Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6747658-20130401084750/@comment-6512-20130612121819

Misterbunnsy wrote: Yeah, I'm no longer accepting the idea that Skull Face is a previous character. When Kojima stated he would bring a character back from the "dead", in my opinion, he was bringing one of the Philosopher's back as Code Talker.

But that wouldn't count as bringing a character "back" because we don't know any of the Philosopher's as specific characters. It would not be worth mentioning in the way Kojima mentioned it.