Editing Solid Snake

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==Origin==

Snake's story begins with his father, codenamed Naked Snake, who operates for the original FOX unit found by Major Zero of the CIA at the height of the Cold War in ''Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater''. He is heavily influenced by his mission's revelations, where he finds out just how much he is a subject to the mechanisms of his government, so he splits away from the FOX unit and must deal with the revolt of his former FOX comrades in ''Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops''. Afterwards, Major Zero formed the Patriots, a group meant to unify the world by controlling information with Naked Snake, now accepting his title as Big Boss, as the group's figurehead; however, Zero feared Big Boss would leave the Patriots due to ideological differences between them. To insure the Patriots still have their icon in the event Big Boss leaves, Major Zero decides to initiate the Les Enfants Terribles project, which used DNA acquired from Big Boss to produce clones of him. From this project were born twins with one given the recessive genes of Big Boss (Eli, later codenamed Liquid Snake) and the other given the dominant genes (David, later codenamed Solid Snake). A third baby was also later born that was a perfect genetic copy of Big Boss, George Sears, later codenamed Solidus Snake. Big Boss learns of what Major Zero had done and leaves the Patriots. He then travels to Costa Rica and founds his own private military company, Militaires Sans Frontières. A year later, in ''Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes'', Big Boss sneaks into a U.S prison camp in a attempted rescue mission. The rescue mission is successful, but it turns out that it was all a distraction, for a strike team named XOF attacks Mother Base, and Big Boss is sent into a coma for 9 years.  

==In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''==

==In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''==

===As a playable character===

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Attempting to recreate Snake's tactical method of fighting utilizing cunning and modern warfare in the ''Metal Gear'' games themselves, Snake enters the fray as a predominantly defensive strategic character with a high emphasis on set-ups and controlling the fight. Much of Snake's moves utilize firepower of some sort; in fact, all three of Snake's smash attacks use some sort of weapon rather than a hand to hand move, relegating his actual CQC (Close Quarters Combat) moves to his tilt moves and aerials. Further more, two out of three of these smash attacks are indirect in nature. Combined with his [[special move]]s of similar nature, such as planting a remote detonated [[C4]] mine, and the deceptively high power of his hand to hand moves, Snake is perhaps one of the most unique characters in the game with his high emphasis on tactical fighting. Snake is also one of the heavier characters in the game in both speed and durability, although his impressive recovery ability thanks to his [[Cypher]] move and his fast tumble roll dash move can make him deceptively quick when the need arises.

Although Snake uses a large amount of explosive firepower, he has no traditional firearms, such as handguns and rifles, despite regularly making use of them in the ''Metal Gear'' games themselves. This is presumably due to ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''{{'}}s emphasis on being friendly to almost all age groups, and thus the use of common guns would possibly raise the rating of the game. As is, many of Snake's current moves do have a real world counterpart, such as traditional [[Hand Grenade]]s and the R.P.G. However, these are treated in a bit more of a comical and lighthearted fashion. Snake's character brings a high amount of Easter eggs and homages to his game series with him, from saying "Tasty" when eating food akin to ''Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater'', to his down throw, resembling the sleeper/neck breaker hold featured in all the ''Metal Gear Solid'' games to date, among other things. His rather unorthodox stealth tactic of hiding within a [[cardboard box]] also makes an appearance as Snake's taunt. Like {{SSBB|Luigi}}'s "kick" taunt, the cardboard box can deal damage. All of his taunts make Snake wear the cardboard box, but he uses a different way of putting it on for each of his three taunts. Snake can also call one of his affiliates via the Codec, much like in the ''Metal Gear'' games, as [[Snake's Smash Taunt|a secret taunt]], only possible on the [[Shadow Moses Island]] stage. Each character, including Snake himself (if two or more players are using him), has a distinct conversation and the original voice actors for Solid Snake, [[Colonel Roy Campbell]], [[Otacon|Hal "Otacon" Emmerich]], and [[Mei Ling]] reprise their roles. There's even one instance of [[Slippy|Slippy Toad]] appearing within the Codec while talking about {{SSBB|Falco}}.

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| ''[[Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes]]''

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== In ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''==

== In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''==

===As a playable character===

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===Spirit===

==References to Naked Snake==

#His beard is a full beard, which resembles Naked Snake's beard more than Solid Snake's stubble.

#Several of his [[Alternate costume (SSBB)#Snake|alternate costumes]] feature camouflage exclusive to ''Metal Gear Solid 3''.

#His C4 is sometimes shaped like a butterfly, which is another reference to ''Metal Gear Solid 3''.

In spite of the similarities, ''Smash'' specifically identifies the playable Snake as being Solid Snake in official materials. His codec support team, consisting of ''Metal Gear Solid'' cast members Otacon, Mei Ling, and Colonel Roy Campbell, also make [[Codec Conversations|references]] to various characters and events directly pertaining to Solid Snake's appearances in the series.

==Names in other languages==

==Trivia==

*In ''Brawl'', Snake uses some unique knockback sound effects from his original games. Snake was the first ''Smash'' fighter to do this, though [[Ryu]], [[Ken Masters]], [[Cloud Strife]], [[Hero]], [[Terry Bogard]], and [[Kazuya Mishima]] would later also share this trait.

*Snake was the first of three fighters to use an alias and not a form of their real name, the others being Bayonetta and Joker. Coincidentally, all three are third-party characters who have appeared in M-rated games.

**Also coincidentally, Snake's real first name is the same as his English voice actor's, David Hayter.

*Snake is the first of two fighters in the series to have made his debut on a home computer, namely the MSX2; the other is [[Steve]].

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