Legendary game creator Hideo Kojima has opened up about how he recreated Metal Gear Solid’s base in LEGO, requiring some help from his team.
Hideo Kojima has shared on his English Twitter account the anecdote of how he designed the areas of the first Metal Gear Solid using LEGO bricks and a 3CCD Camera. This was previously shared, according to an archived article from Joystiq, at a talk at the University of Southern California in 2011.
2/2 I ran out of parts during the process, and the staff gave them to me as a gift on my birthday.
It may be hard to imagine the expansive base in Metal Gear Solid recreated with LEGO bricks, even split into the various areas that make up the location. However, this story has come full circle thanks to Bearly Regal‘s recreation using the LEGO Worlds video game.
As to whether Hideo Kojima’s version was as detailed as the above video, it has not been confirmed though it may depend on how generous his team’s birthday gift was.
While the LEGO Group has yet to venture into any of Hideo Kojima’s games in official sets, video games including Horizon Forbidden West have been featured as LEGO sets in recent years.
LEGO has been a part of my life ever since I was young. It all started when my brother passed down 7657 AT-ST to me. It’s guided me through my early years, through school and eventually through my degree in journalism. I still have all my collection proudly on display, including my many NINJAGO sets, my favourite of all the LEGO Group’s themes. Outside of Brick Fanatics I am an avid gamer and enjoy a good game of Dungeons & Dragons.
