Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-86.46.22.35-20130403153709/@comment-64.33.250.214-20150821141431

64.33.250.214 wrote: I'd just like to point out that Solidus's response to Ocelot's comment is in no way a dismissal. Keep in mind that Solidus hadn't been very close to Big Boss himself, and Kojima hadn't planned on a sequel for which he could delve into the character's origins.

I should probably clarify. Big Boss didn't like the idea of the clones, yes? So being the perfect clone that he was, Solidus would be an abomination to him. During the events of MG1-MG2 he is entirely absent. Had he seen Boss prior to or during the events of Phantom Pain, there's still a large time period where he wasn't close to him that he might lose facial recognition.