Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-26974973-20150911131111

It's written in the "The Phantom Pain" section of Big Boss' Wiki page that he regained his consciousness in 1984, but at the end of the game, it is revealed that Zero visits Big Boss in 1977.

So why Zero visits Big Boss in 1977, if he hasn't regained his consciousness yet?

And one other thing. We all know by now that Ishmael was the actual Big Boss in the game. In the prologue Ishmael says "I've been watching over you for nine years". So does it mean that Big Boss regained his consciousness back in 1975, or was he just trying to fool Venom Snake?

Well, both of these theories are odd and illogical, because if Big Boss regained consciousness in 1975 or 1977, why should he wait nine/seven years for a man that may not regain consciousness at all?  