Hideo Kojima says it was even harder to explain his solar-powered vampire game than Metal Gear - and ironically it was raining on release day 21 years ago

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Face of stealth games and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:lover of movies 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Hideo Kojima recently reminisced ab⛦out his vampire hunting series Boktai for the 21st anniversary of its first installment on Game Boy Advance. Apparently♛, the game's solar-powered weapon was a tough sell for Kojima's development team, and it probably didn't help that it was raining on release day. 

"I remember that it was rai✃ning hard," Kojima .&nb𒁏sp;

. "This game was even more difficult to explain internally and also externally than Metal Gear (about 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:the concept of stealth)." 

Even after 21 years, Boktai's game mechanics feel eccentric and inventive. Long after Boktai released, players would marvel at how difficult it was to play it , and modern emulators altogether, standardizing its gameplay. No wonder it was difficult for Kojima to explain the game's concept to people — some players continue to have a hard time🗹 acc🌺epting it. 

"Just go outside, a little fresh air won't kill you," one Boktai fan advises another player in a 14-year-old GameFAQs thread that fills me with nostalgia. Boktai was a golden opportunity to touch grass aཧnd we wasted it𓄧. 

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Kojima's OD is poised to be similarly interactive, albeit seemingly with less sunlight in⛎volved. In January, Kojima reiterated on X that Boktai "was met with fierce opposition from the staff and even within the company," and that, "in that sense, 'OD' is just as different." Without a release window for OD, we'll have to wai💟t to see how true that is. 

Splinter Cell director says Hideo Kojima's auteur status is well deserved since 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:"the result speaks for itself."

Ashley is a Senior Writer at GamesRadar+. She's been a staff writer at Kotaku and Inverse, too, and she's written freelance pieces about horror and women in games for sites like Rolling Stone, Vulture, IGN, and Polygon. When s♌he's not covering gami💙ng news, she's usually working on expanding her doll collection while watching Saw movies one through 11.