s Jose Otero provided similar comments, praising the gameplay's style, but still felt the demo was more like a tutorial rather than a stage of game. This demo was in fact the first build of Metal Gear Rising, developed for internal testing purposes. Y'see, the swashbuckling spin-off is being marketed as the perfect antidote to a particularly bad run of luck. Raiden's role and development were found to be appealing, with GameSpot's Peter Brown praising his violent attitude that made him an outstanding anti-hero, [127] whereas GameTrailers noted how Raiden contrasted his Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty persona that had been criticized back in 2001. The trailer featured a starkly different tone to previous Metal Gear trailers, featuring a more hard rock driven soundtrack and less emphasis on the stealth aspects with more focus on the newer, action orientated style of gameplay.

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The trailer unveiled the new look for the game, and formally announced to the world that it was being developed by PlatinumGames, known for making more action oriented games like Bayonetta and Vanquish. Among the Famitsu 2013 Top 100, a listing of the top 100 Japanese retail software sales for the year of 2013 from data collected by Famitsu's parent company Enterbrain, the PS3 version of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance ranked number 11, with 470,597 physical retail sales within Japan.

The game also enjoyed positive sales, with the PS3 and Steam versions selling an estimated total of more than 1. On December 10, 2011, Kojima unveiled a new trailer of the game at the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards.

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Since 2022, the game had resurfaced in internet popularity due to its direction and has become a staple in contemporary meme culture. This brand new Japanese trailer focuses on four of the boss battles from the upcoming Platinum Games developed brawler, and it certainly lives up to its tagline, ‘Lightning Bolt. Originally announced at E3 2009 under the title Metal Gear Solid: Rising, the game went through a long development process at Kojima Productions, who struggled to fully develop the game. After Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots was released, Hideo Kojima started coming up with ideas for another Metal Gear game. In promoting the game, during April 2012 Konami sent a replica of Raiden's severed arm to various video game publications.

It was noted that the game was close to receiving a perfect 10 were it not for issues with the camera. Metal Gear Rising was released in selected regions (except in some countries like Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam .

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He added that because the story was different than what he had in mind for what would happen after Metal Gear Solid 4, he considered it to be both a parallel story and a continuation. Throughout the story the player obtains the Ripper Mode, a state which enhances Raiden's power for a limited time facilitating the use of Blade Mode. Boss Battles" added to the Chapter menu allowing the player to fight any of the 9 bosses without having to do a full mission. The next demo, initially released as part of Zone of the Enders: HD Collection, and then released on January 22 as part of the PlayStation Network, allowed for the player to undergo a VR training session before doing the main demo.

Kojima also stated that he would like the sequel to star Gray Fox and have him battle "nano machine-powered zombies. Similarly to Trump, Armstrong uses reactionary and anti-establishment rhetoric to win over the American public, as well as the exact slogan " Make America Great Again" — although the game released years before Trump's first Presidential campaign.