Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-86.46.22.35-20130403153709/@comment-1504072-20140628151502

Weedle McHairybug wrote: 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). Well, I did say "shadow "eyepatch"." It could simply be a merge of older Solidus and young Solidus's appearances, as seen from Raiden's mind's eye. Memories aren't always completely accurate.