Zone of Enders 3 Pushed Back

[Korten12]

From IGN: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/110/1104407p1.html

Hideo Kojima has spoken about development of the much requested mech game Zone of the Enders 3, saying it will be seriously considered after the release of Metal Gear Solid Rising.

"This is not a rumor," Kojima told jeuxvideo, "My team and I want to develop a new Zone of Enders. But it turns out that Kojima Productions has limited resources in terms of teams and directors. So at this stage we have not yet had time to work on Zone of Enders 3 which has been postponed at the calendar. However, I think after Metal Gear Solid Rising, I will look seriously [at] Zone of Enders."

It's not the first time that Kojima has alluded to a further instalment in a series that was born at the dawn of the PlayStation 2 and spawned a superior sequel.

Kojima Production's current project, Metal Gear Solid Rising, seriously impressed at last month's E3 ? as did the 3DS demo of Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater. Seems like busy times are a-coming at Kojima Towers.

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I saw a couple of posts of people hoping it exists and it does it seems atleast they want to.

 

[Deofuta]

Well, at least there is knowledge of its existence. At least it is something to look forward to.

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

I always thought of Zone of the Enders: The Fist of Mars as the third game >.>
It would be nice to see a console version of that... It was a great game, but only on GBA...
Still, good to know the series has a future...

 

[Mr.Petey]

Tis slightly disappointing to hear this from Mr K himself. But I would rather take this option that have it horribly rushed. All of the ZOE games have been utterly fantastic and well worth the wait.

After all is said and done with Metal Gear Solid Rising though, I think it would be best to just focus on ZOE3 than another MGS title. I'm still strongly in favour that Peace Walker is 5 in all but name, linking it neatly chronologically to the first two Metal Gear games

 

[azncutthroat]

Oh god... the return of the cockpit-robots...

Spoiler: For those who've never played Z.O.E.

Honestly, I always thought Z.O.E. to be one of Kojima's less well thought out games, given its generic "imperial Earth exploiting Mars colony."