Hideo Kojima has confirmed that he will take on a supporting role in his planned Zone of the Enders sequel.
Writing on Twitter, Kojima-san cited continuing work on the mysterious Project Ogre as the reason for serving as producer on the game.
“Since I am currently in beta on Project Ogre, I became the producer for the Ender’s Project," he said. "From the start of the plan, it was clear I was just support. In reality, the game design, script, production, level design, etc. were all supervised by other staff. Even when I tried to force myself into things, I didn’t have any success."
As producer however, Kojima-san revealed that he now has to take into consideration market conditions in regards to how many copies the game will sell, and balancing this out with his own personal desires for the project.
“As a producer, it’s necessary to think about whether it’ll sell or won’t sell. You can’t budget without assuming market conditions and how many will sell,” he explained.
"The most important part is whether or not I can actually make what I intend. Is it better to make the next one anime style and satisfy the otaku part of my soul? Or satisfy the sci-fi part of my soul and make it photo realistic?
"The creators of Gundam, Akira and Evangelion were heavily influenced by various works from in and outside the country. Japanese creators who have an otaku and sci-fi soul use this combination technique to create and put out anime like that."
The new Zone of the Enders game, titled Enders Project, was unveiled last week during a press event for the forthcoming ZoE HD Collection. No further details are known on the game at this point, however.
via Gematsu