Hideo Kojima hinter nu, at Metal Gear Rising måske ikke bare er et enkelt spin-off, men at vi får Raiden at se i flere spil, så Rising bliver sin helt egen franchise.

“If this game becomes hugely successful and popular, then we might make it into a franchise,” sagde Kojima til CNN.

Han fortsatte med at forklare, hvorfor han først droppede MGR: Revengeance og senere lod Platinum Games tage sig af det.

“It was almost lost when they were making it,” sagde han. “It’s not that we do not have any good game designers in our development team. However, the concept for ‘Rising’ was completely new.”

“I cancelled it. I made the decision. I just thought that nothing good would come out of this.”

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance er ulig Metal Gear Solid, da der her er tale om rendyrket hack ‘n slash action.