Konami’s Noriaka Okamura Says It Would Be ‘The Dream’ To Work With Hideo Kojima & Original Metal Gear Team Again

Noriaka Okamura, the producer on the Metal Gear Solid IP at Konami, has revealed it would be a ‘dream’ to work with series creator Hideo Kojima again on the franchise.

Speaking during a Japanese live stream this week, Okamura-san made it clear he’s not speaking on behalf of anyone else, but on a personal level, it’d be ‘the dream’ to see Kojima-san return. Kojima of course departed Konami in 2015 after the completion of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, after which he established Kojima Productions and worked on Death Stranding.

When asked if there was a possible chance that any of the original Metal Gear staff could work on the series again, Okamura replied:

It’s not my place to answer on behalf of anyone outside the company, or to guess how they might feel about it. But just speaking for myself, personally, I’d like nothing better than to work with Mr. Kojima and the rest of the team again. If that could happen, it would be the dream.

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But people have moved on to new things and new commitments, so that’s just our current reality. We can’t just take for granted that everyone would work with us again, or let ourselves be completely dependent on them.

Okamura added that “many” of the original Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater staff are working on the remake, which is titled Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater. Beyond this project, Okamura himself has had a long career working on the stealth franchise, having been involved with Metal Gear Acid 2, Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel, Metal Gear Solid: Portable OPs, and Metal Gear Solid Survive.

[Source – Metal Gear Production Hotline #1]