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The Boss
Metal Gear character
The Boss as seen in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
First appearanceMetal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004)[1]
Created byHideo Kojima
Designed byYoji Shinkawa
Voiced byEN: Lori Alan
JP: Kikuko Inoue[2]
Motion captureEriko Hirata
In-universe information
NationalityAmerican

The Boss (ザ・ボス, Za Bosu), also known as The Joy (ザ・ジョイ, Za Joi), is a fictional character from Konami's Metal Gear series who made her first appearance in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.

Appearances

In the Metal Gear series, The Boss is a legendary American soldier, founder and leader of the Cobra Unit, the biological mother of

Battle of Normandy
.

The Boss appears as one of the main antagonists in

the Philosophers behind the Philosophers' Legacy. After one final fight, Snake fights and kills The Boss who gives him the Philosophers' Legacy hidden by Volgin. The whole mission is later revealed to be a coverup by the United States so that The Boss would steal Volgin's treasure and give it to Snake but then die at his hands to avoid a conflict between America and the Soviet Union.[6][7]

Tselinoyarsk
, USSR, at the age of 42.

Character design

The Boss' likeness was modelled on actress Charlotte Rampling.[9] In the finished game, she wears a pale-colored combat outfit; Kojima originally planned to have her in a blue sneaking suit similar to Solid Snake for the finale of the game, but this idea was ultimately cut.[10] During the shooting of the final scene between The Boss and Naked Snake, Eriko Hirata (The Boss's motion capture actress), having read the script beforehand, was so moved by the scene that she broke down into tears.[11] Hideo Kojima said in 2012, he would "love" to create a new prequel game starring The Boss as the protagonist.[12]

Reception

The Boss received critical acclaim. According to

1UP.com editor Bob Mackey wrote about the final fight against her that "the confrontation takes place in what could be the most beautiful video game environment of all time, regardless of the PS2's relatively low horsepower."[19] In 2013, PLAY ranked The Boss as the eighth top character in the series, calling her "one of the most important and influential characters in the Metal Gear timeline."[20] She was also voted as the 24th best overall character of the previous decade by Game Informer's readers in 2010.[21]

In 2011,

GamesRadar praised The Boss's role as an antagonist, putting her in their 2013 list of 100 best villains in video games, and commenting: "No wonder Snake ended up saluting her grave; she deserved no less."[26] In 2013, Liz Lanier of Game Informer included The Boss among top ten female villains in video games, stating that "The Boss is regarded as one of the greatest female video game characters of all time, in addition to being one of the most menacing enemies. The Boss doesn't have to resort to cheap tricks or feminine wiles to get her way or gain respect: that's why she's The Boss."[27]

References

  1. ^ "The Boss (Metal Gear) - IGN". Uk.ign.com. 2008-05-08. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  2. ^ "TGS '07: Kojima speaks". GameSpot. Archived from the original on August 1, 2010. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
  3. ^ Kojima Productions. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Konami. The Boss: I was pregnant at the time. The Sorrow was the father. I gave birth on the field of battle.
  4. ^ "Snakes and Gears: A Metal Gear Overview," Game Informer 182 (June 2008): 108.
  5. ^ Kojima Productions. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Konami. The Boss: I'm defecting to the Soviet Union. Sokolov is a little gift for my new hosts.
  6. ^ Kojima Productions. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Konami. EVA: The Boss's defection was a ruse set up by the U.S. government. It was all a big drama staged by Washington so they could get their hands on the Philosopher's Legacy. And The Boss was the star of the show. They planned it so that they could get the Legacy that Colonel Volgin inherited...and destroy the Shagohod at the same time.
  7. ^ Kojima Productions. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Konami. EVA: ... Everything was going according to plan, but then something happened that no one could have predicted. Colonel Volgin fired an American-made nuclear warhead at Sokolov's research facility. Khrushchev demanded that the U.S. government provide proof that it wasn't involved. ... The authorities in Washington knew that in order to prove its innocence they'd have to get rid of The Boss...and that one of their own would have to do the job. ... That was the mission she was given. ... She sacrificed her life and her honor for her native land.
  8. ^ EVA: Meanwhile, Washington could only grit its teeth into silence. They decided there was no value making The Boss' flight public, that it would only make matters worse. So they buried it instead, labeling it a dark mission. NASA and the CIA did everything in their power to erase all traces of the Boss from Project Mercury. The result was the photo before you. Not a bad job, huh? (Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker)
  9. ^ "Metal Gear Solid 3 commentary 2; Arctic Air Space ～ Bolshaya Past Base". Muni Shinobu.webs.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  10. ^ "Metal Gear Solid 3 commentary 7; Rokovoj Bereg ～ Ending". Muni Shinobu.webs.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  11. ^ "Metal Gear Solid 3 commentary 7; Groznyj Grad ～ The Sorrow Battle". Muni Shinobu.webs.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  12. ^ a b Matulef, Jeffrey (2012-09-02). "Kojima would like to make a Metal Gear game starring The Boss • News • PlayStation 3 •". Eurogamer.net. Archived from the original on 2019-02-11. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  13. ^ GamesTM 133, page 149.
  14. ^ Darren Franich (March 5, 2013). "15 Kick-Ass Women in Videogames". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Archived from the original on April 23, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  15. ^ "GameSpy: GameSpy's Top MGS Moments: Boss Battles - Page 8". Uk.gamespy.com. Archived from the original on 2014-05-04. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  16. ^ "Top 10 Metal Gear Villains - IGN". Uk.ign.com. 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  17. ^ "Top 10 Metal Gear Solid Boss Battles - IGN". Uk.ign.com. 2008-06-11. Archived from the original on 2020-01-26. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  18. ^ "The ten best Metal Gear bosses EVER!". Destructoid. Archived from the original on 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  19. ^ "For The Love of Game : Most Audacious Moment: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater". 1up.com. 2012-08-08. Archived from the original on 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  20. ^ "Top 10 Best Metal Gear characters | PLAY Magazine". Play-mag.co.uk. 2013-02-28. Archived from the original on 2013-09-19. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  21. ^ Bryan Vore (2010-12-03). "Readers' Top 30 Characters Results Revealed". Game Informer. Archived from the original on 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
  22. Complex. June 30, 2011. Archived
    from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  23. ^ "The meanest mothers on PlayStation - Official PlayStation Magazine UK". Officialplaystationmagazine.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  24. ^ "The 10 most emotional PlayStation moments - Page 3 of 10 | Uncategorized". Official PlayStation Magazine. 2012-06-12. Archived from the original on 2013-06-06. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  25. ^ "Top 10 Betrayals in Gaming - Cheat Code Central". Lists.cheatcc.com. Archived from the original on 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  26. ^ GamesRadar Staff (May 17, 2013). "100 best villains in video games". GamesRadar. Archived from the original on June 24, 2013. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
  27. ^ Lanier, Lix (November 2013). "Top Ten Female Villains". Game Informer. p. 24.

External links

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