Fri, Sep 25, 2009 | 23:02 BST
Imaizmu reveals that Kojima tried his hand at creating a controller
Kenichiro Imaizmu, producer of the Metal Gear Solid series at Kojima Productions, has revealed that Hideo Kojima had tried to build his own controller for Metal Gear Solid 4.
“We tried running electric shock waves, install a pulse reader … we also tried to build a controller that’s receptive to the strength of the [player's] grip,” he said. “We tried a lot, even a transforming controller.”
Sounds a bit painful, that shocking bit.
More over on Joystiq.
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Posted in: Development, Konami, TGS 2009, hardware
Tags: hideo kojima, Kenichiro Imaizmu, kojima productions, metal gear solid 4
4 comments
#1
freedoms_stain
25/09/09, 11:07 pm
I wonder how much cash they shat on that given it never materialised.
#2
Jadeskye
25/09/09, 11:31 pm
more Kojima style craziness.
#3
ashers2ashers
27/09/09, 1:00 am
freedoms_stain: think of how much they would have been able to charge for that kinda hardware *if* it did come into fruition though…
it’s not like they were ever gonna be strapped for cash if they made too many prototypes of controllers, and it could have made the game (and possibly others, too) slightly more special, even if it was just an elaborate unnecessary gimmick *cough* motion sensing *cough*
#4
marklesner
24/02/10, 12:37 pm
Keep up the good work.
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