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Is a big fan of his own work.

Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has revealed his top five games, which just happen to include Metal Gear Solid.

According to Gamerush, Kojima was speaking to Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun.

He listed the Super Mario Bros. series, Outer World and Xevious as being amongst the most memorable and influential games for him, along with Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken (an '80s adventure game released only in Japan). And, of course, Metal Gear Solid.

"Games are a composite art that evolves absorbing new technologies," Kojima said. Jolly good.

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Psiloc #1 4 years ago

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MGS was certainly memorable and influential for me, I'm sure it'd be even more so if I made the bloody thing.

Don't make him out to be a cock when he hasn't said anything bad.
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McBradders #2 4 years ago

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@Psiloc

In total agreement. The fanboys will be along soon to bitch and kvetch soon, though
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Stoatboy #3 4 years ago

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Please point out where the article makes him out to be a cock.
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Kenshin001 #4 4 years ago

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My God, what a cock he is!
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killest #5 4 years ago

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Gamecock?
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hulahoops #6 4 years ago

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To be fair, it's not really done to include your own bloody games when someone asks a developer to name their top 5.
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ryohazuki1983 #7 4 years ago

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lol kenshin001
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barnard666 #8 4 years ago

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from an interview with geezer buttler (black sabbath bass player)
what is your favorite heavy metal album? "MasterS of reality by black sabbath" (he got the name of his own album wrong)

this is similarly ridiculous!
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noresalenocopy #9 4 years ago

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Outer World/Another really is the super awesome, Fumito Ueda recently sited this as influencial as well I think.
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menage #10 4 years ago

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Xevious. Really?
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MasterControlProgram #11 4 years ago

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If Outer world = Another World by Eric Chahi, I couldn't agree more with Ideo. One of the best game ever.
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asphaltcowboy #12 4 years ago

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the Super Mario Bros. series

The entire series? Not exactly top five games is it?
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Kenshin001 #13 4 years ago

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Ellie didn't actually read the original article BTW.

The Yomiuri article said:

"Asked to mention memorable or influential games for him, Kojima cited five: the ultrapopular Super Mario Bros series and Port Pia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken, both first released in 1985, Xevious, first marketed in 1984, Outer World, released in 1992, and MGS, in 1998."
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DFawkes #14 4 years ago

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I suppose if you don't like the game you make, you've not made it well. I'll let him off
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Psiloc #15 4 years ago

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@Stoatboy

"Is a big fan of his own work."

Edited by 1 at 04/07/08 @ 10:10
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mingster #16 4 years ago

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AnotherWorld is definately a milestone in gaming
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spongebob #17 4 years ago

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And those games are "art" according to Kojima. Bwahahaha. That was a great joke!
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hulahoops #18 4 years ago

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@spongebob

I'd say Another World was a piece of art. Every aspect of it was one man's uncompromised vision.

Not to reopen the old can of worms, but all videogames involve pieces of art, even if they can't always (and usually can't) be considered art in and of themselves.

But just because the gallery isn't art, doesn't mean the art within isn't either.

And that includes galleries full of crap art, of which there are many.

Edited by 1 at 04/07/08 @ 10:51
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Stoatboy #19 4 years ago

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@Psiloc: "Is a big fan of his own work" means precisely what it says - he likes his own work. The article never makes a judgement whether this is a good or bad thing - it's left to the reader to decide.

I'd suggest you happen to think that this makes him a cock then.
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hulahoops #20 4 years ago

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@stoatboy

I think we all inferred a little snigger in the subtitle though, didn't we?
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zuljin #21 4 years ago

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@BlankOBlank!
"To be fair, it's not really done to include your own bloody games when someone asks a developer to name their top 5."

Why not? I know in essence, a designer is meant to step back and think of the audience to make design decisions, but all I take from this is that he was fortunate enough to be in the main audience for a game he has worked on.

If the question would have been "name the 5 most influential games", then I would agree with you.
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SeesThroughAll #22 4 years ago

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My God, what a cock he is!

As opposed to how humble, let's say... Cliffy B. and Gabe Newell are?
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Stoatboy #23 4 years ago

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@BlankOBlank!: Hell yes! The guy's a cock!
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Psiloc #24 4 years ago

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@Stoatboy
"I'd suggest you happen to think that this makes him a cock then."

Yeah, when I read the subtitle I did think something along those lines. But then I read the article and found out it was pretty much pulled out of the air. I think there's a huge difference between saying your own game was memorable and saying your own game was one of the top 5 games ever.
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Dezm0nd #25 4 years ago

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Kojimas a Pretentious nonce
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BM #26 4 years ago

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No chuckie egg?

Jesus, what a cock
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J.C #27 4 years ago

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Must...resist....gnnnnn!

What a fucking cock!
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knocker #28 4 years ago

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"memorable *or* inspirational"

you'd kind of expect him to find MGS a little bit memorable from his perspective wouldn't you ?

Edited by 2 at 04/07/08 @ 13:28
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Redeye #29 4 years ago

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Great games, all. So what if he likes his own work enough to rate it in that way? Not quite sure I'd be able to do the same with anything I've worked on, but I've not been responsible for the creation of a multi-million-selling blockbuster, either.
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MattyD #30 4 years ago

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Ha ha. I have a cartridge of Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken for my Famicom but I can't get past the first couple of screens because of the language barrier. It sold absolute bucketloads on release in Japan.
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VMerken #31 4 years ago

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Ahh, Xevious. Jolly good times on c64.
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HavaR #32 4 years ago

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Portopia recieved a fan translation not that long ago.
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BobsUncle #33 4 years ago

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He really wanted to say Slinter Cell.
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Zander #34 4 years ago

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@BobsUncle

Course he did. Sam Fisher ain't shit compared to Solid Snake. I hate you and i love MGS & Kojima. They can do f'all wrong.

Seriously tho, he is a bit of a cheese end sometimes
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