Why did Big Boss Send Solid Snake?

To test the security of Outer Heaven. Since if he couldnt do it, no one can. Big Boss didnt want Solid Snake to fail. He wanted Snake to invade Outer Heaven, "Rescue" Fox and come back with false information about them not possessing an actual Metal Gear.
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Why did The Boss betray Snake?

Unbeknownst to Snake, however, he was also meant to act as a way for The Boss to get the Philosophers' Legacy smuggled out of Volgin's custody and into the hands of the American government. Continuing to act as a traitor to America, The Boss would allow herself to be assassinated by her beloved protégé.
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Why did Solid Snake fight Big Boss?

The cause is the new FOXDIE virus, which he contracted from Solid Snake. This virus kills specific people based on recognizing DNA, and Snake got a new strain from Drebin so that he could use any weapons purchased from him. The strain was programmed to kill former Patriots such as Big Mama, Liquid Ocelot, and Big Boss.
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Why was Solid Snake sent to Outer Heaven?

He was planning on to build this company a larger military establishment, and he built Outer Heaven as its base. His purpose for sending the rookie Snake was to cause information confusion amongst the west.
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Did Big Boss know Solid Snake was his son?

Not his genetic origin, but his father. All evidence indicates that Big Boss never told him about the cloning, instead opting to tell him he was Snake's father.
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Metal Gear Solid 4 - Snake Meets Big Boss (Final Scene of Franchise)



How did Solid Snake age so fast?

He faked his own death in the Manhattan Tanker Incident, though he re-emerged years later to assist Raiden in the Big Shell Incident. During this time, his health declined as his body entered a state of accelerated aging due to intentional genetic changes made during the cloning process.
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Why did Big Boss turn evil?

Big Boss became a mad man, Peace Walker explains that, he gave up on his mentor because she wanted peace and he wanted war/conflict because that's the only thing he knew. There's no way a guy that wants war and have his own nuclear nation so the world can be afraid of him be a good guy. Only for his own greedy beliefs.
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Is Solid Snake a virgin?

Solid Snake could be a virgin, but he's never been implied as such.
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Why does Solid Snake hide in a box?

In 1995, Solid Snake procured a cardboard box during his infiltration of the enemy fortress, Outer Heaven. By hiding himself within the box and remaining inconspicuous, Snake used it to escape the notice of enemy sentries and surveillance cameras.
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Why does Solid Snake have a horn?

It turns out that, if you play "Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain" maliciously, eventually you'll end up permanently covered in blood with a massive horn sticking out of your head. Huh! The horn is a piece of shrapnel that the game's main character, known as both "Big Boss" and "Snake," cannot remove.
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Was Venom Snake loyal to Big Boss?

His loyalty to Big Boss became unquestioned. On March 16, 1975, the medic was stationed on board the helicopter sent to extract MSF commander Big Boss and the rescued POWs Chico and Paz Ortega Andrade from Camp Omega in Cuba.
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Why did Drebin inject Snake with FOXDIE?

Drebin also provided Snake with an injection of nanomachines so that he could operate any weapons he might purchase from him, though he secretly infected him with a new strain of FOXDIE, which was programmed to kill former Patriot members Big Mama, Liquid Ocelot, and Big Boss under orders from JD and the other Patriot ...
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Is Venom Snake a clone of Big Boss?

The now-infamous ending plot twist reveals that Venom Snake is simply a "clone" of Big Boss, a double created to distract the world while the real Big Boss betrays his allegiances to build Outer Heaven.
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Is Ocelot The Boss's son?

Indeed, Hideo Kojima confirmed in the Extreme Box DVD commentary that Ocelot is the son of The Boss and The Sorrow. Based upon The Boss's story of giving birth in 1944, this would make Ocelot 20 years old at the time of Operation Snake Eater.
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Is Snake the bosses son?

In the Metal Gear series, The Boss is a legendary American soldier, founder and leader of the Cobra Unit, the biological mother of Ocelot, mentor and mother figure to Naked Snake, and is known as the mother of the U.S. special forces.
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Is Solid Snake missing an eye?

Les Enfants Terribles. During the Big Shell Incident in 2009, one of the Les Enfants Terribles children, Solidus Snake, lost his left eye as a result of fighting Solid Snake and Raiden.
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How did Solid Snake survive the tanker?

The sinking of the tanker resulted in the deaths of more than half of the soldiers on board, as well as the apparent death of Solid Snake. In reality, Snake had survived, faking his death by using Liquid snake's body as a decoy.
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Does Solid Snake have autism?

Solid Snake has a mild form of Asperger's Syndrome or another high-functioning autism spectrum condition.
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What is solid snakes IQ?

Snake possesses an IQ of 180 and is fluent in six languages. Solid Snake has been on the battlefield for most of his life, and says that it is the only place he feels truly alive. He is a hardened veteran, burying his emotions within himself during missions, every one of which has different motives.
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How old is Solid Snake physically?

So chronologically Solid Snake is 42 but his body looks closer to late 70's, estimating by the appearance of Big Boss himself who was 79 when he died.
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Can Solid Snake have children?

23 Solid Snake Can't Have Kids

Even though the series never slows down to focus on it, the fact Snake can't reproduce is quite sad in a sense. This is a man who clearly wants to pass on his legacy as evidenced by Metal Gear Solid 2, and he'll never get a chance to do so on a biological level.
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Who is the main villain in Metal Gear?

Big Boss was originally depicted in Metal Gear as the leader of FOXHOUND, and the commander of Solid Snake, before revealing he was actually also the leader of Outer Heaven, and the game's main antagonist.
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What was Big Boss's goal?

Big Boss plays a central role in Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. He is on a mission to rescue a child soldier and Pacifica Ocean from an American black site on Cuban soil; Big Boss believes that Pacifica can be converted to MSF's cause.
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What happens to the real Big Boss in MGSV?

The Big Boss who dies in the explosion of the fortress of Outer Heaven is the “phantom” born from the explosion of the chopper in Ground Zeroes. The “real” Big Boss is elsewhere, building Zanzibar Land (a specular reflection of Outer Heaven).
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