Media Molecule has admitted the company had its concerns as to whether or not Hideo Kojima would approve of LittleBigPlanet’s lovable MGS-inspired SackBoy caricatures and assorted content.
“We were slightly worried that our first attempts weren’t going to go down too well,” Mark Healey told VG247. “We see Metal Gear Solid as quite serious, a hardcore, intense thing. Obviously, what we did was quite cute, almost satirical. But they loved it. They’ve got a great sense of humour and they really embraced it.”
Fellow Media Molecule co-founder Kareem Ettouney also chipped in, revealing that Kojima-san was particularly impressed with the results and that the Metal Gear Solid team were fully supportive of the project.
“It was really great,” he said, adding, “We met Mr Kojima in America, and he was telling us how excited he was, how much he liked the results.”
“We got a lot of support from the Metal Gear Solid team – beautiful assets. Everyone was really excited. It was a very smooth example of collaboration which celebrated the two brands and retained the identity of the two.”
Our review of LittleBigPlanet can be read here.