Prediction
The next zombie mode which will feature in cod7 will be from an american point of view and will feature american locations and russian locations, as well as a possibilty of others hinted at in der riese
first of all il cover the characters
dempsey = american
nikolai = russian
takeo = japanese
Richtofen = Germans
theres never been a clear direct answer why 4 nationalities (enemies +allies) were working together from shi no numa onwards, those questions still havnt been answered
however i think its was a direct indication on how the zombie story arc will continue
now we will go via the maps/ or to make things even more simplified, the type of zombies in the maps
Natch der Untoten = German Zombies
Verruckt = German zombies
Shi no numa = Japanese zombies
Der Riese = german zombies
now take into consideration the story really took off (from treyarchs point of view) with the introduction of the 4 players dempsey etc, in shi no numa, this would mean we have had german = richtofen, and japanese zombies = takeo
so that leaves american and russian zombies left out (for the time being)
what if the introduction of the new characters wasnt an after thought for making the story more involving just for the w@w maps
Cases in point, the the american radio broadcast in shi no numa
the fact that in der riese it expressly says the americans have a huge supply of element 115 in the nevada base
the fact that we dont know what happened at the end of der riese
map pack 3 was the last map for w@w, it always was going to be the last despit what most people thought/wanted
now considering what era cod7 black ops is going to be based on, id say its going to be an alternate reality (in some respects) for the new zomie story arc
that arc will feature Dempsey, nikolai, takeo and rictofen, at least at some way/shape/or form, althought i personally dont think they will be the main characters, at least not for every map pack, just a feeling i have
anyway just some passing thoughts