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Big Boss (ビッグ・ボス, Biggu Bosu) is a central character in the Metal Gear video game series. He is first introduced in the original Metal Gear, where he is the founder and commanding officier of FOXHOUND as his codename indicates, but is later revealed to be the terrorist leader in the end of the game. He returns to resume his antagonistic role for the second and last time in Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. In this incarnation, Big Boss is depicted as elderly mercenary with white facial hair and an eye-patch over his right eye. In Metal Gear 2, he bears a facial likeness to actor Sean Connery. His rivarly with series protagonist Solid Snake is further explored in Metal Gear Solid, where he is revealed to be the biological father of Snake and his clone brothers, Liquid and Solidus. Image File history File links Information. ... Grammatical tense is a way languages express the time at which an event described by a sentence occurs. ... The Big Boss (1971, 唐山大兄, also known as Fists of Fury in the U.S., not to be confused with Fist of Fury) was Bruce Lees first major film. ... C.O.P.S. Central Organization of Police Specialists is an animated series released by DiC Entertainment in association with Paramount Television. ... Big Boss and Scratch (Big Boss Real name: Brandon Babel, voiced by Len Carlson, the same actor who also voiced Mace and Sundown in the series) are cartoon characters in the C.O.P.S. (Central Organization of Police Specialists) series from Hasbro. ... Big Brother is a popular reality television format. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... This is Big Boss, a fictional character from the video game Metal Gear Solid series. ... One of many logos; used in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and the sequel to it. ... Metal Gear ) (commonly abbreviated to MG) is a stealth-based game designed by Hideo Kojima. ... Hideo Kojima , born August 24, 1963) is a Japanese video game designer at Konami. ... Yoji Shinkawa Yoji Shinkawa (新川洋司 Shinkawa Yōji, born December 25, 1971) is a Japanese illustrator and conceptual artist. ... Doomed cover illustration. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Akio Otsuka (大塚 明夫 ÅŒtsuka Akio, born November 24, 1959) is a veteran seiyÅ«. He is also the son of veteran seiyÅ« Chikao Otsuka. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ... One of many logos; used in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and the sequel to it. ... This is a list of video game franchises organised alphabetically by name. ... Metal Gear ) (commonly abbreviated to MG) is a stealth-based game designed by Hideo Kojima. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ... Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake is a stealth-based game directed by Hideo Kojima and developed and published by Konami . ... Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is an Academy Award-winning Scottish actor and producer who is perhaps best known as the first actor to portray James Bond in cinema. ... Solid Snake ) is the protagonist of the Metal Gear video game series. ... This article is about the original Metal Gear Solid released for the PlayStation. ... // Liquid Snake is the ultimate villain. ... Solidus Snake is a fictional character the video game Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty by Konami. ...

Big Boss' past is explored in the prequels Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, where he serves as the protagonist under the codename of Naked Snake (ネイキッド・スネーク, Neikiddo Sunēku). In these prequels, Naked Snake not only does resembles his genetic successor, but is also voiced by the same voice actor (David Hayter in English and Akio Ohtsuka in Japanese). Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (commonly abbreviated MGS3) is a stealth-based game directed by Hideo Kojima, developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Akio Ohtsuka, 2006. ...

History

As an antagonist

Big Boss' original backstory establishes him as a professional mercenary whose military career dates back to his service with the Green Berets, and LRRP during the Vietnam War. Following this, he served under the SOG and the Wild Geese, as well as the SAS and the GSG9. He first became a mercenary during the 1970s, participating in regional conflicts and race liberation wars, earning his fame as a legendary war hero among the press. He was later re-appointed as commander-in-chief of High-Tech Special Forces Unit FOXHOUND.^[1][2] The United States Army Special Forces—or simply Special Forces (capitalized)—is an elite Special Operations Force of the United States Army trained for unconventional warfare and special operations. ... Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol, or LRRP (pronounced and sometimes spelled LuRP), were special six-man teams of primarily Rangers utilized in the Vietnam War on highly dangerous special operations missions deep into enemy territory. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... Special Operations Group (SOG) is a tactical team composed of Deputy US Marshals for special operations. ... This redirect page has been listed on Wikipedia:Redirects for deletion. ... The Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) is the principal special forces unit of the British Army. ... Grenzschutzgruppe 9 (GSG 9 - Border protection group 9) is a German counter-terrorism unit, and is considered to be among the best of such units in the world. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ...

Big Boss first appears in the original Metal Gear as Solid Snake's commanding officer, and initially acts as a radio contact during his infiltration of Outer Heaven, providing Snake with information about mission objectives, as well as the usage of weapons and equipment. Metal Gear ) (commonly abbreviated to MG) is a stealth-based game designed by Hideo Kojima. ... Outer Heaven is a fortified state which serves as the setting of the original Metal Gear. ...

However, near the end of the game, as Snake approaches the final base where Metal Gear is stored, Big Boss begins to give false advice, leading Snake into death traps instead. After finally destroying Metal Gear TX-55, Big Boss confronts Snake on the escape route of the base, exposing himself as the leader of Outer Heaven. He reveals that Outer Heaven is actually a private military contractor which he established with the funds he amassed during his work as a mercenary, and that he was attempting to gain military superiority over the Western powers with the development of Metal Gear. Big Boss chose Solid Snake for the mission because, as his most inexperienced soldier, he believed that Snake would fail. His underestimation of Snake causes him to have to fight him himself, as the self-destruct mechanism of Outer Heaven is activated. Snake defeats Big Boss and leaves him for dead as the base is destroyed. After the ending credits, a message from Big Boss is displayed swearing revenge against Snake. The Metal Gear family of mecha, up to REX. Metal Gear is the name for a series of fictional mecha in the Metal Gears series of video games. ... The Metal Gear family of mecha, up to REX. Metal Gear is the name for a series of fictional mecha in the Metal Gears series of video games. ... Outer Heaven is a fortified state which serves as the setting of the original Metal Gear. ... A private military contractor (PMC) is a corporation that provides armed forces trained in combat, private military, for other corporations, organizations, individuals and state military forces. ...

Big Boss in the MSX (left) and PlayStation 2 (right) releases of Metal Gear 2

Big Boss returns in Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. He is revealed to have survived his battle with Snake in Outer Heaven, and has since taken control of another fortified nation in Central Asia - Zanzibar Land. This time, he establishes a military force along with his trusted lieutenant, Gray Fox, and commissions the development of a new Metal Gear model, Metal Gear D. Big Boss' ambition is to create a world full of war where soldiers are always in demand. Image File history File links Big_boss's. ... Image File history File links Big_boss's. ... Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake is a stealth-based game directed by Hideo Kojima and developed and published by Konami . ... Map of Central Asia showing three sets of possible boundaries for the region Central Asia located as a region of the world Central Asia is a vast landlocked region of Asia. ... Gray Fox is a fictional character in the Metal Gear videogame franchise. ... The Metal Gear family of mecha, up to REX. Metal Gear is the name for a series of fictional mecha in the Metal Gears series of video games. ...

After Solid Snake destroys Metal Gear and defeats Gray Fox, he confronts Big Boss once again while escaping from the Zanzibar Land detention camp. Having lost all of his weapons in his earlier battle with Fox, Snake is forced to improvise and create a makeshift flamethrower from an aerosol can and a lighter. Before his death Big Boss gives an ominous final speech that would haunt Solid Snake for the rest of his life, "Whoever wins the battle does not end. The loser is set free from the battlefield, while the winner must remain there. And the survivor will live out his life as the warrior until the day he dies." Ultimately, Big Boss is defeated and burned to death. http://visibleearth. ... A lighter is a portable device used to create a flame. ...

Like many characters in the game, Big Boss was designed to resemble a celebrity figure; in this case, Sean Connery^[3]. Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is an Academy Award-winning Scottish actor and producer who is perhaps best known as the first actor to portray James Bond in cinema. ...

Legacy

A character study illustration from The Art of Metal Gear Solid, depicting Big Boss' remains in a lab.

Though dead by the time Metal Gear Solid takes place, Big Boss' legacy plays a major role in the over-arching plot of each subsequent game. His relationship with Solid Snake is retconned: Big Boss is not just Solid Snake's biological father, but a DNA template from which Snake was cloned. Image File history File links Big Boss corpse, surrounded by scientists. ... Image File history File links Big Boss corpse, surrounded by scientists. ... This article is about the original Metal Gear Solid released for the PlayStation. ... Retroactive continuity – commonly contracted to the portmanteau word retcon – refers to the act of changing previously established details of a fictional setting, often without providing an explanation for the changes within the context of that setting. ...

Both Solid Snake and his nemesis, Liquid Snake, are actually clones of Big Boss created in the 70s from a secret government experiment known as the Les Enfants Terribles project (French for The Terrible Children, and a frequent nickname for particularly iconoclastic film directors). While recovering from a war injury, Big Boss' cell samples were extracted and then reproduced through analog cloning and the Super Baby method. The cells were fertilized into an ovum, resulting in eight clone babies, and then planted into a surrogate mother. Six of the babies (later revealed to had only been five) were then intentionally aborted to encourage strong fetal growth with the remaining two (Later found out to be three) clones: Solid and Liquid (and Solidus). Solid Snake was raised in the United States, while Liquid was adopted by the British government. Solidus Snake ended up in Africa. This is a list of recurring characters appearing in the Metal Gear series. ... Cloning is the process of creating an identical copy of something. ... A human ovum Sperm cells attempting to fertilize an ovum An ovum (plural ova) is a haploid female reproductive cell or gamete. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into surrogacy. ...

Following Big Boss' death on December 24th, 1999, his body was recovered by the United States military and used for gene therapy experiments. Superior hereditary traits known as "soldier genes" were isolated from his cells and then transplanted into members of the Next Generation Special Forces. Those who underwent this experimentation became known as the Genome Soldiers, who serve as Snake's most common foe in MGS1. The Genome Soldiers have augmented senses and reflexes, but are gradually dying due to genetic instabilities created by the gene therapy process (though what these genetic problems are is never made clear, perhaps a result of the atomic defects caused by Big Boss's exsposure to radiation). In order to research a cure of the Genome Army's defects, Liquid demands Big Boss' remains as part of his ransom demands to the U.S. government. Liquid and the Genome Army take over the Shadow Moses island base, referring to themselves as the Sons of Big Boss. Gene therapy is the insertion of genes into an individuals cells and tissues to treat a disease, and hereditary diseases in which a defective mutant allele is replaced with a functional one. ... For a non-technical introduction to the topic, see Introduction to Genetics. ...

Solidus Snake in MGS2. His appearance bears a striking resemblance to the aged Big Boss.

By the end of Metal Gear Solid, it turned out that Solid and Liquid were not the only survivors of the Les Enfants Terribles project: a third clone, Solidus Snake, lives on and had orchestrated the Shadow Moses incident behind the scenes. It is also revealed that Solidus was the President of the United States during the events of the original Metal Gear Solid (under the alias of George Sears), but had been disgraced in the aftermath of Shadow Moses and had since gone underground. Image File history File links Solds_02. ... Image File history File links Solds_02. ... This is a list of fictional characters appearing in the video game Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. ...

Solidus was later introduced as the main antagonist of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. Since he suffers from advanced cellular degeneration, Solidus looks much older than Solid and Liquid Snake and already resembles the aged Big Boss with his white hair and beard (there are several signs that Snake, too, is beginning to suffer from degeneration, but at a slower rate). Solidus loses an eye during the course of the game and takes to wearing an eye patch to conceal it (further enhancing his resemblance to Big Boss). However, unlike Big Boss, he lost his left eye rather than his right. As part of the S3 Plan, Solidus Snake's relationship with the protagonist, Raiden, is exploited because it parallels the relationship between Solid Snake and Big Boss (as Raiden is both Solidus Snake's foster son and his mortal enemy).^[4] Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (commonly abbreviated MGS2) is a stealth-based game that was developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2 in 2001. ... Spoiler warning: It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with The Patriots. ... Raiden (real name Jack) is a character in the Metal Gear series. ...

As a protagonist

Naked Snake in Metal Gear Solid 3. The young Big Boss is almost identical in appearance to his genetic descendant, Solid Snake, right down to his trademark bandana.

Much of Big Boss' previously established past is retroactively continued through Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, a prequel to the entire series set in 1964. Following up on the revelation that Big Boss is Solid Snake's father, the game reintroduces Big Boss as a young patriotic soldier named Jack, a former Green Beret and the first field operative for the newly established FOX unit. In his youth, Jack was virtualy identical to Solid Snake, and was trained by a legendary soldier, The Boss, who taught him survival skills. The Boss also collaborated with Jack to invent Close Quarters Combat. In his inaugural mission as a FOX agent, the Virtuous Mission (August 24), Jack was assigned the codename of Naked Snake (echoing his relationship to the Boss, who once led a special forces team known as The Cobra Unit). Snake's solo mission was to infiltrate the fictional Soviet region of Tselinoyarsk and extract a defecting Soviet scientist named Sokolov, who is being forced to design a new weapon called the Shagohod. The mission went relatively smoothly until The Boss appeared and announced her defection, providing her new benefactor Colonel Volgin with two miniature nuclear shells ("Davy Crockett"). Sokolov was captured by the reformed Cobra Unit, and Snake was heavily injured in combat with The Boss. Download high resolution version (1024x1168, 107 KB)Naked Snake, the main character in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. ... Download high resolution version (1024x1168, 107 KB)Naked Snake, the main character in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. ... Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (commonly abbreviated MGS3) is a stealth-based game directed by Hideo Kojima, developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Hand to hand combat. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ... The Metal Gear family of mecha, up to REX. Metal Gear is the name for a series of fictional mecha in the Metal Gears series of video games. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ...

A week after the failure of Virtuous Mission, Snake was sent out on a follow-up mission, "Operation Snake Eater." This time, his mission objectives were to infiltrate Groznyj Grad, assassinate The Boss, Colonel Volgin, and destroy the Shagohod. To this end, he teamed up with a KGB spy named EVA, who has infiltrated the GRU ranks as Tatyana. In addition to confronting GRU forces, Snake also was instructed to assassinate each member of the Cobras (The Boss' former unit). Snake experienced many hardships during his mission, including undergoing extreme torture by Volgin, and losing his right eye to Ocelot, but was ultimately successful in slaying the Cobras, destroying the Shagohod (along with Volgin) and then killing The Boss in combat. Before beginning their battle, The Boss gave Snake an ominous final speech: "One must die and one must live. No victory, no defeat. The survivor will carry on the fight. It is our destiny... The one who survives will inherit the title of Boss. And the one who inherits the title of Boss will face an existence of endless battle." Just before his own death three decades later, Big Boss would paraphrase a similar statement to his successor, Solid Snake. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (commonly abbreviated MGS3) is a stealth-based game directed by Hideo Kojima, developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2. ... Note: This article is about the KGB of the Soviet Union. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ... For other uses, see GRU (disambiguation). ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ...

However, after returning to his home country, EVA (who reveals herself to be a spy for the People's Republic of China) informed Snake via a recording that his mission was a ruse; The Boss' defection was orchestrated by the United States government, and The Boss was merely used as a scapegoat for the destruction of OKB-754, caused by Volgin with the American-made shells provided by The Boss. The main purpose of the entire operation was the recovery of the Philosopher's Legacy, with the destruction of the Shagohod as a side benefit. Upon arriving at Langley, VA, Snake was awarded the title of Big Boss and a Distinguished Service Cross by President Johnson, but displayed open resentment towards his superiors, especially with the DCI John McCone,^[5] who was the official who ordered the Boss's death in order to recover the Philosopher's Legacy. The game ended with Big Boss saluting The Boss's final resting place, an anonymous gravestone among acres of others. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (commonly abbreviated MGS3) is a stealth-based game directed by Hideo Kojima, developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2. ... Langley is a community in the census-designated place of McLean in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. ... The Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) is the second highest military decoration of the United States Army, awarded for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. ... Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908–January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. ... The Office of Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) was established on January 23rd 1946 with Adm. ... John Alexander McCone (January 4, 1902 - February 14, 1991) was an American businessman and politician who served as Director of Central Intelligence during the height of the Cold War. ...

Naked Snake in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops.

Big Boss would return once again in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (MPO), set six years after "Operation Snake Eater". Instead of a battle dress uniform with changeable camo patterns, Naked Snake wears a "Close Quarter Combative Enhancer" suit, which is a rough combination of Snake's battle dress uniform in Snake Eater with The Boss' sneaking suit and Volgin's red suit according to a conceptual sketch by Yoji Shinkawa. Though he is now officially titled "Big Boss," he refuses to accept this new title, since he does not feel like he has surpassed The Boss yet, and thus still goes by his old codename. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (226x640, 53 KB) Detail of an official render of Naked Snake from Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (226x640, 53 KB) Detail of an official render of Naked Snake from Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops. ... Battle Dress Uniform (BDU) in the United States was the standard military uniform worn into combat, battledress as opposed to display dress uniforms worn at parades and functions. ...

In MPO, Naked Snake was forced to clear his name when his former unit FOX revolts and takes over a former Soviet-owned base located at the fictional San Hieronymo peninsula in Colombia. The first Metal Gear prototype (codename RAXA) was being developed, threatening to ignite a nuclear war much like the Shagohod had years prior. Widely renowned as The Boss' greatest peer, Naked Snake's charismatic presence allows him to recruit several defecting soldiers as allies to "hunt" down the rogue FOX unit (laying the groundwork for FOXHOUND).

As the story progressed, Naked Snake was caught in a power struggle between the CIA and the DOD to obtain the missing half of the Philosopher's Legacy. Resenting his role as a pawn, Snake declared to his adversaries that his loyalty is with neither; the CIA nor the DOD, but to himself, and that he will not live his life like The Boss did. In the end, Snake defeats the new leader of FOX, Gene, and obtains from him a microfilm with the funds for "Army's Heaven", an ideal nation by Gene for soldiers.

After the ending credits, a short telephone conversation is played between Ocelot and an unknown third party. Ocelot agrees to help the mysterious person, but only on the condition he be allowed to invite Big Boss to join them in becoming the Patriots.

Future appearances

Big Boss' naked corpse also appeared in an early promotional artwork for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. During an interview with Hideo Kojima in Game Informer, when asked about Big Boss' presence in the promotional artwork, he said that it was Yoji Shinkawa's decision and not his to draw him in the image. It is unknown what role Big Boss will play in the upcoming game, if any.

Miscellaneous

Snake's Revenge

Big Boss also appears as the second-to-last boss in the non-canonical sequel to the original Metal Gear, Snake's Revenge. He guards the final fortress where the Metal Gear 2 mecha is located. At first, he appears as a normal human armed with a gun. After being shot several times, Big Boss reveals that he survived his injuries from Outer Heaven through surgeries that turned him into a cyborg; he then transforms into a tall RoboCop-like creature and proceeds to chase Solid Snake around while spitting fireballs at him. The only way for Snake to defeat this form is to lure him out of his life-support room and place landmines on his path (his soles are his weakspots). Canonical is an adjective derived from canon. ... Snakes Revenge is a stealth-based action game developed by Konami for the NES. It was released in North America in April 1990 (under the Ultra Games label) and in Europe in March 1992 (under the Konami label). ... For other uses, see Cyborg (disambiguation). ... RoboCop is a 1987 cyberpunk, action movie and satire of business-driven capitalism, directed by Paul Verhoeven. ...

In Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, if the player calls George Kasler during the final battle, he mentions a rumor about Big Boss receiving cybernetic "snatcher" organs from Dr. Madnar after losing his limbs, right ear and right eye (which was already missing in the original game) in battle. While the conversation is actually a reference to Kojima's previous game, Snatcher (in which a character with Pettrovich Madnar's namesake appears as the founder of the snatcher project), some have interpreted the conversation as an in-joke to Big Boss' portrayal in Snake's Revenge. Snatcher ) is a cyberpunk-themed adventure game written and directed by Hideo Kojima. ... If a person, place, or thing is named after a different person, place, or thing, then one is said to be the namesake of the other. ...

Discrepancies (NES games)

When the first Metal Gear was ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System, Big Boss' role remained unchanged within the actual game, from his initial introduction as Snake's commanding officer to the final revelation as the main villain. However, the English-language manual for the North American and European release of the game makes no attempt at keeping the main villain's identity a secret, nor does it mention Big Boss at all. Instead, the main villain is mentioned to be Vermon CaTaffy (a play on Muammar al-Gaddafi), who is described as a "once traquil shepherd boy who turned to terrorism". Likewise, Snake's commanding officer is mentioned to be a man named "Commander South" (a play on Colonel Oliver North). Neither character is actually mentioned in-game. “NES” redirects here. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... A European is primarily a person who was born into one of the countries within the continent of Europe. ... Colonel Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi1 (Arabic:   ) (born c. ... Oliver Laurence North (born October 7, 1943) is most well known for his involvement in the Iran-Contra Affair. ...

The non-canonical Snake's Revenge, which also features Big Boss as the main villain, does not mention him in the manual either. Instead, the manual makes mention of a "Higharolla Kockamamie" (a play on Ayatollah Khomeini), who got the plans for Metal Gear from CaTaffy himself. Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini ( ) (Persian: روح الله موسوی خمینی RÅ«ollāh MÅ«savÄ« KhomeynÄ« (May 17, 1900[1] – June 3, 1989) was a Shi`i Muslim cleric and marja (religious authority), and the political leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution which saw the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of...

This practice was not uncommon for many Konami games published in North America at the time, as the writers of Konami's manuals often took liberties with the game's plot, going against the game designers' original intentions, in an attempt to inject humor into their writing.

Missing eye

Drawing of Big Boss from the Japanese instruction manual for Metal Gear. Note that his eye patch is over his left eye instead of his usual right.

One big discrepancy in the early Metal Gear games was Big Boss' missing eye. In Big Boss' character illustration for the Japanese instruction manual of the first Metal Gear, the eyepatch is on Big Boss' left eye. However, Big Boss in-game sprite clearly depicts the eyepatch on his right side of his face. All subsequent depictions of Big Boss showed his eyepatch on his right eye. In the manual for Metal Gear 2, it is stated that Big Boss lost his right eye during the 1980s and was the cause of his retirement. However, an in-game radio call with George Kasler during the final battle states a rumor that Big Boss actually lost his right eye to Snake in Outer Heaven (only in the MSX2 and Subsistence versions however. The mobile phone version only states that Big Boss lost his right limbs). The backstory written in the Metal Gear 2 manual would have been the most commonly accepted version of Big Boss' loss of his eye. Image File history File links MG1_Boss. ... Image File history File links MG1_Boss. ... An eyepatch is a small patch, usually of black cloth, that is worn in front of one eye and usually attached around the head by an elastic band or by a string. ...

Metal Gear Solid 3, however, changes this by depicting the loss of Big Boss's eye on-screen. Rather than losing his eye during the 80s, Big Boss has his right eye accidentally damaged by a bullet fired from Ocelot's revolver in 1964 while in captivity. This is made clear according to the Hideo Kojima updated commentary to MGS3.^[5] This is now considered the true version, having Big Boss' eye lost in the 80's been retconned. This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ... Retroactive continuity – commonly contracted to the portmanteau word retcon – refers to the act of changing previously established details of a fictional setting, often without providing an explanation for the changes within the context of that setting. ...

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