"To Make Customers Wonder... And Pick It Up" - Kojima Explains Metal Gear Solid's 'Vertical' Japanese Box Art

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Revolving Ocelot. While there are many instances of video game box art being altered from territory to territory - typically to give Kirby ANGRY EYES or to stick a gun in somebody's hand - the case of Konami's 1998 masterpiece Metal Gear Solid has been something of an outlier. While the Japanese and North American box art is relatively comparable, both…