<P> While Doktor recovers the children's brains, Raiden seeks help from Solis Space & Aeronautics to reach Pakistan in time to stop Armstrong . He encounters Sam on the way and the pair engage in a final duel from which Raiden emerges victorious . At Solis, Sunny helps Raiden travel to Shabhazabad Air Base in Pakistan, where he is attacked by Metal Gear EXCELSUS, a hexapedal tank piloted by Armstrong . He reveals that his true plan is killing US military personnel at the base, as this is enough to agitate the American people . Armstrong, with his connections to the PMCs, would win any subsequent election in a landslide . This would give him free rein to realize his vision of a survival of the fittest society, fighting and dying only for what they believe in . Raiden destroys EXCELSUS, but discovers that Armstrong has augmented himself with nanomachines that give him incredible strength and near - invulnerability, destroying Raiden's blade . Bladewolf intervenes and gives Raiden Sam's sword, which allows him to kill Armstrong . </P> <P> In the epilogue, Maverick receives approval to create a new cyborg staffing firm, allowing them to shelter the orphans' brains and potentially give them a chance at a better life, while George and Bladewolf go live at Solis with Sunny . Although Desperado is defeated and the brain - taking operation defunct, World Marshal remains in business . Afterwards, Raiden decides against rejoining Maverick, having resolved to fight his own war . </P> <P> After Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots was released, Hideo Kojima started coming up with ideas for another game, Metal Gear Solid 5 . The game was meant to feature The Boss and her comrades, the Cobra Unit, as main characters . However, the lack of experience from the younger staff in charge and the lack of involvement from Kojima resulted in this project being scrapped . Afterwards, a member suggested turning it into a sidestory focused on Raiden since said character was featured in Guns of the Patriots and the staff agreed to develop Metal Gear Solid: Rising . It was originally conceived to chronicle the series of events that resulted in the transformation of Raiden into his cyborg ninja persona in Metal Gear Solid 4 . Rising would have taken place during a point in the series' chronology at which Raiden had already begun his transformation into cyborg form, albeit with a different and somewhat more crude appearance from the one seen in Metal Gear Solid 4 . </P> <P> The game was first hinted during Kojima's keynote presentation at the 2009 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco where the presentation's end showed "The Next MGS" with Raiden as a cyborg standing next to the title . Prior to the announcements of the game, Kojima Productions featured a countdown timer on their website until the day that Rising was announced . The series' traditional tagline of "Tactical Espionage Action" was also altered to "Lightning Bolt Action," a play on the fact that Raiden's name is Japanese for "thunder and lightning ." The game was officially announced at E3 2009 at the Microsoft press conference . A teaser trailer was released by Kojima, although he would be serving only as executive producer for the game, as all of his input was with Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker . The game was initially only announced for the Xbox 360 but was later confirmed for the PS3 and Microsoft Windows platforms . It would use a brand new game engine, rather than the Metal Gear Solid 4 engine . </P>

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