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Mei Ling

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Mei Ling
Mei Ling.jpg
MetalGearSymbol.svg

Official artwork of Mei Ling from Metal Gear Solid.

Universe Metal Gear
Debut Metal Gear Solid (1998)
Smash Bros. appearances Brawl
Most recent non-Smash appearance Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008)
Console/platform of origin PlayStation
Species Human
Gender Female
Place of origin Earth
Created by Hideo Kojima
Designed by Yoji Shinkawa
English voice actor Kim Mai Guest
Japanese voice actor Hōko Kuwashima
Article on Wikipedia List of characters in the Metal Gear series#Mei Ling

Mei Ling (メイ・リン, Mei Ling) is a character from the third-party Konami stealth game series Metal Gear.

Origin

Mei Ling first appeared in the game Metal Gear Solid as a data analyst serving as member of Snake's radio support team. She designed the soliton radar system and CODEC that Snake uses extensively in his mission. In Metal Gear Solid, she gives Snake famous Chinese proverbs when he saves his game, such as "You must cross the river before telling the crocodile it has bad breath." Her function as the one who saves the game is taken over by Otacon in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, but she does briefly cameo when Otacon mangles one of her proverbs. She later appears in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots as the captain of the USS Missouri, a decommissioned navy battleship that had been turned into a museum and then re-instated as a training vessel. The Missouri engaged the battleship Outer Haven during the final conflict.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Mei Ling speaking to Snake about Lucario.
Main article: Codec Conversations

Mei Ling appears in the Shadow Moses Island stage and communicates with Snake through his Smash Taunt, which displays a codec message in which Snake speaks with Otacon, Mei Ling or Roy Campbell about a character he is fighting during the match. He speaks with Mei Ling about Peach, Sheik, Toon Link, Zero Suit Samus, Pikachu, Lucario, Ice Climbers, Marth, Lucas, Olimar, and Meta Knight.

Sticker

Name Game Effect Characters
Mei Ling Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes AttackArmLeg+003Hand (type)Foot (type) Attack +3 All charactersRandomHeadSSBB.png
Brawl Sticker Mei Ling (MGS The Twin Snakes).png
Mei Ling
(MGS: The Twin Snakes)

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Mei Ling appears as a spirit in Ultimate. She also appears in Shadow Moses Island as they reuse the old Codec Conversations used in Brawl.

Spirit

No. Image Name Type Class Cost Ability Series
755
from the game's files
Mei Ling
Support
1 Energy-Shot Resist ↑ Metal Gear Solid Series

Names in other languages

Language Name
Japan Japanese メイ・リン, Mei Ling
UK English Mei Ling
France French Mei Ling
Germany German Mei Ling
Spain Spanish Mei Ling
Italy Italian Mei Ling
China Chinese Mei Ling
South Korea Korean 메이 링, Mei Ling
Netherlands Dutch Mei Ling
Russia Russian Мэй Лин

Trivia

  • In the original Metal Gear Solid, Mei Ling speaks with a heavy Chinese accent; this was dropped in its remake, The Twin Snakes, and carries over into Super Smash Bros. Brawl.