Garo
Boy Wonder
GaroXicon said:Yeah, I've started to think a bit differently. The character in the trailer is definitely Big Boss, because some images surfaced comparing the scars in the Phantom Pain trailer to the scars in the Ground Zeroes trailer. Now, I'm pretty sure that what we're seeing is still Metal Gear Solid 5, but that, instead of Ground Zeroes being a separate game, it's like the Tanker chapter or the Virtuous Mission: it's literally the prologue to the full game Metal Gear Solid 5.
Source: http://zeldadungeon.net/forum/f10/mystery-behind-phantom-pain-37858.html#post600266
Dated 12/08/2012
"'Ground Zeroes' is a prologue of MGSV," Kojima said. "9 years after that event will be 'The Phantom Pain.'" Metal Gear Solid 5 comprises these two parts, much like Metal Gear Solid 2 opened with the Tanker chapter, then moved onto the Plant portion starring Raiden. "The game play demo I presented today is the opening of [The Phantom Pain] which is tutorial that starts from crawling." [Update: Contrary to what Kojima said during the GDC panel today, Konami has confirmed with Joystiq that Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain are indeed separate games.]
Source: 'Ground Zeroes' is the prologue portion of Metal Gear Solid 5 [update: separate games] | Joystiq
ARGH I WAS SO CLOSE TO BEING RIGHT.
Nevertheless, I am tremendously excited for this. I love the viral mini-game mystery that Kojima has been running for the past few months; I wish more devs would do crazy stuff like this. It isn't necessary, but it's a lot of fun to follow all the little hints and details and piece together the full picture.