Fans of Metal Gear Solid swarmed the Uniqlo store in New York’s Soho neighborhood yesterday to buy limited edition Metal Gear T-shirts and wait for the rare chance to get an autograph from Hideo Kojima, the game’s creator. The event celebrated the recent release of Metal Gear Solid 4. Kojima appeared at the Virgin Megastore in Times Square for the midnight release of the game.

Kojima is rumored to hate autograph sessions, but agreed to sign one item each for the first 300 people in line at Uniqlo. One creative fan had a bag of wasabi flavored Doritos for Kojima to sign, but game artwork cards were provided to those with nothing to sign.

Yumi Kikuchi, the voice of Raging Raven, was also on hand to sign autographs. A few fans flinched as Ms. Kikuchi signed their Metal Gear items which predated Raging Raven’s appearance in the series, but they didn’t stop her.

Although Uniqlo stocked 300 Metal Gear T-shirts, due to a miscommunication the large and extra-large shirts were put on display before the event and sold out early, leaving only extra-small and medium sizes for sale during the signing. Pictures of the shirts can be seen on Uniqlo’s Japanese site and on Kotaku.

Kojima will be doing another signing at a launch event in San Francisco on June 14th.