When I had just started my own studio and had nothing, I pitched the…

“I first met Hideo when Guillermo del Toro called me and said, 'Hey, there's a guy who's going to call you and wants to do a video game with you. Just say yes.' I said, 'Who is he?' And he said, 'Trust me, just say yes.'”

“I’m back”

“So yeah, after going independent, I had nothing. All I had were connections with people, so I followed those connections to make the game.”

“would start from zero”

“As far as digital contents go, we basically only had a naked Norman, a naked Lou, a beach and a whale. And well, that reflected the state that Kojima Productions was in. We were naked.”