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==Storyline==
==Storyline==
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===''Metal Gear''===
===''Metal Gear''===
Gray Fox first appears in the original ''[[Metal Gear (video game)|Metal Gear]]'' as a high-ranking agent of [[List of characters in the Metal Gear series#FOXHOUND|FOXHOUND]] (the "Fox" codename being the highest commemoration within the unit) who goes missing during a mission prior to the events of the game, his last transmission being a cryptic message simply saying "Metal Gear".<ref name="Gears 2008">"Snakes and Gears: A Metal Gear Overview", ''[[Game Informer]]'' 182 (June 2008): 108.</ref> Solid Snake's initial objective in the game is to rescue Gray Fox, who reveals the true nature of [[Metal Gear (weapon)|Metal Gear]] to the player.
Gray Fox first appears in the original ''[[Metal Gear (video game)|Metal Gear]]'' as a high-ranking agent of [[List of characters in the Metal Gear series#FOXHOUND|FOXHOUND]] (the "Fox" codename being the highest commemoration within the unit) who goes missing during a mission prior to the events of the game, his last transmission being a cryptic message simply saying "Metal Gear".<ref name="Gears 2008">"Snakes and Gears: A Metal Gear Overview", ''[[Game Informer]]'' 182 (June 2008): 108.</ref> Solid Snake's initial objective in the game is to rescue Gray Fox, who reveals the true nature of [[Metal Gear (weapon)|Metal Gear]] to the player.
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''[[Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops]]'', a prequel set two decades before the events of the first ''Metal Gear'', features a teenage Gray Fox as a masked [[machete]]-wielding assassin named {{Nihongo|'''Null'''|ヌル|Nuru}}, one of the FOX members the player faces in the game. Null is a teenage assassin subjected to a secret [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] project to be the "Perfect Soldier". Snake discovers that Gray Fox was a boy he met four years prior in [[Mozambique]], where the boy used his innocence as a cover to kill dozens of government soldiers with only one knife. He spoke a little German so his enemies called him, Frank Jaeger ("Frank Hunter").
''[[Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops]]'', a prequel set two decades before the events of the first ''Metal Gear'', features a teenage Gray Fox as a masked [[machete]]-wielding assassin named {{Nihongo|'''Null'''|ヌル|Nuru}}, one of the FOX members the player faces in the game. Null is a teenage assassin subjected to a secret [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] project to be the "Perfect Soldier". Snake discovers that Gray Fox was a boy he met four years prior in [[Mozambique]], where the boy used his innocence as a cover to kill dozens of government soldiers with only one knife. He spoke a little German so his enemies called him, Frank Jaeger ("Frank Hunter").


===Legacy===
==Legacy and guest appearances==
Despite Gray Fox's death in ''Metal Gear Solid'', the Cyborg Ninja incarnation of the character would still appear in subsequent games in some form or another. The Ninja appears as a hidden character in the ''Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions'' expansion as a playable character for three special missions; and the character's exoskeleton is used as an alternate outfit for Raiden in the extra missions mode of ''Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance''. The role of the Cyborg Ninja is assumed by other characters in the subsequent ''Metal Gear Solid'' sequels, namely [[List of characters in the Metal Gear series#Olga Gurlukovich|Olga Gurlukovich]] in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' and [[Raiden (Metal Gear)|Raiden]] in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''.
Despite Gray Fox's death in ''Metal Gear Solid'', the Cyborg Ninja incarnation of the character would still appear in subsequent games in some form or another. The Ninja appears as a hidden character in the ''Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions'' expansion as a playable character for three special missions; and the character's exoskeleton is used as an alternate outfit for Raiden in the extra missions mode of ''Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance''. The role of the Cyborg Ninja is assumed by other characters in the subsequent ''Metal Gear Solid'' sequels, namely [[List of characters in the Metal Gear series#Olga Gurlukovich|Olga Gurlukovich]] in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' and [[Raiden (Metal Gear)|Raiden]] in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''.


==Guest appearances==
Outside the ''Metal Gear'' games, the Cyborg Ninja appears as a race car driver in ''[[Konami Krazy Racers]]'' and as an assistant fighter in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''.
Outside the ''Metal Gear'' games, the Cyborg Ninja appears as a race car driver in ''[[Konami Krazy Racers]]'' and as an assistant fighter in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''.

==Character design and development==
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==Promotion and reception==
==Promotion and reception==
A Cyborg Ninja figure was released by [[McFarlane Toys]] in 1998.<ref>[http://metalgearcollection.com/version3/figure-ninja.html Cyborg Ninja Figure :: Metal Gear Collection.com]</ref>
A Cyborg Ninja figure was released by [[McFarlane Toys]] in 1998.<ref>[http://metalgearcollection.com/version3/figure-ninja.html Cyborg Ninja Figure :: Metal Gear Collection.com]</ref> Another one was released by [[Konami]] in 2004.<ref>[http://otaku.be/products/17021 Otaku.com Metal Gear Solid Konami Figure 13 Ninja Color]</ref> In 2007, a [[Block-style figures|block-style figure]] was released in the [[Kubrick (toy)|Kubrick]] line.<ref>[http://metalgearcollection.com/version3/kubrick-ninja.html Cyborg Ninja Kubrick :: Metal Gear Collection.com]</ref>

Gray Fox was by far best received and now is best remembered from his Cyborg Ninja form appearance in ''MGS''.<ref>[http://www.gamespot.com/features/6175700/index.html Metal Gear: 20 Years of Big, Bad Boss Battles], GameSpot, July 28, 2007</ref> As such he was freuqently featured in the lists of top ten fictional ninja characters, including by Fandomania,<ref>[http://fandomania.com/top-10-fictional-ninjas/ Top 10 Fictional Ninjas | Fandomania]</ref> ''[[Nintendo Power]]''<ref>{{cite book |title=[[Nintendo Power]] 250th issue! |year=2010 |publisher=[[Future US]] |location=[[South San Francisco, California]] |pages= 47 |accessdate=2010-07-24}}</ref> and [[Virgin Media]].<ref>[http://www.virginmedia.com/games/inpictures/top-ten-ninjas.php?ssid=9 Gray Fox (Metal Gear) - Top ten ninjas - Pictures - Games - Virgin Media]</ref>

He was also included on the lists of the best video game ninja characters by [[1UP.com]] (ranked #5) in 2004,<ref>[http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3133656 Top Ten Ninjas], 1UP.com, July 23, 2004</ref> by The Armchair Empire (ranked #8) in 2006,<ref>[http://www.armchairempire.com/Features/Weekly-Top-10/best-ninjas.htm Top Ten: Best Ninjas - Features - The Armchair Empire]</ref> by [[CrunchGear]] (ranked #9) in 2008,<ref>[http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/31/top-ten-video-game-ninjas/ Top Ten Video Game Ninjas], CrunchGear, March 31, 2008</ref> by Unreality (ranked #2) in 2009,<ref>[http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/04/07/unreal-power-rankings-the-top-5-video-game-ninjas/ Unreality - Unreal Power Rankings: The Top 5 Video Game Ninjas]</ref> and by [[GameSpot]] (ranked #4),<ref>[http://www.gamepro.com.au/article/321647/top_ten_video_game_ninjas/?pp=8 Top Ten video game ninjas], GamePro, 06 August, 2010</ref> Wild Gunmen (ranked #3)<ref>[http://wildgunmen.com/blog/2010/09/15/top-10-video-game-ninjas/ The Top 10 Ninjas In Video Games], Wild Gunmen, September 15, 2010</ref> and [[ScrewAttack]] (ranked #2)<ref>[http://screwattack.com/videos/Top-Ten-Ninjas Top Ten Ninjas], GameTrailers, January 8, 2010</ref> in 2010.


In addition, he was ranked the #4 best boss in the series by [[IGN]] in 2008.<ref>[http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/880/880942p1.html Top 10 Metal Gear Solid Boss Battles], IGN, June 11, 2008</ref> ''[[Play (UK magazine)|PLAY]]'' also featured him among the top ten ninjas for [[PlayStation]] consoles in 2011, with a comment that while Raiden "may have completely redeemed his character" in ''MGS4'', he "can never outdo" Gray Fox's role in ''MGS''.<ref>[http://www.play-mag.co.uk/features/top-ten-ninjas-on-playstation/ Top ten ninjas on PlayStation | PLAY Magazine]</ref>
Gray Fox was by far best received and now remains best remembered from his "Cyborg Ninja" appearance in ''MGS''.<ref>[http://www.gamespot.com/features/6175700/index.html Metal Gear: 20 Years of Big, Bad Boss Battles], GameSpot, July 28, 2007</ref> As such, Gray Fox was ranked #4 best boss in the series by [[IGN]] in 2008.<ref>[http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/880/880942p1.html Top 10 Metal Gear Solid Boss Battles], IGN, June 11, 2008</ref> He was freuqently featured in the lists of top ten fictional ninja characters (especially in video gaming), including by [[Virgin Media]],<ref>[http://www.virginmedia.com/games/inpictures/top-ten-ninjas.php?ssid=9 Gray Fox (Metal Gear) - Top ten ninjas - Pictures - Games - Virgin Media]</ref> [[1UP.com]] (ranked #5) in 2004,<ref>[http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3133656 Top Ten Ninjas], 1UP.com, July 23, 2004</ref> [[CrunchGear]] (ranked #9) in 2008,<ref>[http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/31/top-ten-video-game-ninjas/ Top Ten Video Game Ninjas], CrunchGear, March 31, 2008</ref> [[Unreality]] (ranked #2) in 2009,<ref>[http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/04/07/unreal-power-rankings-the-top-5-video-game-ninjas/ Unreality - Unreal Power Rankings: The Top 5 Video Game Ninjas]</ref> and by ''[[Nintendo Power]]'',<ref>{{cite book |title=[[Nintendo Power]] 250th issue! |year=2010 |publisher=[[Future US]] |location=[[South San Francisco, California]] |pages= 47 |accessdate=2010-07-24}}</ref> [[GameSpot]] (ranked #4),<ref>[http://www.gamepro.com.au/article/321647/top_ten_video_game_ninjas/?pp=8 Top Ten video game ninjas], GamePro, 06 August, 2010</ref> and [[ScrewAttack]] (ranked #2)<ref>[http://screwattack.com/videos/Top-Ten-Ninjas Top Ten Ninjas], GameTrailers, January 8, 2010</ref> in 2010. In 2011, ''[[Play (UK magazine)|PLAY]]'' also featured him among the top ten ninjas for [[PlayStation]] consoles, with a comment that althrough Raiden "may have completely redeemed his character", he "can never outdo" Gray Fox.<ref>[http://www.play-mag.co.uk/features/top-ten-ninjas-on-playstation/ Top ten ninjas on PlayStation | PLAY Magazine]</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 19:41, 26 March 2011

Gray Fox
Metal Gear series character
File:Gray Fox Concept.jpg
Character study illustration by Yoji Shinkawa, depicting Gray Fox before and after becoming the Cyborg Ninja, with an alternate image featuring his face plate open
First gameMetal Gear (1987)
Created byHideo Kojima

Gray Fox (グレイ・フォックス, Gurei Fokkusu, spelled "Grey Fox" in the MSX2 games) is a game character in the Metal Gear video game series.

Storyline

Metal Gear

Gray Fox first appears in the original Metal Gear as a high-ranking agent of FOXHOUND (the "Fox" codename being the highest commemoration within the unit) who goes missing during a mission prior to the events of the game, his last transmission being a cryptic message simply saying "Metal Gear".[1] Solid Snake's initial objective in the game is to rescue Gray Fox, who reveals the true nature of Metal Gear to the player.

Metal Gear 2

Fox returns in Metal Gear 2, having left FOXHOUND and defected to Zanzibar Land to join Big Boss' side. Fox pilots the new Metal Gear model, Metal Gear D, and confronts Snake a few times, while secretly assisting him as an anonymous informant. Snake destroys Metal Gear D and ends up being challenged by Fox to a fistfight in the middle of a minefield. Fox's past is fleshed out in this game and his civilian identity is revealed to be Frank Jaeger (フランク・イェーガー, Furanku Yēgā, "Frank Yeager" in the MSX2 version). His face portrait in the MSX2 version was modeled after actor Tom Berenger.

Metal Gear Solid

In Metal Gear Solid, Gray Fox appears under the identity of the Cyborg Ninja (サイボーグ忍者, Saibōgu Ninja), an assassin in a powered armor exoskeleton and armed with a high-frequency blade, who challenges Solid Snake to a fist fight, even though his ultimate goal is to help him. He also provides Snake cryptic advice via CODEC as a faceless contact named Deepthroat. Gray Fox is later killed by Liquid Snake, piloting Metal Gear REX, after Fox destroys the vehicle's radome with the use of a prototype rail gun attached to his arm (this scene was featured in GameSpy's retrospective article "Top MGS Moments"[2]).

Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops

Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, a prequel set two decades before the events of the first Metal Gear, features a teenage Gray Fox as a masked machete-wielding assassin named Null (ヌル, Nuru), one of the FOX members the player faces in the game. Null is a teenage assassin subjected to a secret CIA project to be the "Perfect Soldier". Snake discovers that Gray Fox was a boy he met four years prior in Mozambique, where the boy used his innocence as a cover to kill dozens of government soldiers with only one knife. He spoke a little German so his enemies called him, Frank Jaeger ("Frank Hunter").

Legacy and guest appearances

Despite Gray Fox's death in Metal Gear Solid, the Cyborg Ninja incarnation of the character would still appear in subsequent games in some form or another. The Ninja appears as a hidden character in the Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions expansion as a playable character for three special missions; and the character's exoskeleton is used as an alternate outfit for Raiden in the extra missions mode of Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance. The role of the Cyborg Ninja is assumed by other characters in the subsequent Metal Gear Solid sequels, namely Olga Gurlukovich in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Raiden in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.

Outside the Metal Gear games, the Cyborg Ninja appears as a race car driver in Konami Krazy Racers and as an assistant fighter in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Promotion and reception

A Cyborg Ninja figure was released by McFarlane Toys in 1998.[3] Another one was released by Konami in 2004.[4] In 2007, a block-style figure was released in the Kubrick line.[5]

Gray Fox was by far best received and now remains best remembered from his "Cyborg Ninja" appearance in MGS.[6] As such, Gray Fox was ranked #4 best boss in the series by IGN in 2008.[7] He was freuqently featured in the lists of top ten fictional ninja characters (especially in video gaming), including by Virgin Media,[8] 1UP.com (ranked #5) in 2004,[9] CrunchGear (ranked #9) in 2008,[10] Unreality (ranked #2) in 2009,[11] and by Nintendo Power,[12] GameSpot (ranked #4),[13] and ScrewAttack (ranked #2)[14] in 2010. In 2011, PLAY also featured him among the top ten ninjas for PlayStation consoles, with a comment that althrough Raiden "may have completely redeemed his character", he "can never outdo" Gray Fox.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Snakes and Gears: A Metal Gear Overview", Game Informer 182 (June 2008): 108.
  2. ^ GameSpy's Top MGS Moments: Metal Gear Solid (Day Two), GameSpy, May 9, 2008
  3. ^ Cyborg Ninja Figure :: Metal Gear Collection.com
  4. ^ Otaku.com Metal Gear Solid Konami Figure 13 Ninja Color
  5. ^ Cyborg Ninja Kubrick :: Metal Gear Collection.com
  6. ^ Metal Gear: 20 Years of Big, Bad Boss Battles, GameSpot, July 28, 2007
  7. ^ Top 10 Metal Gear Solid Boss Battles, IGN, June 11, 2008
  8. ^ Gray Fox (Metal Gear) - Top ten ninjas - Pictures - Games - Virgin Media
  9. ^ Top Ten Ninjas, 1UP.com, July 23, 2004
  10. ^ Top Ten Video Game Ninjas, CrunchGear, March 31, 2008
  11. ^ Unreality - Unreal Power Rankings: The Top 5 Video Game Ninjas
  12. ^ Nintendo Power 250th issue!. South San Francisco, California: Future US. 2010. p. 47. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  13. ^ Top Ten video game ninjas, GamePro, 06 August, 2010
  14. ^ Top Ten Ninjas, GameTrailers, January 8, 2010
  15. ^ Top ten ninjas on PlayStation | PLAY Magazine
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