This sighting caused someone by the name of "night crawler" to wonder if there might be a yellow hog in the final game. He even suggested it have a "fatty sound system" and "plush interior." This is fun to think about and, seeing as I have too much time on my hands, I decide to alter some of bungie's screenshots to see what a yellow warthog might look like:
Obviouly, the four subwoofers in the first pic look a little flat. So, that would be have to be changed to look 3D in the final model. Secondly, the hubcaps are too dull. They should have more of a chrome appearance to them with a nice yellow sheen. Thirdly, the radio/ sound system could, I think, logically have 3 stations or sets of music to listen to. the first would be the Halo 2 soundtrack, the second would be the Halo 1 soundtrack and, if the player pushed a certain button another time, he/she could listen to their own imported CD-soundtracks which they have saved to the xbox's hard drive. another idea that came to mind was the possibility of hydrolics. This would add a final element of pimpin style to the yellow hog . These could be controlled by the D-pad rather easily
I think.
Of course, the question arises as to how this pimped out warthog could actually be implimented into the game. and on this topic I have three ideas:
#1) it is a reward that is given to a player after beating the game on legendary. following the closing cutscene, the player finds himself on a beach (a la silent cartographer) or in some city street (imagine a ticker-tape parade in NYC) with the chief sitting in or near by the yellow hog.
#2) It is a well-hidden egg within the game that, when found, would allow the player to ride around in it before cmpleting the level. (assuming he would even want to after finding such an egg.)
#3) it is incoorperated into multiplayer somehow. use your imagination. instead of having dethmatch or CTF, you could challenge your friends to see who could do the craziest hydrolic-assisted stunt while the speakers are soo loud, they threaten to shake the hog to pieces.
(imagine the videos people would put out on the web of that.)
going back to the idea of a beach level with the yellow hog, here are some random thoughts as to what MC might see while driving around on the beach:
elite's playing volleyball, sarge getting a tan, cortana serving hotdogs from a grill, grunts on jetskis, marines playing against the elites in beach volleyball....