User blog comment:Zero McClane/Solid Snake = Major villain of MGS?/@comment-68.51.168.202-20120809204332/@comment-1904000-20131201081732

"I don't think Hideo Kojima has ever referred to him as a hero either."

When Kojima Productions released their fact sheet, somewhere on the announcement refered to Big Boss as the "series hero" or something like that. Just wanted to add to that.