Metal Gear Solid actor David Hayter teases return as Big Boss, sends fandom spiraling: "Metal Gear Solid 6 100% confirmed"

A screenshot from the Metal Gear Solid 3 remake.
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Iconic Metal Gear Solid actor ౠDavid Hayter is teasing his return as Big Boss, and naturally, fans are spiralling.

"I was in the booth today. Playing a role I’ve 🧸not played, since…" reads a tweet from Hayter that was followed up by a gif of Big Boss in Metal Gear Solid 3 Delta: Snake Eater, a remake of Me♕tal Gear Solid 3.

that it was using the same recorded voice lines from the original game. Sure, it did 🧸say later that a select few lines were being ꧂re-recorded, but it seems unlikely they'd be doing so this late in the game, with less than three months left in the♔ year.

Then there's the unconfirmed, but 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:heavily alluded to, Metal Gear Solid: Master Col🐠lection Vol. 2, but that seems even less likely to have any re-recorded lines from Hayter, being more of a straightforward port.

Finally, the most dubious of speculation is that Hayter is teasing a brand new entry in the Metal Gear franchise. Konami hasn't said anything at all about a potential 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Metal Gear Solid 6, but when has that ever stopped fans from speculating? And to that end, please enjoy this stream of Normal™ reactions to Hayter's tweet from ❀fans:

Konami knows the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection had a "pretty rough launch" and is doing everything it can "not to repeat that" in Vol. 2.

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