Is Solid Snake still alive?

Hideo Kojima has apparently gone on-record and confirmed that not only is Metal Gear Solid 5 happening, series hero Solid Snake is also still alive and kicking… even though he was supposed to die at the end of MGS4.

Why did Solid Snake kill himself?

Meanwhile, Solid Snake visited the grave of Big Boss once again. Collapsing in front of the grave, he vowed that the last thing for him to do – his final mission – was to take his own life, thereby erasing his genes from the Earth, and removing the threat of the mutated FOXDIE strain.

Did Solid Snake die on 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.

How did Solid Snake survive?

Snake ultimately defeated Liquid, with Ocelot’s former personality temporarily reasserting control prior to his death. After performing his signature hand gesture and commenting, “You’re pretty good,” he passed away, having succumbed to the new FOXDIE virus within Snake’s body.

Was Liquid really Ocelot?

At the end of MGS4 explains Ocelot was never possessed by Liquid Snake. He used nanomachines to transplant Liquid’s personality over his own. The reason for it is to get away from Patriot’s eye. So that means that he is actually Ocelot.

Where is the real Big Boss?

Zanzibar Land
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).

How did snake survive the tanker?

The tanker’s sinking resulted in the deaths of more than half of the soldiers on board, as well as the apparent death of Solid Snake (in actuality, Snake had survived, having faked his death by leaving behind the corpse of Liquid Snake as a decoy).

What is the tanker in mgs2?

The USS Discovery, in 2007. The USS Discovery KSNM-3* was a dummy oil tanker used to secretly transport the first Metal Gear RAY prototype for offshore testing.