi nemikhore.
Farsi mitooni bekhooni?Manzooram khate farsie?
Bashe berim English!!!
Farsi baladam vali ne-minvisam, mesle Khar. xD
Na baba,bala nesbat.Injoori nagoo.
“Behtarin karo kardi.” Jan am, aslan interrab na cardam, couchig boudam, pedar-modar am kardan bara ye man. Bezar englissy bezanim aguey nah, cam cam miporsan che jouri Kholme zabzi miche doross card ya na ?? xD
Switching to English mode :)…Yeah,you didn’t choose,your parents did it for you,but trust me,it was the best decision.Me as a guy who lived here for 23 years,there’s nothing interesting here (at least for me).Right now there’s no future here,but you can build your future there.I’m sure the situation there is way better than here.
I know, I hope none of your family were lost in these rotten past decades. I met so much injured families. I love you bro, things are sometimes going nuts, France is still OK. I hope not much won’t go too crazy / panic because of late events. According to my cardiologist who come to regularly visit you guys, it seems you finally have a future too. I would of course not say better or worse but trust me, things are changing.
I hope it turns out like you said.I hope we get a better future.And I love you too,bro:)
People must face that everybody wants peace. At least a very large majority. Big hug buddy.
Yeah,all people around the world deserve to have peace.
It’s late night here and I’m gonna pass out,so let’s go to bed.It was nice talking to you,bro.Thank you and good night 🙂
Go to to bed, it is late here too, sooo for ya.
Tons of kisses and good night,
K
So basically you were from Iran and your parents migrated you to another country.Oops I went overboard again!
Almost that, my parents arrived in France in 1972. I was born in France a year later, but my parents sent me back to Iran at my grand-ma’s few months after my birth, because it was to hard to take care of me, they were pursuing their studies.
Tu parles le francais mom ami.Je suis mauricien . Autocorrect peut etre une merde sur my tablette pour communiquer en francais.Mon francais nest Pas vraiment Bon .
Oui, mon ami. J’habite Nice. Je pense qu’il faut que l’on converse en anglais, la dernière fois, il y a quelque mois, certains se sentaient exclus en nous lisant. Par ailleurs, je viens d’avoir une longue discussion en persan, je ne voudrais pas que l’on se sente écarté. 😉
Quelque MOIS??? Si les gens ne se sentent pas comfortable quand on parle le francais parlons langlais !
C’etait pas méchant, ils étaient juste curieux de savoir de quoi on parlais. Du coup j’ai traduit et c’etait fastidieux, j’ai pas envie de recommencer… xD
Okay XD
RIP FULL OPTIONS
Bezar englissy berim alan agge na shooroo miconan beporsan cherah snake yani mahr ya ye chisi…
Salam Venom_Sina, just to check if you are still stuck with this sh.t ? 😉
From my experience, you don’t need to play mission 45 to unlock mission 46, that’s how it went in my first playthrough. Also did a second playthrough without doing mission 45 with the same results, given I was wearing the butterfly emblem on both instances.
Thanks for your reply.I’m gonna continue my playthrough to see what happens.If it’s like you said,I think I can unlock it by playing more missions.
Did you get the scene where it reveals Paz was a hallucination due to venoms guilt.Did you finish the ten side Ops of the wandering soldiers?
Yeah,all completed.But in my first playthrough I didn’t see Paz’ scene,but got mission 45.
I didn’t complete the wandering soldiers thing,mission 5 since it is pretty hard IMO but 45 is impossible lol.I had to complete nearly all sides ops to get the man who sold he world
You don’t need 45 or Quiet to get to 46.
I got SideOps 150 (and 45 after that) right after finishing Cloaked In Silence [EXTREME], which by the way infuriated me, cause I didn’t even get a chance to research her Sniper Wolf costume. So, maybe try completing that. 🙂
MGS1 & MGS2 my favs <3
Amazing close up ^_^.
Nyx have I ever told you how super jealous I am lol, when I don’t have these 🙁 ?
That’s one of the goals of these posts, to share it with others. Of course it’s not the same thing as owning it, but still. 🙂
Looking at all the art for this game and the whole series that Yoji Shinkawa did…Kojima could have launched an anime or manga off shoot of the series instead of just novels, it would have worked perfectly. But I’m guessing Konami only had so much money then..even know they waste it *sigh*
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