If you've read anything around here you know how I feel about Hideo Kojima. I love that little man. That's why anything he has to say usually gets some sort of coverage, whether it be gaming or life. He has it all figured out. He's also hard at work on the next chapter in the highly anticipated Metal Gear Solid saga, MGS: Peace Walker, headed to the PSP next year. And while most people would assume he took on the gig of bringing Peace Walker to the PSP rather than the Playstation 3 because he wanted a new challenge, the real reason seems to be something else entirely. And far funnier. Truth is, He's actually bringing the next important phase of the Metal Gear Solid saga to the PSP to defy parents and bring happiness, rainbows, and guns to children everywhere when their parents aren't looking. Therefore, he's sneaking children the product. Much like Solid Snake sneaks...
So how do we know this is the case? Well, during an interview with Pierre, designer of Assassin's Creed II, in the pages of Famitsu, Kojima so eloquently spelled out why he decided to bring Peace Walker to the PSP:
"Really, I don't think much about whether a platform's portable or for the home. In other words, it's not important to me. With the PS3, you've got a whole range of middle- and high-school kids who can't play your game because their parents don't let them play video games at home. Those kids can whine at their parents all day about how the game's anti-war and anti-nukes, but they'll just respond 'Well, you're still killing people with guns, aren't you?' and brush it off. I wanted to go the extra mile for gamers in that sort of situation. That was one of the reasons I chose the PSP."
Way to stick it to the man, Kojima! But I think parents are going to get a wee bit suspicious when their children come home and start tweeking out like crack fiends because they need their next Peace Walker fix and can't get it until the rents leave the house. Should be interesting when the news reports come in with children suffering from war flashback-esque syndromes.
