HylianHeroBigBoss
Smash Lord
Big Boss/Naked Snake
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At ease soldiers, and welcome to the big boss/naked snake for SSB4 Thread. First and foremost let me say that Im not campainging for both him and the current snake (solid snake) to be in the game, but what i want is for this version of snake to take over for him.
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Now that snake is part of the smash bros family he will need to bring some new assets to the table, and i think by bringing in the original snake "big boss" instead, it would give him enough new games to draw upon and also some nice new moves and visual updates. He is a very prolific figure in the series and has had a number of titles under his belt including: Metal Gear Solid 3, Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops, Metal Gear Solid Peacewalker, Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D, and coming soon Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes.
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A bit of info on the character himself (spoilers)
Big Boss was the codename of the legendary soldier who founded the U.S. Army Special Forces Unit, FOXHOUND. He was also the founder and commander of Militaires Sans Frontières, the "soldiers without borders," which led to the creation of Outer Heaven in South Africa. Big Boss later helped the small nation of Zanzibar Land achieve independence in Central Asia, becoming its head of state. Big Boss was considered by many to be "The Greatest Warrior of the 20th Century" and a brilliant military leader and was hailed as a war hero by admirers and feared as a tyrant by his enemies. As a result of the Les Enfants Terribles project, he was the genetic father of Solid Snake (his subordinate and later nemesis), Liquid Snake and Solidus Snake. Prior to earning the codename of Big Boss, he served as a field operative for the CIA black ops unit FOX (Force Operation X) which was founded by Zero and the apprentice of The Boss under the codename of Naked Snake during the Cold War.
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Moveset and other changes (work in progress)
While for the most part his play style will remain true to snake, but items and certain moves could get an upgrade, or in this case a retro grade to fit the weapons of his era. No bullet based weapons would be usable of course, but theres still plenty of other explosives and other gadgets that could make for suitable changes.
^B alteration - Kidnapper drone
First up is his ^B special, which for the last game was the cypher from MGS2, now that he would no longer be that snake it would need to be altered to something from this snakes games. I propose that its changed to the AI drone from peacewalker, these known as "kidnappers", and basically what they do in that game is abduct enemies. Just design wise its very similar to the cypher and would be an easy transition between the two. The fulton recovery system could be used too, but since it only ascends vertically i dont think it would work as well.
>B Electromagnetic Wave Gun
This might be a weird addition but i think it could be pretty cool. Heres exactly what it does as described in game: The Electromagnetic Wave Gun, known as the EM Wave Gun or EMW Gun for short, is a revolutionary weapon that utilizes electromagnetic waves to cause an explosion by crossing. It could be a bit overpowered, but i think if they handled it well it could be pretty cool.
Heres it in action with a little bit of ghostbusters fanfare thrown in
Stun Rod (A move/smash attacks)
This can be used in conjunction with either a few A moves or direction smash attacks. It could function like samus' stun gun blasts only at close range.
Taunt - Tank Box
So for this id like to see the tank box instead of the normal cardboard box. With this he could walk around a bit with the box over him. It can still be knocked around or off like his previous taunt, but now it could have the offensive capabilities where the first didnt. It could now fire one small blast while inside the box. It could only shoot once (or perhaps everytime its put on, that could change depending on balance and what not),
Thats all i have for that right now for moveset alterations, but updates will come and we can discuss what actual new weapons could work for his moveset too.
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Designs
Now as ive said previously id like to see this version of snake take on his peacewalker design, it retains all the elements that make him snake and also brings some new nice touches. He could also draw upon metal gear solid 3 and ground zeroes as well, but for now im just going to say it would be best with peacealker as the middle ground.
He could either use one of these
Sneaking Suit
Olive Drab
Codec Calls
Coming soon
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So yea discuss and let me know what you guys think about this character and how you feel about him possibly taking the reigns for snake
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Support tages for Big Boss
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