Metal Gear Solid V’s Quiet – love on the battlefield

Cosplayers take note

Hideo Kojima has attempted to defend a new character who he previously admitted he’d made ‘more erotic’ so that cosplayers would dress up as her.

Kojima now insists that what he said should have been translated as ‘sexy’ not erotic, but he’s otherwise defended the design of the character Quiet.

Quiet is a gigantically-bosomed sniper who wears nothing but a bikini and a torn pair of tights. She’s not entirely out of keeping with the series’ portrayal of women, but is certainly the most outwardly sexualised design so far.

‘You’re going to notice [when you play] there’s limited dialogue with the [Metal Gear Solid V], and for that reason we really want to show the characteristic from each character,’ Kojima told website Polygon. ‘Sexy could be for guys, weapons, vehicles, it’s really that characteristic.’




Several images such as the one on the right were released specifically to aid cosplayers (costume players – fans that dress up as video game characters) and were first teased with a shot of Quiet’s bottom.

‘The character I asked Yoji [Shinkawa, series concept artist] to make it more erotic, this one may not be cosplayable,’ wrote Kojima originally.

The character I asked Yoji to make it more erotic, this one may not be cosplayable. — HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) September 4, 2013

The whole episode has caused considerable controversy, with Halo producer and former journalist David Ellis tweeting that he finds the design ‘disgusting’, adding: ‘Our industry should be better than this’.

Don't care if this gets me in trouble. This character design is disgusting. Our industry should be better than this. http://t.co/4CCaF1qNEP — David Ellis (@DavidEllis) September 6, 2013

Quiet’s voice and motion capture is provided by Dutch model Stefanie Joosten, who had this to say on the matter:

‘Of course, I was surprised to see Quiet’s outfit at first. But, you know, it fits in the Metal Gear universe, I think. I don’t think I’m allowed to say a lot about this, but, well, Mr. Kojima has his reasons for deciding why Quiet [is] wearing what she’s wearing.’

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