[SPOILERS] MGS V: Did Kojima try to warn us?

The footage in this video was taken from the Deja Vu mission in MGSV Ground Zeroes.
In March 2015, Konami quietly removed all traces of Kojima's name from all of his games online with no explanation as to why they did it.
This mission in the game is a but ominous in the way it has the player erase the logos of his games and some of the dialogue is strange...

Was he trying to warn his fans of what the future was going to entail?

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[conecarina]

hes trying to say "You can erase my name from my game but people will remember me no matter what"

[dobledewom]

Metal Gear Survive
*NOT a Hideo Kojima game*

[jesuslabarca]

"But everyone of them will be always with you..."

Right in the feels... almost cry with that line

[kingcobra]

As a kid i always saw Metal Gear as a "Kojima game" without realizing Konami was the actual company. Metal gear is metal gear simply because of Kojima.

[apuapustajaauttavainen]

After 5 years, it still hurts. This is the real phantom pain

[EVOLRANE]

"You might be able to erase the markings,  
but the memories will never disappear"

That's Deep... 
Words to Live by from now on.

[IRONI]

kojima is the only one in the industry capable of using the gaming media to convey in a so elegant way his personal and professional troubles. pure genius.

[littlenoah]

Metal Gear Ac!d 2
Miller: that's not important

[thepixelglitched]

Love it when Kojima himself thanks the player “for all of your support!”

Knowing him, this was *definitely* a warning/message to the players. It’s absolutely within Kojima’s M.O. to do this. He frequently communicates with players in game through easter eggs, and such. Hell, he is a lost soldier in V. He asks us “what took you so long?” Almost seemingly in tears too. Granted, he was doing what Kaz did, but his delivery was genuine. By GZ, the Kojima/Konami thing was definitely going on already behind the curtain. He knew then that this was it.

I think that delivery in V was him not only cementing himself into Metal Gear officially as a character while he still could (and during the ‘80s as well - his favorite decade, and when he began as a developer), but also his way of thanking us, the players, for “saving him”. He knew we would “find him” and we would follow each other into the night.

He considers his fans family, like the lost ones consider Big Boss family. We are his salvation and this was one of his ways of telling us where to follow, showing us the path home. As always, he was leaving us the trail of breadcrumbs.

There is no doubt whatsoever.

[Sabbalab]

To be clear, the "Thank you for all your support!" was a reference to MGS1.

In the Japanese version, if you had save files for Policenauts and Snatcher, Psycho Mantis would say "You seem to be a fan of Kojima games." and then you'd hear Kojima say "Thank you for all your support."


As Snatcher and Policenauts never came to America, we never got those lines.

[onlarry]

"Metal Gear Acid"

"Looks like that's nothing special."

RIP

[SUPERNOVASpodcast]

From PT ending: 

“Dad was such a drag. Every day he’d eat the same kind of food, dress the same, sit in front of the same kind of games… Yeah, he was just that kind of guy. But then one day, he goes and kills us all! He couldn’t even be original about the way he did it. I’m not complaining… I was dying of boredom anyway, But guess what? I will be coming back, and I’m bringing my new toys with me.”

Just replace "Dad" with "Konami".

[StrongArmElijah]

_"Not yet Snake! It's not over yet!"_

[mr.cheesecake]

"Life isn't just about passing on your genes. We can leave behind much more than just DNA. Through speech, music, literature and movies..." - Solid Snake

[recommendit]

_"The original members: Para-medic, Sigint, Eva, all passed on"_

_"But every one of them. Will always be with you"_

Big Boss: _"Thank you for always waiting"_

[consume_vegetables]

The names that didn't disappear are what Kojima feared Metal Gear will be in the future. Metal Gear games that are made just for the purpose of milking money from the franchise.

[rahjeel]

the last line isn't disturbing, it's really sad. Konami has a chance to leave well enough alone, but nope. Metal Gear Survive is the fruit of greed.

[kikujade]

** - tries to erase metal gear acid ... "that was nothing special"

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

[hallyuotaku]

0:50 "nothing special"

savage Kojima-san

[shamisingh]

"You may be able to erase the markings but the memories will never disappear"




Hey who put this bowl of onions in front of me