Forget the dirty lies and half-truths you've read. Hideo Kojima does not want to make a "spanking game" for the Nintendo DS. It seems someone in attendance at the recent Digital Interactive Entertainment Conference says on a site to remain unnamed:

The only interesting thing to come out of it was Kojima talking about wanting to make a game with the DS where you used the controller to spank girls asses .... at least that's what I THINK he said!

Rant after the jump.

Two things. First, I was there, and Kojima never mentioned the DS. He didn't give a presentation, but only participated in the roundtable discussion. Miyamoto made a joke saying that Kojima wanted to make a Revolution game that'd be popular with girls. That is it. Second, Game Watch Impress was there, so if you don't believe me, take a look at their site. They have a full transcript of the roundtable with Kojima, Miyamoto, etc.

Oh, but it's in Japanese. So that gives knobheads who know absolutely nothing about the language the freedom to post all sorts of B.S. Of course, not everyone knows Japanese. It's a difficult language to master, and it gives me plenty of headaches. That, however, is not the problem here.

Do you honestly think that an extremely articulate and intelligent man like Hideo Kojima would say he wanted to make a DS spank game in front of university professors and esteemed colleagues? The asshole that started this rumor thinks you are that stupid. And the sad thing is that other sites, knowingly or unknowingly, have bought this garbage and exploited it.

Folks, you don't a PhD in the Japanese language to see through this. Use your brains. Just because something is in Japanese does not necessarily mean it is perverted, fucked up or strange. And no, we're not talking about cultural sensitivity here, but the truth.

Truth Is Here [Game Watch Impress]

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