Portable Gaming Revolution

Gamespot reports that Kojima Productions will be giving out the “OtaClock” with purchases of Metal Gear Acid 2 or Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence. This clock is the same clock that appears in the last few seconds of the Metal Gear Solid 4 trailer.

To download the OtaClock, gamers will need to visit a special Web site address that can be found in Japanese copies of Metal Gear Acid 2 and Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence.

You can get more information about the OtaClock at Hideo Kojima’s Blog.

We made our final adjustments to the OtaClock this afternoon. It is complete at last.

We pronounce the OtaClock’s name “OtaKurokku” — but that doesn’t mean it’s a rock band (Rokku)! The name refers to Otacon’s desktop clock that he invented for use on his personal computer. It’s the same clock that had a cameo on Otacon’s monitor during the TGS trailer for MGS4.

I’m sure that our well-versed MGS fans will recognize the icon. It’s the same one that appeared during MGS2′s Tanker Chapter, when Snake sent Otacon the digital photographs.

Omori revised the original Otacon sprite made by Nakkan, who was our pixel artist back then. Omori really exhibits Ota-damashii!

Our staff loves the OtaClock. The program features functions for time, alarm, calendar, and size adjustment.

All KojiPro staff members received it at the end of TGS. They’ve checked and debugged it until now by actually using it on their computers. It took a long time to finish because they gave a lot of feedback. They suggested ideas for improvement, along with other observations that came to them while they used it.

Soon we’ll deliver the OtaClock to our audience. You’ll always have Otacon around with this.

I actually have the imported version of MGS3: Subsistence. Now I just have to find that damn URL!