Kojima says he has a much more sensitive sense of smell than other…

“I think my sense of smell is more sensitive than most people. ... I can even tell who was in the elevator before me ... I know what perfumes my staff use. I'm like a dog, I guess. I keep it a secret of which perfume I use.”

“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.”

“I know that no one would ever wear a box in war, but I want to change the mood, relieve the stress and tension and control a little bit the feelings of the player by letting them calm down and relax for a second and then continue through the mission.”

“When I'm creating something, I kind of have two personalities, like a left-brain person and a right-brain person.”

Kojima began by identifying with the climber Joji Habu, who selects dangerous, untried routes and turns into reality what no one else has done. However, the cameraman Makoto Fukamachi’s monologue shook him: Kojima recognized that his older self was no longer the pioneering leader but the one who follows behind, returns alive, and goes back to the mountain again and again because it is all he can do.