In Japan, Fans Question Famitsu-Related Cameos In Death Stranding kotaku.com

Online in Japan, fans are wondering why the mascot character and the official representative for the country’s biggest game magazine Famitsu appear in Death Stranding.
Famitsu recently gave the game a perfect score—one of only twenty-six to get the coveted 40/40 in the publication’s history.
AdvertisementEven though Hamamura is now an exec, when game fans in Japan see him, they think of Famitsu.
Hamamura appeared in an ad campaign for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker that ran in Famitsu.
The unfortunate thing about all this is that Death Stranding is an interesting game—an inventive breath of fresh air!