Editing Solid Snake (section)

===Popularity===
Solid Snake's character was very well received by gaming media. ''[[Retro Gamer]]'' included him in the section "top ten forces of good" in their 2004 list of top 50 retro game heroes.<ref>''Retro Gamer'', page 36.</ref> In 2005, ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' listed Solid Snake as number one as the top ten video game characters of all time.<ref name="1up"/> Solid Snake appeared in multiple ''[[GameFAQs]]'' "Character Battle" contests, and was runner-up in three: the "Character Battle V" in 2006,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/contest/cb5|title=Fall 2006: The Great GameFAQs Character Battle V|website=GameFAQs|access-date=2007-09-23}}</ref>  the "Character Battle VII" in 2008,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/cb7.html|title=Fall 2008: The Great GameFAQs Character Battle VII|website=GameFAQs|access-date=2011-01-05}}</ref> and the "Character Battle IX" in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/5266-character-battle-ix-final-draven-vs-solid-snake-vs-samus|title=Poll of the Day - 09/15/2013|website=GameFAQs|access-date=2015-08-22}}</ref> In an [[Oricon]] poll from 2008, his character was voted as the most popular video game character in Japan, tying with Nintendo's [[Pikachu]].<ref>{{cite web|title=And Japan's Favorite Video Game Characters Are...?|url=http://kotaku.com/5035884/and-japans-favorite-video-game-characters-are|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120726181420/http://m.kotaku.com/5035884/and-japans-favorite-video-game-characters-are|archive-date=2012-07-26|website=Kotaku|access-date=2009-09-12|author=Ashcraft, Brian|date=2009-10-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> In a ''[[Famitsu]]'' poll in 2010, Solid Snake was voted by readers as the most popular video game character.<ref name="1up_famitsu"/> His character was amongst the last 16 contestants on the greatest video game hero on ''[[GameSpot]]'' contest held in 2009, and lost out to [[Gordon Freeman]] on a tiebreaker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/greatest-video-game-hero/storied/index.html?battler_id=31 |title=Behind the Hero-Snake |publisher=Gamespot.com |access-date=2013-08-04}}</ref> In the ''[[Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition]]'' from 2011, Solid Snake was voted as the fourth most popular video game character.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/68759/TOP_50_VIDEO_GAME_CHARACTERS_OF_ALL_TIME_ANNOUNCED_inGUINNESS_WORLD_RECORDS_2011_GAMERrsquoS_EDITION.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512014725/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/68759/TOP_50_VIDEO_GAME_CHARACTERS_OF_ALL_TIME_ANNOUNCED_inGUINNESS_WORLD_RECORDS_2011_GAMERrsquoS_EDITION.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 12, 2011|title=Top 50 video game characters of all time announced in Guinness World Records 2011 Gamer's Edition
|website=Gamasutra|date=February 16, 2011|access-date=July 9, 2011}}</ref> In 2011, ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' ranked Solid Snake as the 19th greatest video game character, adding that "beginning as an action pastiche, he swiftly evolved into his very own character".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.empireonline.com/features/50-greatest-video-game-characters/Default.asp?film=2- |title=The 50 Greatest Video Game Characters - 19. Solid Snake |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|access-date=August 2, 2013|first1=James |last1=Dyer |first2=David |last2=McComb |first3=Alastair |last3=Plumb |first4=David |last4=Scarborough |date=May 26, 2010}}</ref>  In 2007, ''[[ScrewAttack]]'' ranked him as the [[ScrewAttack's Top 10|sixth "coolest" character in video games]].<ref>ScrewAttack, [http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/bcm09g/screwattack-s-top-ten-top-ten-coolest-characters Top Ten Coolest Characters], ''[[ScrewAttack's Top 10]]'', GameTrailers, 02/07/2007</ref> ''[[1UP.com]]'' listed him second in the list of top video game smokers, while ''[[GamesRadar]]'' placed him at the top of their 2009 list of manliest men in video game history.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sharkey, Scott|title=Top 5 Video Game Smokers|url=http://www.1up.com/features/top-5-video-game-smokers|website=1UP.com|access-date=2011-07-13|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731224633/http://www.1up.com/features/top-5-video-game-smokers|archive-date=2012-07-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=McNeilly, Joe|date=2009-01-30|title=The 10 manliest men in videogame history|url=http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-10-manliest-men-in-videogame-history/a-2009013092777018/p-2|publisher=GamesRadar|access-date=2011-07-13}}</ref> ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]'' ranked him as fourth on the list of top "pervs" in games in 2012<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.complex.com/video-games/2012/03/the-top-25-pervs-in-video-games/snake |title=Solid Snake — The Top 25 Pervs In Video Games |magazine=Complex |date=2012-03-20 |access-date=2013-08-04}}</ref> and as the seventh greatest soldier in video games in 2013.<ref>Chad Hunter, Michael Rougeau, [http://www.complex.com/video-games/2013/05/the-50-greatest-soldiers-in-video-games/snake The 50 Greatest Soldiers In Video Games], Complex.com, May 25, 2013.</ref> In 2021, Chris Morgan for ''[[Yardbarker]]'' described Snake as one of "the most memorable characters from old school Nintendo games".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Morgan|first=Chris|date=October 6, 2021|title=The most memorable characters from old school Nintendo games|url=https://www.yardbarker.com/entertainment/articles/the_most_memorable_characters_from_old_school_nintendo_games/s1__36068006|website=Yardbarker}}</ref>  ''[[HobbyConsolas]]'' named Snake as third of their "The 30 best heroes of the last 30 years."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/reportajes/30-mejores-heroes-ultimos-30-anos-816865|title=Los 30 mejores héroes de los últimos 30 años|date=March 2021}}</ref>