Solid Snake
During the making of ', Hideo Kojima asked Shinkawa to make Naked Snake similar to Solid Snake. But with the differences that unlike Solid Snake, Naked Snake was a rookie and thus acted more naive. Shinkawa stated having no difficulties in designing Naked Snake as basically a revised version of Solid Snake. As a result, Naked Snake is virtually identical to Solid Snake from the previous "Metal Gear Solid" games in terms of appearance. The love scene between Naked Snake and EVA was inspired by the first "Pink Panther". Kojima and Shinkawa watched the movie but the former stated it might have come different from the original version. Since the game's trailers did not state that Naked Snake was Big Boss, Kojima often gave vague answers to the character's true identity. Although the ending of "Metal Gear Solid 3" reveals Naked Snake was given the Big Boss title, Kojima stated "he's not really the Big Boss yet". With ', he wanted to explain how Naked Snake became the man who appeared in the original "Metal Gear" games as Solid Snake's enemy.