Solid Snake, the recurring protagonist of the Metal Gear franchise, is making his Fortnite debut as a bonus pores and skin provided within the Chapter 5, Season 1 Battle Pass. But moderately than being greeted with pleasure, Kotaku studies the hunky murderer is a sore topic amongst gamers who observed the absence of his once-thick booty.
Staring at a fictional character’s rear-end sounds creepy. Actually, it is creepy. But to be honest, Snake’s skin-tight physique go well with makes it pretty simple to identify the distinction in his character design throughout video games. Plus, we’re not going to disclaim that he is ruggedly good-looking — ass and all.
One fan took to X to precise disapproval of the character’s new look: “that is terrible the place is his ass? strong snake doesn’t breathe through his nostril truly his lungs are situated in his ass and if he has a small butt it means his lungs are being crushed and he’s being asphyxiated and slowly dying. that is snake abuse.”
that is terrible the place is his ass? strong snake doesn’t breathe through his nostril truly his lungs are situated in his ass and if he has a small butt it means his lungs are being crushed and he’s being asphyxiated and slowly dying. that is snake abuse pic.twitter.com/tnNWTMOA4Q
— otacon (@otasuneku) December 3, 2023
“screaming [sic] and yelling and throwing up as a result of they gave fortnite strong snake a flat ass which is deeply antithetical to all the things hideo kojima stands for,” a fellow participant wrote. “disgusting. [sic]”
screaming and yelling and throwing up as a result of they gave fortnite strong snake a flat ass which is deeply antithetical to all the things hideo kojima stands for. disgusting. pic.twitter.com/pyUyDR3sM4
— gender ikari (@slayerfest1999) December 3, 2023
In a merciless accident, Epic Games additionally launched a pores and skin for Family Guy’s Peter Griffin within the latest Battle Pass — and he is completely ripped. It’s almost like Snake received a reverse “BBL” (Brazilian Butt Lift), the place all the fats in his derrière was transferred to Peter’s hulking biceps.
“Buff Peter Griffin, Solid Snake with no ass, Fortnite ought to NOT be allowed to prepare dinner proper now,” a dissatisfied participant posted on X.
Buff Peter Griffin, Solid Snake with no ass, Fortnite ought to NOT be allowed to prepare dinner proper now.
— JC ➡️ @supernintendo.bsky.social (@Supernintendo) December 4, 2023
Other Fortnite gamers have theorized equally crude methods by which Solid Snake’s ass was eliminated. One X consumer posted a cartoon drawing that depicts the character getting his butt cheeks sanded off whereas strapped to a desk.
strong snake https://t.co/izKAWuz1F0 pic.twitter.com/5AJYgwmLr4
— Mr. Ryan. (@M1STERRYAN) December 4, 2023
But this is not the primary time Snake’s volumptuous rump has been nerfed by sport devs. When Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was launched in 2018, gamers have been equally fast to level out the character’s newfound pancake-ass.
“They already nerfed snake,” a consumer posted on Twitter on the time, together with an up-close comparability of Snake’s bottom between the Wii and the Nintendo Switch variations of the favored preventing sport.
they already nerfed snake
smh pic.twitter.com/khKUpEM8Np
— Iron Pineapple (@IronPineapple_) June 13, 2018
More not too long ago, one other consumer posted an up to date visible of the character’s gradual ass-flattening course of with a caption that reads: “we’ve got to get strong snake out of the multiverse. if he exhibits up in one other sport his ass is gonna be absolutely concave. each time he meets ryu from road fighter he has much less cake.”
we’ve got to get strong snake out of the multiverse. if he exhibits up in one other sport his ass is gonna be absolutely concave. each time he meets ryu from road fighter he has much less cake. pic.twitter.com/Lr5SxRnPs1
— Topher Florence (@topherflorence) December 3, 2023
Several different in-game skins have additionally had their asses flattened by Epic Games, together with Omni-Man, Captain America and Doomguy, in accordance with Kotaku. It looks as if they simply cannot deal with the booty.
According to GameRant, the sans-booty model of Solid Snake might be unlocked by gamers who’ve accomplished the related challenges on Jan. 23 — 51 days from the beginning of this season’s Battle Pass.
Katie Reul is a contract author at IGN
