as one of their 64 iconic characters to participate in the Konami E3 Battle event, where she lost against Metal Gear REX in the semi-final fourth round. A "bishoujo statue" designed by Shunya Yamashita based on Shinkawa's original picture was released by Kotobukiya in 2016. Conception and design According to the Metal Gear series character artist Yoji Shinkawa, the idea of creating Sniper Wolf came about when the series' writer, director and producer Hideo Kojima originally asked him to draw "a guy", but Shinkawa suggested that he should instead design "a young lady with a sniper rifle." Shinkawa designed her with green hair, but she appears as a sandy blonde in the game; he also made a topless picture of her. Kojima said a part of an inspiration for the character came from the female Viet Cong sniper scene in the film Full Metal Jacket and recalled he had a hard time "trying to explain the concept of MGS Sniper Wolf battle" to his staff. Asked about his favorite Metal Gear character in a 2003 interview, Solid Snake's voice actor David Hayter said: "Wolf. Very hot. Very dangerous. She’d be Snake’s girl if she wasn’t so focused on killing him." When he was asked in 2014 about his favourite Metal Gear moments, Kojima himself chose Wolf's death as the first scene to talk about. In 2019, Jordan Vogt-Roberts showed a concept art of Sniper Wolf's death scene while announcing his potential Metal Gear Solid film adaptation. He wrote: "Metal Gear is unique for the sorrow & loss you feel while 'winning'. The death of Sniper Wolf rocked me when I first experienced it. I wanted to capture that melancholy victory." Reception The character was well received in part because of her sex appeal. For that reason, Sniper Wolf ranked as 37th "hottest babe in games" by GameDaily in 2008 and was included in UGO's list of the 50 "hottest babes in games" in 2011. She was ranked as the tenth sexiest PlayStation character by PlayStation Universe in 2010, who added that "this character takes a special place in our hearts," and in 2014 was included among the top 10 "hottest" female villains in gaming and "old school hotties that still got it" by Cheat Code Central's Travis Huber, who stated that "she was so loved and talked about that Hideo Kojima and the gang have had to create yet another