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* In ''[[Phantasy Star IV]]'', one of your party members leaves for a bit and flat out tells you not to go after the big bad while he's gone because at this stage of the game, you aren't powerful enough to beat him. Of course, Chaz doesn't listen.
* The entire ''[[Metal Gear]]'' series is rife with instances of breaking the fourth wall. One classic wall-breaking moment in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' is the advice to contact Meryl by codec by looking up her codec frequency on the back of the game case. In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty]]'', after uploading Emma's virus, the Colonel Campbell construct begins to go haywire and criticizes the player for playing too long and then demands that the player turn off the game. ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots]]'' features a fourth-wall breaking moment that advises against the strategy used to beat Psycho Mantis in ''Metal Gear Solid''.
Another instance of this in Metal Gear Solid 4, is that part way through the game, Otocon will tell you to switch discs. then, when Snake does not find a disc, Otocon remembers that the game is on the [[
** The colonel telling the player to switch off his console is a reference to the original game, where Big Boss did the same near the end.
** Psycho Mantis. During his boss fight you actually have to UNPLUG YOUR CONTROLLER AND PLUG IT INTO THE SECOND CONTROLLER PORT! And, as if this isn't bad enough, until you figure it out, he constantly makes fun of you, comments about the games you've played by reading your memory card and even tells you that he's deleted your memory!
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* The early ''[[Resident Evil]]'' games ''shot'' the fourth wall on occasion.
** In ''[[Resident Evil 1]]'' there's an area in the laboratory where the player can shoot directly into the camera. If you're using a pistol bullet holes will appear on the screen. A nice little [[Easter Egg]].
** In the sequel, ''[[Resident Evil 2
* Stay on the menu screen too long in [[Ghost Hunter]] and a spirit would zoom up and audibly tap on the screen.
* In ''[[Tak and the Power of Juju]]'' the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JcFz_LkJSA opening cutscene] has the village shaman talking to the player, whom he regards as a powerful juju spirit from another world.
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