Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5085906-20130627191357/@comment-64.33.250.214-20141024155105

0nighthawk0 wrote: Considering that Stefanie Joosten denied it to be true, it being mentioned to not be true in a KP podcast, and then the big man himself, Kojima, saying it's not true. I think that says enough that the theory, that once again, started out as a damned joke, is not true.

Also, why do keep people going back on Raiden? Seriously, throughout the whole series Raiden has been the ONLY character that was introduced like that, yet they keep falling back to it with this game. A one time thing doesn't make it standard, and people are really overhyping Kojima's secretness and hidden things probabilities far too much. Kojima took forever to personally deny it. He had to have known for months that it was one of the biggest, wildest theories out there. Stefanie addressed it months before Kojima. What took him so long? Perhaps he gets some satisfaction from people taking his games so seriously, and that's why each new game has an air of secrecy to it. MGSV isn't far from release, and there are confirmed characters and unconfirmed characters we still don't know much about.

A one time thing doesn't make it standard, but it does mean Kojima is capable of surprises. Very few games besides MGS2 have ever seen such a bait-and-switch. It left a huge mark on gaming history, and people remember it as one of Kojima's greatest trolls. But it doesn't stop at Raiden. MGS has always been huge on dramatic character reveals. Like the "Ninja" characters being returning characters, and previous characters being referenced or making return appearances. Like Psycho Mantis, just to name a few.

Let's not forget the whole "Did you rike it?" meme. Proving Kojima does like to mess with fans.