Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-93.40.5.79-20150815230147/@comment-175.159.163.39-20150817060541

64.33.250.214 wrote: Paranoid Donkey wrote: Hey! I'm glad you get it. That was more or less part of my reasoning in my original post a few months ago. There's a connection to Big Boss (whom he respects enough to join the Sons of Big Boss), Ocelot, and therefore FOXHOUND.

I actually genuinely hope that this is the way the narrative goes with Chico - I don't want him to have died in the chopper crash. You offer good reasons for why you believe Chico is Octopus. Based on some comments I read during the early days of Phantom Pain, this theory has been around for a while. I'm not ruling out the theory, but I do find it unusual. Largely because Octopus was such a minor character, and Chico has so much backstory compared to other characters.

However things play out, I don't believe Chico died in the chopper crash. As others such as Yong Yea have claimed, the chopper may not have even crashed at all. Paranoid Donkey: yes the Decoy Octopus = Chico theory has been here for almost two years, although I have lost track of who came to this first. Oh and when it comes to adding background to existing story, I am surprised people still consider Kojima retconning the story, when in fact he was giving valid reason to "rewrite" / "clarify" the story.

64.33.250.214: We need to appreciate the fact that MGS was written since 1998 and was based on the MG stories as way back as in 1988, and that MGS3, MPO, MGSPW and MGSV are "prologues" prior to the original 1988 MG game. Kojima can add whatever details to the characters he likes so long he is not contradicting himself.

Just a few examples of what additions we already saw

(1) Sergei Gurlukovich -- he was merely mentioned at the end of MGS1 but appeared in MGS2 and with a daughter

(2) Emma -- she was only included in MGS2 and within the story, it was made clear that Octacon didn't mention it to Snake in that 2 yrs between MGS1 and MGS2.

(3) Huey -- he was first implied (without a name) in MGS1 but didn't appear until PW.

(2) and (3) certainly gives much more depths to Octacon, when he has a smaller role compared to the twin Snakes, Campbell and Meryl in MGS1. So although some characters have little to no background info in previous games, I don't see why Kojima cannot add new stuffs to them now.

On the other hand, despite I would like to see more characters from previous games, in addition to Liquid and Mantis, to appear in MGSV in their youth, it doesn't mean all of these characters must be shown “on camera” -- the last thing I want is to see them appearing only for the reason of appearing. If a mere mention of the name or even just a hint to the person (like how they hinted Huey’s father in MGS3) would fit the story best, then so be it.