Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-86.46.22.35-20130403153709/@comment-1504072-20140811174159

Weedle McHairybug wrote: Maybe, but then again, Solidus also retained his eye in that appearance and looked somewhat more muscular and powerful than in MGS2, and besides which, I know the DGN featured a flashback to Raiden's tenth birthday, and Solidus definitely looked slightly different, somewhat younger in fact. They didn't have to make him look identical, just similar enough. And hardly anyone read the original MGS2 comic book compared to the number that played the actual game (The Legacy Collection re-release came after Rising).