In Peace Walker, her experience with The Boss and subsequent work in ARPA inspires her to create Peace Walker's AI matrix with The Boss's personality years later, which initially puts her at odds with Naked Snake. Towards the end of the game, Amanda leads the Sandinistas into fighting the KGB. According to Kojima, the reason why he left Raikov's fate up to the player was largely because of Raiden's controversial popularity, where he'd allow the player, depending on whether their views of Raiden were positive or negative, to spare or kill Raikov, respectively. [35] In one of the game's endings, he reveals Meryl is his daughter, the result of an affair between himself and his late brother's wife. In the end of Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, Ocelot ends up betraying the DCI under orders from a new employer and kills him in order to obtain the location of the Philosopher's Legacy. Skull Face is voiced by Takaya Hashi in Japanese and by James Horan in English. Solid Snake is brought out of retirement by FOXHOUND's new commander, Roy Campbell, and is sent to Zanzibar Land to rescue Dr. Marv. Born in the early 1970s in Russia, Psycho Mantis is a true psychic, capable of fourth-wall-breaking feats of power. Khamsin is voiced by Rikiya Koyama in Japanese and by Benito Martinez in English. [3] His moniker has dual meanings, being a short form of the English word vampire as well as referring to his bisexual orientation. The group's amassed amount totaled 100 billion dollars to fund war efforts and research; this sum became known as the "Philosopher's Legacy". However, he's naïve in underestimating Cipher and assumed he can maintain control over Zero's organization. Thanks mom and no need to say girl gamer. In Peace Walker, The End's voice can sometimes be heard over the Codec during ghost missions, and Snake comments numerous times during mission briefings asking Kaz Miller if he saw any parrots with the enemy snipers and scouts. He is named after the bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945. [28] He discovers the identity of Outer Heaven's leader, but is silenced before he can mention his name. Metal Gear is one of the most recognizable franchises in videogames.The series is still wildly popular after more than 33 years since the launch of the very first title, and out of all the boss fights and various antagonists Hideo Kojima has cooked up over the years, Solid Snake’s confrontation with Psycho Mantis is the most memorable. Steven Armstrong (スティーヴン・アームストロング, Sutīvun Āmusutorongu) is a Colorado senator and the primary backer of both Desperado Enforcement LLC and World Marshal Inc. and the main antagonist of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. [80] His Donald Anderson impersonation is voiced by Masaharu Sato in the Japanese version. Unique Psycho Mantis Posters designed and sold by artists. Militaires Sans Frontieres is a play on words on the humanitarian-aid non-governmental organization Médecins Sans Frontières dedicated to assisting countries ravaged by war and epidemics that are in need of doctors and medical experts. After being critically wounded, it begins raining and he is struck by a bolt of lightning which leaves him comatose and near death. Paz Ortega Andrade/Pacifica Ocean is voiced by Nana Mizuki in Japanese and by Tara Strong in English. Gray Fox (グレイ・フォックス, Gurei Fokkusu, spelled "Grey Fox" in the MSX2 versions), also known as Frank Jaeger (フランク・イェーガー, Furanku Yēgā, spelled "Frank Yeager" in the MSX2 version), the Cyborg Ninja (サイボーグ忍者, Saibōgu Ninja) and Null (ヌル, Nuru), was a high-ranking agent of FOXHOUND. [145] After the ideological rift created by the Cold War, loyalties changed with him and The Boss each taking their respective sides. Mei Ling has made a few appearances outside the main series of Metal Gear games. [39] His "immortality" is revealed to be caused by nanomachines in his body that heal all of his wounds at an extraordinarily fast rate (augmenting his natural healing abilities). [100] Though she became engaged to Raiden, their relationship ended after Rosemary supposedly had a miscarriage. She is the leader of the Beauty and the Beast Unit, but under the influence of Psycho Mantis. Metal Gear Solid‘s Psycho Mantis is not only a memorable game boss because of his strange attire but also because he is … She was born in an unnamed country ripped by civil war. Screaming Mantis, also known as Screaming Beauty, is a major antagonist in the video game; Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Dr. Emmerich (エメリッヒ博士, Emerihhi Hakase), nicknamed Huey (ヒューイ, Hyūi), is a wheelchair-using scientist who was born paraplegic due to having an abnormal spine, the son of a Manhattan Project scientist, and the father of Hal Emmerich. In Metal Gear 2, Dr. Madnar bitterly defects to Zanzibar Land and develops Metal Gear D after being rejected by the scientific community. [164] Paz provides commentary about her deep-cover mission in a ten-part series of audio tapes called "Paz's Diary". During the Big Shell incident, Solidus Snake leads the Sons of Liberty (自由の女神, Jiyū no Megami) (Revolver Ocelot, Olga Gurlukovich and the Dead Cell members) take over Arsenal Gear which houses the AI GW to censor the flow of digital information as a third "Outer Heaven" by using Metal Gear RAY on New York to trigger an electromagnetic pulse to permanently destroy the Patriots' AI systems, however, the Patriots manipulated agents to ensure demise by Solid Snake and Raiden. However, since he is still a child, he is overwhelmed by these emotions and becomes a slave to the will of whoever is expressing them. After enduring months of torture and starvation, her captors abruptly abandoned the prison, leaving her and the other child prisoners to be eaten alive by ravens. He might just be the Deadilest Psychic user in Video Game History. Psycho Mantis troubling the player with a fake channel change. Karen Gillan - Meryl Silverburgh. [30] Solid Snake defeats him during a battle but does not learn his true identity until he collapses. Metal Gear Solid has one of the most famous boss battles in video game history, as it was tied to the hardware of the original PlayStation. 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The PC version of the game completely bypasses this gimmick if you play using the keyboard. Once known as one of the world's best figure skaters (with stints in the world championships and the Olympics under her belt), Heffner was stripped of her competition rights after being caught in an attempt to seek political asylum in Canada with Frank Jaeger. Picture Information. Thanks. Khamsin’s body from the waist down is replaced with connectors to his mech suit, which wields a chainsaw/battle-axe hybrid heavy enough to require built-in rocket boosters to swing. The game dabbles in poking holes in the fourth wall from time to time, but Mantis' boss fight is where the game finally takes a sledgehammer to it. Too bad theres no way for psycho mantis to move the controller on the ps3. The combined personalities attempt to stop Gene, 'she' is killed. He has a pet parrot (an Alexandrine parakeet) who can alert him to Snake's presence. [83] He makes only one appearance at the end of Metal Gear Solid via CODEC where he orders the Shadow Moses base to be bombed. Laughing Octopus (ラフィング・オクトパス, Rafingu Okutopasu) wears a special cybernetic suit that can imitate the appearance of her surroundings or other people, allowing her to blend in before attacking with powerful mechanical tentacles. Outside the main canon, the character reprises his role as the reluctant commanding officer in the Game Boy Color game Metal Gear: Ghost Babel, a side-story which serves as an alternate sequel to the events of the original Metal Gear. Jonathan (ジョナサン, Jonasan) is one of the Red Army soldiers stationed at the San Hieronymo base. [122] Metal Gear Solid 4 revealed that Para-Medic was the head of Zero's "Les Enfants Terribles" project,[133] and was the one responsible for Gray Fox's revival and was in-turn murdered by him. Laughing Octopus is voiced by Haruna Aimoto in the Japanese version and by Paula Tiso in the English translation. As Philanthropy is a semi-clandestine organization, Otacon must sometimes obtain equipment and information through less-than-legal methods; Snake mentions that on more than one occasion, Otacon has hacked classified networks to 'appropriate' experimental technology. Introduced during the Plant chapter portion of Metal Gear Solid 2, she is employed by the army as a data analyst, and saves the player's progress over Codec. Peace Walker implied Sigint to have contributed Cipher's technology towards Coldman's various Peace Walker AIs, and Metal Gear Solid V mentions Anderson overseeing Zero's AI proxies that would control governments and military. However, following the mutation of the parasite, she realizes that her silence alone is not enough to prevent symptoms from spreading, and she allows herself to be captured by Soviet forces in Afghanistan. Mei Ling is also one of Snake's support crew in Super Smash Bros. [94] Olga Gurlukovich is voiced by Kyoko Terase in the Japanese version and by Vanessa Marshall in the English translation. In Metal Gear Solid, he is taken prisoner by FOXHOUND,[83] and tortured by Revolver Ocelot then rescued by Solid Snake. The FOX unit turns renegade in Portable Ops under Gene's ultimate goal of Army's Heaven (アーミーズヘブン, Āmīzu Hebun) that would in fact victimize soldiers in pursuit of Gene's goals. Despite FOX being shut down, XOF continued in secret, carrying out ultra-sensitive and illegal operations as a covert division of Cipher. [40] Following the Patriots' destruction, he reconciles with Meryl and walks her down the aisle at her wedding. According to Kojima, this made some of the proverbs redundant after translating them to English, since Mei Ling would be saying the same thing twice. Elisa/Ursula is voiced by Saori Gotō in Japanese and by Tara Strong in English. Then he made it spin around in the air really fast, and after that he thrusted it out of my window where it hit my ex g/f in the head giving her brain damage. Psycho Mantis is a notable character in the 1998 video game Metal Gear Solid. Good game yesterday, I can't believe you got five kills. First off, you can't reconfigure controls during the game. Solid Snake will reopen for orders in Early Q1 2018. [53] Afterwards, Nastasha Romanenko's account reveals that Naomi was briefly arrested following the Shadow Moses incident until her escape. In the original Metal Gear Solid, Psycho Mantis is a telepath who can read Solid Snake's thoughts. Skull Face accepts this defeat, apparent by his quoting of David Bowie's "Space Oddity". Printed on light chiffon fabric, Redbubble's scarves will keep you cool in summer and stylish in winter. The people who insist on playing Metal Gear Solid without a keyboard will have the easiest time of all. Raiden's rivalry with Sam is a major driving force of the plot. In 2012, GamesRadar featured both him and Liquid Snake at the second place on the list of most evil clones in gaming, commenting that "as evil clones go, the ones that threaten the world with thermonuclear war and eradication rank as some of the worst. The Fury (ザ・フューリー, Za Fyūrī) is a pyromaniac and former Soviet cosmonaut. [62] This fictional publication serves as a plot summary of Metal Gear Solid (and reveals previously undisclosed plot details about the events of the games), and is included as a bonus feature in Metal Gear Solid 2. [184][185] While the variety of characters have been noted, publications often found some out of place as a result of their abilities and confusing changes occurring within them. I'm Sam's mom and psycho mantis. He then reads your memory card and mocks you depending on which game file he finds there. The developers call it a "metaphysical puzzle game." Johnny is a GRU soldier seen in Snake Eater. Page Tools Psycho Mantis was a psychic member of FOXHOUND who was present during the armed takeover on Shadow Moses Island in 2005. [186][187] The characters have also been praised for their actions within fight scenes, resulting in appealing cutscenes. But Philanthropy acquires a disk containing the Wisemen's Committee identities and learns that all 12 members have been dead for "about a hundred years". Vamp is voiced by Phil LaMarr in the English translation. Volgin is voiced by Kenji Utsumi in the Japanese version and by Neil Ross in the English version. Scott Dolph is voiced by Daisuke Gori in the Japanese version. Amanda Libre is voiced by Romi Park in Japanese and by Grey DeLisle in English. Ed (エド, Edo) is an African-American who serves as the Rat Patrol team's sniper and Meryl Sliverburgh's second-in-command. She was the last living child; though instead of eating her, the ravens peck away her bonds. Johnny Sasaki (ジョニー佐々木, Jonī Sasaki) is a recurring character. He is the man who originally came up with the concept of bipedal walking tanks (the blueprints for Metal Gear REX and Metal Gear D). This occurred due to each of them interpreting The Boss's will differently; Zero taking the concept to mean control of the entire world to ensure unification, whereas Big Boss believed that The Boss's will wanted a world where soldiers were not used as tools by the government. This would come into full effect with Miller in Metal Gear Solid V. Following MSF's destruction, Miller gets embittered, seeing the concept of a nation for soldiers appropriated by other groups and reduced to being mercenary bands. Designed according to their animal designations, each member of the BB Corps featured the likeness of a different real-life supermodel. First 4 Figures is proud to present the highly anticipated Metal Gear Solid - Psycho Mantis statue. [107] Her true motive is to seek revenge against Solid Snake whom she believes was responsible for her father's death. [173] Dutch model Stefanie Joosten provides Quiet's likeness, motion capture and voice.[174]. She is introduced in Metal Gear Solid as Solid Snake's sidekick/love interest and Roy Campbell's legal niece/biological daughter. First appearing in the original Metal Gear games, he goes missing during the original game with his last transmission being a cryptic message simply saying "Metal Gear",[24] and returns as an enemy in Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. He is then killed by Revolver Ocelot while arguing with Raiden to kill him to prevent the terrorists from launching a nuclear strike. [90] By the end of the game, Rosemary reveals herself to be a spy for the Patriots. In Peace Walker, the character, who is now the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gets in touch with Big Boss when Peace Walker launches false nuclear launch data. However, he eventually dies in peace in a final confrontation, where it is implied that he deduced Venom Snake is not the target of his vendetta. He is the vice-president of the fictional Worldwide Animal Rights Federation and works for the science magazine Maxwell. [82] After the game's events, her character writes an autobiography titled In the Darkness of Shadow Moses: The Unofficial Truth and then forms the anti-proliferation group "Philanthropy" with the profits she made. [111] During the Plant chapter of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, she is in charge of developing the AI that controls Arsenal Gear. In Portable Ops, a young version of the character is imprisoned by the FOX unit in South America with Naked Snake. So don't take it personal. Seller 100% positive. He makes an unvoiced appearance in the end of Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, where he can be seen standing next to Major Zero during FOXHOUND's inauguration ceremony. He uses this as a pretext to develop a strain of vocal cord parasite that targets English speakers, intending to unleash it against Cipher and start a new Cold War by giving easy-to-make nuclear weapons to minority groups. [24] The group is initially believed to be led by an inner circle of 12 people known as The Wisemen's Committee (賢人会議, Kenjin Kaigi). Remember Psycho Mantis? Later in the story, she is defeated by Venom Snake in open combat and is brought back to Mother Base where she eventually starts participating in missions with Snake. History. "From the moment we're thrown into this world, we're fated to bring each other nothing but pain and misery." He is assigned to watch over Naked Snake's jail cell in Groznyj Grad after Snake is captured by Volgin. Trained in swordsmanship by his father, who was killed by a former pupil under orders from the local drug cartel, Sam inherits his Murasama sword and becomes a vigilante and mercenary before being forced into service to Desperado by Armstrong. While the original Metal Gear games had their characters designs modeled after Hollywood actors, the Metal Gear Solid games established a series of consistent designs based on Shinkawa's ideas of what would appeal to gamers. Nikolai Sokolov is voiced by Naoki Tatsuta in the Japanese version and by Brian Cummings in the English translation. © Valve Corporation. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. After Fatman planted bombs within each of the struts in the entire Big Shell facility, Stillman provides Raiden and Iroquois Pliskin with the tools needed to track down and deactivate each of the explosives, while providing support to the player via the codec. Psycho Mantis was polled as the 8th "Greatest Video Game Villain of All Time" by IGN and his boss battle being the 2nd Greatest Moment in Gaming. They move at high speeds and possess glowing aqua eyes due to being purposefully infected by a strain of Code Talker's parasites, granting them enhanced abilities at the cost of their minds; these abilities included camouflage, corrosive gas projection, shapeshifting, and a thick metallic armor. He also appears in the first Metal Gear Online expansion as a playable character.[63]. The infamous Psycho Mantis boss battle plays out differently in the new version of Metal Gear Solid that is available on PC, thanks to the keyboard. [93] After the Patriots removed his President status, Solidus turned against the organization and wished to form his own nation to leave his impact on the world. During the Tanker incident, they begin a smear campaign against Solid Snake to frame Philanthropy for an oil tanker's destruction in New York. In the tapes, Paz talks about life in Mother Base and her fears about a strong reprisal from Cipher if she blew her cover. Okay. [54], In Metal Gear Solid 4, Naomi is working with Liquid Ocelot in order to hijack the SOP battlefield control system,[39] but joins Snake's group once again. Psycho Mantis. Psycho Mantis (サイコ・マンティス, Saiko Mantisu?) Any attacks performed while controlling Snake with a controller will result in Psycho Mantis predicting them. Per The Boss's will, Snake conceptualized MSF as capable of providing combat support to any individual or country, regardless of other factors. An argument results in Chico wandering around the forest and his capture by the Peace Sentinels. What that's my gamer name. Crying Wolf (クライング・ウルフ, Kuraingu Urufu) is the Corps' strongest member as she can attack with a railgun or sheer brute force. He is the genetic father of Solid Snake,[19] Liquid Snake and Solidus Snake. Solid Snake (ソリッド・スネーク, Soriddo Sunēku) is the primary character of the original series. After many of her members were forced out of Nicaragua by government forces, the KGB comes to the Sandinistas' aid by having them operate a banana plantation that is actually a front for drug-trafficking operations to generate funds for their rebel activities. Psycho Mantis (サイコ・マンティス, Saiko Mantisu) is a psychic expert for Liquid Snake's FOXHOUND unit in Metal Gear Solid. Her main weapon is a long staff that also acts as a whip known as "L'Etranger". In the MSX2 versions of Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2, FOXHOUND members are often referred to as "FOX HOUNDERS", although this term fell into disuse in later versions. Scott has been writing for Screen Rant since 2016 and regularly contributes to The Gamer. Para-Medic (パラメディック, Paramedikku), also known as Dr. Clark (クラーク博士, Kurāku Hakase), is a FOX support team member that provides medical information. Screaming Mantis is voiced by Mao Yuki in the Japanese version and by Andrea Zafra in the English translation. He is deeply distrusting of anyone affiliated with Cipher, accusing the likes of Huey and Quiet of betraying them and calling for their deaths. [103] After Naomi Hunter designs a syringe used to destabilize the functionality of nanomachines, a wounded Vamp uses it to end his suffering. [29] In Metal Gear 2, Schneider appears under the guise of Black Ninja (ブラック・ニンジャ, Burakku Ninja) (Black Color (ブラック・カラー, Burakku Karā) in the original MSX2 version), a high-tech ninja under the service of Zanzibar Land and the first boss in the game. [24] Her character was somewhat based on Meryl Silverburgh yet Kojima wanted to make her look like a professional rather than a rookie. She has two puppets shaped like previous Metal Gear Solid bosses Psycho Mantis and The Sorrow. Karen Gillan is a Scottish actress that is best known for her … ... Psycho Mantis is a very fun boss. Mantis is the game’s direct link to the world of pure horror. [117] Revealed to be Raiden's adoptive father,[86] Solidus tries to kill Raiden to use his foster son's nanomachines to lead him to the Patriots. A dark grey cell indicates that the character was not in the property or that the character's presence in the property has yet to be announced. The CIA uses him as a counterpart to Snake in case he rebelled. [45] Unlike Snake, Kaz is initially characterized as idealistic, believing in MSF's idea of a nation for soldiers free of political ideology. The Patriots (愛国者達, Aikokushatachi), also referred to as the La-li-lu-le-lo (らりるれろ, Rarirurero), are a secret cabal that controls the United States. Is Sora the Next Smash Bros. DLC Character? The concept continued in Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake with the fortified nation Zanzibar Land (ザンジバルランド, Zanjibaru Rando) in Central Asia. The Fear is voiced by Kazumi Tanaka in the Japanese version and by Michael Bell in the English translation. In Metal Gear Solid, he was murdered and his identity is assumed by Liquid Snake to manipulate the game's events.[43]. An additional chapter released as downloadable content details part of Bladewolf's history with Desperado prior to his first encounter with Raiden. Cécile Cosima Caminades (セシール・コジマ・カミナンデス, Seshīru Kojima Kaminandesu) is a French ornithologist. [20] After defeating his legendary war hero mentor,[21] Snake establishes FOXHOUND in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops and Militaires Sans Frontières in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker,[22] and serves as Venom Snake's mental template in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. XOF is shown to remove all of their identifying markings from both personnel and equipment before carrying out operations, implying that they carry out extremely sensitive black operations. Militaires Sans Frontieres (国境なき軍隊, Kokkyō Naki Guntai, translated as "Soldiers Without Borders") is Naked Snake's mercenary group in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. He was also the one who employed Ocelot (aka ADAM) as a triple agent within the CIA, KGB and GRU. The character, originally named McDonnell Benedict Miller (マクドネル・ベネディクト・ミラー, Makudoneru Benedikuto Mirā, known simply as "McDonnell Miller" in Metal Gear 2), was an Asian-looking man with black hair in the MSX2 version of Metal Gear 2; a redesign makes him resemble his later incarnation from the Metal Gear Solid games depicted with blond hair and aviator sunglasses. Brawl. Cipher (サイファー, Saifā) is an American covert intelligence agency that served as the Philosophers' reorganized American branch as well as the Patriots' precursor. As the commander of XOF, he authorizes and participates in the torture and imprisonment of Paz and Chico, and later leads an assault against Big Boss's Mother Base, which results in the Militaires Sans Frontières' partial destruction. [155] He injects Snake with a syringe with nanomachines that allow Snake to use Drebin's weapons; in addition to secretly containing a new strain of FOXDIE programmed to kill EVA, Ocelot and Big Boss.