Editing Solid Snake (section)

==Appearances==
===Video games===
====''Metal Gear'' and ''Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake''====
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''Metal Gear'' introduces Snake, a rookie recruit of the elite special forces unit [[List of characters in the Metal Gear series#FOXHOUND|FOXHOUND]]. Snake is sent by Big Boss into [[Outer Heaven]], a rogue nation in South Africa, to rescue [[Gray Fox (Metal Gear)|Gray Fox]] and discover who or what the "[[Metal Gear (weapon)#Metal Gear|Metal Gear]]" is.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, Metal Gear|year=2005|developer=Kojima Productions|publisher=Konami|quote='''Big Boss:''' Big Boss speaking. Operation Intrude N313. Penetrate the enemy's Outer Heaven and destroy the ultimate weapon, Metal Gear!}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game|title=Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, Metal Gear|year=2005|developer=Kojima Productions|publisher=Konami|quote='''Big Boss:''' First, contact missing Gray Fox and destroy Metal Gear!}}</ref> As his mission progresses, Snake finds out that he has been set up; Big Boss's phantom intended to use TX-55 Metal Gear (the experimental, nuclear-armed weapon) to establish Outer Heaven as a nuclear power.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, Metal Gear|year=2005|developer=Kojima Productions|publisher=Konami|quote='''Big Boss:''' Solid Snake! You've finally come here. Yeah, I'm Big Boss General Commander of Foxhound. And in charge of this castle, Outer Heaven.}}</ref> After destroying the Metal Gear, Snake confronts and defeats Big Boss's phantom.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, Metal Gear|year=2005|developer=Kojima Productions|publisher=Konami|quote='''Solid Snake:''' This is Solid Snake... Metal Gear's destruction is a success.}}</ref>

The sequel ''Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake'' sees Solid Snake called up to infiltrate Zanzibar Land, a heavily fortified enemy base in Central Asia that has aggravated an international oil crisis and declared themselves a nuclear power by kidnapping Dr. Kio Marv (after the creation of a bio-engineered algae that produces an oil substitute) and the Metal Gear engineer [[List of characters in the Metal Gear series#Dr. Madnar|Pettrovich Madnar]].<ref>{{cite video game|title=Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake|year=2005|developer=Kojima Productions|publisher=Konami|quote='''Roy Campbell:''' Snake... Right on time, as always.  Let's get started... Commencing Operation Intrude F014. Let's go over this one more time. Your mission is to infiltrate Zanzibar Land and rescue the kidnapped Czech biologist, Dr. Kio Marv.}}</ref> Snake infiltrates the base and discovers that Pettrovich as well as Fox has defected to Zanzibar Land, and that Zanzibar Land is led by the true Big Boss.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake|year=2005|developer=Kojima Productions|publisher=Konami|quote='''Solid Snake:''' Big... Boss?! / '''Madnar:''' The very same! With Metal Gear and OILEX, he plots to rule the world. We cannot let the secret of OILEX fall into his hands!}}</ref> Snake destroys Metal Gear D, and defeats both Fox and the true Big Boss.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake|year=2005|developer=Kojima Productions|publisher=Konami|quote='''Gray Fox:''' Snake... I'm not the same as I used to be. And neither is Metal Gear. I'll show you what fear really is. Prepare to taste defeat!}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game|title=Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake|year=2005|developer=Kojima Productions|publisher=Konami|quote='''Big Boss:''' Even I make mistakes from time to time. Snake! This will be our final battle... Let's end this once and for all!}}</ref><ref name="UGO">{{cite web|title=The History of Metal Gear Solid|work=UGO.com|access-date=2005-07-15|url=http://www.ugo.com/channels/games/features/metalgearhistory/default.asp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050331004729/http://www.ugo.com/channels/games/features/metalgearhistory/default.asp|archive-date=2005-03-31}}</ref>

====''Metal Gear Solid / The Twin Snakes''====
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''Metal Gear Solid'' and its remake – ''The Twin Snakes'' – reveals Solid Snake's real name as {{nihongo|David|デビッド|Debiddo}}. He is pulled out of retirement by [[List of characters in the Metal Gear series#Roy Campbell|Roy Campbell]] to deal with the "Sons of Big Boss" led by [[Liquid Snake]] who seized an isolated American nuclear weapons disposal facility on Shadow Moses Island. Snake's mission is to rescue [[List of characters in the Metal Gear series#Donald Anderson|Donald Anderson]] and [[List of characters in the Metal Gear series#Kenneth Baker|Kenneth Baker]] but he is unable to prevent both hostages' deaths.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Metal Gear Solid|year=1998|developer=Konami Computer Entertainment Japan|publisher=Konami|quote='''Solid Snake:''' FOX-HOUND hijacking a nuclear weapon? / '''Campbell:''' Now you understand how serious the situation is. You'll have two mission objectives. First, you're to rescue the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Chief Donald Anderson, and the ArmsTech president Kenneth Baker. They're both being held as hostages.}}</ref> As the game progresses, Snake infiltrates and learns about [[Metal Gear (weapon)#Metal Gear REX|Metal Gear REX]] while meeting up with rookie soldier [[Meryl Silverburgh]] and REX's engineer [[Otacon|Hal Emmerich]], confronts and defeats each member of the corrupt faction of FOXHOUND (consisting of [[Revolver Ocelot]], [[List of characters in the Metal Gear series#Decoy Octopus|Decoy Octopus]], [[Psycho Mantis]], [[Sniper Wolf]], [[List of characters in the Metal Gear series#Vulcan Raven|Vulcan Raven]], and the Genome Soldiers), several confrontations with the Cyborg Ninja, is able to destroy REX, and personally confronts Liquid. During their fight, it is revealed that Solid and Liquid are twin brothers artificially conceived from Big Boss's genes during the "Les Enfants Terribles" government project designed to create the perfect soldier, in which one brother was genetically modified to be superior over the other.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Metal Gear Solid|year=1998|developer=Konami Computer Entertainment Japan|publisher=Konami|quote='''Liquid Snake:''' There's a killer inside you... You don't have to deny it. We were created to be that way. '''Solid Snake:''' Created? '''Liquid Snake:''' Les enfants terribles... the terrible children. That's what the project was called. It started in the 1970's. Their plan was to artificially create the most powerful soldier possible. The person that they chose as the model was the man known then as the greatest living soldier in the world...}}</ref> Liquid harbors a strong resentment towards Snake since Solid was apparently given their father's dominant "soldier genes" and Liquid was seemingly cast aside. A grueling series of battles and Liquid dies from the FOXDIE virus that was previously implanted into Snake by [[List of characters in the Metal Gear series#Naomi Hunter|Naomi Hunter]] in order to wipe out FOXHOUND without risking any damage to REX for retrieval.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Metal Gear Solid|developer=Konami Computer Entertainment Japan|quote='''Liquid Snake:''' The Pentagon only needed for you to come into contact with us. That's what killed the ArmsTech president and Decoy Octopus. / '''Solid Snake:''' You don't mean... / '''Liquid Snake:''' That's right. You were sent in here to kill us so they could retrieve Metal Gear undamaged along with the bodies of the genome soldiers. From the beginning, the Pentagon was just using you as a vector to spread FoxDie!}}</ref> In the end, it is revealed that Liquid got Big Boss's superior "soldier genes" while Solid was actually the inferior one.<ref name=MGSpostcred>{{cite video game|title=Metal Gear Solid|developer=Konami Computer Entertainment Japan|quote='''Revolver Ocelot''': Yes, although [Solid Snake] proved he was superior and was the winner after all. ...That's right. Until the very end, [Liquid Snake] thought he was meant to be the inferior one.}}</ref>

====''Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty''====
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''Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty'' shows Solid Snake as a central character. During the game's extensive prologue sequence, he is sent by Otacon's anti-[[nuclear proliferation|proliferation]] organization [[List of characters in the Metal Gear series#Philanthropy|Philanthropy]] to infiltrate a cargo tanker and photograph [[Metal Gear (weapon)#Metal Gear RAY|Metal Gear RAY]].<ref>{{cite video game|title=Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty|year=2001|developer=Konami Computer Entertainment Japan|publisher=Konami|quote='''Solid Snake:''' All right. I'll head to the bridge ASAP. / '''Otacon:''' Try to avoid confrontations. Our goal is to collect evidence on Metal Gear development and expose it to the world. It would be best if you could get out of there without alerting anyone. / '''Solid Snake:''' Don't worry. I know the drill -- we're not terrorists. / '''Otacon:''' Very good. Don't you forget that you're a part of "Philanthropy" now, an anti-Metal Gear organization and officially recognized by the UN.}}</ref> During the operation, however, RAY is hijacked and the tanker destroyed, with Snake apparently dead and framed for the deed.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty|year=2001|developer=Konami Computer Entertainment Japan|publisher=Konami|quote='''Revolver Ocelot:''' ...Yes, at the location we discussed. Yes. I have photographic evidence of Snake on the scene. The Cypher was most useful...I look forward to tomorrow morning's news flash. I would say the Marine Corps' plans are on indefinite hold.}}</ref> During the game's main portion, [[List of characters in the Metal Gear series#Solidus Snake|Solidus Snake]] steals Snake's identity,<ref>{{cite video game|title=Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty|year=2001|developer=Kojima Productions|publisher=Konami|quote='''Raiden:''' So your the boss around here? / '''Solidus Snake''': No, not just around here. I'm the boss to surpass Big Boss himself. Solid Snake. / '''Solid Snake''': No! That is not Solid Snake! '''Solidus Snake''': What a pleasant surprise – brother.}}</ref> and leads the "Sons of Liberty" (consisting of Revolver Ocelot, [[List of characters in the Metal Gear series#Fortune|Fortune]], [[List of characters in the Metal Gear series#Fatman|Fatman]], [[List of characters in the Metal Gear series#Vamp|Vamp]] and [[List of characters in the Metal Gear series#Olga Gurlukovich|Olga Gurlukovich]]) while Snake himself uses the pseudonym {{nihongo|Iroquois Pliskin|イロコィ・プリスキン|Irokoi Purisukin}} as a non-playable character who assists rookie agent [[Raiden (Metal Gear)|Raiden]] through the remote offshore Big Shell facility and in taking down Solidus and RAY while also learning about [[List of characters in the Metal Gear series#The Patriots|the Patriots]].<ref>{{cite video game|title=Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty|year=2001|developer=Konami Computer Entertainment Japan|publisher=Konami|quote='''Solid Snake''': I'm not an enemy. Calm down. My name is S... My name is Pliskin. Iroquois Pliskin, Lieutenant Junior Grade.}}</ref>

====''Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots''====
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''Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots'' features an aged incarnation of the character who nicknamed himself {{nihongo|Old Snake|オールド・スネーク|Ōrudo Sunēku}} as the protagonist once again. Thanks to Otacon and [[List of characters in the Metal Gear series#Sunny|Sunny]], he wears a sneaking suit outfitted with "Octocamo" technology which allows him to blend with his environment as well as a face mask which alters his appearance.<ref name="1up">{{cite web|url=http://www.1up.com/do/minisite?cId=3146394|title=Metal Gear Solid 4 101|access-date=2006-12-25|publisher=Ziff Davis Media Inc|year=2005|author=MacDonald, Mark|work=1up.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927192646/http://www.1up.com/do/minisite?cId=3146394|archive-date=2007-09-27}}</ref>

For his final mission, he is once again enlisted by Campbell to assassinate Liquid Ocelot, CEO of a giant mother company that are trying to take control of the Patriots' AIs.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots|year=2008|developer=Kojima Productions|publisher=Konami|quote='''Campbell:''' His will lives on - in the body of the man once known as Ocelot. He aims to fan the flames of war even higher - to create the perfect world once envisioned by Big Boss. / '''Old Snake:''' The one world in which soldiers will always have a place... / '''Campbell:''' He must be stopped... Before it's too late.}}</ref> He also learns from Naomi that his life has been artificially shortened as part of the cloning process so that his genes can't be used as a weapon in later research, thus explaining why he has the physical appearance of an elderly man despite being only forty-two years old.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots|developer=Kojima Productions|quote='''Naomi Hunter''': You're clones created for one purpose - war. And so in order to prevent you from being abused by clients or stolen by the enemy... They shortened your lifespan and removed your ability to reproduce. It was a safety device to ensure that the seed of Big Boss didn't end up in the hands of others. The reason you're aging so rapidly isn't that of disease, or faulty research, or FOXDIE. It's how you were born. It's your natural lifespan.}}</ref> Snake and his allies are forced to destroy the Patriots' AI and fight through Ocelot's forces until Snake defeats Liquid's doppelgänger in hand-to-hand combat. Snake tried to commit suicide as his DNA contains a mutated FOXDIE virus that might trigger an epidemic, but Big Boss revealed a new variant overwrote the mutant version to which the two make up as father and son. David is told he still has a chance to live "not as a snake but as a man" so he decides to live out the remainder of his life in peace, vowing that he will live long enough to see what the future holds for the new world he has helped create.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots|year=2008|developer=Kojima Productions|publisher=Konami|quote='''Otacon''': Our fight is finished. There's nothing left for us to do. / '''Old Snake''': No. There's one thing I still have to do. I have to see this age off... See what the future brings.}}</ref>

===Other appearances===
The ''Metal Gear Solid'' prequels alludes to Solid Snake's existence; ''[[Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops]]'' has him briefly alluded in a [[Precognition|prophetic vision]] as [[Naked Snake]]'s "son [who] will save the world" (after Liquid and/or Solidus as Big Boss's "son [who] will bring the world to ruin"),<ref>'''Elisa/Ursula''': The futures we saw were the same. [Naked Snake], you will destroy Metal Gear, and you will build a new Metal Gear to take its place. Your children... Les Enfants Terribles. Snake, your son will bring the world to ruin. Your son... will save... the world... (''Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops'')</ref> and ''[[Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker]]'' shows [[List of characters in the Metal Gear series#Master Miller|Kazuhira Miller]] mentioning the "twin sons" that are two years old at the time.<ref>'''Kazuhira Miller''': Speaking of which, any news on the "sons"?... But they're strictly an insurance policy, yes?... I wonder how Big Boss will respond... (''Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker'')</ref>

Solid Snake is featured/mentioned in ''[[Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes]]'' and ''[[Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Serrels|first=Mark|title=MGSV: Ground Zeroes Has Classic Snake Missions, Exclusive To PS3 and PS4|url=http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/11/mgsv-ground-zeroes-has-classic-snake-missions-exclusive-to-ps3-and-ps4/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115141121/http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/11/mgsv-ground-zeroes-has-classic-snake-missions-exclusive-to-ps3-and-ps4/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 15, 2013|work=Kotaku|access-date=15 November 2013|date=2013-11-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Miller|first=Greg|title=Metal Gear Solid V: Classic Snake Reportedly Isn't David Hayter|url=http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/11/15/metal-gear-solid-v-classic-snake-reportedly-isnt-david-hayter|work=IGN|access-date=16 November 2013|date=2013-11-15}}</ref> The unlockable bonus mission "Déjà Vu" on the PlayStation platform and later Xbox platform of ''Ground Zeroes'' in which Naked Snake must re-enact situations from the original ''Metal Gear Solid'' game and answer a series of trivia questions after fulfilling the mission. If all the questions are answered correctly on the Normal difficulty setting, the mission can be replayed with his low-polygon model from ''Metal Gear Solid'' in place of his father's standard character model. ''The Phantom Pain'' also shows that his low-polygon model from ''Metal Gear Solid'' can be an alternate outfit for [[Venom Snake]] after transferring the save data from ''Ground Zeroes''. David is also alluded to in association with Eli during a conversation between Big Boss and Revolver Ocelot.

===Other ''Metal Gear'' media===
Solid Snake also serves as the protagonist in ''[[Snake's Revenge]]'', a sequel to the original ''Metal Gear'' for the NES released for the western market in 1990 and developed without Kojima's involvement. Set three years after the events of the Outer Heaven incident, ''Snake's Revenge'' has Snake leading a team of FOX HOUND operatives as they infiltrate an undisclosed enemy base where the Metal Gear weapon is being mass-produced. Snake is addressed by the [[military rank]] of [[Lieutenant]] and starts the game already equipped with a handgun and a [[combat knife]], in contrast to the first game, where Snake had to procure all of his weapons on-site.

After the success of the original ''Metal Gear Solid'', KCEJ produced a trilogy of ''Metal Gear'' spin-offs for portable platforms set in a parallel universe outside the main Kojima-directed series. All three of these portable games were directed by [[Shinta Nojiri]].<ref name=parallel>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/adventure/mgs3subsistence/news.html?sid=6145169 |title=GameSpot: Metal Gear Saga Q&A - The Inside Scoop |access-date=2007-02-03 |date=March 2006}}</ref> The first of these is ''[[Metal Gear: Ghost Babel]]'' (released outside Japan as ''Metal Gear Solid''), in which Solid Snake must infiltrate a rebuilt Outer Heaven (now called Galuade) to defeat a FOXHOUND-like team of rogue agents called Black Chamber and destroy a stolen Metal Gear prototype, Gander. Although the actual in-game artwork of ''Ghost Babel'' was done by Ikuya Nakamura, Yoji Shinkawa provided the promotional art like he did with the original ''Metal Gear Solid''. In the second of these titles, ''[[Metal Gear Acid]]'', Snake must retrieve "Pythagoras" from the Lobito Physics and Research Laboratory, in order to satisfy hijackers who have kidnapped presidential candidate Viggo Hach. This mission is complicated by La Clown, an expert mimic who impersonates Snake's contact Teliko, and subtle brainwashing that nearly convinces him that he is Hans Davis, a ruthless scientist that worked at the Lobito facility. He overcomes both and contacts the real Teliko, then destroys the latest model of Metal Gear, [[Metal Gear (weapon)#Metal Gear KODOQUE|Metal Gear KODOQUE]]. ''[[Metal Gear Acid 2]]'' features a main character who is not the real version, but a clone created from tissue samples of the man from the original ''Metal Gear Acid'', following the events of the Lobito Island mission; the Solid Snake from the original ''Acid'' is implied to be dead in the sequel.

The character appears in his Old Snake form as a playable character in ''[[Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops#Portable Ops Plus|Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus]]'', a stand-alone expansion to the ''Portable Ops'' focusing on online play. In ''[[Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance]]'', the VR Missions DLC add-on for the game's Japanese version includes a new weapon that can be used by Raiden known as the ''Hebidamashi'', a talking wooden sword which speaks with Solid Snake's voice (as portrayed by Akio Ōtsuka); the weapon was never made available for the English version.<ref>{{cite web|title=「メタルギア ライジング リベンジェンス」，DLC第1弾の配信は4月上旬。30種類のVRミッションと"ソリッド・スネーク"の声を発する不思議な木刀を収録|url=http://www.4gamer.net/games/093/G009308/20130213084/|publisher=4Gamer|language=ja|access-date=February 4, 2013}}</ref>

Outside video games, Solid Snake appeared in the ''Metal Gear Solid'' audio drama that focuses on his missions following the battle from Shadow Moses.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Konami |title= DRAMA CD メタルギア ソリッドVol.1|url=http://www.konami.jp/gs/game/mgs2/japanese/goods/goods_mgs_cd02.html |language=ja |access-date=June 22, 2013}}</ref> He also appears in Alex Garner's [[graphic novel|comic book adaptations]] of ''Metal Gear Solid'' and ''Metal Gear Solid 2''.<ref name="autogenerated2007">{{cite book|title=Metal Gear Solid: Sons Of Liberty Volume 2|publisher=IDW Publishing |date=December 25, 2007|isbn=978-1-60010-111-3 |author1=Garner, Alex |author2=Wood, Ashley}}</ref> [[Raymond Benson]]'s [[novelization]]s of these two games also feature Solid Snake; Benson's adaptation of the character frequently focuses on the comical aspects of his characterization.<ref>{{cite book|title=Metal Gear Solid|publisher=[[Del Rey Books]] |date=May 27, 2008|isbn=978-0345503282 |author=Benson, Raymond}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty|publisher=[[Del Rey Books]]|date=November 24, 2009|isbn=978-0345503435|author=Benson, Raymond|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/metalgearsolid200bens}}</ref> He also appears in [[Project Itoh]]'s novelization from ''Metal Gear Solid 4'' where his actions are told from Hal Emmerich's point of view.<ref>{{cite book |year=2013|title= Metal Gear Solid: Guns of the Patriots|isbn=9781421540016|publisher=Viz Media}}</ref>

===Other video games and media===
In the [[Worlds of Power]] novelization series created by [[F.X. Nine]], Solid Snake appears in the second in the series, based on ''Metal Gear''. In the book, written by [[Alexander Frost]], he is Marine Captain Justin Halley.<ref>Frost, Alexander. ''Metal Gear''. New York: Scholastic, 1990, 1. 0590437771</ref> This version of the character is non-canon and is not referenced by other versions.

Solid Snake has appeared in a number of other games, including other Konami games. Hideo Kojima makes a habit of referencing his previous work. In the Kojima-produced ''[[Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django]]'' (and ''[[Shin Bokura no Taiyō: Gyakushū no Sabata]]''), Snake appears as an unnamed character who sells items to the player. Konami's ''[[Evolution Skateboarding]]'' features Snake and Raiden as hidden characters, as well as two stages set in the Big Shell (the skateboarding minigame in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty#Substance|Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance]]'' is a demo of ''Evolution Skateboarding'' composed exclusively of these elements).<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/sports/evolutionskateboarding/cheats.html?tag=tabs%253Bcheats|title=Evolution Skateboarding Hints & Cheats|website=GameSpot|access-date=July 9, 2011}}</ref> Solid Snake also appears in both halves of a crossover between the ''Metal Gear'' and ''[[Ape Escape]]'' franchises: the ''Ape Escape'' monkeys appear with Solid Snake in the "Snake vs. Monkey" minigame featured in ''Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater''. In turn, Snake appears in the corresponding ''Metal Gear Solid'' minigame featured in ''[[Ape Escape 3]]'', where he is rescued by Pipo Snake (Snake's character design in this minigame is taken directly from Naked Snake's).

He has also appeared in several cross-company fighting games. In ''[[DreamMix TV World Fighters]]'', Solid Snake appears as a playable character alongside other [[Konami]], [[Hudson Soft]] and [[Takara]] characters such as [[Bomberman]] and [[Optimus Prime]]. Similarly, in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', the third installment from the popular fighting game series ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'', Solid Snake appeared as a playable fighter alongside [[Sega]] character [[Sonic the Hedgehog (character)|Sonic the Hedgehog]] and a variety of characters from [[Nintendo]] franchises such as ''[[Super Mario (series)|Mario]]'', ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'', and ''[[Donkey Kong (series)|Donkey Kong]]''. ''Brawl'' Director [[Masahiro Sakurai]] has stated that Snake was included under Kojima's request, and that he had talked to Sakurai about adding Snake to the roster of the previous game ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', which did not materialize due to the game being too far into production.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://kotaku.com/gaming/nintendo/e306-super-smash-bros-brawl-qa-173071.php|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060604055930/http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/nintendo/e306-super-smash-bros-brawl-qa-173071.php|archive-date = 2006-06-04|title = E306: Super Smash Bros. Brawl Q&A|access-date = 2007-09-18|last = McWhertor |first = Michael |date = 2006-05-11 |website = Kotaku}}</ref> Snake returned as a playable fighter in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', after being absent in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U]]''. In addition, Snake has appeared as a playable character in other Konami crossover titles, such as ''[[New International Track & Field]]'' and ''[[Super Bomberman R]]''.<ref name=trackandfield>{{cite web|url=http://www.newtrackandfield.com/atg/characters|title=New International Track & Field Community - Characters|access-date=2008-06-13|archive-date=2011-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001213812/http://www.newtrackandfield.com/atg/characters|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

Old Snake has appeared in the Japanese version of ''[[Scribblenauts (video game)|Scribblenauts]]'', having been published by Konami in that region.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/01/27/scribblesnake/ |title=Scribblenauts? More like SCRIBBLESNAKE!!! (andriasang.com, 01.27.2011) |publisher=Andriasang.com |access-date=2013-08-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201053948/http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/01/27/scribblesnake/ |archive-date=2011-02-01}}</ref> Customizations in Media Molecule's ''[[LittleBigPlanet (PlayStation 3)|LittleBigPlanet]]'' for the [[PlayStation 3]] allow the player character, Sackboy, to take on the appearance of Old Snake.<ref>{{cite web |author=QJ Staff |title= TGS 2008: LittleBigPlanet gets Sackboy Solid Snake and Sackboy Sephiroth|url=http://www.qj.net/qjnet/playstation-3/tgs-2008-littlebigplanet-gets-sackboy-solid-snake-and-sackboy-sephiroth.html |date=2008-10-09 |access-date=2011-01-24}}</ref> In December 2020, [[Paul W. Anderson]] stated that his 2020 film ''[[Monster Hunter (film)|Monster Hunter]]'' had been based on a 2010 ''[[Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker]]'' crossover event with ''[[Monster Hunter Freedom Unite]]'', in which a military squad briefly faced monsters from the [[Monster Hunter|''Monster Hunter'' series]], with Snake's equivalent in the narrative, [[US Army Ranger]] Artemis, being portrayed by [[Milla Jovovich]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://kotaku.com/the-monster-hunter-movie-was-inspired-by-a-metal-gear-s-1845806302 | title = The Monster Hunter Movie Was Inspired By A Metal Gear Solid Collab | first = Brian | last = Ashcroft | date = December 4, 2020 | access-date = December 4, 2020 | work = [[Kotaku]] | archive-date = December 4, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201204110400/https://kotaku.com/the-monster-hunter-movie-was-inspired-by-a-metal-gear-s-1845806302 | url-status = live}}</ref>

Solid Snake appears as an outfit in ''[[Fortnite]]'' as the "Bonus Outfit" of [[Fortnite seasonal events#Chapter 5|Chapter 5 Season 1's]] [[battle pass]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sabarwal |first1=Rishabh |title=Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 1 trailer reveals Weapon mods, Train, Wall Running & more |url=https://www.dexerto.com/fortnite/fortnite-chapter-5-season-1-trailer-2411600/ |website=Dexerto |date=2 December 2023 |access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref> and was unlockable by completing [[Quest (video games)|in-game quests]] from January 23, 2024 through March 8, 2024, the end of that season.