Hideo Kojima has stated through a series of tweets that some of characters in Metal Gear Solid v: The Phantom Pain will be redesigned to make them "most erotic": the task was entrusted to Yoji Shinkawa, the Art Director of the game, and he said very Kojima pleased with the results.

Kojima said then that the purpose of this operation is to promote cosplay and more to sell action figures related to the title, finally providing a sample image of how it will be Quiet's costume, the female character already seen in the trailer of revelation of the game.