History Trivia / MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker

** Originally, Project Itoh was working on the novelization for the game. Unfortunately, he passed away on March 29, 2009, leading to Kenji Yano, under pen name Hitori Nojima, taking on the job instead.

** Originally, Satoshi Itoh (or Project ITOH), a Japanese sci-fi writer and a close friend of Kojima was working on the novelization for the game. Unfortunately, Itoh passed away of cancer in 20th March 2009, leading to Kenji Yano (under pen name Hitori Nojima) taking on the job instead.

** Originally, there was a plan for Satoshi Itoh (or Project ITOH), a Japanese sci-fi writer and a close friend of Kojima, to write the novelization for the game. Unfortunately, Itoh passed away of cancer in 20th March 2009, leading to Kenji Yano (under pen name Hitori Nojima) taking on the job instead.

** Originally, there was a plan for Satoshi Itoh (or Project ITOH), a Japanese sci-fi writer and a close friend of Kojima, to write the novelization for the game. Unfortunately, Itoh passed away of cancer, leading to Kenji Yano (under pen name Hitori Nojima) taking on the job instead.

** The Japanese version of the game had to edit its torture scene to utilizing "Laughing Rods" instead of shock rods because of the censors demanding they do so to maintain their "C" rating (ages 15 and up).

* IKnewIt: Thanks to a few bits of dialog towards the end of the game, many people suspected that [[spoiler:Strangelove would become Huey's first wife and Otacon's mother]] long before it was confirmed in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain''.

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Cécile is based on the former communications manager for Konami Paris, Cécile Caminades, in name and appearance. Reportedly, Kojima did this due to losing a bet with Caminades.

* AcclaimedFlop: Subverted. The overseas PlayStationPortable versions of the game didn't sell well at all. Its inclusion in the ''Metal Gear Solid: HD Collection'' [[VindicatedByHistory gave it a much wider audience]].

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** In the Japanese version, Paz is voiced by Creator/NanaMizuki, and she had the honor of singing the first image song in the ''[[Franchise/MetalGear Metal Gear]]'' series.
*** [[spoiler:And in turn, Paz being actually an AxCrazy, ManipulativeBitch who is also the ''FinalBoss'' marks [[PlayingAgainstType the one of the few times Mizuki played a villain]].]]
** In the English version, Paz is voiced by Tara Strong, who also voiced Rikku in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' (whom coincidentally Paz shares a similar face model with).
** [[Creator/TomokazuSugita Kazuhira Miller]] sounded like [[Manga/{{Gintama}} Gintoki]], and so [[Creator/YuuKobayashi Cécile]] sounded a bit like Sacchan.
** In the English version, Miller's voiced by... no, not Creator/CamClarke, but Robin Atkin Downes, a.k.a. [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes Travis Touchdown]] and [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Medic]]. His delivery is pretty darn similar to Clarke's Miller, though. There's also some FridgeBrilliance in not casting Clarke: [[spoiler: Clarke never voiced Miller himself, but an imposter ''posing'' as Miller.]]
** Chico is voiced by Creator/KikukoInoue, who voiced Jaime Seed in ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'', Karen Hojo in ''VisualNovel/{{Policenauts}}'', Rosemary in ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty Metal Gear Solid 2]]'' and The Boss in ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater Metal Gear Solid 3]]''. And since cute boys are not her usual forte, this counts as playing against type.
*** In the English version, Chico (Antony Del Rio) is [[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising Pit]].
** In the English version, Cécile (Catherine Taber) is [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Padme Amidala]].
** Strangelove is voiced by the same voice actress ''and'' model of Raging Raven, Yumi Kikuchi, in ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Metal Gear Solid 4]]''. On a related note, Strangelove is also voiced by Vanessa Marshall, who voiced Olga Gurlukovich in ''Metal Gear Solid 2'' (whom she bears a slight resemblance to), and EVA in ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPortableOps Portable Ops]]''.
** [[Creator/{{Mugihito}} Hot Coldman]] is voiced by the same voice actor as Sigma from the ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series and one [[VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry Kinzo "DESIRE" Ushiromiya]] in the Japanese version. In English, he is voiced by H. Richard Greene (a.k.a. Congressman Robert Royce in ''Series/TheWestWing'').
** [[Creator/RomiPark Amanda]] sounds like [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Temari]] or [[Manga/{{Nana}} Nana Osaki]].
** Amanda's English voice actress is [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Azula]].
** Donna Burke, the singer who sings "Heavens Divide" is the voice of [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Raising Heart.]]
** Ramón Gálvez Mena is voiced in the Japanese version by [[Film/TheMatrix Agent Smith]].
** The AI weapons are [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Hatsune Miku]]. They use Vocaloid voice synthesizers, but it's the voice of Yumi Kikuchi and Christine Kogure in the Japanese and English versions, respectively.

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Cécile is a based on the former communications manager for Konami Paris, Cécile Caminades, in name and appearance.

** [[Creator/TomokazuSugita Kazuhira Miller]] sounded like [[Manga/{{Gintama}} Gintoki]], and so [[YuuKobayashi Cécile]] sounded a bit like Sacchan.

* AcclaimedFlop: Subverted. The overseas PlayStationPortable versions of the game didn't sell well at all. Its inclusion in the ''Metal Gear Solid: HD Collection'' [[VindicatedaByHistory gave it a much wider audience]].

* AcclaimedFlop: Subverted. The game didn't sell hugely due to it only being on the PSP initially. [[VindicatedByHistory Its inclusion on the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection gave it a much wider audience]].

** In North America and Europe, some items had to be changed because they were real world products (even though one of the products, Pepsi NEX, was not actually available outside Japan anyhow).

** In English, Miller's voiced by... no, not Creator/CamClarke, but Robin Atkin Downes, a.k.a. [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes Travis Touchdown]] and [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Medic]]. His delivery is pretty darn similar to Clarke's Miller, though. There's also some FridgeBrilliance in not casting Clarke: [[spoiler: Clarke never voiced Miller himself, but an imposter ''posing'' as Miller.]]

*** In English, Chico (Antony Del Rio) is [[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising Pit]].
** In the English dub, Cécile (Catherine Taber) is [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Padme Amidala]].

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Both Akio Ohtsuka and Mugihito (the respective Japanese voice actors of Snake/Big Boss and Hot Coldman) had also voiced and interacted with each other in ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX Mega Man X 7]]'', playing Red and Sigma.

** Kojima originally had no intention to direct ''Peace Walker''. He intended to write only a rough outline of the game's plot and leave the rest to his younger staff, much like he did with the previous {{PlayStation Portable}} games in the series (the ''Acid'' series and ''Portable Ops''), but he changed his mind when his younger staff did not understand the story's theme of nuclear deterrence.

** Donna Burke, the singer who sings "Heaven's Divide" is the voice of [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Raising Heart.]]

** The AI weapons are [[Music/Vocaloid Hatsune Miku]]. They use Vocaloid voice synthesizers, but it's the voice of Yumi Kikuchi and Christine Kogure in the Japanese and English versions, respectively.

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Cécile is a based on the former communications manager for Konami Paris, Cecile Caminades, in name and appearance.

** [[spoiler:Paz and Zadornov would have been discovered earlier to not be trustworthy (especially Paz), where Paz and Zadornov are overseeing its construction, and Big Boss discovers their affiliation to the Peace Sentinel by eavesdropping from a window in a manner very similar to how Solid Snake eavesdropped on Liquid Snake and Revolver Ocelot's conversation in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' before Coldman finds and surrounds him. Coldman was intended to be kille

* TeasingCreator: The only possible explanation for the two "date" missions. Creator/Hideo Kojima is laughing at all of us. Fortunately, we can laugh along with him.

** In English, Miller's voiced by... no, not Creator/CamClarke, but Robin Atkin Downes, a..ka. [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes Travis Touchdown]] and [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Medic]]. His delivery is pretty darn similar to Clarke's Miller, though. There's also some FridgeBrilliance in not casting Clarke: [[spoiler: Clarke never voiced Miller himself, but an imposter ''posing'' as Miller.]]

* FakeNationality: Due to the "independent from any nation" spirit of the Militaires Sans Frontières, the fake accents vary :

** In North America and Europe, some items had to be changed because they were real world products (even though one of the products, Pepsi NEX, was not actually available outside Japan anyhow.).

** [[spoiler:Paz and Zadornov would have been discovered earlier to not be trustworthy (especially Paz), where Paz and Zadornov are overseeing its construction, and Big Boss discovers their affiliation to the Peace Sentinel by eavesdropping from a window in a manner very similar to how Solid Snake eavesdropped on Liquid Snake and Revolver Ocelot's conversation in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' before Coldman finds and surrounds him. Coldman was intended to be killed by Zadornov alone with a gun to the head, and at some point later, Paz would actually [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder do the very same to Zadornov]] before hijacking ZEKE. If some of the storyboard sketches were anything to go by, Big Boss was apparently going to actually lead his troops on a sneaking mission rather than going in alone. An entire character model, the AI lab workers, who were implied to be of German origin, was also cut.]]
* WriteWhoYouKnow: Cécile is a based on the former communications manager for Konami France, Cécile Caminades, in name and appearance.
* WorkingTitle: Was titled ''Metal Gear Solid 5'' early in development.
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: Cécile is a based on the former communications manager for Konami France, Cecile Caminades, in name and appearance.

** [[Creator/RomiPark Amanda]] sounds like [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Temari]] or [[Many a/{{Nana}} Nana Osaki]].

** [[spoiler:Paz and Zadornov would have been discovered earlier to not be trustworthy (especially Paz), where Paz and Zadornov are overseeing its construction, and Big Boss discovers their affiliation to the Peace Sentinel by eavesdropping from a window in a manner very similar to how Solid Snake eavesdropped on Liquid Snake and Revolver Ocelot's conversation in ''Metal Gear Solid'' before Coldman finds and surrounds him. Coldman was intended to be killed by Zadornov alone with a gun to the head, and at some point later, Paz would actually [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder do the very same to Zadornov]] before hijacking ZEKE. If some of the storyboard sketches were anything to go by, Big Boss was apparently going to actually lead his troops on a sneaking mission rather than going in alone. An entire character model, the AI lab workers, who were implied to be of German origin, was also cut.]]

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** In America and Europe, some items had to be changed because they were real-world products (even though one of the products, Pepsi NEX, was not actually available outside Japan anyhow.).

* FakeNationality: Due to the "independent from any nation" spirit of MSF, the fake accents vary :
** British-born Creator/RobinAtkinDownes uses his FakeAmerican accent to voice the Japanese-American Kaz Miller.

** American Vanessa Marshall voiced British Dr. Strangelove.

** In the Japanese dub, Paz is voiced by Creator/NanaMizuki, and she had the honour of singing the first image song for Metal Gear.
*** [[spoiler:And in turn, Paz being actually an AxCrazy, ManipulativeBitch who is also the ''FinalBoss'' marks [[PlayingAgainstType the one of the few times Nana played a villain]].]]
** In the English dub, Paz is voiced by... Creator/TaraStrong, who also voiced Rikku from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' (whom coincidentally Paz shares a similar face model with).
** [[Creator/TomokazuSugita Kazuhira Miller]] sounded like [[Manga/{{Gintama}} Gintoki]], and so [[YuuKobayashi Cecile]] sounded a bit like Sacchan.
** In English, Miller's voiced by... no, not Cam Clarke, but Robin Atkin Downes, aka [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes Travis Touchdown]] and [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Medic]]. His delivery is pretty darn similar to Cam Clarke's Miller, though. There's also some FridgeBrilliance in not casting Cam Clarke: [[spoiler: Cam Clarke never voiced Miller himself, but an imposter ''posing'' as Miller.]]
** Chico is voiced by Creator/KikukoInoue, who voiced Jaime Seed in ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'', Karen Hojo in ''VisualNovel/{{Policenauts}}'', The Boss in ''Snake Eater'' and Rosemary in ''Sons of Liberty.'' And since cute boys are not her usual forte, this counts as playing against type.

** In the English dub, Cecile (Catherine Taber) is [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Padme Amidala]].
** Strangelove is voiced by the same voice actress ''and'' model of Raging Raven, Yumi Kikuchi, in ''Guns of Patriots''. On a related note, Strangelove is also voiced by Vanessa Marshall, who voiced Olga Gurlukovich in ''Sons of Liberty'' (whom she bears a slight resemblance to), and EVA in ''Portable Ops''.
** [[{{Mugihito}} Hot Coldman]] is voiced by the same voice actor as Sigma from the Mega Man X series and one [[UminekoNoNakuKoroNi Kinzo "DESIRE" Ushiromiya]] in the Japanese Version. In America, he is voiced by H. Richard Greene (AKA, Congressman Robert Royce from The West Wing)
** [[Creator/RomiPark Amanda]] sounds like [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Temari]] or [[{{NANA}} Nana Osaki]].
** Amanda's [[GreyDelisle English VA]] is [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Azula]].
** Donna Burke, the singer who sings "Heaven's Divide" is the voice of [[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Raising Heart.]]
** Ramon Galvez Mena is voiced in the Japanese version by [[Film/TheMatrix Agent Smith]].
** The AI weapons are HatsuneMiku. They use Vocaloid voice synthesizers, but it's the voice of Yumi Kikuchi and Christine Kogure in the Japanese and English versions respectively.

* TalkingToHimself: In the English version, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the Deputy Secretary of Defense are both voiced by Grant Albrecht.
* TeasingCreator: The only possible explanation for the two "date" missions. Hideo Kojima is laughing at all of us. Fortunately, we can laugh along with him.

** Kojima originally had no intention to direct ''Peace Walker''. He intended to write only a rough outline of the game's plot and leave the rest to his younger staff, much like he did with the previous PSP games in the series (the ''Acid'' series and ''Portable Ops''), but he changed his mind when his younger staff did not understand the story's theme of nuclear deterrence.

** The train that Snake was supposed to stop the shipment of nukes by the Peace Sentinels was originally intended to be a playable level. If the storyboards are of any indication, that train would have ended up being shot off the tracks and plummeting.
** Peace Walker was originally supposed to heavily resemble Metal Gear REX, down to the railgun and even the design of its hangar was supposed to mirror REX's hangar on Shadow Moses.
** [[spoiler:Paz and Zadornov would have been discovered earlier to not be trustworthy (especially Paz), where Paz and Zadornov are overseeing its construction, and Big Boss discovers their affiliation to the Peace Sentinels by eavesdropping from a window in a manner very similar to how Solid Snake eavesdropped on Liquid Snake and Revolver Ocelot's conversation in ''Metal Gear Solid'' before Coldman finds and surrounds him. Coldman was intended to be killed by Zadornov alone with a gun to the head, and at some point later, Paz would actually [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder do the very same to Zadornov]] before hijacking ZEKE. If some of the storyboard sketches were anything to go by, Big Boss was apparently going to actually lead his troops on a sneaking mission rather than going in alone. An entire character model, the AI lab workers, who were implied to be of German origin, was also cut.]]
* WriteWhoYouKnow: Cécile is a based on the former communications manager for Konami France in name and appearance.