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hi there, i'm currently in the process of writing a big kind of narrative critique of the mgs trilogy, and came across this on raiden's wikipedia entry:
"His name also pertains to the Jack in a deck of playing cards, with Fortune being the Queen, Solidus Snake being the King, and SEAL Team 10 being the expendable "spot" cards (Solid Snake infiltrates the Big Shell posing as a SEAL Team 10 member, thus being the "ace in the hole" himself)."
i'm wanting to quote this in the essay, but I could really do with a source. I don't suppose anyone here might know where it comes from, or could help me with finding out a suitable source to cite?
SNATCHER SERIES Snatcher (Mega CD) [European] Snatcher (Saturn) [Japanese]
POLICENAUTS SERIES Policenauts Pilot Disk (3DO) [Japanese] Policenauts (3DO) [Japanese] Policenauts (PlayStation) [Japanese] Policenauts (Saturn) [Japanese] Policenauts (Saturn) [Japanese]
ZONE OF THE ENDERS SERIES Zone Of the Enders (PlayStation 2) [European] Zone Of the Enders: The Second Runner - Special Edition (PlayStation 2) [European]
BOKTAI SERIES boktai: The Sun Is In Your Hand! (Gameboy Advance) [European] boktai 2: Solar Boy Django (Gameboy Advance) [European]
OTHER SERIES Penguin Adventure (MSX) [European] Kabushiki Baibai Trainer Kabutore (DS) [Japanese]
KOJIMA-RELATED GAMES Konami Krazy Racers (Gameboy Advance) [European] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) [American]
I'm sure this all came from a Kojima interview, but I'm not sure which one. I think it might be the European "Making of MGS2" documentary, but I'm not sure. It brought up a few additional points-
Raiden and Rose's names are also references to Titanic (so is the Tanker sinking at the start of the game)
Raiden is King Kong and Snake is Godzilla. I can't quite remember the full explination for this, but it has something to do with the idea that Snake was a scientific experiment. I'll have to watch the documentary again, though.
SNATCHER SERIES Snatcher (Mega CD) [European] Snatcher (Saturn) [Japanese]
POLICENAUTS SERIES Policenauts Pilot Disk (3DO) [Japanese] Policenauts (3DO) [Japanese] Policenauts (PlayStation) [Japanese] Policenauts (Saturn) [Japanese] Policenauts (Saturn) [Japanese]
ZONE OF THE ENDERS SERIES Zone Of the Enders (PlayStation 2) [European] Zone Of the Enders: The Second Runner - Special Edition (PlayStation 2) [European]
BOKTAI SERIES boktai: The Sun Is In Your Hand! (Gameboy Advance) [European] boktai 2: Solar Boy Django (Gameboy Advance) [European]
OTHER SERIES Penguin Adventure (MSX) [European] Kabushiki Baibai Trainer Kabutore (DS) [Japanese]
KOJIMA-RELATED GAMES Konami Krazy Racers (Gameboy Advance) [European] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) [American]
It's from the first press of the European version of Sons Of Liberty. I think it was downloadable on a fansite at one point. I'm not sure which one, or if it's still there, though.
Kojima games owned: Metal Gear Solid 2 : Sons of Liberty Metal Gear Solid 3 : Snake Eater Metal Gear Solid 3 : Subsistence Zone of the Enders 2 : The Second Runner