Kojima gauging gamer interest in new Zone of the Enders

by Randy Nelson on Apr 22nd 2009 9:30PM

Six years after the release of the last console game in the series, Hideo Kojima is talking Zone of the Enders. Specifically, the Kojima Productions founder (and creator of a little series called Metal Gear) asks if gamers are really interested in a Zone of the Enders 3 during a new episode of MGS4's in-game "Integral" podcast.

Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner -- the, well, second game in the series -- was directed by MGS4 co-writer and director, Shuyo Murata, and remains a fan favorite in addition to a critical success; we're surprised it's taken Kojima this long to broach the topic of a sequel. In closing out a discussion about the demand for a follow-up, Kojima and his podcasting partners ask gamers to email them if they'd be interested in seeing it happen.

Kojima-san, about your mail server ... we're sorry about its imminent death under the weight of all those emails. Surely you can buy a new one with profits from ZOE 3?

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Reader Comments (95)

Hurry! Everyone start sending in email ESPECIALLY TELL THEM TO RELEASE ZOE AND ZOE2 AGAIN!

Heck yeah we're all interested in an MGS5 demo with a free game attached!

That was my exact opinion of ZOE1, glad ZOE2 was strong enough a title to be it's own game...

In all honesty though, something like that may be the only way to get people really interested in a ZOE game.

e-mail....should have specified PS3....oh well

i didn't play too much of it but what i did experience was fun. i think i had a demo and played the actual game at a friend of a roommate place

I think I just nerdgasmed a bit in my jeans...
a new Zone of the Enders would be amazing, 360 or PS3, I'd eat it up, and feel so happy and gracious I'd date an ugly chick...

I just pooped myself.

Well, I just sent my message in as well. Be interesting to hear what they say next Podcast regarding the death of their mail server from ZOE fans :D

yay and nay

yay- after mgs4, only lord knows what kind of set pieces these guys can deliver. omg the possibilities are endless.

nay- HATED the combat in ZOE. mechs should play liek mechs- ala lost planet and mgs4 battle of the gears(HOW FUGGIN AWESOME WAS THAT SCENE!?!?!). those two references make zoe1/2's gameplay seem lame in comparison. way too light and feathery, there was absolutely no weight to the bots.

even still, i have high hopes that they can deliver with awesome production values.

and some robot weight. and some color.

I disagree, the fast paced combat is why ZOE was awesome, There are a billion slow moving boring as hell mech games, I'd ditch the series if they did that to ZOE

What!? Yes, the mech part in MGS4 was awesome and felt really heavy, just like how Metal Gear Should be, because the metal gears are in fact xbox huge battle tanks....but the reason most people bought ZOE was for the fast paced action/battle....when i saw the trailer for the first ZOE i came in my pants because it looked so damn cool and fast paced. and ZOE2 was even more awesome in that aspect.

Yeah lost planet and the metal gear fights are fights between ground walking hulking tanks. Jehuty is an orbitial Frame. it wouldnt have the armor that a metal gear would and is not made to take direct hits. Mobility is its best offense and defense. You can keep your slow lumbering realistic tanks, give me Zero Shift anyday.

Zone of the Enders changed mecha actions titles forever. ZOE2 really sped things up and removed quite a bit of the bad/boring parts of the first title. I really appreciated the the graphical style which tied realistic graphics with toon-shaded effects. The bosses and their levels were also were far more interesting than the first game. Can anyone say VECTOR CANON? The weapons were great. I really wish the gave them more significance.

I would expect ZOE 3 to raise the bar even further. The creators can take in the good parts of the series and fan reactions to really give the series its due. I believe most people don't really like or think giant mech games are campy/cheesy. Here's hoping ZOE 3 comes out!

Man, I would love to see this game, i played both of them and I loved every part of those games, actually those are the only ones about mechs that I love, and if there could exist the posibility of a CE where they include ZOE and ZOE: 2nd runner, well, I'm sold, Now I won't be able to sleep :S

ZOE2 had a reprint in '06 or so, which is when I first played it. Great game, enjoyed the Front Mission-esque GBA game as well. I'd love a third entry!

Yes, dear God YES. And lets make it controversal as well.

ZOE 3: PS3/X360.

(I have a 360, why not damnit?)

I was so in love with ZOE. How in the hell did I miss ZOE 2? I must go track this game down.....

....Unless ZOE 2 was the GBA ZOE game, which I also loved a great deal.

Nope, I didn't know there was a GBA version of the game though lol

The 2nd game easily trumps the first though, I'll say that. The final bossfight alone is worth probably 20-30 bucks... :D

E-mail sent asking for it to be for 360 ^_^

Sweet! I love ZoE. I just love the fast paced fighting but I still don't like the "cock"pit joke...=/

I was crying for this game since forever. Come on Kojima...I really don't see why you would have to ask about this. Make the game already!!

P.S - I want a Jehuty figurine too

Easily one of the most beautifully crafted games of last gen... I absolutely loved The 2nd Runner from its fast and furious gameplay to its pseudo-cel shading. Loved it. It was also everything a sequel should be. Bigger. Better. Epic.

I've been wanting a ZoE3 for years and, though not a requirement to get more Jehuty (and Dingo, one of the best, most bad ass main characters around), I'd love to see online battles on the same scale as the battle at the Aumaan Crevasse.

Haha :D I would go bonkers over a ZO3 COME ON KONAMI, MAKE IT RAIN!!

ZOE2 was really good, also the boss-fight vs. anubis was so awesome....i wish you could control anubis, story-wise, in ZOE3 with more abilities than ever before :D.

I have the first one and I think it's horrible. I haven't played the second one which I heard was much better though.

I only played The 2nd Runner, but I loved every single part of it. I particularly liked the fact that you could move the cockpit during the cutscenes, as it greatly improved immersion in the game. And the boss fights were so epic, but so so epic! Aw, great memories..

On a side note, while playing MGS4, when I noticed that Otacon had a wallpaper of Dingo as his desktop, I took it as a harbinger of ZOE3 coming so I went nuts! It seems I was right!

I don't like the PS2-ZOEs as much as the awesome GBA Version. They should make a NDS-Sequel!

Still, I'm more into those heavy simulation-mech-games aka Mech Warrior 4. Sadly those aren't produced anymore -.-

I'm not into Mech games. I'm sure ZOE is awesome for those who are. I haven't tried either of them.

I'd rather see Kojima continuing to work on the Metal Gear series in some form or another.

Abslutelly, the best Robot Action game ever made.
And the only Kojima game I like.
Get ZOE 1 and ZOE 2
play them and you guys will see what we're talking about.
the rest is rest.

Awww, Hell YES PLEASE!
And more VicViper action this time around too, please! Damn, I was untouchable--the only way to beat Naked Jehuty and Anubis in versus mode, in fact.

I'd love to see a fully two player ZOE3, with the Vic Viper as the second player. "Jehuty! I'm not gonna make it!" "Vic Viper, over here! Thanks partner!"

Just sent my email, Would love to see ZOE 3 on ps3 In full 1080p HD!
Epic game that will be.

PSP counterpart maybe?

Lol, i remember renting ZoE just for the MGS2 Demo... Then i figured i'd play it since I rented it... And i loved it! Beat it within the week I rented it, and purchased it to support the devs, and play it over and over again!!!! >.< Love it, Especially part 2

Yes!!!!!!! Want a ZOE3 on the next-gen!!!!!!!!

You mean on the PS4? I think you mean current gen :P

Ah, the hilarious dialogue!

Dingo and his ..... Pals!

It just wouldn't be the same without it! Or Leo in his Vic Viper.

That would rock pretty hard.
Except Vic Viper is never going to need help, ever! You insult me, sir!

I don't know though. Most games nowadays are going for multiplayer coop, and I feel like it might not be a necessarily a good trend.

I dont know how many conversations I've had with friends about how awesome the ZoE games are and how much we would squeel if a new one came out for the current gen. I really, REALLY hope this becomes a reality and not to sound like a whiney baby but please make it multiplatform, im tired of exclusives forcing me to buy every system ever made.

For those who've never played the first 2 I have this advice: FIND THEM NAO! ZoE2 is, in fact, the best action game you will ever play. Ever.

totally emailed them!

I honestly didn't even attempt to play Z.O.E. for more than like, 10 minutes, when I first got the game. The main character seemed really whiny and I just wasn't feeling it. Like many people, it was a means to an end, to get that MGS2 demo. But, like, 2 years later, my boyfriend at the time was really bugging me to give it another shot and I'm glad I did. Not too long after I was on a hunt to find The 2nd Runner, used, at GameStop. I like that one a lot more (for the last level alone), but they're both amazing games. Dang, I hope this happens...and of course, on the PS3.

For those of you who haven't played this game, it is really the most awesome game ever created. Literally though, as someone said above, anything you ever hoped to do with a mech, including kill random civilians, is in this game. The main robot, Jehuty, probably has around 30 or so "subweapons" which let you fire everything from missles to lasers to stun blasts to HUGE cannon blasts. RIDICULOUS. PLEASE MAKE Z.O.E. 3, it would actually get me back into gaming.

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