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64.33.250.214 wrote: Weedle McHairybug wrote: I just found actual proof that Venom Snake is NOT Big Boss:

Look at this image:



You might notice some pretty glaring details that aren't there on this artwork. As you might know, Venom Snake is missing his left forearm. But, look here: Big Boss's left arm is actually completely intact. Also look at his head, right side, more specifically: He is lacking a horn. There IS a jagged scar nearby, but not an actual horn. Now, you might argue that Big Boss may have just gotten his horn successfully removed. However: the problem still lies in Big Boss's arm: He really shouldn't have an intact arm, and there's zero indication that it was surgically reattached (if it was, we'd see scars around the area that connects the two). Yeah... I'm not trusting reddit's info at this point. They're claiming this concept art confirms there's another Big Boss in the game. Piggyback has included concept art in previous guides before, specifically the guide for Rising. Product release info said that guide for MGSV would be similar to the guides for Rising and MGS4.

Yoji's art can be hard to make out at times. It looks to me like he still has the horn, but it appears blended with his face due to the colors. Also, his left ear looks weird.

If you look at Yoji's art of Volgin from a distance, it looks like he's missing an arm:

http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080528210333/metalgear/images/6/6a/MGS3_Volgin_Artwork.jpg

You may have already noticed by now, but the leaked images and videos on reddit appear to have been taken down. I'm pretty sure the concept art for Metal Gear Rising was specifically for the Collector's Edition of the guide and not the regular edition.

Not to mention that concept art's pretty much never appeared before. Usually, unused artwork has to appear at least once beforehand, which it really didn't.

Also, that's not a horn, that's a V-shaped scar. I might as well point out that they cited the flashback to when Big Boss fell into a coma when discussing Ishmael, which implies the flashback is indeed in the game, and exactly as it appeared in the GDC 2013 trailer.

And don't you find it the least bit suspicious that Konami would take those down? If they were false, they wouldn't need to worry about whether they should be kept up.