Kojima wants someone else to take charge of Metal Gear

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Hideo Kojima has reiterated that he doesn't want to make Metal Gear Solid games for the rest of his life, as part of a thoughtful chat with Game Informer. As a matter of fact, Kojima doesn't want to make games for the rest of his life full stop.
Kojima has been looking for a replacement franchise overlord for a while, seemingly. "I understand what you're saying," he began, when the site drew a comparison with Ridley Scott's handing the reins of the Alien IP to James Cameron. "At Kojima Productions, if our studio were a kitchen and the head chef changes, then it changes the flavor and it changes. The world franchise usually becomes more open, as in Alien.
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"To be honest, I've actually wanted to do something similar just to change it. I don't know if the Metal Gear brand sometimes is a bit heavy to carry. The franchise is difficult to handle. But so far I've had no success [passing the torch].
"Metal Gear Rising [Revengeance], fortunately that was a spin-off so that went well," Kojima noted. "Ideally I would like to step out from the Metal Gear franchise as a producer and dedicate myself to other games. So far that has proven to be a bit difficult. Alien is a very successful example [of a new director coming in]. Unfortunately in our case it's more like Terminator, that once Cameron steps out of it there was kind of a mess."
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Full article can be found here: http://www.totalxbox.com/71997/kojima-wants-somebody-else-to-take-charge-of-metal-gear/
 
Didn't he say this after 4? Sure he said he would leave it for someone else while he would work on new games.
 
Yeah, I read about that in GI. Apparently he's wanted to unload it for a long time. And he did unload it for a while, but things went awry -- there was fan outrage and "death threats" (?), and so he resumed the lead role once again.

No one can do it like Kojima san, I guess.

The GI article also mentioned the entourage that accompanies him to interviews, scrambling around beforehand, making sure everything is just right, e.g., switching out his chair for a more comfortable one. I got the picture that he was some kind of pampered celebrity.
 
Anderson said:
The GI article also mentioned the entourage that accompanies him to interviews, scrambling around beforehand, making sure everything is just right, e.g., switching out his chair for a more comfortable one. I got the picture that he was some kind of pampered celebrity.
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I can't see anything wrong. Its weird for sure to need to find a comfy chair but it could be an odd habit of him.

But he, comparing to great directors like Jame Cameroon & Ridley Scott seems to suggest how highly he think of himself.
 
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The GI article also mentioned the entourage that accompanies him to interviews, scrambling around beforehand, making sure everything is just right, e.g., switching out his chair for a more comfortable one. I got the picture that he was some kind of pampered celebrity.
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Hahaha..I did not know that!

starseeker said:
I can't see anything wrong. Its weird for sure to need to find a comfy chair but it could be an odd habit of him.
But he, comparing to great directors like Jame Cameroon & Ridley Scott seems to suggest how highly he think of himself.
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Yeah..that's quite a comparison. Metal Gear is his baby. I bet it's hard for him to let go, too.
 
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Kojima has been wanting someone else to take over Metal Gear for the last what? 8 years. He might as well accept the fact he's a slave to it.
 
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