Template:Nihongo (or Big Boss) is a central character in the Metal Gear series, reputed to be "The Greatest Warrior of the Twentieth Century." He is first introduced in the original Metal Gear for the MSX2 and NES under the codename Big Boss, where he is the founder and commanding officer of FOXHOUND as his codename indicates, but is later revealed to be the terrorist leader in the end of the game. He returns to resume his antagonistic role for the second and last time in Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater depicts his rise to power as well as his past working for FOX and the CIA, while Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops details his foundation of FOXHOUND. His recent and final appearance was at the ending of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of Patriots where he made peace with his clone Solid Snake before dying from the FOXDIE virus inside Solid Snake. In the Les Enfants Terribles project, the clones Solid, Liquid, and Solidus, as well as five other clones that weren't born. were created and put inside the body of a woman with the codename of EVA who was a Chinese spy that Big Boss befriended and was romantically involved with during Operation: Snake Eater. Before the Cold War, Naked Snake was the disciple of The Boss, the leader of the Cobra Unit and was considered to be a World War II hero. In the Virtuous Mission, the Boss defected to the Soviet Union and seriously injured Naked Snake. This led up to the events of Operation: Snake Eater, where Snake assassinated The Boss, her Cobra Unit, and Colonel Volgin and attempted, but failed, to rescue Nikolai Stephanovich Sokolov, who was the creator of the Shagohod, a nuclear weapon Snake destroyed during Snake Eater.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Naked Snake appears as a Sticker and a Trophy in the game. No where else is he mentioned or seen besides the Sticker and Trophy sections. Notably, however, many of Solid Snake's features are based on Naked Snake's.

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As a Member of the special forces unit FOX, Naked Snake assassinated The Boss and ruined the Shagohod, a soviet nuclear weapon. Years later, he was used to plant the seeds of Les Enfants Terribles, a project design to create cloned super soldiers. The three Snakes-- Liquid, Solid, and Solidus--were thus born. He would embrace his name, Big Boss, and duel Solid Snake.