Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-25366375-20140923122450/@comment-25366375-20141004110246

68.207.141.23 wrote: Oh hell yes, that would be awesome. The support buddy snatcher could be a reference to the single Snatcher who was a bounty hunter.

I enjoyed Deja Vu myself. Mainly because of the references and humor. Plus I just love the Classic Snake skin and the "Solid Cyborg" [as its a mixture of Solid Snake and Gray Fox] skin. I'm a fan of PS1 graphics for some reason. But I can see why you dislike it.

It was probably due to Flynn working on something else at the time.

Maybe we'll get the main character from Snatcher as a support buddy, or Metal Gear MK II. Those two have always been favorite characters of mine.

Hideo already confirmed he won't be a support buddy. http://www.metalgearinformer.com/?p=16147 A disappointment, I agree, but I suppose not unexpected. Besides, if he died in the field -- as support buddies stay dead when they die -- we would all hate ourselves for it. Unfortunately, unlike you, I'm not well versed in Snatcher or Policenauts. But that does sound pretty cool, having a character possessed by a Snatcher that fights alongside Big Boss. I think that a Snatcher support buddy could work in with the support buddy subplots really well too, that'd be incredible! But again, any UMA as a support buddy would be incredibly interesting. Imagine if you had some kind of UMA "zoo" on Mother Base.

Yeah it really stinks that Quinton Flynn wasn't Raiden in Jamais Vu. To be fair to him, it's not like Raiden had any speaking lines other than interrogation and stuff, but even so, he is Raiden so it kinda sucked. If Raiden makes any appearance whatsoever in The Phantom Pain, I hope Quinton will return.

Outside of end game stuff, I can't imagine we'd see a Metal Gear Mk. II, but maybe Huey can produce a similar prototype thing for Big Boss to have a support buddy out in the field. After all, I'd love to see more allusions between Huey and Hal, like we've already seen with Big Boss and Solid Snake. Just something that really piques my interest.

It is really disappointing that Hideo won't be a support buddy, but I still hope he makes a few appearances in the game (if you rescued him in Ground Zeroes I suppose) because I think that'd be really cool. Maybe not a main character, but perhaps he assists in the torture of Huey or something like that, even something as trivial as fetching the serum for Ocelot? As a hardcore fanboy I'd scream at Hideo having a lasting involvement in the timeline like that. In that example, while never mentioned by name or anything, Hideo had an involvement in Huey's psychological issues post-Phantom Pain. I love though that Kojima said that he wasn't a support buddy because he didn't want to be blamed for failing a mission. That's just like him.

Also, once again, pretty off-topic, but you should make an account here, 68. You've been great for discussion in various conversations across the wiki and I'd like to be able to recognize you immediately. :)