Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-93.40.5.79-20150815230147/@comment-64.33.250.214-20150818042539

1.64.176.17 wrote: My initial idea was actually more simple than you have said here. I am just trying to say that, even if a character has a relatively smaller role than others (such as MGS1 Octacon in comparasion to people like the Twin Snakes, Meryl, Naomi Gray Fox, etc) in one game, it doesn't mean you cannot dig deeper into his or her backstory in later games. In fact, MGS1 Johnny is an even better example, he / his grandfather was a mere comic relief in MGS1 - 3, but suddenly he played a much heavier role and received a face in MGS4. Or for Ocelot, doubt Kojima planned in 1998, to have the him being a son of Big Boss' mentor and go on to make a 6th appearance in the upcoming 2015 game.

The mentioning of Emma and Huey is just to point out that they were "additions" to Octacon's background despite him being a lesser character to begin with, so I don't see why can't Kojima applies the same to Chico, although, it's all fine with seeing him dies during GZ be it due to that chopper accident or not.

As for Octopus, given his unique background, a lot of male characters can fit in the shoes if Kojima wants to, but well, the good news is, it's only weeks to finding out the truth. Johnny was not a major character like Chico is. He had more screen time in MGS4, but he was still a background character used for comic relief. Kojima increased his role due to Johnny's popularity at the time, and because he didn't know who to ship Meryl when Snake got all old.

These are not the same situations, because all of these characters you mentioned were more popular or had more impact on the plot than Decoy Octopus. After MGS2, Ocelot became solidified as one of the most popular characters in franchises (and video games in general), ranking somewhere close to Big Boss. We only got one game (Snake Eater) where Ocelot's origins were explored. The same things goes for Liquid, and possibly Solid, who we've only seen a younger version of in Phantom Pain. Chico has 2 games under his belt, probably even a 3rd one. That's a lot of backstory to give to a minor character like Octopus.

Fans have been making connections based on miniscule evidence, and trying to fill the gaps. Is it possible Chico is Decoy Octopus? Sure, but only in a similar way that it's possible half the cast of Phantom Pain are hallucinations caused by Boss's horn.