Why is Big Boss a legendary soldier?

Big Boss is considered to be the greatest soldier to ever fight. He single handedly defeated the entire Cobra Unit, the legendary Boss, Colonel Volgin in a fistfight, the Shagohod, the Ocelot Unit along with it's commander, Peace Walker, and put up a fight against Solid Snake in his own elderly age.
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Why was Big Boss a legend?

Due to his extraordinary military career and the stories about him, Big Boss' legacy achieved mythic proportions, earning him the "Legendary Soldier" moniker. He was widely regarded as a hero and made the covers of popular magazines all over the world.
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Why Big Boss is the best Snake?

Metal Gear Solid: 5 Reasons Why Big Boss Is The True Snake (& 5 Why It's Solid Snake)
  1. 1 Solid Snake: He Bested And Became More Than What He Was Created For.
  2. 2 Big Boss: He Taught Solid Snake Everything He Knew. ...
  3. 3 Solid Snake: He Knew His Bloodline Was Insane. ...
  4. 4 Big Boss: He Never Let Anyone Control Him. ...
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Was Big Boss a super soldier?

Big Boss, real name John, also known as Jack, and formerly known as Naked Snake, Vic Boss, Ishmael, Saladin, or simply Snake, was a renowned special forces operative and mercenary commander.
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What made Big Boss turn evil?

The reason why Big Boss is evil is because he has a different view of The Boss's Will from Zero. Zero thought The Boss wanted a World without Borders. In other words, a unifed world under the eye of a single power.
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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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Why does Big Boss have horns?

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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Why 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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Is Raiden a clone of a Snake?

The surprise to fans that Raiden was not Snake was admitted by Kojima to have been inspired by the plot twist of Terminator 2: Judgment Day where the titular character played by Arnold Schwarzenegger was not a villain in that movie.
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Who is the original super soldier?

Erskine developed the first "Super-Soldier Serum" as part of a top-secret US Government experiment called Operation: Rebirth. He was now code-named "Professor Reinstein" to hide his identity. The first and the most successful recipient of the Super-Soldier Serum was Steve Rogers.
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How old is Big Boss in mgs5?

According to Director Kojima, The Boss was about 50 years old ("50歳くらい") during the Snake Eater mission. Which can sensibly be assumed to be perhaps 52 or 53.
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Did Solid Snake know Big Boss?

Ok, so how does Solid Snake know that Big Boss is his father in Metal Gear Solid. When he is captured in the cell after Ocelot's torture, there is a codec scene in which he talks to Naomi and he obviously knew Big Boss was his father.
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Who kills Venom Snake?

It's stated in the timeline after the credits that during the Outer Heaven Uprising in 1995, Solid Snake kills Venom Snake.
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Is Big Boss evil in mgs5?

Metal Gear Solid V was advertised as the moment Big Boss truly became evil. While he is not the protagonist of The Phantom Pain, it does reveal his worst sin in brainwashing a loyal member of his own men into his proxy, Venom Snake.
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Why does Big Boss have so many clones?

Clark further explained that Big Boss was unaware that the U.S. Government possessed so many of his cells, since they were taken from him when he was in surgery after suffering injures in the war.
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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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Why is Raiden missing his jaw?

As a prisoner, the Patriots used Raiden as a test subject for experiments in exoskeletal enhancement surgery, during which he had his head and spine excised from his body from his lower jaw down and subsequently grafted into an enhanced synthetic body.
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Was Raiden ever human?

While a prisoner of the Patriots, Raiden was used as a subject for experiments in exoskeletal enhancement surgery, the enhancements too severe to allow him to live again as a normal human.
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Why does Raiden wear heels?

There is no "cross-dressing" aspect. The "high heels" allow him to easily grip his sword with his feet when executing combos.
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What is the IQ of Solid Snake?

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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Why does Solid Snake have a bandana?

As a member of FOXHOUND in the 1990s, Solid Snake wore a bandana, as part of the unit's field uniform.
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When did Solid Snake lose his eye?

During Colonel Volgin's torture of him, Big Boss, then known as Naked Snake, received a muzzle burn that blinded him in his right eye, which also ruptured and destroyed the cornea and the lens of his eye, while intercepting a bullet that was meant for Tatyana/EVA, after her cover was blown.
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Is Revolver Ocelot in love with Big Boss?

9 Ocelot Was In Love With Big Boss All Along

Metal Gear Solid 4 further plays with the idea by having Ocelot kiss Snake during the final battle, and The Phantom Pain more or less confirms Ocelot's infatuation with Big Boss.
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Why does venom snake not talk?

He doesn't know what to do or say because, once again, he isn't Big Boss. The real Big Boss is proactive and the first to start talking. Venom Snake starts becoming proactive during the second half of the game, speaking more in cutscenes and in audio tapes.
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Why is venom snake named venom?

The additional nickname "V" provides a more meta explanation for the name choice too, as Venom is the fifth character to bear the codename across the franchise, plus a continuation of the mantra V for Victory, which appeared in Peace Walker.
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