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"Legendary Konami Cheat"
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N/A
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At the end of the game, while your Clear Code is being shown, you can use the so-called "Legendary Konami Cheat" to get a reaction out of Solid Snake. In rapid sequence, press the directional buttons: up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right and then press X and O. This cheat works in almost all Konami games.
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A dead body to play with
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Deck 2, Port
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There's a corpse in the second bay which you can drag around. Naturally guards will not be suspicious by this lively corpse.
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A more interesting conversation...
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Shell 1 Core, B1 Hall
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If you find that Ocelot's conversation with Solidus is a bit boring or you've heard it all before, swerve left and listen in to Johnny Sasaki's conversation in the toilet instead. This is the same guy who had toilet problems in MGS1 whilst looking after hostages.
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A moving box?
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CD Connecting Bridge
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After meeting Stillman, go out onto the CD Connecting Bridge within one minute and watch in first person as a box with legs makes its escape past an unconscious guard. You can't catch up with the box or contact Pliskin by Codec but you can shoot away his camouflage!
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A new fire extinguisher
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Strut E, Heliport
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After the fight with Fatman, the Ninja will give you the Field Uniform - you can put this on if you find yourself on fire.
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Added difficulty levels
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N/A
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Once you've played MGS2 through once, you can select either one or two new difficulty settings: Extreme, and if you have a European version of MGS2, you can play through "European Extreme" as well. Both are the same by way of the number of guards and items. However, in European Extreme, guards do not wear dog tags or carry any items.
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Alluding to MGS1
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Arsenal Gear, Ascending Colon
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Snake says that he's carrying infinite ammo and taps his head. He is referring to the bandanna he found with the Meryl ending of MGS1.
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Allusion to Kojima's other games
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Strut E, Parcel Room
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In MGS games, it's not strange to find posters, magazines and merchandise promoting other games by Hideo Kojima. In Strut E you can find Cardboard Box 5 with the ZOE logo on it. This is referring to Zone of the Enders. A demo of MGS2 was included with ZOE when it was first released.
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An allergy of Emma's
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Shell 2 Core, B1 Filtration Chamber No. 2
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Emma's allergic to the coolant spray.
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An eager soldier
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Shell 1 Core, B2 Computer Room
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One of the guards is running between computers in the computer rooms. Watch his progress to see what the screens show him.
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Angry conversation
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Shell 2 Core, 1F, Air Purification Room
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After leaving the President's cell, call Snake several times. A dialogue with Otacon will begin and Raiden will get a bit agitated.
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Another use of Pentazemin
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N/A
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On the deck of the Tanker, if you look straight ahead in First Person View, you'll notice that the picture is slightly wobbly. Take Pentasemin to cure this briefly.
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Arsenal Gear
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N/A
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You may notice how Arsenal Gear is named after internal organs. It gives the impression of you being digested and finally excreted through the Rectum- how lovely.
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Attack the helicopter
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Shell 1-2 Connecting Bridge
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If you attack Pliskin and Otacon's helicopter, they may not thank you for it.
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Attacking guards with more impressive weapons...
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N/A
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Who's to say you should be using a handgun whilst holding up an enemy. Maybe you should try a slightly more threatening weapon such as the Stinger Missile Launcher... guards will give up their items and dog tags a lot faster and it doesn't even matter where you aim!
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Attacking guards with unloaded weapons
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N/A
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You don't need ammo in your gun to hold up an enemy guard, but they will be alerted by the click as soon as you pull the trigger.
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Attacking Pliskin
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Strut B, Transformer Room
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Shooting and kicking Pliskin will not make him happy!
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Attacking Snake
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Strut L Oil Fence
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Shoot at Snake, and you'll find that he is willing to defend himself!
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Attracting flies
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Deck A, Crew's Lounge
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The third guard at the bottom of the stairs has attracted a large cloud of flies, probably due to his powerful odour... however, they will soon turn their attention to you if you hang around the guard for too long.
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Be an opportunist
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N/A
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Some guards are only to be found at specific times or after certain conditions have been met. The best thing you can do if you're striving for all the dog tags is to get them as and when you see them!
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Beware of sea lice
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Strut A, Deep Sea Dock
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Lie down amongst sea lice and watch how your rations slowly get devoured! It takes about 20 minutes to consume a whole ration so hopefully you won't be lying on the floor for too long! Don't worry, it will stop after three rations. You can prevent these nasty little critters from consuming your inventory by holding down L2 and quickly shaking your left analog stick up and down.
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Big Boss codename
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N/A
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As with MGS1, the best ranking code name you can score is "Big Boss". Unfortunately the conditions you have to meet in MGS2 to receive this is far more demanding than in MGS1! If you want the Big Boss codename, you have to complete the entire mission in Extreme mode within 3 hours... you must also do so without killing a single enemy (including bosses) and not use any Rations. You must avoid discovery (except for the three situations where it is unavoidable) and your radar must be switched off completely. You must also not use any bonus items such as wigs, the bandana or stealth ...and, if that's not enough, you must save no more than eight times!
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Blow up the sea lice
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Strut A, Deep Sea Dock
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Put some C4 amongst the sea lice, switch to first person and BOOM! You could also try using Grenades, the Stinger and the RGB6...
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Body-building
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Hold No. 1
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If you quickly drop from the starting point of this level and grab hold again and then do this 10 times, you can increase your Grip Level enough to be able to swing all the way to Hold No. 3 within the time limit.
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Bonus Items
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N/A
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You can get the Bandana and Stealth Camo for Snake and three wigs and the Stealth camo for Raiden. To do so though, you need to collect dog tags. 30%(46) of dog tags on the Tanker will get you the Bandana; 50% (78) of the tags on the Tanker will get you the Stealth for Snake; 30% (73) on the Tanker gets you the Infinity Wig; 50% (121) gets the Stealth camo for Raiden; 70% (170) of the tags will get you Wig B and 90% (218) of the tags will get you Wig A. The Bandana and Infinity Wif give you infinite ammo; the Stealth camo makes you invisible to guards and cameras; Wig B gives you infinite grip in hanging mode and Wig A gives you infinite oxygen for when you are underwater.
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Book in the vent
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Shell 2 Core, 1F, Air Purification Room
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There's a book in the vent shafts. To get at it, crawl into the shaft leading off from the President's cell and destroy the bars with the Nikita.
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Books and microphones
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Shell 1 Core, B1 Hall
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The guards in the hall, like anywhere else, are easily distracted by books. If you knock them out, you can eavesdrop on the control centre's radio traffic with the microphone, but if you do this, you can no longer pick up heartbeats.
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Books for Snake
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Arsenal Gear, Sigmoid Colon
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Put a book in front of Snake and wait for his comment.
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Boss Survival
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N/A
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Complete MGS2 and you'll find that Boss Survival mode has become available in the Special menu. You can play as either Snake or Raiden and fight the game's bosses in chronological order. You will be timed and you start each battle with pre-determined equipment. In the fight against Solidus, Raiden will have his High Frequency Blade but Snake'll have to cope with just his fists! Your life will be replenished slightly after each battle and you can take any Rations you've found with you into the next battle. You'll get a clear code at the end and you can input this into www.konamijpn.com/mgs2/boss to compare how well you did and how well all the other MGS2 gamers around the world did!
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Burning books?
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N/A
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Note that you can only use a book once - you can't pick it up again. However, watch the effect of putting a book down next to a fire.
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C4 and guards
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N/A
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Just like with MGS1, you can stick C4 onto a guard's back once you've overpowered him.
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Call Campbell...
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Shell 1 Core, 1F
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On entering this level, call Campbell rapeatedly.
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Call Pliskin in Field Uniform
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Shell 1 Core, 1F
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On entering this level, call Pliskin a few times until he comments on your Field Uniform. You may be reminded by Snake and Meryl's first encounter inMGS1...
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Calling for Hal
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Shell 1 Core, B2 Computer Room
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Stay a while in the computer room. The parrot will start calling Hal in a strange squawk. It's referring to Emma's brother.
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Cameramen
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Hold No. 3
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You can climb up to the cameramen...
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Campbell's lectures
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Strut B, Transformer Room
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If you've had a violent dispute with Pliskin, call Campbell and prepare for a lecture.
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Cancel an alarm in an alarming way
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Arsenal Gear, Jejunum
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If you get spotted, make a run for it back to the stomach and pretend to be tied to the torture machine. A guard will come in and show his jealousy before leaving you in peace.
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Cardboard boxes
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N/A
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As with MGS1, boxes can be used for transport. To get to various places on Big Shell, you must select the appropraite box in the Parcel Room and travel the conveyor belts. Simply climb up onto the parcel table next to the conveyor belt and equip yourself with a cardboard box. The conveyor belt will stop and you can climb aboard. Box 1 found in the Pump Room will take you to the Dining Hall on Strut C. Box 2 from the Warehouse takes you to the Transformer Room on Strut B. Box 3 from the Heliport allows you to access the Pump Room on Strut A. Box 4 from the Computer Room takes you to some M9 ammo in the Warehouse of Strut F. Box 5 from the Parcel Room allows you to move between the dispatch points in the Parcel Room of Strut E.
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Catching a cold
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Aft Deck
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In Hard or Extreme mode, Snake will catch a cold if spends more than a minute on the Aft Deck. If you subsequently stand around, crouch or press yourself against a wall (against containers in the Holds), Snake will start sneezing. You can get rid of your cold by freezing in position for three minutes.
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Caught on camera
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Aft Deck
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If you throw a guard overboard or drag him round outside, your actions will be captured by a photo which you can later view in the 1F Air Purification Room in the Core of Shell 2.
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Caught on camera
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Aft Deck
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If you throw a guard overboard or drag him round outside, your actions will be captured by a photo which you can later view in the 1F Air Purification Room in the Core of Shell 2.
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Changing radar
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Arsenal Gear, Ascending Colon
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Your radar will show video footage after a while but it will stop when someone calls you... stupid Campbell!
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Charlie's Angels?!
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Shell 1 Core, B1
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The poster in the recreation room is for Charlie's Angels - it shows Lucy Liu, Cameron Diaz and Brew Barrymore.
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Choose either Tanker or Plant
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N/A
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Having completed MGS2 once, when you go into New Game, you can choose to play through either the Tanker or the Plant, or both together.
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Contact Solid Snake
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Shell 1-2 Connecting Bridge
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Call Solid Snake after the Harrier fight and he'll reveal some interesting information. You can even discover why he chose the name Pliskin.
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Coolant spray, insects and infra-red beams
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Strut C, Dining Hall
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Use the Coolant Spray to eliminate insects flying around the lights. You can also see infra-red beams from the explosive booby traps and you can smudge mirrors and glass panes.
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Destruction in the Crew's Quarters
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Deck D, Crew's Quarters
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Shoot at the plates, menus and condoments on the tables and in the kitchen area in order to make a total mess. Also why not shoot at the ceiling lights or slip into the pantry and allow all your destructive energy the free reign it deserves! Gun battles with guards can be pretty impressive in this pantry (tip: try firing from beneath the shelves) as viewers of the MGS2 trailers will be aware.
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Digital Camera
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N/A
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After you complete the game, you'll receive the digital camera. The next time you play through the game (from your saved completed game), you'll findthe digital camera amongst your items on both the Tanker and Big Shell. Take photos whenever you want and save them to you memory card.You can then view and edit them in the photo album (under Special on the menu)
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Diving tip
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Strut A, Deep Sea Dock
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Make a sudden stop while swimming by pressing R1.
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Dolph's irresistable speech
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The Holds in the Tanker
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There's a time limit to get these photos of Metal Gear RAY for Otacon, but don't worry if you find you're running out of time; the Commandant will feel the need to extend his speech a few minutes... that must please the Marines!
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