Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1918136-20131020014707/@comment-1672596-20131101170910

50.53.154.87 wrote: It isn't strange to simply refer to him as "Snake", especially since it's the name he's been called in every game based on his story so far. It's Big Boss.

End. Of. Story.

Except Peace Walker's first ending explicitly stated that he has disavowed the name "Naked Snake" or "Snake" and is to be called Big Boss from now on, which makes little sense chronologically speaking for him to continue to be called Snake, even being called "Punished Snake."