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Relax, buddy. When Kojima gives such vague hints, people are bound to speculate and refuse to forgo their opinions for someone else's. Even to the point where it gets infuriating.

The problem with him being new is that we have no real knowledge about anybody else from Big Boss' history that isn't already dead or confirmed as a seperate character. If he is not a former character, then it is quite hard to have a dramatic reveal as the backstory that links him to Big Boss has to be revealed along with any revelation about who he really is.

The speculations about Skull Face being a character we should already know about will continue. Nobody will really know the full story until the release.