Ah, the posh lifestyle of a high-profile Japanese game developer. Once you reach a particular echelon of fame and notoriety, you can drop all kinds of obscure hints as to what you may or may not be working on and drive guys like me into a ravenous frenzy. Plus, you get to do it at events called Snake vs Zombie with appropriately-designed and profoundly awesome flyer art.
Snake vs Zombie, hosted by Grasshopper Manufacture in Tokyo, is a series of live talk shows featuring some of the biggest names in Japanese development: Hideo Kojima (MGS), Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil), Suda 51 (Killer7, No More Heroes) and Fumito Ueda (Ico, Shadow of the Colossus). 1UP staffer Yoshi Sato has a great run-down of the event, which I encourage you all to check out here -- it's an awesome look into the minds of some of today's most active developers.
But Kojima wouldn't be Kojima if he didn't drop some sort of esoteric, mind-boggling hint as to his current projects, would he? As the main event of the discussion unfolded, Kojima and Suda51 dropped the following bomb on classic gaming nerds everywhere:
Mikami's first encounter with Kojima's work was Metal Gear Solid -- however, he personally likes Snatcher more. Kojima and Suda 51 both reacted, "Ah yes, Snatcher," alluding to something. "Oh, should we announce it here?" "Maybe later, during Hidechan Radio?" (The show later lead to the live recording of Hidechan Radio by Kojima Productions).
Could it be that Kojima is finally planning to revisit one of his most fan-beloved creations (that isn't MGS) with Suda in tow? Expect to hear an announcement sometime in the very near future. A Snatcher remake or sequel on the Wii would be a realization of my deepest, most hidden dreams.
[Via 1UP]
Contest:
11:44 AM on 04.17.2007
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The idea is awesomeeerr.
That event sounds too good to be true. A lot of talented folks that I'd love to hear speak.
That'd be such fresh madness.
Kojima said, "I think we'll just take turns. Like when it goes 'Game Over' it's the other guy's turn." Suda brings up the recent movie Grindhouse: "How about like Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, sort of like a double feature?"
Besides referencing a great movie that totally should not have failed, I'd love to see some "double feature" game, where if you get Game Over, you boot up the game and it's the other director's vision for the game. It'd be highly innovative to switch back and forth between one concept with two different executions.
And Kojima needs to get off his ass and make that zombie game he keeps talking about.
I played Snatcher, it was cool, but I feel Kojima might be getting too much credit for it. I could be wrong because I might not know the whole story.
Fortunately Project-Itoh was kind enough to give us some extra information about what the project really is:
* This is the famous "Project S" that Kojima and Suda have been talking about.
* It is a "web-radio-drama" (Japanese only...)
* It may be a Snatcher prequel, before Gillian came to Neo-Kobe.
* The protagonist is Jean Jack Gibson.
* Suda Gohichi will write the script, status is first-draft.
It´s not a game, it's something for the radio…
Mmm... stealth
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