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0nighthawk0 wrote: Bluerock wrote:

Weedle McHairybug wrote: Well, Solidus DID appear middle aged when he was at the very least in his late teens. In Raiden's memories perhaps. It's more likely that the Revengeance promo material exercised artistic license, given that it is Solidus's most recognizable appearance/voice, otherwise an audience wouldn't know for sure it was him. He even had a distinct shadow "eyepatch" to complement this. That's pretty much the argument I have been using when people claim his Revengeance appearance to be fully cannon. I know that Kojima probly had a big hand in the game but I kind of doubt he was helping them picking out actors for the live actions scenes. I mean it is not the first time that such mistakes have been made due to lack of knowledge. IMO, they never took Solidus's age acceleration in mind and went off purely by his appearance in MGS2 to find a fitting actor for his portrayal. The trailers were referenced in-game though, albeit in an optional Codec conversation with Doktor. And actually, he lacks an eyepatch in those trailers. There is a brief shadow effect in the first trailer, but that's about it. His other appearances clearly showed him with both eyes and no eyepatch. Besides which, he still looked younger in those appearances than he did in MGS2, especially when he pretty clearly didn't need an exoskeleton to fight and even looked somewhat beefed up (based on how he looks regularly when his exoskeleton doesn't swell up, most likely he's frail underneath).