Kojima talks about a “Snake for a new era”

As much as everyone loves Solid Snake, it would piss a lot of people off to see him beyond Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Hideo Kojima knows that and says if there is to be a new Metal Gear game, it would have to come with a new Snake. He says a new Snake is needed for a new era, and we’ve got the full story on it after the jump.

We know that Hideo Kojima and his posse promised us that we’ve seen the last chapter of Solid Snake‘s story with the fabulous Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. However, they never said that other Snakes would have their stories terminated with him, making it naive to not expect a new Metal Gear game in the future.

MGS4 producer Ryan Payton was quoted as saying that a new MGS game starring Big Boss is always an option, but in a new interview with Variety, series creator Kojima hinted that a new prequel may not necessarily be their next stealthy project.

After talking about stuff that he read briefly in the interview, Kojima described the process of how they came up with the concept for Old Snake. “I made him this way because of the unique characteristics of the game medium … he represents the players themselves because of the interactive nature of games,” he told Variety.

He then added that new Snake is always an option and he has an idea of how he’ll be. He said “if there ever were to be a new Snake (might have a different name), he will be a Snake for a new era.”

Kojima did not further explain what he meant, but he could be talking along these lines of thought: the generation that played the original MGS way back in 1998 as teenagers and young adults are all grown up now and are represented by Old Snake. By “new era”, Kojima could be hinting at something designed more specifically for today’s generation of gamers. In any case, that’s just a guess and mine is as good as yours. More updates to come soon.

Via Variety

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