Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6431205-20130610173817/@comment-6512-20130610183953

Weedle McHairybug wrote: Having Big Boss act as an amputee is also getting a bit much, especially seeing how in MG2, his arms were clearly organic, not cybernetic/prosthetic (again, thanks to Rising, convincing prosthetic skin is downright impossible).

You can tell that from the sprites?

The Metal Gear games were retconned into oblivion a long time ago now, so I don't think it matters.