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Anime Evolution 2008
Meryl Silverburgh from Metal Gear Solid ----------------
Meryl Silverburgh (メリル・シルバーバーグ, Meriru Shirubābāgu?) Meryl Silverburgh (メリル・シルバーバーグ, Meriru Shirubābāgu?) is introduced as the teenage niece of Solid Snake's commander, Roy Campbell, in Metal Gear Solid, where she serves as Snake's rookie sidekick. Prior to the events of the game, she gets assigned to Shadow Moses for a field exercise, but refuses to join the rebellion led by Liquid Snake and is imprisoned. She tricks her cell guard into releasing her and then subdues him, stealing his uniform afterwards. She comes in contact with Snake via the Codec and then meets up with him afterwards. Snake rescues her from Psycho Mantis's mind control, but she is later shot and captured by Sniper Wolf. Her ultimate fate depends on the player's actions during the Torture sequence afterwards: if the player succeeds in resisting Revolver Ocelot's torture, Meryl is then rescued by Snake after his fistfight with Liquid and the two escape together from the Shadow Moses base; if the player submits, then an alternate ending is played where Snake finds Meryl dead and Campbell reveals to Snake that Meryl was his biological daughter.
When character designer Yoji Shinkawa was asked about Meryl's omission in Metal Gear Solid 2, he stated that they purposely avoided mentioning her directly in the game, so that the sequel could follow either of the two endings from the first game. Despite this, the character's survival is mentioned in the fictional publication featured in the game, In the Darkness of Shadow Moses. Meryl appears in the expanded version of the game, Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance, in a few of the supplemental game modes unrelated to the main story.
Meryl appears in Metal Gear Solid 4 as the commander of "Rat Patrol Team 01", a fictional division of the US Army's CID sent to investigate Liquid Ocelot's PMC activities. She wears a military outfit decked with the FOXHOUND logo, along with a bandanna and a bullet for an earring. She is now aware that Roy Campbell is her true father, but openly resents him due to his marriage with Rosemary. She reconciles with him at the end of the game. At first, Meryl dislikes her subordinate Johnny due to his clumsiness and stomach problems but falls in love with him after he saves her life in Eastern Europe and Outer Haven, and ends up marrying him at the end of the story.
Kojima Productions' representative Ryan Payton acknowledged criticism that her romance with Johnny felt forced, stating that fans were expecting the character to be paired with Snake following the announcement of her appearance in the game, but then went on to state that he did not expect Snake and Meryl to be romantically paired while reading an early script.
Meryl Silverburgh originally appeared as a character in Hideo Kojima's 1994 adventure game Policenauts (released only in Japan). In this game, Meryl is a former special forces operative who works in the space colony Beyond Coast as an officer in the Police Department's vice unit. She works with a partner named Dave Forrest. According to a commentary on the official site of the PSone Books reissue of Policenauts, while the Meryl from Policenauts has the same name, the same Japanese voice actress, and a similar appearance, they are not meant to be the same individual.
Anime Evolution 2008
Meryl Silverburgh from Metal Gear Solid ----------------
Meryl Silverburgh (メリル・シルバーバーグ, Meriru Shirubābāgu?) Meryl Silverburgh (メリル・シルバーバーグ, Meriru Shirubābāgu?) is introduced as the teenage niece of Solid Snake's commander, Roy Campbell, in Metal Gear Solid, where she serves as Snake's rookie sidekick. Prior to the events of the game, she gets assigned to Shadow Moses for a field exercise, but refuses to join the rebellion led by Liquid Snake and is imprisoned. She tricks her cell guard into releasing her and then subdues him, stealing his uniform afterwards. She comes in contact with Snake via the Codec and then meets up with him afterwards. Snake rescues her from Psycho Mantis's mind control, but she is later shot and captured by Sniper Wolf. Her ultimate fate depends on the player's actions during the Torture sequence afterwards: if the player succeeds in resisting Revolver Ocelot's torture, Meryl is then rescued by Snake after his fistfight with Liquid and the two escape together from the Shadow Moses base; if the player submits, then an alternate ending is played where Snake finds Meryl dead and Campbell reveals to Snake that Meryl was his biological daughter.
When character designer Yoji Shinkawa was asked about Meryl's omission in Metal Gear Solid 2, he stated that they purposely avoided mentioning her directly in the game, so that the sequel could follow either of the two endings from the first game. Despite this, the character's survival is mentioned in the fictional publication featured in the game, In the Darkness of Shadow Moses. Meryl appears in the expanded version of the game, Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance, in a few of the supplemental game modes unrelated to the main story.
Meryl appears in Metal Gear Solid 4 as the commander of "Rat Patrol Team 01", a fictional division of the US Army's CID sent to investigate Liquid Ocelot's PMC activities. She wears a military outfit decked with the FOXHOUND logo, along with a bandanna and a bullet for an earring. She is now aware that Roy Campbell is her true father, but openly resents him due to his marriage with Rosemary. She reconciles with him at the end of the game. At first, Meryl dislikes her subordinate Johnny due to his clumsiness and stomach problems but falls in love with him after he saves her life in Eastern Europe and Outer Haven, and ends up marrying him at the end of the story.
Kojima Productions' representative Ryan Payton acknowledged criticism that her romance with Johnny felt forced, stating that fans were expecting the character to be paired with Snake following the announcement of her appearance in the game, but then went on to state that he did not expect Snake and Meryl to be romantically paired while reading an early script.
Meryl Silverburgh originally appeared as a character in Hideo Kojima's 1994 adventure game Policenauts (released only in Japan). In this game, Meryl is a former special forces operative who works in the space colony Beyond Coast as an officer in the Police Department's vice unit. She works with a partner named Dave Forrest. According to a commentary on the official site of the PSone Books reissue of Policenauts, while the Meryl from Policenauts has the same name, the same Japanese voice actress, and a similar appearance, they are not meant to be the same individual.