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When asked about what kinds of character design requests he had, Kojima frankly answers “Hardboiled.

It’s a serious, heavy story, and I wanted characters who could handle that world.”

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The reason for these strict criteria was simple.

You struggled a lot.

(laughs) The first design looked like Captain Future, and he was orange-colored."

Metal Gear Solid collection

Pyramid Head stands in the rain in the Silent Hill 2 remake.

A brightened screenshot from Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes.

Death Stranding 2

Silent Hill f

Death Stranding 2

Metal Gear Solid 3 Delta screenshot

Ape Escape monkey showing its behind to the camera in a trailer for Metal Gear Solid 3 Delta

Metal Gear Solid 3 remake Snake aiming a pistol

A screenshot from the Metal Gear Solid 3 remake.

A screenshot shows three Elden Ring Nightreign characters wearing Dark Souls armor sets

Hollow Knight

Lewis Pullman as "Bob" in Thunderbolts*

Hawkeye

GTA 6 trailer screenshots

GTA 6

Articulate box, cards, board, and tokens on a wooden table

The cast of Thunderbolts standing in an elevator during the trailer for the upcoming Marvel Phase 5 movie.

Logan Kim as Hershel and Lauren Cohan as Maggie in The Walking Dead: Dead City season 2