Video: Hideo Kojima Can't Resist Having A Go On 1-2-Switch

Too bad Kojima is now officially a PlayStation-only guy, he's literally under contract. News as these, as enjoyably "nice" as they are, won't result in any Kojima Nintendo game. Just felt like I had to point this out.

Off-topic but... does anyone here know when that Butterfly: Inchworm Animation II review is due?

What is he making for Switch? Nothing! What did he make for Wii U? Nothing! What did he make for Wii? Nothing!

What did he make for Gamecube? I'd argue nothing! We got Twin Snakes which was a remake of an old game. Nintendo paid all the money for that deal. Silicon Knights did all the developing. Didn't prevent Kojima getting a pay cheque though as he was the original producer. Then he trolled Snake in Brawl and we got nothing since on console. A token effort on 3DS.

The headline should read:

"Hideo Kojima Can't Resist Having A Go Troll On 1-2- Switch"

What's that T-shirt you're wearing Kojima? Looking for some free advertising of your game that you'll put everywhere else but on a Nintendo platform. Get lost!

Switch to Kojima!

kojima you need to **** sony like sony **** us

He won't ever bring his games to Nintendo. Firstly the systems aren't likely ever going to be powerful enough to create the types of games he produces, but also there isn't the market for his type of games on the systems, at least right now there isn't.

Anyway he first has to complete his PlayStation exclusive. And that could take 10 years knowing him 😉

@AlexSora89 Where does it say Kojima is Playstation only guy? They have a deal of exclusive Playstation game, but I have not heard of any longer exclusivity.

Death Stranding is also coming to PC, how easily people forget....

"Since when was Kojima the producer of MGS? He never was!"

~ Konami

Greg Miller is a dope, Kojima is overrated and this game looks like butt.

I don't know why I even clicked on this article.

... I actually cringed at the comments from some of you guys in this post. Shiryusly, attacking one of the most brilliant creative minds in the industry just because he is not making games for Nintendo. I wonder if when Miyamoto played PSVR there were comments like theses at Pushsquare...

Either way folks, I suggest you take a very long breath, go play "Snatcher" or "Policenauts" and reconfigure your though patterns about how much this single individual has done for the industry alone.

On a side note "The Twin Snakes" remains my all-time favourite Metal Gear and having Snake for Smash on Wii remains the coolest cameo of all times.

@Timppis
From what I heard, Kojima Productions - or whatever it's called now - is now a second-party developer for Sony.

@Shiryu brilliant? Talk about cringe. He makes nonsensical movies and disguises them as games. Strip away the gameplay and you'd have top contender for a Razzie.

Not surprising that Sony paired him with the biggest man-child in the internet to shill his new game at the Nintendo event.

Look at Kojima's pocket in the Zelda photo - he's smuggling a Switch out!

Kojima trying 1 2 Switch doesn't surprise me. He's being respectful to Nintendo and giving it chance to inspire him.

What is strange is the Kinda Funny bloke giving Nintendo the time of day after their recent snide hissy fit videos about how out of touch and pointless Nintendo are. In my opinion the lot of them are spoilt, self entitled, puerile twits who churn out shock videos of hatred and vitriol instead of attempting well researched, balanced journalism.

Yes please! We would love to see a Switch game by one of the gaming industry's greatest creators!

@Shiryu Not a fair comparison at all. Miyamoto is an employee of Nintendo. Kojima could have made games for Nintendo platforms but has chose/chosen not to.

@AlexSora89 didn't find anything like that from the interwebs, but their first independent game is definitely exclusive.

And another post for peeps here because I believe in the herd intelligence and my google skills are lacking.

What was the name of the game rumored to come for switch in which there were rolling monsters in an arena trying to push each other off from it. It was from some quite well known studio but I can't find it anywhere.

Can't wait for the inevitable tear-down from Kinda Funny.

Oh wait..... Yes I can.

@LUIGITORNADO Your opinion, not mine. I expect you to respect mine as I respect yours. But I still expected better from Nintendo Life readers. What are you, a mob of savages?

@MrGawain he's there because Sony paid him to be there with Kojima.

The best thing to happen to IGN was when those clowns left.

@MrGawain You could be describing most of the internet.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Can you imagine how much less brilliant the life and contributions of the industry of Miyamoto would be if he had been a employee of Konami instead of Nintendo? In fact, have any of you imagined what it has been like working for Konami in the past few years?

Don't think we will get any games anytime soon. I would love to have them though.

@LUIGITORNADO How's IGN doing nowadays?

@Julien Still awful. It's been like that since Matt, Bozon, and Craig left

@Shiryu
On my part, I just said it's a pity he's not making games for Nintendo consoles, and that as nice as this article was, no Nintendo games are coming out of it. Just wanted to be clear here, Gonzie.

@LUIGITORNADO
I got Greg Miller mixed with Greg Wilmot, former character on The Completionist, and while I would have agreed on that, I know literally nothing about Greg Miller - I might have heard that name somewhere, but I have no idea about anything else about him.
However, "top contender for a Razzie"? Dude, I have yet to play my PSN version of the first Metal Gear Solid, but even I know how far-fetched that statement is. His games' plots are nonsensical as long as you expect the various tropes to be played straight; the man is known for subverting expectations (want a MGS sequel so bad? Enjoy playing MGS2 as Raiden! Want the next MGS to use the full power of your shiny new PS3? And just like that, Snake is old and dying! Rinse and repeat) and generally throwing curve balls at players, while also offering a narrative that doubles as a meta analysis, critique and whatnot of narrative itself, aesops and... just about everything. Perhaps the actual Tv Tropes article can explain my point better than I could ever do. Or not, heck, I tried.

@Timppis
I might have messed up my search-fu. Will look it up later.

@MrGawain
That's nothing. Watch any video from either Jim Sterling (on his own show, Jimquisition) or, much worse, from Yahtzee's Zero Punctuation (funnily enough, both have been part of The Escapist at one point, which makes me wonder if The Escapist has some reason to bash on Nintendo on a regular basis... wait, no, no I'm not going to turn into a conspiracy theorist, nope!

@Damo
And I'm positively happy to be wrong.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
To be fair, Kojima often said that, if I remember the quote verbatim, "if a player doesn't think the world [he's playing in] is real, then there's no point in making the game". And given how "last-gen" Nintendo hardware often is... we should be grateful for Ghost Babel, The Twin Snakes, and Snake Eater 3D.

And lo and behold, my notification box will expand quickly in the next few hours.

@AlexSora89 Not to worry, it was not your comment I found to be in somewhat poor taste and lacking vision.

Freedom is a good expression to have especially when there's no harm done. It's cool to see Kojima having fun. That's cool

@Shiryu
Funny, I can get pretty cynical at times...

@SLIGEACH_EIRE stop being such a fan boy. Nintendo probably invited him.

This was awesome! I love Kinda Funny and Kojima is always fun to watch.

Also, I'm not sure why people are being so salty about Kojima not making games for Nintendo. What do you expect? Nintendo created an underpowered (but still TOTALLY AMAZING) console again. If you want his games, or more power, get a PS4 or PC. It's that simple. Nintendo is great most of the time, but it's best for the industry when EVERYONE is doing good.

Haha, it's great seeing devs with serious games playing stuff like this. Would love to see the ludens at Kojima Studios make games for Switch.

Also, can't wait for Death Stranding!

I'm not a fan of Greg Miller or his new company Kinda Funny, but I'm not angry they both tried the Switch. Who doesn't want to try it? Even people who don't really play video games would try the Switch so why wouldn't people in the industry want to give it a try.

What if this publicity did lead to a game coming from his new studio to the Switch?

Kojimas games have been known to surface on Nintendo consoles from time to time, as well as Sega even. Heck, Metal Gear started way back on NES, and we just got Metal Gear Solid 3 on 3DS, of course nobody bought it (as per usual). Also got Metal Gear Solid Twin Snakes on GameCube.

I wouldn't be shocked if one of his games came to Switch. obviously not the one Sony is funding (just like you wouldn't see Bayonetta 2 on other consoles) but... it's not beyond the realm of possibility.

Glad to see Kojima isn't ashamed of having a little fun. Think people are just embarrassed because they want to run to the console wars with something in hand to gloat with, and they know other fanboys will mock and ridicule a game like this. So they get angry about it.

QUICK! FIND CLUES FOR DEATH STRANDING!

Oh he's with that guy that thinks the Vita is better than the Wii U.

@AlexSora89 that's just for one game

@LUIGITORNADO It's time for you to play Snatcher and Boktai. I second your opinion on IGN, by the way.

@JaxonH The first MG was actually released on MSX2 first. Your point still stands though.

Ah Kojima, the Master. So great. What does the word "Stranding" mean anyway? Is that like Engrish for "Standing?"

@SLIGEACH_EIRE ''Looking for some free advertising of your game you'll put everywhere but on a Nintendo platform. Get lost!''

Lol. Blame Konami for not releasing his games on Nintendo platforms. His current game, Death Stranding, the first game he's doing as an independent studio is being funded by Sony. It's a PS4 exclusive. What's the problem with that? Nintendo funded the development of Bayonetta 2 and got that as an exclusive game in return. That's how business works. Nintendo could've stepped in and offered Kojima the funding he needs for Death Stranding, in that case it would've been a Switch exclusive.

@Shiryu Yeah, I thought we were past all that now. Developers are allowed to enjoy games from other consoles, and many have. I remember at a past E3 that Shigsy played Crash Bandicoot and complimented it's water effects.

I really can't tell if 1-2-Switch is something that's actually "happening" on its own, which would be very unexpected, or if Nintendo is just pumping way too much time and money trying to make it happen. Or maybe it's a thing in Japan more than anywhere else (and Nintendo thinks that means it's a thing everywhere else.)

Still, fun to see Kojima in proximity to a game with a story line that makes sense. I gave up on trying to understand anything around MGS4!

@Churchy It would seem that our "job" of opening minds is far from over.

The bottom line is that his games don't sell well on Nintendo hardware because thematically, or because of the genre, or something that I don't understand, the Nintendo install base are simply less interested. It makes complete sense for him to receive funding from Sony to put his game exclusively on the console which will result in the largest sales.

With respect to this article, no one in the comments section cares whether you like his games or his business strategy at all; That's not what this was ever about.

What's all the hate against Kojima? Just because he didn't develop for Nintendo systems, he's the Devil? Some of these comments are just laughable

@manu0
Yep, the "RMS Alex goofed it up" ship has sailed, mate.

Wow, so many hate. It's just Kojima playing a game with Greggy. That's it.whats wrong with that. Seriously guys, don't take things so serious. Yeah, i said it. Angry Internet boys. Oh my

@BinaryFragger Exactly. This is meant to be fun. And Kojima himself played the Famicom a lot before getting into games. Like a lot of people in the industry, Ninty are a huge reason why he entered in the first place.

But then, looking on the positive, there are plenty of chilled out folks who enjoy the industry as a whole.

@Shiryu

... I actually cringed at the comments from some of you guys in this post. Shiryusly, attacking one of the most brilliant creative minds in the industry just because he is not making games for Nintendo. I wonder if when Miyamoto played PSVR there were comments like theses at Pushsquare...

Either way folks, I suggest you take a very long breath, go play "Snatcher" or "Policenauts" and reconfigure your though patterns about how much this single individual has done for the industry alone.

On a side note "The Twin Snakes" remains my all-time favourite Metal Gear and having Snake for Smash on Wii remains the coolest cameo of all times.

I would like to second this and state that my leave **** sony comment was a comment about howmuch i cant stand sony and in no way aimed at kojima.

The metal gear solid series is my all time personal fav followed by resident evil. I even loved the original metal gear games on the Nes, Twin snakes was brilliant (well done sillicon knights) i even enjoyed zone of enders.

Kojima is absolutely brilliant and literally sat right next to miyamoto as one of the best.

Kojima-San in that pic doh....lol

@Menchi187 Death Stranding is a PS4 exclusive its also being published by Sony and using one of Sony's 1st party game engines GG, i can guarantee Death Stranding will not be on PC.

Forgot to add Sony also owns the IP.

Unpopular opinion, but I really can't stand Greg Miller. Something just puts me off

@banacheck go to the PS blog and you can find the confirmation by sony themselves it is coming to both

Metal Gear Switch confirmed. Oh wait.

Rast night I was stranding inna checkout rine at Bess Buy.

@Menchi187 Its been updated since then.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DeathStranding/comments/4o1opj/death_stranding_no_longer_on_ps_blog/

@SLIGEACH_EIRE It works both ways. Hideo Kojima enjoying 1-2-Switch is also good advertising for the game and Nintendo.

Kojima looks like he is having a blast. Maybe he will make something for The Switch in the future ; )

Kojima playing the game makes me want to play the game.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE a fit of fanship, exhibit A. Or so it sounded to me, frankly. The low odds of Kojima working for Switch were posted literally a comment away from yours more comprehensively and without behaving like the poster has a tail and Kojima stepped on it.

Wow, Kojima's existence sure fired a lot of people up lol. I have no reason to hate the man. If a dev has a vision for a game and they want the biggest sandbox to play in with no limitations, then who am I to judge. Yes I wish a numbered Final Fantasy or a Kojima production would come to Switch, but I don't control how these guys think. Some devs say "I'll produce anywhere, gimme the dev kit!" and some say "give me the installbase first and I'll develop". I can't say I'll pine for a Kojima game on a Nintendo system, but I know the guy is a Nintendo fan regardless, and that's still respectable. I'm not sure if Kojima Productions is a 2nd party of Sony or not, but I do know he was limited under Konami's rules, so who knows what the future holds. See ya when I see ya, Kojima

What's with the asinine comments, why don't you fanboys join Playstation or Xbox et al? Then when Miyamoto's name comes up in your forums you can spout off like a bunch of ungrateful whiners.

I can't wait to play death stranding on playstation 4. I have always been a fan of Kojima, he makes great games. One thing I can't stand are fanboys.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE The lack of Nintendo love doesn't make his games any less fantastic.

Love Kojima games...would be awesome to see something on Nintendo. Probably won't happen though. That game he's working on looks pretty amazing.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Calm down man. All Kojima was doing was having a little fun. Which is very good for Nintendo, since it gives them some good press on the Switch.

Also Kojima never trolled Nintendo fans by having Snake in Brawl. Kojima asked if Snake could be in Melee, but it was too late to implement him in the game. So they waited until the next installment to put him in. And so what if there isn't a metal gear game on the Wii? Blame Konami for that mistake.

Nice to know Chunk from the Goonies is doing well these days

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
Wow what a grump. No reason why some people hafta be so negative about a video where people are goofing around and having a good time.

@BinaryFragger

Well they say every party needs a pooper.

;P

I like Kojima, and I'm glad to see him having fun with the Switch, even if it is with the Kinda Funny idiots, or shall I say Really Unfunny idiots. Kojima is a brilliant creator and now that he's out from under Konami's thumb he actually might be able to put something on a Nintendo platform. He really seemed to be enjoying himself at any rate.

What is wrong with you people I don't know, but there's no need to be so nasty about an old guy having fun.

Kojima is cool no matter what. We own him for a lot of things when it comes to gaming industry. An he is really adorkable there :3

Wow, the handful of snarky comments about Kojima have sparked an overwhelming response from people disgusted with the entire Nintendo fan base. By the 30th comment of people complaining about people complaining I forgot about the people complaining about Kojima. (Sigh) yet, here I am complaining about people complaining about people who complained about Kojima. The work we live in these days.

@Damo
"has been spotted playing 1-2-Switch at the RTX Syndey event in Australia"

I think you mean Sydney, never been to or met Syndey, she sounds nice.
😁

@SLIGEACH_EIRE "Good good....let the hate flow through you"

Never have I been so embarrassed to be a Nintendo fan than reading this comment section. I can't believe the whining that one of the most creative minds in the industry isn't developing for your preferred plastic box.
Jeez people calm it down.

@gamermole you must not remember history it was Nintendo that f**k Sony over first if it wasn't Nintendo changing their minds about a SNES add on then Sony would have never gotten into video games in the first place. So please any blame should go towards Nintendo you don't do years of R&D if your Sony and have Nintendo say thats ok we changed our minds. Im glad it happened if not never would have had my favorite systems of all time the PS1 and PS2. But please get your facts straight Nintendo was the one in the wrong NOT SONY.

@joeravens9

Get my facts straight? Please research into why Nintendo went with Panasonic on that deal. Please read what Sony stated in the contract for that prototype, then come back to me.

Intact I will make it easier for you

Nintendo switched sides and instead the Playstation was introduced at the CES in June the same year! The machine was playing both special "Super Discs" containing 680 Megabyte but also normal SNES games. All was looking just fine until they found that the deal they had struck with Sony way back in 1988 granted Sony the right to control and license all the CD based games for the Playstation. Sony was also the only supplier of the special sound chip that was used in the SNES. Nintendo was in deep shit! (Or as one industry consultant put it "Sony had Nintendo by the balls..!"

That's why they went with Panasonic. Due to Sony hiding stuff in the small prints and if I was Nintendo or any other company I would have left them too.

Oh sure Sony you can have the rights to any Mario, Zelda, metroid we produce because it's on your disks. Makes sense to me.

Still Nintendo fault read the contract before you sign it not Sony's fault they control an industry I understand about Nintendo franchises but Nintendo only has themselves to blame even if things were hidden it why you read a contract before signing it But I likd Nintendo back then I still do today but I do prefer PS4 today cause games Nintendo will never get on Switch . I wish Nintendo would get rid of motion controls and put out a REAL SYSTEM I'm sorry a system like Switch with 1 Teraflop???? Plus even if it sells great which I think it will over next 2 years Nintendo still be screwed when in 2020 when PS5 comes out it's why so many companies are waiting to see if Switch is successful. Sony has already won this generation but I do love my 3dsxl but Nintendo needs to step up their game if not they will always remain in last place. I hope not I love Sony that won't change but I want Nintendo to be successful and stay in the hardware biz but another Wii U and they could become another Sega

Sony don't control an industry. Not unless you think they make other companies come up with ideas so they can then use them.

And what do you mean by Put out a real system? You think the ps4 is a real system? Or the ps4 pro? My PC pisses all over the ps4 pro, and I wouldn't even call that a real system. I don't get it. Fair enough if people don't think Nintendo put out real systems because they concentrate on gameplay. But to then drop a line mentioning teraflops and continue to talk about the ps4 being a real system........ Please, if you play on ps4 graphics don't mean anything to you and you don't know what a real system is.

I'm just going to leave this here as a little reminder as to who really invents, dreams, and pushes the industry forward with their REAL SYSTEMS

@Shiryu "Shiryusly"

Whether that's autocorrect gone rogue or a pun, that's amazing.

Anyway, he's likely not making a game for Switch, but he's still a famous video game dude who is at least inadvertently building hype for Switch, and their darkest of dark horse games at that.

While Kojima can be a bit of a snake (no worse than his former big boss Konami, though), I think in this one case he's doing Nintendo's hype train a solid.

@World It's always on purpose.

Ah yes, I still remember the days when Kokima said that "Metal Gear Solid 2 is going to be the last one, I swear it!" Then 3 came out, then 4, then...

LORD KOJIMA BLESSED NINTENDO IN HIS PRESENCE.

@LUIGITORNADO your Nintendo fanboyism is fresh for the memes

@gamermole Of course the PC out does consoles, they've always have. And it seems your a bit salty at Sony for some reason.

@TreasureFan

Your right can't stand them. Terrible terrible company.

Not to mention that user joined just to comment that I need to get my FACTS correct. I know my facts plus much more, he even went on to say it was an add-on Sony and Nintendo were creating........ WRONG

My fiancee says when I die she is going to bury me with a ps4 just to piss me off

Does Miller still do reviews with his new company? I didn't mind and sometimes enjoyed the other stuff he did on IGN but he was never good at reviews, too much of a fanboy.

Also I am looking forward to his new game but after MGS3 the quality(gameplay) of that series went to crap.

@CatMarioTime You know what's funny about that? Nintendo fanboys get on my case every time I bad mouth Nintendo.

I just think the dude is overrated. I'm a PS owner and I still don't give a rat's ass about the games he makes.

I said a similar thing about the Suda51 dude, and I was attacked.

@gamermole Ok then, I don't think Sony's that bad of a company, but to each his own I guess.

@LUIGITORNADO Yeah, talk about cringe after making such.... dumb comments. You just repeat what you have heard from other people with little knowledge of the Metal gear games with no actual points on why do you have that kind of opinion. How is MGS story nonsensical? Hell, they are not really complicated like some Final Fantasy games or Kingdom Hearts. It's not the game's fault that you have trouble understanding a story that many others enjoy and don't have any trouble with it. As long as the cutscenes are in some of the entries they are far from being movies instead of games, but then again you are the guy who just repeats the comments of some people who got frustrated because they couldn't understand the difference between Solid Snake and Big Boss.

By the way, nice logic. Strip away the gameplay of any game and just leave the cutscenes and you have that with any game, not just Metal gear.

I normally don't recognize users from other game sites, but your comments are so annoying and irritating that they definitely feel unique in a bad way. Also, your profile picture is the same.

Seriously dude, there's a reason why people don't like you here or on IGN. It's ok if you think the guy is overrated and you don't like MGS games but the amount of... trash you can say in just one comment is amazing.

@roy130390

Actually. My opinions extends to most Japanese games that put an emphasis on story and just come off as a melodramatic soap opera starring CLICHE. Most of it is complete nonsense.

It's okay to admit it's nonsense and still like it. For example, I love Bayonetta, and the story is just AWFUL, and it's supposed to be. But unlike MGS and Final Fantasy, I'm not forced to watched thirty minute cut scenes every hour with Bayonetta.

My opinion stands on Kojima. Sorry you don't agree; then again, I don't really care. Your self-esteem is obviously wrapped up in the entertainment you associate your identity with, like so many gamers who take insult when their favorite video games are dismissed by someone else.

"Thanks for the sage advice, Luigitornado. You're a fantastic guy."

YOUR WELCOME

*but seriously. If you don't like my comments, man, just ignore them. No harassment required.

@LUIGITORNADO Again, how is it nonsense?

Newsflash: You aren't forced to watch the cutscenes, you can skip them and it's certainly incredible (not in a good way) how can you compare Bayonetta's story to Metal Gear. Also, you can't admit something you actually don't believe. I dont know what problems you have with Metal Gear, but I never had any troubles understanding the story, and the same applies to many gamers that have followed the series. I can't assure that the story will be easy to follow or even logic to everyone, but you certainly do assure that it's a bunch of nonsense. Sure, a lot of stuff happens, but it really isn't confusing. Just because YOU couldn't understand the story, doesn't mean it doesn't have sense. It's ok to admit that by the way.

" Your self-esteem is obviously wrapped up in the entertainment you associate your identity with, like so many gamers who take insult when their favorite video games are dismissed by someone else."

Brilliant deduction by the guy who thinks that you can strip away the gameplay of a game and still have a game except in the case of Metal Gear. It's not about you not liking the series (as I said in my previous comment, but it seems you have trouble comprehending what you read), it's about the amount of nonsense you write. You just describe everything in a negative way with little to no susbtance on why do you think that.

For a guy that criticizes nonsense so much, you don't seem to see the irony in writing hateful comments attacking things you don't like with little to no logic behind it. As you said, why did you even click in the article? Even better, why the hell are you even posting in something related? Only you know the answers to those dude.

I normally don't reply to you here or on IGN, but just as you have the right to express so much verbal vomit about things and even people you don't like, I have the same right to do so.

By the way, you are caring enough to reply so... I don't need to elaborate more on this, right? ... Right?

You can follow your own advice and ignore my comments. It's mind blowing, isn't it?!