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Does Kojima speak English?

Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:06 am
by essell
Now and again I see things that kind of give me the impression that he does, but then again it's hard to tell. Anyone know?

Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:37 am
by 87th
I think he's trying to learn it in his spare time. He knows a few phrases, and he's made speeches in English after learning to remember it phonetically from his translator. He's far from fluent at the moment, though.

Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 10:29 am
by Marc
Like 87th said, he isn't fluent, no, but he understands some words and phrases (including swear words, from all the movies he's watched in English). He said he can usually follow the plot by the visuals when he watches a movie in English or another foreign language without subtitles; he joked that the only movie where this didn't work was The Matrix.

Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 1:04 pm
by Snake700
Osiris wrote:he joked that the only movie where this didn't work was The Matrix.
If it dinin´t work, i´d understand him. The Matrix is complicated, and hard to understand

Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:36 pm
by Henry Spencer
Interesting...I always wondered how he got on watching English movies; I always thought he watched them with English subtitles, obviously not. I can now see why he loved such movies as The Terminator, Bond and Blade Runner!

Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:56 pm
by Skycladiana
Not surprising, though he seems to enjoy playing with English words here and there in his games. If he knew more, I'm sure he'd have a much larger outlet.

Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 7:52 pm
by Marc
Yes, he has a very good grasp of various English and katakana words compared to other Japanese.