He was also to have worn a cross around his neck, which is what saved him from being killed by Vamp (as Vamp was afraid of crosses/crucifixes due to the church bombing in Romania). Around 2007, Snake also began suffering the effects of accelerated aging.[43]. MG2 These missions feature James Bond -like background music, and are noticeably more challenging than the others. Snake was also given a mullet hairstyle that would continue to be used in his later appearances, and was also implemented in the design of the young Big Boss in the prequel games. However, Raven Sword anticipated this move and made sure to blacklist him if he carried the same nanomachines, which nearly resulted in his cover being blown before his contact, Meryl, managed to get him through. Likewise, Snake also confirmed to Holly and Campbell that the cartridge he retrieved was indeed the one Marv used to store the OILIX plans, citing that Marv's signature was written backward on the MSX loading screen when used. Though mostly reserved, Snake showed some prominent change in his outlook towards life throughout the years. To play as Solid Snake, beat the game 100% and collect all coins with the character Colin McKay. His radio support team consisted of Colonel Campbell, former FOXHOUND instructor Master Miller, and mercenary adviser George Kasler. Because of this, he was more willing to risk his life, as demonstrated during the Missouri debriefing. He and Raiden then fought their way through an army of Arsenal Tengu soldiers. Determined to fulfill this notion, Snake decided to quit smoking and retreated with Otacon and Sunny, this time for good, to live out the remainder of his life in peace, resolving to live long enough to see what the future held for the new world he helped to create. 42 (2014) He also was to end up captured alongside Raiden and interrogated by Vamp and Fortune, when their attempt at rescuing Emma Emmerich backfired. [101] Conversely, the instruction manual for the Nintendo Entertainment System version claims that Snake had been a former Marine in the Grenada Invasion, and had been recruited into FOXHOUND due to his heroic actions in that conflict. Otacon initially believed that Snake lifted his self imposed ban to show them how it's really done but Snake corrected him and said his body just simply reacts with the "real deal" when he sees their "cookie cutter imitation" coming at him and adopted the use of a stun knife. However, during the last cutscene on the Big Shell, right before the player is attacked by Olga Gurlukovich and Pliskin, Raiden will ask "You're changing sides now? Old Snake figure from the front left side, Old Snake figure from the front right side, Solid Snake Play Arts Kai concept figure details, Solid Snake Play Arts Kai concept figure up close, Solid Snake Play Arts Kai figure full body, Solid Snake Play Arts Kai figure from the back. Concept art featuring Pliskin with blond hair. He ended up surviving the blast with the help of Otacon. Snake disliked wearing hats, preferring his bandana, despite "Master Miller" warning him that 70% of body heat dissipates from the head. [84] David then spent the first ten years of his life in the state of Oregon where he underwent intense military training, being raised and taught by a variety of teachers. Although Old Snake was not playable in the initial release of the SCENE Expansion of Metal Gear Online, he was downloadable on June 16, 2009 for the SCENE Expansion, alongside the stage Icebound Inferno, based on the Snowfield area of Shadow Moses Island. In the Japanese version of Scribblenauts for the Nintendo DS, both Solid Snake and Old Snake can be summoned. Aside from the character depicted in the canonical games, various incarnations of "Solid Snake" have been featured in different, non-canon Metal Gear games. A demo of Snake and the Big Shell level are playable as a special feature in the PS2 version of Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance. It is a team-colored digital camouflage headband with medium length brown hair similar to that of Solid Snake and Naked Snake/Big Boss. I am obviously not there yet, but with a little bit of spit and polish I feel like I'll get there. In the Shadow Moses Island stage, Snake can use the Codec to contact Colonel Campbell, Otacon, or Mei Ling, in order to acquire intel on his opponents. In addition, in 2011, although Snake had earlier promised Raiden that he would rescue Sunny from the Patriots, he wasn't able to get that chance and ended up receiving Sunny via Raiden (albeit covertly on the latter's part). Demon Points are increased for immoral actions and decreased for moral ones. N/A Snake dressed as a member of the local militia. Some time later, Snake prepared to commit suicide to prevent the spread of the mutant strain of FOXDIE. While disguised as Pliskin, Raiden observed Snake screaming "Liquid!" While undergoing FOXHOUND's training regimen, he became an expert of high-altitude skydiving, linguistics, closed-circuit open-circuit combat diving, and free climbing. [79] Although he was unfamiliar with Czech during the Zanzibar Land Disturbance, he was able to recognize the term "Matka Pluku," when Raiden told him of Big Mama's alias during the Guns of the Patriots Incident. Brown, later gray Notable family The Twin Snakes were born as a result of a ninth batch of clones, in Carlsbad, New Mexico. Metal Gear Solid Mobile is set some time after the events of the Shadow Moses Incident. Grenade Launcher trophy (Solid Snake's Final Smash in, Solid Snake and Old Snake in the Japanese version of. 50 Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Similarly, if the player dies during combat or some other related death, chooses to continue, and calls Rosemary, he will mention seeing himself having been killed in that manner (or in the case of the player being killed via explosion, Rosemary will admit she dreamed of Snake being killed via an explosion). Solid Snake has access to an invisosuit, but there's literally no point in him wearing it because his skill is so great, that he's already better than invisible. In addition, Snake's entrance has him appearing with electric bolts on the ground before rising up, referring to his opening appearance in Metal Gear Solid 2's Tanker Chapter, where after landing on the U.S.S. In the end, his indomitable will for justice made him the final survivor and victor among the clones because he lived through Naomi Hunter's theory spoken in Shadow Moses: not "to be chained to fate. Solid Snake appeared as a participant in the Konami-sponsored event E3 Battle, where he defeated Billy Jones, a.k.a., Bayou Billy from the 1988 game Mad City, AKA the Adventures of Bayou Billy in the first round. The skull itself is called the Bandana skull, which gives the user infinite ammo in all the weapons. Liquid (in Ocelot's body) then set off in RAY to kill the Patriots via his host, with Snake in pursuit. His accelerated aging, however, would create a morbid willingness to accept death as he was no longer exuberant in his words or actions in 2014. Solid Snake is the original hero, clone of Big Boss, supersoldier puppet for the US gov't, The Patriots, and others. If Snake's Demon Value exceeds 50,000 points, he automatically transforms into Demon Snake without warning. Sorry if there's already a codec call about this in the game somewhere but frankly I don't want to sift through those. Following the conclusion of Operation Intrude F014, Snake returned to North America and retired to an Alaskan wilderness retreat, Twin Lakes. In chapter 18, the manga Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou references Snake in his cardboard box with a Genome Soldier. During gameplay, Snake may throw out his back after doing a forward roll (with his Psyche gauge decreasing slightly) and will get up rather slowly, while holding his back, further portraying his now-advanced years. In 2014, Snake was willing to come out of retirement to stop Liquid Ocelot, though he was reluctant to assassinate him at first due to the mission being more of a "hired hit" than "justice" as Roy Campbell put it. Snake made it to the base where Naomi was held, and she gave him a thorough medical examination. the Nintendo Entertainment System version, Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes Companion App, Yu-Gi-Oh! But before he could kill them, Ocelot's right arm began to twitch, and Liquid Snake possessed him once more, revealing that he had leaked the information about Arsenal Gear to lure Snake out to the Big Shell so that Snake could "free him [Liquid]." [112] In addition, Solid Snake appears a few times in the Snake Eater intro (which plays after playing the Virtuous Mission), which can be identified by his having a shorter haircut and lacking a beard. During the Zanzibar Land Disturbance, Snake claimed to be different from Big Boss, and that he loved life. Unbeknownst to Snake, the FOXALIVE worm cluster that he had uploaded to GW, spread to JD and the rest of the Patriots' AIs. Snake’s true identity would have been revealed after Fortune identified his blood. Snake was a heavy cigarette smoker. It is first revealed that Big Boss is the "father" of Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid. While Solid Snake does not appear in the game he receives a reference in the form of an easter egg, if the player character (named Chase McCaine) spends too long without entering the main objective point, another character (Frank Honey) will start yelling ''Chase? Liquid was also the man who killed Fox and nearly killed Meryl, which no doubt only intensified Snake's hatred of him. Because of his exploits at Shadow Moses, he also became a hero to the public, which greatly concerned the Patriots.[38]. [94][95][96] Kojima described Snake's role in the original Metal Gear as the "player's presence," contrasting the defined personality he acquired in later games. David Hayter, prior to voicing Snake, had voiced some animated incarnations of the Marvel Comics character Captain America, who coincidentally was also the result of a secret supersoldier project like Solid Snake himself. Snake also discovered that Naomi was the foster sister of Gray Fox, who desired revenge for what Snake had done to her brother and had modified the FOXDIE virus so that it would kill him in addition to FOXHOUND. He then slipped away unnoticed to Otacon's car and left, being long gone by the time Raiden remembered about Snake. Akio Ōtsuka The Codec in Brawl is based on the Metal Gear Solid version, which utilizes animated character artwork, though Snake's icon has been modified to match his in-game appearance. According to the BradyGames strategy guide, this was intended to be a cameo of Solid Snake, as the corpse is wearing military fatigues and has a silencer for a pistol. Soldier, spy, mercenary, musher Hideo Kojima Although Snake Plissken inspired the name, Kojima denied that he was the basis for Snake's personality, which instead was developed as the series itself progressed. Of all the relationships Snake has had, his connection to Big Boss had the biggest impact on him. Age Being a somatic cell clone of Big Boss, Solid Snake inherited mitochondrial DNA from the Japanese egg donor of "Les Enfants Terribles," later demonstrating some awareness of this heritage. Solid Snake appears as a playable character in Konami's sports video game New International Track & Field. At some point later, Pliskin was contacted by Peter Stillman and requested that he investigate Shell 2 in case there were C4 planted that the C4 sensors couldn't pick up. In the original ending of Metal Gear Solid 4, Solid Snake and Otacon would have turned themselves in to be executed for their crimes. When Raiden offered to head to the microwave-protected server room on Outer Haven, Snake refused, saying that Raiden shouldn't "waste [his] youth." The true ending of MGSV:The Phantom Pain, no John Cena this time folks, this is the real identity of Punished "Venom" Snake. [93][90] The addition of "Solid" was Kojima's intent to create a paradoxical name, in contrast to the smooth motion commonly attributed to snakes, and to express the character's strong image. He also comes with a unique weapon called the OctoCamo suit. [4], Snake's first mission for FOXHOUND came in 1995, when he was tasked with infiltrating Outer Heaven; a military nation deep within South Africa, led by a feared and legendary mercenary. MG Solid Snake cover artwork for a magazine. According to the director's commentary, most of Solid Snake's mannerisms (including the way he smokes his cigarettes) were replicated from that of his voice actor, Akio Ōtsuka. [116], In 2017, Hideo Kojima would compare Solid Snake's situation to the 2017 film Logan starring Hugh Jackman.[117]. Mizuho Yoshida (MGS2)Ryoji Okamoto (MGS4). It was only until after he discovered that Big Boss was behind the Outer Heaven incident that he lost his faith in him. During this time, he began heavily drinking. It was only by Big Boss's dying words that Snake was finally able to absolve himself of all guilt and torment and accept peace. Otacon was the only person Snake told about his plan to kill himself in order to prevent a FOXDIE outbreak and Otacon decided to stick with Snake to the day he died to pass his legacy and accomplishments with others. Solid Snake's sprites in the original Metal Gear. Solid Snake's character portrait for E3 Battle. The music for this stage is a remix of the "Metal Gear Solid Main Theme", with a remix of "Yell 'Dead Cell'" playing when the Harrier appears. In order to keep the game kid-friendly, Snake never uses knives or firearms, despite there being a pistol in his leg holster, and solely relies on explosives in-game. Rather, it was based on the Play Arts Kai figurine. The trailer is called "Snake Eyes," referencing Snake's name. "[86], When first joining FOXHOUND, Snake attended an initiation ceremony where Big Boss gave a speech. However, Snake and Meryl ended up getting into an argument regarding Liquid's threat level, as well as some of Snake's decisions. Where's Solid Snake during the time of MGSV? [78], Snake was fluent in six languages, including French. His down smash is also a more standard kick in front into a kick behind unlike the old version where he set a mine in the floor. The only differences being Liquid's longer blonde hair and darker skin tone. Snake's cameo appearance in the "Michael" - PS3 Long Live Play commercial. Much as Metal Gear began as a pastiche of action movies of the time, Snake began as a pastiche of contemporary action movie heroes. [9] By utilizing the Super Baby Method, the embryos were then implanted into the womb of a surrogate mother with six of the babies eventually being aborted to promote growth in the remaining two. ", to which Pliskin responds "Changing sides? He was also reminded of the possibility that he had willingly returned to the battlefield because he enjoyed war, as commented upon by Meryl, Psycho Mantis, and Liquid Snake, and echoing Big Boss's words in Zanzibar Land. Snape's Japanese voice actor, Takaya Hashi, provided the voice of Skull Face in the Japanese version of Ground Zeroes. The flashbacks occur after the player successfully recreates several scenes from MGS1. He buried his emotions deep inside himself, causing some to see him as cold and uncaring. Metal Gear Revengeance SunDowner by SSPD077 SSPD077 41 31 XNALara - MGSV - MGS1 Solid Snake CapLagRobin 54 12 XNALara - MGSV - MGS1 Cyborg Ninja CapLagRobin 34 0 Metal Gear Solid 2 - Olga Gurlukovich 39 Lid is an unlockable character based off the Metal Gear Solid 4 Solid Snake. This is a reference to the father of Snake's Japanese voice actor being the Japanese voice of Dr. Robotnik, Sonic's worst enemy. There are 2 .mgsv files : 1 - Solid Snake (heads) It replaces Venom Snake with Solid Snake. Revolver Ocelot, the sole surviving member of FOXHOUND, reported the events on Shadow Moses to U.S. President George Sears, for whom he had acted as a spy throughout the entire incident. While he does not make a physical appearance, Snake is mentioned by Sam Fisher who states he knew a man who specialized in Army infiltration and wore a bandana. Additionally, when the mental doppelgänger of Liquid Snake took complete control of Ocelot, Snake frantically chased after him and attempted to track him down. While Snake makes no appearance in the game, he, and more specifically his usage of the cardboard box, is given an indirect reference in the Cobalt Fort level for the game: One of the Toads in the game was hiding inside a cardboard box, and when found tells Mario he was trying to be "stealthy", alluding to how Solid Snake and various other main characters used cardboard boxes to hide from enemies. Big Boss also revealed that when Drebin injected Snake with modern nanomachines in order to make him compatible with SOP weaponry, he also injected him with a second strain of FOXDIE, which was programmed to kill Big Mama, Liquid Ocelot, and Big Boss himself, but also supplanted the original FOXDIE; thus, Snake was no longer in danger of becoming a biological weapon. He then proceeded to face off against, and defeated, the Nurses from the Silent Hill series. SNS Kojima later expressed that he "cheated" when came up with this decision.[105]. Meryl found love on the battlefield and reconciled with the Colonel, and Raiden got a life of his own. Snake was outraged to hear that his mission was a government conspiracy and that he was merely sent as a carrier of the virus, which was programmed to kill Baker (for knowing too much about the project), and the FOXHOUND operatives just to ensure that the bodies of the Genome Soldiers and Metal Gear REX could be recovered undamaged. Caucasian In the end, however, he could not go through with it. By this time, the military had deemed that Snake had committed several acts of misconduct during his career, enough for him to serve a lengthy prison sentence, should he be brought to account.