Hideo Kojima Demystifies Crazy Countdown Code

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Hideo Kojima Demystifies Crazy Countdown Code



In a Q&A released by Konami, Hideo Kojima finally revealed the madcap logic behind those absurd pre-E3 countdowns on his Metal Gear teaser site.

Hideo Kojima had many of us in the gaming community all up in a speculative tizzy in the weeks leading up to E3 with his godforsaken love of endless cryptic countdowns [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/91770-UPDATE-Kojimas-Next-Game-5-or-S] on his company's teaser site. After endless silly guesses and the occasional serious speculation, Kojima revealed three games at E3: Metal Gear Solid Rising and Peace Walker, and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. The mystery was solved.

Or was it? People were quick to forget that Kojima never really explained exactly what all those random letters, symbols and images on the teaser site really meant. Well, in a Q&A released by Konami today, the man finally came clean. Here's the breakdown of the signs that appeared on the site:


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5=it is an MGS5 class game
S=Snake
巳=snake in Kanji
E=E3
R=Raiden
3=3 from 360 and E3
6=6 from 360
P and S=PSP and adding 3 makes it PS3
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What. So okay, there was no possible way anyone could have logically figured this out unless they were actually Hideo Kojima. 5 meant that Peace Walker is an "MGS5 class" game? S could have meant anything, E could have meant anything. All of it could have meant anything, and people ran with that. Don't you remember how people took the P, S, and 3 to mean that whatever Kojima is making is a PS3 exclusive?

The guy was clearly playing us for chumps the entire time, and now he's just laughing at all of us. "So everyone, how did you like it?" he asked. "Were your predictions on the mark?"

Considering I was hoping for a duck riding simulator, I'd say my predictions weren't on the mark. Let's just forget any of that ever happened, please.


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Sparrow

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You really need to get a new picture for Kojima.

That duck is seriously freaking me out now.
 

Keane Ng

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Sparrow Tag said:
You really need to get a new picture for Kojima.

That duck is seriously freaking me out now.
We have plenty of pictures of him, we just choose to use this one. Just to freak you out.
 

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Sparrow Tag said:
You really need to get a new picture for Kojima.

That duck is seriously freaking me out now.
This. Can we get something, anything else? Or just no picture?
 

Beltom

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Why the duck, why always the duck?!
On topic: Did anyone manage to successfully figure out this code before Kojima said what was what?
 

Sparrow

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Keane Ng said:
Sparrow Tag said:
You really need to get a new picture for Kojima.

That duck is seriously freaking me out now.
We have plenty of pictures of him, we just choose to use this one. Just to freak you out.
I SEE IT WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT MAN!
 

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Keane Ng said:
Sparrow Tag said:
You really need to get a new picture for Kojima.

That duck is seriously freaking me out now.
We have plenty of pictures of him, we just choose to use this one. Just to freak you out.
Are there any other pictures of him riding weird looking playground equipment?
 

hopeneverdies

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Well don't we feel dumb? It was soooooo obvious what all of those signs meant.
/sarcasm

Sheesh, what goes on in Krazy Kojima's head? Reminds me of my friend who would make these weird contrived explanations on how their birthday relates to something.
 
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sheic99 said:
Keane Ng said:
Sparrow Tag said:
You really need to get a new picture for Kojima.

That duck is seriously freaking me out now.
We have plenty of pictures of him, we just choose to use this one. Just to freak you out.
Are there any other pictures of him riding weird looking playground equipment?
Or weird looking playground equipments riding him...*jams forks into both eyes*
 

Gerazzi

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I don't like metal gear solid that much anyway.
Let's put this behind us.
Brotherofwill said:
Keane Ng said:
"So everyone, how didju rike it?" he asked.
Fixed.
Also this joke was bad and you should feel bad.
[sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub]hehe[/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub]
 

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Gerazzi said:
I don't like metal gear solid that much anyway.
Let's put this behind us.
Brotherofwill said:
Keane Ng said:
"So everyone, how didju rike it?" he asked.
Fixed.
Also this joke was bad and you should feel bad.
[sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub]hehe[/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub]

This is even scarier than the duck.
 

Gerazzi

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Brotherofwill said:
Gerazzi said:
I don't like metal gear solid that much anyway.
Let's put this behind us.
Brotherofwill said:
Keane Ng said:
"So everyone, how didju rike it?" he asked.
Fixed.
Also this joke was bad and you should feel bad.
[sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub]hehe[/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub]
-pretend there's a video here-

This is even scarier than the duck.
DAMN YOU!
Coca Cola almost fried my computer when it was shot Anime nosebleed style at my screen.
Can't stop Laughing
 

Xvito

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I'm still hoping for Metal Gear Salmon.

Just think about it for five seconds... Pretty awesome, huh?

--Xvito, THIS IS SAALMOOON!
 

SaintWaldo

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Keane Ng said:
Let's just forget any of that every happened, please.
By writing it up and posting it on a public website with the specific intent of sparking further discussion? Your means of forgetting confuse me...
 

Lord Beautiful

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Oh, that crazy Kojima. Certainly he didn't think anyone other than himself could decode that little puzzle. At least he's crazy in a good way. It takes a person not in his right mind to make something like the Metal Gear Solid series, and that's insanity I can support.

Also, that picture amuses me to no end. I encourage all staff writers to use that picture in every article in which Kojima is involved (which seems to be the case already, but I'm encouraging you guys not to change that).