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Actually, that one magazine stated that Raiden would be Snake's main ally in MGS2, so there was something to go on his role, it was just reversed in the final product.

Also, little thing here. People were convinced until the release of MGS4, that Snake Eater was all just a VR Raiden was playing through to get ready for the Big Shell Incident.

Sounds familiar, no?