Kojima Wants The Metal Gear Solid Series To Run And Run.

The 48-year old (!!!) video game legend told an audience at the University of Southern California that he will continue to make Metal Gear Solid titles for as long as fans want them.

"First of all, I just want to say that as long as there are fans who want Metal Gear Solid, as a producer, I will always want to still make them and I want the series to continue," he revealed.

"So even after I die, I still would love to have the Metal Gear Solid series continue."

But Kojima also wants to work on something new. A life-time of Metal Gear must take its toll on any creative mind.

"As a creator, of course, I want to do something new, and I don't want to be limited to Metal Gear forever, right?" he said. The problem is, no one else quite does Metal Gear like Kojima.

"So of course I have tried in the past. I've tried to hand Metal Gear off to other people within the studio and I've tried to raise people up so they have the ability to take over. And I think since Metal Gear Solid 3, I've tried this and actually did hand it off and have other people come up with the story and come up with the game design.

"But for some reason it just never really works out. And, you know, I end up having to step in again to take charge and kind of fix things here and there and just get sucked back in unfortunately.

"I also want to take the numbered series, the official canon Metal Gear, and hand that off to someone."

Is there a subtle hint as to why Metal Gear Solid: Rising's been missing in action within Kojima's words?

[source eurogamer.net]