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"Picked up Konami Paradigm"

Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:56 am
by 87th
I was playing the Subsistence version of MetalGear 2: Solid Snake today, and when I was in the trash compactor I picked up a bag and got this description.
MetalGear 2: Solid Snake (2006 English Translation) wrote:Picked up Konami Paradigm.
But it's useless. Just throw it away!
I'm not terribly sure what it meant by this so I looked up "Konami Paradigm" on Google, and found out that in 2001, Konami Gaming Inc. had purchased a small slot machine company called "Paradigm Gaming Inc.". Is this a possible jab at the company?

Another thought that came to mind is that it may be a poor bit of translation, and it was referencing the old Konami Logo (which was redesigned around 3 years prior to the western release of Subsistence, and only one year prior to the mobile version of MG2:SS).

Any ideas as to what the "Konami Paradigm" line was referencing? It's not a very interesting topic, I know, but I'd like to dig up as much trivia on MetalGear 2 as possible.

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 9:41 am
by Nekura_Hoka
I would think its a reference to the creation of Kojima Productions. Kojima probably felt he was being held back by the higher-ups at Konami.