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“These games had their own worlds and stories. I felt a certain authorial quality in them.”
Paraphrase 1999 shmuplations.com — Kojima development interview (Nice Games, 1999) -
“I actually had wanted to include a sensor that measured how your breath smelled too! I *really* wanted to add that! The enemies are vampires, right? So if you ate something garlic-y and breathed on the mic, they'd all die. (laughs) [...] "Guys, we have to do this!!" But the rest of the staff all hated the idea.”
Quote 2003 shmuplations.com; Boktai interview in Nintendo Dream No. 86 (2003), unofficial English translation -
“Not really! Recently, Kojima Productions was involved in the creation of a foreign currency trading game - so I guess that kind of counts!”
Quote 2009-04-15 Video Games Daily / Kikizo -
“It was 100% out of my pocket. No funding from anyone whatsoever. So we're independent.”
Paraphrase 2022-11 HIDEO KOJIMA presents Brain Structure, ep. 10 «TGA Special: The truths behind internet rumors?!» (Spotify Studios × Kojima Productions); official English dub, own transcription -
“Well, this isn't fake news, but every single day from all over the world, I get messages saying, hey, make a new Metal Gear, or PT, or Boktai, or Zone of the Enders. I take this as a positive thing, but also, as adults, everyone should know that this isn't going to happen, right?”
Anecdote 2022-11 HIDEO KOJIMA presents Brain Structure, ep. 10 «TGA Special: The truths behind internet rumors?!» (Spotify Studios × Kojima Productions); official English dub, own transcription