Solid Snake, the recurring protagonist of the Metal Gear franchise, is making his Fortnite debut as a bonus pores and skin supplied within the Chapter 5, Season 1 Battle Pass. But slightly than being greeted with pleasure, Kotaku experiences the hunky murderer is a sore topic amongst gamers who seen the absence of his once-thick booty.
Staring at a fictional character’s rear-end sounds creepy. Actually, it is creepy. But to be truthful, Snake’s skin-tight physique swimsuit makes it pretty straightforward 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 via his nostril really his lungs are positioned 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 via his nostril really his lungs are positioned 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 every part 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 every part 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 virtually like Snake obtained a reverse “BBL” (Brazilian Butt Lift), the place the entire 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 cook dinner proper now,” a dissatisfied participant posted on X.
Buff Peter Griffin, Solid Snake with no ass, Fortnite ought to NOT be allowed to cook dinner proper now.
— JC ➡️ @supernintendo.bsky.social (@Supernintendo) December 4, 2023
Other Fortnite gamers have theorized equally crude methods wherein 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 recreation devs. When Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was launched in 2018, gamers had 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 recreation.
they already nerfed snake
smh pic.twitter.com/khKUpEM8Np
— Iron Pineapple (@IronPineapple_) June 13, 2018
More lately, 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 to get strong snake out of the multiverse. if he exhibits up in one other recreation his ass is gonna be totally concave. each time he meets ryu from road fighter he has much less cake.”
we’ve to get strong snake out of the multiverse. if he exhibits up in one other recreation his ass is gonna be totally 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 keeping with Kotaku. It looks like 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
