Because of Konami's regional maps, this expands to the whole of East Asia and Southeast Asia. On consoles, Metal Gear Rising is a PlayStation 3 exclusive in Japan because the Japanese Xbox 360 version was cancelled.Quote Source: Memetics in Fiction (from Monsoon Motive Rant).However, the emphasis on stealth hunting still remains with the alert system, AR vision mode, and ability to hide and do stealth take downs (akin to the Batman: Arkham series). The game instead shifted to a focus on hack and slash gameplay when the development of it was switched from Kojima Productions to PlatinumGames. Mid-Development Genre Shift: Originally, the game was announced under the title of Metal Gear Solid: Rising as a stealth-action game with a focus on stealth hunting.
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