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    Kojima is talking about Love Plus, a Nintendo DS title released early September in Japan by Konami. "You pretty much never see Konami games becoming popular among the employees of Konami themselves" Kojima espoused. "I think Love Plus is the first one. Full Article at 1up.com
    You pretty much never see Konami games becoming popular among the employees of Konami themselves
    – Hideo Kojima SOURCE: 1up.com 3 weeks ago
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Kojima Praises His Fellow Love-Sim Maker
  1. All everyone talks about is their 'girlfriends,' ... I see them all standing in the shadows looking serious, and I go and see what's up and they're all bragging about their girlfriends -- like, 'Oh, she changed her hairstyle for me' and so on. I'm not gonna give his name, but there's one guy who hasn't ...
    SOURCE: 1up.com 3 weeks ago
  2. but I also figured word-of-mouth was the only good way to advertise the game. I imagined that sales would start off slow and gradually accumulate over a year's time, but things accelerated far more quickly than I expected.
    SOURCE: 1up.com 3 weeks ago
  3. I was talking with Goichi Suda earlier, and told me about this guy he saw who went to a movie theater by himself but bought two tickets
    – Hideo Kojima SOURCE: 1up.com 3 weeks ago
  4. I think Love Plus is the first one. You see people sneaking in time with it in the bathrooms and so on; I guess they don't want to get caught playing it at their desks.
    SOURCE: 1up.com 3 weeks ago
  5. I was raised on Japanese games, and we made Metal Gear Solid 4 because we wanted to make the Japanese game industry a better thing ... I wanted the rest of the industry to pick up the torch afterward, but I'm really not seeing anyone do so.
    SOURCE: 1up.com 3 weeks ago
  6. I was always confident that there was a demand for a game like this
    SOURCE: 1up.com 3 weeks ago
  7. Suda was curious, so he went in with him and saw him take his DS out of his backpack, open up the case and place it in the seat next to him. He had his 'girlfriend' on the screen!
    SOURCE: 1up.com 3 weeks ago
  8. The other day I was in an elevator at the office ... This guy who I'd never seen before said to me 'I'm a programmer on this-and-that project, but thank you so much for Love Plus!' I was so surprised, I didn't know how to react, so I just sort of smiled at him. I guess I should be happy that so many peo...
    SOURCE: 1up.com 3 weeks ago

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