87-1208: Austrian extreme metal band This article is about the Austrian band. For the Metal Gear Solid 3 character, see List of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater characters . For other uses, see sorrow (disambiguation) . [REDACTED] This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "The Sorrow" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( January 2017 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) The Sorrow [REDACTED] The Sorrow in 2007 Background information Origin Vorarlberg , Austria Genres Melodic metalcore Years active 2005–2017 Labels Drakkar , Napalm Members Mathias Schlegl Andreas Mäser Dominik Immler Tobias Schädler The Sorrow
174-413: A UN Security Council advisory body that monitors PMC activities. He sends Old Snake on an unofficial mission to assassinate Liquid Ocelot in order to put a stop to the latter's activities, providing resources and transportation to complete the mission. He is married to Rosemary, which causes a rift between him and Meryl, now aware that Campbell is her father. However, the marriage is a sham used to fool
261-602: A Blackened Sky Released: April 27, 2007 Label: Drakkar Formats: CD, digital download — — Origin of the Storm Released: February 27, 2009 Label: Drakkar Formats: CD, digital download 25 56 The Sorrow Released: October 29, 2010 Label: Drakkar Formats: CD, digital download 24 — Misery Escape Released: October 26, 2012 Label: Napalm Formats: CD, digital download 18 94 "—" denotes
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435-494: A British woman named Julie Danziger with a child of her own (Emma). Hal and Emma were close, as they had no other friends. Huey later committed suicide by drowning himself in the family pool, and attempted to drown Emma as well. Afterwards, Emma became estranged from her stepbrother, blaming him for not saving her. Shortly afterwards, Hal ran away from home and did not see any of his family members until several years later. Choosing not to continue school, he began to educate himself via
522-468: A U.S. military unit, and assigned to Shadow Moses island in 2005 as an emergency replacement when several soldiers were reported missing. Following her arrival on the island, the unit involved with the exercise revolted along with members of FOXHOUND and took over the nuclear disposal site on the island and the Metal Gear REX weapon being developed there. Meryl refused to join in with the mutiny and
609-788: A Vietnamese war orphan. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots reveals that Frank Jaeger's murder of Para-Medic was part of a plan to free Big Boss from Zero's control. There is a Cyborg Ninja unique character card in Metal Gear Acid . Outside of the Metal Gear games, the Cyborg Ninja is featured as a player character driver in Konami Krazy Racers and as an Assist Trophy in both Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate . Additionally
696-471: A bombing raid against Outer Heaven, not caring about the war orphans or war refugees within. Before dying, he also tells Snake that Big Boss had forgiven the resistance for being against him and rescued as many people as he could from the bombings, Outer Heaven personnel and Resistance members alike. Colonel Roy Campbell ( ロイ・キャンベル大佐 , Roi Kyanberu-taisa , Roy Kyanbel in the MSX2 version of Metal Gear 2 )
783-735: A brief codec appearance in a minigame in Ape Escape 3 . Roy Campbell for most Metal Gear Solid games had been voiced by Takeshi Aono in the Japanese version and by Paul Eiding in the English translation. The character's young version in Portable Ops was voiced by Toshio Furukawa in Japanese and by David Agranov in English. However, Aono's death has resulted in the character's retirement in future Metal Gear Solid games out of respect. Master Miller ( マスター・ミラー , Masutā Mirā )
870-555: A fight, maiming Revolver Ocelot and scaring Otacon in the process. After the fight, he becomes erratic and disappears in a violent rage. Throughout the game, he provides Snake cryptic advice via codec as a faceless contact calling himself "Deepthroat". Naomi Hunter eventually divulges being Jaeger's foster sister, as well as his Cyborg Ninja identity to Snake. Fox later tells Snake that he killed Naomi's parents and, out of remorse, became her foster brother. Fox fights Metal Gear REX (piloted by Liquid) and manages to destroy its radome with
957-529: A fistfight in the middle of a minefield and is apparently killed. Gray Fox returns as the original Cyborg Ninja ( サイボーグ忍者 , Saibōgu Ninja ) in Metal Gear Solid after having been grafted into a powered armor exoskeleton and armed with a high-frequency blade. According to Hideo Kojima , the Cyborg Ninja "was born from this Shin-chan 's graffiti." During Liquid Snake's FOXHOUND revolt at Shadow Moses, Fox once again challenges Solid Snake to
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#17327752528071044-491: A friendship with Otacon while fighting the corrupt FOXHOUND led by his terrorist twin brother Liquid Snake in Metal Gear Solid , and uses the false name Iroquois Pliskin ( イロコィ・プリスキン , Irokoi Purisukin ) while assisting Raiden against Solidus Snake and the Patriots in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty . In Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots , he gives himself the nickname Old Snake ( オールド・スネーク , Ōrudo Sunēku ) due to his accelerated aging process, and
1131-514: A living legend via Venom Snake , as well as the origins of the various aforementioned organizations. While the original Metal Gear games had their character designs modeled after Hollywood actors, the Metal Gear Solid games established a series of consistent designs based on Shinkawa's ideas of what would appeal to gamers. Additionally, several of the characters he designed follow ideas from Kojima and other staff. Critical reception of
1218-476: A random moment in addition to its original programming. As the game progresses, Naomi realizes that some of her original perceptions of Snake were wrong and is later remorseful for modifying the virus. Uncertain of when exactly the FOXDIE would kill, Naomi tells Snake to live life to the fullest in whatever time there was left. Afterwards, Nastasha Romanenko's account reveals that Naomi was briefly arrested following
1305-1015: A recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. Singles [ edit ] Death from a Lover's Hand (2007) Knights of Doom (2007) Where Is the Sun? (2009) Crossing Jordan (2010) Perspectives (2012) Music videos [ edit ] Knights of Doom (2007) Where Is the Sun? (2009) Crossing Jordan (2010) Farewells (2011) Burial Bridge (2012) Perspectives (2012) Retracing Memories (2013) References [ edit ] ^ "Discographie The Sorrow" . austriancharts.at (in German). Hung Medien . Retrieved 6 January 2013 . ^ "Chartverfolgung / Sorrow, The / Longplay" . musicline.de (in German). PhonoNet . Retrieved 6 January 2013 . External links [ edit ] [REDACTED] Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Sorrow . Official website at
1392-913: A recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. Singles [ edit ] Death from a Lover's Hand (2007) Knights of Doom (2007) Where Is the Sun? (2009) Crossing Jordan (2010) Perspectives (2012) Music videos [ edit ] Knights of Doom (2007) Where Is the Sun? (2009) Crossing Jordan (2010) Farewells (2011) Burial Bridge (2012) Perspectives (2012) Retracing Memories (2013) References [ edit ] ^ "Discographie The Sorrow" . austriancharts.at (in German). Hung Medien . Retrieved 6 January 2013 . ^ "Chartverfolgung / Sorrow, The / Longplay" . musicline.de (in German). PhonoNet . Retrieved 6 January 2013 . External links [ edit ] [REDACTED] Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Sorrow . Official website at
1479-528: A result of hardware limitations, Shinkawa designed them to appeal to gamers. Because of the time skip between titles, a few of the characters were redesigned to fit in the game's setting. With the improvements offered by video game consoles like the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 , the staff gave the characters a more realistic look starting with Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty , although they initially had doubts about it. This brought difficulties to
1566-480: A significant impact among players upon their deaths following their boss battles. This also gave Shinkawa difficulties in conceptualizing their visual appearances as a result of having little to no background details. By Metal Gear Solid 2 , Kojima was inspired by the Sherlock Holmes novels to introduce a sidekick character in order to view Snake from a different perspective. Metal Gear Solid also marks
1653-640: A voice-only cameo during the game over screen, scolding the player for causing a time paradox if certain characters are killed. He also appears in the Ape Escape crossover minigame "Snake vs. Monkey". In Portable Ops , a young version of the character, then a Green Beret , is imprisoned by the FOX unit in South America with Naked Snake. The two escape to recruit Gene's disenfranchised enemy soldiers and other allies into an early version of Militaires Sans Frontières. In Metal Gear Solid 4 , Campbell works for
1740-456: Is a drill instructor and survival coach. Benedict Kazuhira Miller ( ベネディクト・カズヒラ・ミラー , Benedikuto Kazuhira Mirā ) , also known as McDonnell Benedict Miller ( マクドネル・ベネディクト・ミラー , Makudoneru Benedikuto Mirā ) , known simply as "McDonnell Miller" in Metal Gear 2 and formerly commonly known by his nickname Kaz , is an ambitious mercenary properly introduced in the prequel Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker , serving as second-in-command in
1827-479: Is actually Olga Gurlukovich. The non-canon prequel Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops , set twenty-five years before Metal Gear , features a teenage version of the character under the codename Null ( ヌル , Nuru ) , a masked machete -wielding assassin. He is subjected to a secret CIA project to be the "Perfect Soldier" and recruited into Gene's corrupt FOX unit during the San Hieronymo takeover. During
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#17327752528071914-683: Is different from Wikidata Articles needing additional references from January 2017 All articles needing additional references Articles with hCards Commons link from Wikidata Webarchive template wayback links List of characters in the Metal Gear series#The Sorrow The Metal Gear franchise features a large number of characters created by Hideo Kojima and designed by Yoji Shinkawa . Its setting features several soldiers with supernatural powers provided by scientific advancements. The series initially follows mercenary Solid Snake given government missions of finding
2001-515: Is embittered as he sees the concept of a nation for soldiers appropriated by other groups and reduced to being mercenary bands before he's rescued from Soviet forces by Venom Snake, enabling him to help with the Diamond Dogs mercenary group's expansion. By this time, he wears a large trench coat and beret while walking with a limp due to having lost his left leg and right arm. Miller is deeply distrusting of anyone affiliated with Cipher, accusing
2088-481: Is now aware that Roy Campbell is her true father, but openly resents him due to the circumstances of her conception and his marriage with Rosemary who is her own age. She reconciles with him at the end of the game. At first, Meryl dislikes her subordinate Johnny due to his clumsiness and stomach problems, but forgives him after learning he does not have nanomachines in his body and falls in love with him after he saves her life on their missions and ends up marrying him at
2175-488: Is the chief of FOXHOUND's medical staff and part of the support crew assembled to assist Solid Snake, providing the player with information on the FOXHOUND members Snake faces. Being Gray Fox's adopted sister, she attempted to get revenge on Snake for nearly killing her brother during the original Metal Gear games. When instructed to inject Snake with the FOXDIE virus, she secretly modifies it so that it will kill Snake at
2262-467: Is the playable character once more. Solid Snake was voiced by Akio Ōtsuka in the Japanese version and by David Hayter in the English translation. Gray Fox ( グレイ・フォックス , Gurei Fokkusu , spelled "Grey Fox" in the MSX2 versions) as a high-ranking agent of FOXHOUND with the "Fox" codename being the highest distinction within the unit. He first appears in the MSX2 games where his face portrait
2349-548: Is the primary character of the original series. In the original Metal Gear games, he is a rookie agent of FOXHOUND who was given the mission to find and destroy the Metal Gear located within Outer Heaven and Zanzibar Land, leading to confrontations with his comrade Gray Fox and his superior Big Boss (the phantom in Outer Heaven and his father in Zanzibar Land). In the original Metal Gear Solid games, Snake gains
2436-464: Is the second commanding officer of FOXHOUND. He was introduced in Metal Gear 2 , in which he serves as Solid Snake's primary radio contact in the game. Campbell gives information about the mission objective and general gameplay tips for Zanzibar Land. In Metal Gear Solid , Campbell has more of a personal stake in the mission on Shadow Moses, as his niece Meryl Silverburgh is being held captive by Liquid Snake's revolutionary FOXHOUND team. In one of
2523-536: The Manhattan Project , and his father was born on the day of the Hiroshima bombing . Otacon had developed a strong attraction to FOXHOUND member Sniper Wolf. Distraught that Snake would have to kill her, Otacon eventually came to terms with her, himself, and his position in life. With Otacon's assistance, Snake was able to destroy REX and defeat the terrorist uprising. According to the in-universe novel In
2610-458: The Metal Gear version. Meryl's partner in Policenauts , Dave Forrest, also shares the same given name Solid Snake has, whose true name is also Dave (David). In the final scenes of Metal Gear Solid , Meryl wears an orange goose down vest similar to the one Forrest wears in Policenauts . Character designer Yoji Shinkawa stated that the staff purposely avoided mentioning her directly in
2697-430: The Metal Gear weapon, resulting in encounters in the original Metal Gear games with Gray Fox and Big Boss in Outer Heaven and Zanzibar Land. In the original Metal Gear Solid games, Solid Snake works with Otacon and Raiden while opposing Liquid Snake 's FOXHOUND, Solidus Snake, the Patriots and Revolver Ocelot . Additionally, the Metal Gear Solid prequels follow Big Boss's past as Naked Snake and development of
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2958-670: The world championships and the Olympics under her belt), Heffner was stripped of her competition rights after being caught in an attempt to seek political asylum in Canada with Frank Jaeger, and sought to redeem herself by joining the StB . She is escorting Dr. Marv to America when Zanzibar Land agents hijack their plane. Later in the game, she joins Solid Snake in rescuing Dr. Marv, but dies when Jaeger (as Gray Fox in Metal Gear D) destroys
3045-483: The Big Shell. When Solidus Snake seized the Big Shell, he infiltrated the facility with SEAL Team 10 to find Emma who was among the hostages. He managed to be reunited with her, but she died shortly afterwards, due to stab wounds inflicted by Vamp. Before her death, Emma admitted to always admiring Hal and wanting to follow in his footsteps. Despite falling into deep despair, Snake encouraged him to move on and rescue all
3132-455: The CIS Army. Kasler's service earns him a lasting reputation in the mercenary community; only mercenaries who have worked with him can be truly recognized as the best in the world. Johan Jacobsen ( ヨハン・ヤコブセン , Yohan Yakobusen ) , named Yozev Norden ( ヨゼフ・ノルデン , Yozefu Noruden ) in the MSX2 version, is a zoologist specializing in the preservation of all endangered species. He is
3219-614: The Darkness of Shadow Moses by Nastasha Romanenko, offered as a bonus feature with Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty , states that Snake and Meryl escaped together. Meryl returns in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots as the commander of Rat Patrol Team One (RAT PT 01), a fictional division of the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command sent to investigate Liquid Ocelot's private military company activities. She
3306-502: The Darkness of Shadow Moses: The Unofficial Truth , Otacon had allegedly left for Great Britain after the terrorist uprising to visit relatives. After the schematics for Metal Gear were placed on the black market by Revolver Ocelot , Snake and Otacon formed Philanthropy, an organization dedicated to the end of the proliferation of Metal Gear-type weapons. During the events of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty , Otacon received an email in 2007 from his step-sister Emma, informing him of
3393-602: The English translation, the character was voiced by Greg Eagles (in Metal Gear Solid ), Rob Paulsen (in Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes , Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate ) and Larc Spies (in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops and Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel ). Dr. Drago Pettrovich Madnar ( ドラゴ・ペトロヴィッチ・マッドナー , Dorago Petorovitchi Maddonā , known simply as Dr. Petrovich in
3480-526: The Internet. He became a big fan of anime , and started calling himself Otacon, short for the " Otaku Convention", which he never misses. He matriculated at MIT and earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University . During his college years, he was recruited by the FBI 's Engineering Research Facility, but was fired from his job after hacking into their classified database. Otacon was hired by Armstech, Inc. to be
3567-746: The Militaires Sans Frontières mercenary group. His backstory reveals his upbringing as the son of a US officer and a Japanese woman and also notes his brief service in the JSDF . Unlike Big Boss, Kaz is initially characterized as idealistic, believing in MSF's idea of a nation for soldiers free of political ideology. However, he's naïve in underestimating Cipher and assumes he can maintain a business relationship with Zero's organization. This comes into full effect with Miller in Metal Gear Solid V . Following MSF's destruction at Cipher's hands, Miller
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3654-479: The Patriots , set in 2014. He and Sunny built a robotic companion to Snake called Metal Gear Mk. II , which he controlled remotely. The Mk. II was taken from a robotic character of the same name in Snatcher . He became romantically involved with Naomi Hunter through the course of the story although he once again lost her upon her suicide, thus forcing him yet again to witness the death of a woman he cared about. In
3741-646: The Patriots and protect Rose's and Raiden's son John. Following the Patriots' destruction, he reconciles with Meryl to walk down the aisle at his daughter's wedding. Outside the main canon, the character reprises his role as the reluctant commanding officer in the Game Boy Color game Metal Gear: Ghost Babel , a side-story which serves as an alternate sequel to the events of the original Metal Gear . He, Otacon and Mei Ling serve as Solid Snake's codec contacts in Super Smash Bros. Brawl . He also makes
3828-429: The Patriots. Using connections he had with an organization, he managed to steal Liquid Snake's corpse (which was missing its right arm) and dumped it into the sea. He continued to manage Philanthropy's activities while keeping Snake's survival a secret from the public. In 2009, he received another anonymous e-mail, this time from Liquid (while taking over Ocelot's mind), informing him about the development of Arsenal Gear in
3915-458: The Sega CD spells his name as Dr. Petrovich Modnar. Kyle Schneider ( カイル・シュナイダー , Kairu Shunaidā ) (known simply as Schneider in the original Metal Gear ) is the leader of a resistance movement against Outer Heaven in Metal Gear , who helps Solid Snake as a radio contact alongside fellow resistance members Diane ( ダイアン , Daian ) and Jennifer ( ジェニファー , Jenifā ) . He discovers
4002-1157: The Shadow Moses incident until her escape. The Sorrow Austrian extreme metal band This article is about the Austrian band. For the Metal Gear Solid 3 character, see List of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater characters . For other uses, see sorrow (disambiguation) . [REDACTED] This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "The Sorrow" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( January 2017 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) The Sorrow [REDACTED] The Sorrow in 2007 Background information Origin Vorarlberg , Austria Genres Melodic metalcore Years active 2005–2017 Labels Drakkar , Napalm Members Mathias Schlegl Andreas Mäser Dominik Immler Tobias Schädler The Sorrow
4089-547: The US but failed and was stripped of competition rights as a result. Afterwards, Jaeger developed a great deal of resentment toward his superiors, but was unaware that Gustava later joined the StB and is present in Zanzibar as Dr. Kio Marv 's bodyguard. During his and Snake's first direct encounter as enemies, Fox's piloting of the Metal Gear accidentally causes Gustava's death. After Snake destroys Metal Gear, Fox challenges Snake to
4176-527: The advanced Metal Gear D and confronts Snake a few times, while secretly assisting Snake as an anonymous informant. The character's past is fleshed out in this game: his civilian identity Frank Jaeger ( フランク・イェーガー , Furanku Yēgā , "Frank Yeager" in the MSX2 version) had a relationship with former Czech figure skater Gustava Heffner (Natasha Marcova in the MSX2 version) after they met in Calgary and fell in love. Gustava tried to seek asylum with him in
4263-703: The algae to the World Energy Conference in Prague , and was on his way to a demonstration in the United States when he was kidnapped by soldiers from Zanzibar Land. Solid Snake is brought out of retirement by FOXHOUND's new commander Roy Campbell, and is sent to Zanzibar Land to rescue Dr. Marv. However, he dies of torture in his cell and leaves behind the OILIX documents for Snake to find. Holly White ( ホーリー・ホワイト , Hōrī Howaito , Horry White in
4350-464: The attention of the CIA. She infiltrates Zanzibar Land as a journalist and assists Solid Snake over the course of the mission. Gustava Heffner ( グスタヴァ・ヘフナー , Gusutava Hefunā ) , originally named Natasha Marcova ( ナターシャ・マルコバァ , Natāsha Marukobaa ) in the MSX2 version of Metal Gear 2 , is a former professional figure skater . Once known as one of the world's best figure skaters (with stints in
4437-557: The bridge she is on. George Kasler ( ジョージ・ケスラー , Jōji Kesurā , George Kesler in the MSX2 version) is FOXHOUND's resident strategist and advisor whose military career includes service with mercenaries from South Africa and the French Foreign Legion , plus a short stint in negotiation and combat intelligence-gathering. He is also a veteran of the 1997 Mercenary War of Independence in Zanzibar Land, fighting
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#17327752528074524-528: The central antagonist of Metal Gear Solid 4 as Liquid Ocelot ( リキッド・オセロット , Rikiddo Oserotto ) , and an ally of Venom Snake during Metal Gear Solid V . Playing a major role in the overall story, Ocelot often is working as a double or triple agent at any moment, with his overall intentions unclear. In Japanese, Revolver Ocelot was voiced by Kōji Totani (original depiction), Takumi Yamazaki (younger version), Satoshi Mikami (middle-aged version), and Banjō Ginga (Liquid Ocelot). In English, Revolver Ocelot
4611-494: The days when her uncle and Solid Snake were members as the unit's heyday, and wears a paint tattoo of the unit's old logo on her left shoulder. She joined the armed forces after graduating high school and received extensive psychotherapy to prevent any attraction to the opposite sex. Her weapon of choice is a Desert Eagle pistol. She was recruited by the Next-Generation Special Forces (Genome Soldiers),
4698-469: The dialogue in Metal Gear Solid , became attached to the series. Various Metal Gear Solid games have been expanded upon in remakes and other media, such as Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes , Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel , Metal Gear Solid 2: Digital Graphic Novel , and Metal Gear Online . Solid Snake ( ソリッド・スネーク , Soriddo Sunēku ) , real name David ( デイビッド , Deibiddo ) ,
4785-559: The end of the story. She also appears in Metal Gear Online as a playable character. Meryl Silverburgh was voiced by Kyoko Terase in the Japanese version and by Debi Mae West in the English translation. Naomi Hunter ( ナオミ・ハンター , Naomi Hantā ) , nicknamed Dr. Naomi ( ドクター・ナオミ , Dokutā Naomi ) by her staff as opposed to the more formal Dr. Hunter, is a geneticist by practice, and specializes in nanotechnology-based gene therapy. In Metal Gear Solid , she
4872-466: The finale, Otacon told Snake that he will live with Snake for the remainder of his life, to serve as a witness of his existence. By the time of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance in 2018, Otacon is mentioned to have officially adopted Sunny. Outside of the Metal Gear series, Otacon has made guest appearances in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate , where he was one of Solid Snake's support crew available through taunting. Otacon
4959-488: The first sequel to Metal Gear Solid so that it could follow either of the two endings from the first game. Meryl is first introduced as the teenage daughter of Roy Campbell's deceased brother, Matt Campbell, who died during the Gulf War . Born to a house of military traditions, Meryl trained herself throughout her childhood in the 'arts' of soldiery. She admired the FOXHOUND unit (a high-tech special forces group), viewing
5046-437: The first time that characters were given voice actors, with Solid Snake and Naked Snake being voiced by Akio Ōtsuka . Ōtsuka remembers being surprised during his debut as a result of the large amount of dialogue Snake was given. In the English adaptations, the casting was directed by Kris Zimmerman and supervised by a member from Konami. Solid Snake's English voice actor was David Hayter , who, despite having issues with some of
5133-469: The game's cast has been positive, as publications have praised their personalities and roles within the series. Much as Metal Gear began as a pastiche of action movies of the time, characters were pastiches of contemporary action movie heroes. Once Shinkawa started designing the characters in PlayStation 's Metal Gear Solid , they were given their respective established visual appearances. As
5220-476: The game's endings, he reveals Meryl is his daughter, the result of an affair between himself and his late brother's wife. In Metal Gear Solid 2 , he is impersonated by an elaborate AI constructed by supercomputer GW within Arsenal Gear for the Patriots who poses as Raiden's commanding officer and only communicates via codec. In Metal Gear Solid 3 , Campbell is not involved in the main story but he makes
5307-486: The game, Null fights with Naked Snake twice. Snake eventually realizes that Null was a boy in Mozambique that used his innocence as a cover to kill dozens of government soldiers with only a knife while speaking a small amount of German, leading to the name "Frank Jaeger" (German for "Frank Hunter"). Snake defeats Jaeger and sends him somewhere outside of FOX for help. The game's backstory contradicts his true backstory as
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#17327752528075394-580: The hostages held in the Big Shell. Apparently, he was successful in this and stays in contact to support Raiden until he defeated Solidus. When Snake met Otacon at their hideout, he was given the disk that contained data on the Wisemen's Committee to look over, which included names and whereabouts. After this (the ending note), Otacon told Snake about the information on the disc: the twelve members had been dead for about 100 years. Otacon appeared once more as Old Snake's support man in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of
5481-495: The identity of Outer Heaven's leader, but is silenced before he can mention his name. In Metal Gear 2 , Schneider appears under the guise of Black Ninja ( ブラック・ニンジャ , Burakku Ninja ) (Black Color ( ブラック・カラー , Burakku Karā ) in the original MSX2 version), a high-tech ninja under the service of Zanzibar Land and the first boss in the game. Solid Snake defeats him during a battle, but does not learn his true identity until he collapses. He then reveals to Snake that NATO led
5568-597: The lead engineer for the Metal Gear REX project. He jumped at the chance to make an actual mecha type robot, which appears frequently in the anime he enjoys. He was led to believe that it was a mobile defense system, but in reality it was a nuclear doomsday weapon . During the events of Metal Gear Solid , Otacon encountered Solid Snake who had informed him of the true nature of Metal Gear REX. Devastated, Otacon realized that he had written yet another chapter in his family's dark history—his grandfather had worked on
5655-560: The likes of Huey and Quiet of betrayal and calling for the defectors' deaths. Miller takes little satisfaction with vengeance on Skull Face but nevertheless believes in Diamond Dogs' cause. However, his faith is shaken with the revelation that a body double was used for Big Boss which ultimately prompted him to reject Big Boss. Miller's later years has him serving as a survival coach within FOXHOUND while acting as Solid Snake's mentor in Metal Gear 2 before he's murdered for Liquid Snake's identity theft in Metal Gear Solid . The character in
5742-404: The new prototype Metal Gear RAY. The e-mail was actually a trap for the Patriots to lure Solid Snake out of hiding and frame him for terrorism, by having Ocelot hijack RAY and place the blame on Snake with forged evidence. When the tanker was destroyed by Ocelot, Otacon took a boat and managed to save Snake, as well as Olga Gurlukovich . Otacon was forced to fake Snake's death after he was framed by
5829-616: The nuclear strike capabilities and later is a founding member of the non-profit Philanthropy organization while dealing with more personal problems. Hal Emmerich was born in 1980 to Dr. "Huey" Emmerich and Dr. Strangelove, a pair of former scientists. When Hal was still young, Huey attempted using him as a test pilot for the Metal Gear ST-84, as the machine could only be piloted by a child. Strangelove vehemently opposed this, leading to an argument between Hal's parents and to Huey ultimately killing Strangelove. Years later, Huey married
5916-607: The original Metal Gear and Dr. Pettrovich Madnar in the MSX2 version of Metal Gear 2 ) is an Eastern engineer. He's responsible for creating the TX-55 Metal Gear mecha in the original Metal Gear , as well as the TX-11 Arnold (Bloody Brad) androids. Dr. Madnar is one of the hostages Snake must rescue along with his daughter Ellen ( エレン , Eren ) . In Metal Gear 2 , Dr. Madnar bitterly defects to Zanzibar Land and develops Metal Gear D after being rejected by
6003-475: The original Metal Gear Solid games as Shalashaska ( シャラシャーシカ , Sharashāshika ) where he acts as Liquid Snake's right-hand man within FOXHOUND during Metal Gear Solid , Solidus Snake's right-hand man and the Patriots' agent during Metal Gear Solid 2 , both Naked Snake's friendly rival and the Philosophers' triple agent during Metal Gear Solid 3 as Major Ocelot ( オセロット少佐 , Oserotto-shōsa ) ,
6090-782: The original Cyborg Ninja's exoskeleton appears as a downloadable content skin for Raiden in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance , and Venom Snake in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain . Kojima was interested in developing a game with Gray Fox as the main playable character. In the Japanese version, the character was voiced by Kaneto Shiozawa (in Metal Gear Solid ), Jun Fukuyama (in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops ) and Takumi Yamazaki (in Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel ). In
6177-533: The original MSX2 version) is an American freelance journalist. Born from a French mother and an English father, she became interested in literature at an early age and was later awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her coverage in Afghanistan plus an Emmy Award (mistakenly referred to in the original manual as a Grammy Award) for her documentary Unknown Bloodstream . Her newfound fame eventually gets her
6264-559: The original version of Solid Snake, other characters' designs were more time-consuming. During their debuts, player characters Solid Snake and Raiden are meant to represent the player, while in following games, they acquire more defined personalities. As a result of Snake's increasing experience in combat across the series, Kojima attempted creating more challenging antagonists for the boss battles . This resulted in Big Boss's clones from Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 2 that had
6351-464: The prequels was voiced by Tomokazu Sugita in the Japanese version and by Robin Atkin Downes in the English translation. Dr. Kio Marv ( キオ・マルフ , Kio Marufu ) is a Czechoslovak biotechnologist. In the backstory of Solid Snake , Marv had successfully created a new algae species called OILIX that could produce petroleum-grade hydrocarbons with little expense and effort. Marv presented
6438-647: The same abilities as Solid Snake, the legendary Cobra Unit from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater who participated in World War II , and the Beauty and the Beast Corps from Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots that had few human traits. While villains during the first games were given detailed backstories, the Cobra Unit members were intended to have little information known about them, resulting in
6525-549: The scientific community. He comes in contact with Solid Snake in the game while posing as a hostage, but attacks him after the truth is revealed. His name is mentioned in Metal Gear Solid 4 as the scientist who saved Raiden's life after he was turned into a cyborg. A character with the same name also plays a supporting role in Hideo Kojima's adventure game Snatcher , although the English-language version for
6612-400: The staff, as they had to make the faces more realistic. When illustrating characters, Shinkawa does not focus on minor details (such as eyes, which he sometimes tries not to draw), instead illustrating something more symbolic. While Solid Snake remained easy to illustrate as a result of him having a consistent design, and Big Boss's younger self, Naked Snake, was conceived via minor changes to
6699-495: The torture section, Snake rescues a wounded Meryl in the final section of the game and they escape the facility together before their jeep crashes with Liquid Snake's, allowing them to have their deaths faked by Roy and Mei Ling. However, if the player submits to the torture, Snake discovers that Meryl has died during her imprisonment and he leaves her body to be buried by the collapsing structure with REX's remains. When Snake informs Campbell of Meryl's death, Campbell reveals that Meryl
6786-421: The use of a prototype railgun attached to his arm. However, Fox is mortally wounded and begs Snake to kill him and destroy REX with a Stinger , but Snake refuses to shoot. Saying goodbye to his comrade, Fox is killed by REX. Raiden initially believed the original Cyborg Ninja was alive in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty during Solidus Snake's Manhattan incident before learning that the person in question
6873-430: The vice-president of the fictional Worldwide Animal Rights Federation and works for the science magazine Maxwell . He is revealed to have been acquainted with Dr. Madnar since their college days and is in Zanzibar Land to study indigenous animals. Revolver Ocelot ( リボルバー・オセロット , Riborubā Oserotto ) is a recurring gunslinger antagonist during the Metal Gear Solid games. He is a major nemesis of Solid Snake during
6960-425: Was actually his biological daughter, conceived from an affair between him and his sister-in-law, and this secret was kept from Meryl by her biological parents and they never get the chance to tell her in this alternate ending (the subject of Meryl's paternity is brought up again in Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance during "Confidential Legacy", one of the non-canonical Snake Tales missions). The fictional publication In
7047-569: Was an Austrian metal band from Vorarlberg . They were formed in 2005 by Mathias Schlegel and Andreas Mäser from the band Disconnected and Dominik Immler and Tobias Schädler from the band Distance. In 2006, they signed a recording contract with Drakkar Records , and in 2007 released their debut album Blessings from a Blackened Sky . Discography [ edit ] Albums [ edit ] List of studio albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions AUT GER Blessings from
7134-569: Was an Austrian metal band from Vorarlberg . They were formed in 2005 by Mathias Schlegel and Andreas Mäser from the band Disconnected and Dominik Immler and Tobias Schädler from the band Distance. In 2006, they signed a recording contract with Drakkar Records , and in 2007 released their debut album Blessings from a Blackened Sky . Discography [ edit ] Albums [ edit ] List of studio albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions AUT GER Blessings from
7221-467: Was modeled after actor Tom Berenger . In the first game , he goes missing during a mission to Outer Heaven , with his last transmission being a cryptic message simply saying "Metal Gear". Fox is later rescued by Solid Snake, and reveals the TX-55 Metal Gear's true nature to the player. Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake revealed that Gray Fox left FOXHOUND and defected to Zanzibar Land. Fox pilots
7308-407: Was shot and subsequently captured by FOXHOUND member Sniper Wolf. In an attempt to rescue Meryl and complete his mission, Snake engaged in a sniping duel with Wolf and was eventually lured into an ambush by her where he was also captured. Snake is then put through a series of torture trials by Revolver Ocelot; at this point, the player's actions dictate Meryl's fate. If the player successfully completes
7395-589: Was taken prisoner and placed on the same holding cell level with ArmsTech President Kenneth Baker who gave her the card needed to activate REX. She manages to escape confinement and meets up with Snake, and the two eventually begin working together. Meryl manages to stay hidden by disguising herself as one of the Genome Soldiers using the clothes she stole from Johnny Sasaki, the guard that was watching her cell. When Psycho Mantis takes control of Meryl's mind, Snake knocks her out before fighting Mantis. Later Meryl
7482-628: Was voiced by Hideyuki Tanaka in the Japanese version and by Christopher Randolph in the English translation. Meryl Silverburgh ( メリル・シルバーバーグ , Meriru Shirubābāgu ) in the Metal Gear series is based on a supporting character of the same name in Hideo Kojima 's earlier game Policenauts (1994) where the character was originally designed by Tomiharu Kinoshita. Kojima liked the character so much that he used her name, likeness, voice actress ( Kyoko Terase ) and other characteristics for
7569-427: Was voiced by Patric Zimmerman (original depiction and Liquid Ocelot), Joshua Keaton (younger version), and Troy Baker (middle-aged version). Hal Emmerich ( ハル・エメリッヒ , Haru Emerihhi ) , nicknamed Otacon ( オタコン , Otakon ) , is a recurring character in the Metal Gear Solid series and Solid Snake's close friend. He is introduced as an employee of ArmsTech and Metal Gear REX 's engineer that learns of
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