Kojima has plan for ZOE sequel, but lacks production line
by Ludwig Kietzmann 
{ Oct 19th 2009 at 6:00PM }
"I already have a game plan and method for sales in my head," Kojima says before concluding, "I cannot make a promise about time. However, I can promise a sequel." While far from seeing the green light, a new Zone of the Enders would seek to obtain a level of success the previous game missed out on, just as it missed a more profitable release window. "At that time, if I hadn't made a mistake with the release date, Anubis [as ZOE 2 is known in Japan] might have ended up a major Kojima Productions title to follow MGS, still seeing development as a series." How frustrating -- if only that considerable retconning power could be put to use outside of the Metal Gear mythology.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Robobagins @ Oct 19th 2009 6:07PM
Day 1 purchase for me. Make it happen Kojima!
Temidien @ Oct 19th 2009 6:10PM
Production line? All you need is a PRODUCTION LINE?!!
Give me and my buddies a few six-packs, a box of pizza, and a free weekend and we will produce your ZoE3 and thank you for the honor.
nriveraexpress @ Oct 19th 2009 6:15PM
ROFL!!! ZOE3: A hangover and a mess, id buy that
Ashitaka @ Oct 19th 2009 6:17PM
Closer... Cloooser... You're getting there, Kojima :P
Misanthropic Gamer @ Oct 19th 2009 6:21PM
A new ZOE is just the thing I want from Konami. I wouldn't even mind if they put the MGS titles on hold to make it.
nriveraexpress @ Oct 19th 2009 6:23PM
woa woa gurl! lets not get crazy, i luvs me sum metal gear and i need em as soon as possible
Filthy Assistant @ Oct 19th 2009 6:34PM
Metal Gear is over as far as I'm concerned, 4 was a good ending. Now it's getting to be like the Saw movies. And this is coming from a huge Metal Gear fan.
Bring on the new ZOE! Fuck this PSP noise.
216 @ Oct 19th 2009 6:22PM
JEHUTY WILL LIVE AGAIN
Filthy Assistant @ Oct 19th 2009 6:34PM
ZOE is the best mech series simply because it has literal cockpits.
... @ Oct 19th 2009 6:40PM
Real funny...
RKN @ Oct 19th 2009 6:38PM
Only ZOE game I was close to playing was the ZOE 2 demo on a Playstation 2 demo disc and I was quite impressed. It gave me a very "Dragonball Z" type of vibe, which isn't a bad thing.
Too bad I sold my PS2 to help finance my B/C PS3 which then crapped out. I may buy a cheap PS2 again or emulate it on my PC.
Ashitaka @ Oct 19th 2009 6:58PM
Indeed, you got it right. ZOE 2 (the only ZOE I played) plays like Dragonball (Budokai) but the cutscenes ala Manga are phenomenal and the story is quite original, making it really different from DB.
Now, I gotta go listen to its soundtrack :]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Niruwh4UwS8#t=1m45s
Ashitaka @ Oct 19th 2009 7:05PM
I meant to say cutscenes ala Anime.
I love the intro of The 2nd Runner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCmVHuHCG_o&feature=related
Reuben @ Oct 19th 2009 7:05PM
I never played ZOE. It's always been filed under my "Someday" list.
Cheesus Crust @ Oct 19th 2009 7:08PM
*time
tacticknight @ Oct 19th 2009 8:06PM
Seeing as I fully anticipate ZoE3, I can only be a little miffed at Kojima here. It's almost as if he's saying that he doesn't have a choice in what he's working on, only what Konami tells him to. Otherwise, I would have thought that the perfect time to work on ZoE3 or even one of the Boktai games would have been after MGS4 was finished and the production pipelines were relatively free at Kojima Productions. Especially considering that after MGS4 was finished, Kojima originally came out and said that he was done with Metal Gear for the time being (which did change later - at one of the E3's I believe).
By the above logic, if Kojima really wanted to work on a different series than Metal Gear, why not after MGS4? And, if he decided randomly to work on Peace Walker and Rising (and Castlevania), that's fine, I mean, by why them, if he has such a strong desire to work on other titles? And, if it IS Konami pulling the strings on what he's working on, how do we know we'll ever get another ZoE or Boktai game, given how well Metal Gear sells? They may continually want him shelling out new titles, for all we know.
tacticknight @ Oct 19th 2009 8:12PM
I meant to say "that's fine, I mean, but why them" in the one sentence in the second paragraph. Also, as an addendum to that same line, why did he have to work on those titles now, anyway, if he wanted to work on others so much? He could have easily held off working on Peace Walker and Rising until the completion of something other than Metal Gear, or even had one of his teams starting the work on one of them, and then going to it once it had a decent start and his other new title was finished.
AerialAngel @ Oct 19th 2009 8:13PM
lmao i still love that tank picture.
Monkey Fetish @ Oct 20th 2009 12:46AM
ZOE will be a day-1 purchase for me, but I gotta wonder, how many units it will actually sell.
I mean, people LOVE Shadow of the Colossus but it wasn't a big money maker.
acme @ Oct 20th 2009 9:58AM
method for sales? what does that mean
vannyx @ Oct 20th 2009 8:43PM
the PS3 Deserves the third runner. I would love to see a game that includes Delores , Jehuty and Anubis. In the whole make believe worlds of Mecha machines they outclass everything ever conceived Even the gundams. Zero shift is no joke. I too wish he could work on this soon.
Aizen @ Oct 21st 2009 12:57AM
I'm a game developer. I'd work for you for free, Kojima.