Just as the topic states, do you like "Johny" or do you despise him with a passion. Personally I like him a lot. He was really annoying in the beginning, but then he got a lot better.

So what are your thoughts?

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He's totally cool. He was one of the Genome Soldiers in MGS1, right? That explains why he looks kinda like Solid Snake, he's pumped full of their genes. Also, there was a perfectly valid reason for his strange antics...fear of shots. No nano-machines to process the filthy waters of those war zones! It makes perfect sense!!

Funny as Hell.

LIked the character a lot.

Dude, Johnny is just a staple of Metal Gear Solid.
Removing him would be like removing Big Bosses other eye, and watching the series from then on would be like watching Big Boss wander off a cliff!
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Okay, so I exaggerate slightly, But I dig the dude. He was badass by the end of MGS4.

I believe he was also in MGS2, the part where you need to look for the dude with the pacemaker. if you point the hearing device to the wall away from ocelot, he's there taking a dump

He was ok.  I guess I didn't expect him to play such a pivotal role in 4 though.  Especially since he had just always been kind of a joke character in the others.  And...

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his bride Meryl clearly saw the guy crap his pants at least once....kind of a turn-off I would think?

indifferent

he didnt play that big of a part in the story for me to care

he was more of a throw away character for kojima to use for a little humor. kojima could not have done what he did with akhiba with any of the main characters that are actually significant to the story

Nay, he should have just been purely comic relief.

He is cool when he's not having stomach problems

I liked him more as the comic relief... not so much as an important character in MGS4

GAY!

Was it just me, or did that scene in MGS3 (when you throw food back at that dude in the cell) really make you emotional?

He was a great character only he had the worst intro of any MGS char, being found by a militia while taking a no 2

it pissed me off that he couldn't just remain comic relief. It's like, in almost an instant, he went from useless to essential for no actual reason. And I didn't give a shit.

"it pissed me off that he couldn't just remain comic relief. It's like, in almost an instant, he went from useless to essential for no actual reason. And I didn't give a shit.
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"GAY!"

yeah, I think he's cool as a side character, but not as the main character crapping throughout the story(even though that crap leads somewhere in the end)

"LouChou said:

"it pissed me off that he couldn't just remain comic relief. It's like, in almost an instant, he went from useless to essential for no actual reason. And I didn't give a shit.
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You sound like a Rich prick from Beverly Hills or any souther california city

ANYWAY. Yeah, he wasn't affected by naomachines, thats why he was important. He showed how much Nanomachines changed soldiers and not for the good either. How they could be controlled
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He wasn't immune to nanomachines, he had just been too afraid to take the shot.

"He wasn't immune to nanomachines, he had just been too afraid to take the shot.
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I thought that his inclusion was odd at first but you get used to it and you actually begin to really like the character by the time the game has come to an end.

He was funny at first but then it just got gay with him and meryl. That love scene they both had while they were getting shot was wtf.... lame.

He was too important.

"He was funny at first but then it just got gay with him and meryl. That love scene they both had while they were getting shot was wtf.... lame.
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"He was ok.  I guess I didn't expect him to play such a pivotal role in 4 though.  Especially since he had just always been kind of a joke character in the others.  And...

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his bride Meryl clearly saw the guy crap his pants at least once....kind of a turn-off I would think?"

i like him but its only because he's the one that meryl stole the clothes in MGS1...
dont like his hair though... kinda gay...

johnny is pretty much amazing. never saw him becoming a major character but im still down with that.  plus he's a big part  of that wierd sorta MGS humor that fans know and love

I thought he was a great character. A great contrast to all the badass types in the game. Considering ehat he was before MGS4, I'd say Hideo has done an excellent job with him. He was very humorous in the first half, and when   **SPOILERS**                         



Meryl's life was on the line, he really stepped it up and became her hero, on several occasions. Very humane character. Mad props for Johnny!!

I thought he was a good character.

He sort of had to be there, every MGS game has someone with some sort of stomach problem, MGS1, the guy with the stomach ache, MGS2, there was that guy that pisses on snakes head, MGS3, another guy with a stomach ache. You never know, Ackiba could be the guy from MGS1 and 2!!!!!!!

Kind of wierd how he crapped himself a lot but hes pretty cool.

"Schadenfreude said:

The Mr. and Mrs. Smith scene was ridiculous. The marriage at the end also seemed really out of place, even for Kojima.
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What was the deal with that totally unnecessary.

But what would you guys think if he was the main character for a new metal gear game?
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I like Johnny. I can see why other people don't like Johnny but he's funny but then at the same time extremely honorable but he's still a wacky guy. You know what I mean.
The wedding scene was fine, I mean, I wasn't crazy about it but it wasn't bad at all.

I really like Akiba. He ends up being very quirky, yet heroic at the same time, which is odd, and admirable. I would love to see him in future installments in the Metal Gear series, but not as a playable character.

Johnny is awesome. I love the running joke. Johnny was in MGS1 and MGS2. And of course there was the Johnny in MGS3... Hmm, I wonder if Akiba's father is the Johnny from MGS3... *ponders*

i thought they totally completely changed his character towards the end of mgs4. he turned into a solid snake copy and was like outstanding super soldier. and then at the end in the wedding they tried to make him seem silly again, it didnt seem right at all. like he's shitting his pants whining all of the time, and then he turns into kurt russel saving people and looking all handesome with cool one-liners and i dunno, just wierd. 

"I thought he was a good character.He sort of had to be there, every MGS game has someone with some sort of stomach problem, MGS1, the guy with the stomach ache, MGS2, there was that guy that pisses on snakes head, MGS3, another guy with a stomach ache. You never know, Ackiba could be the guy from MGS1 and 2!!!!!!!"

At the start of the game he was a cowardly, stupid, clumsy person who everyone disliked.

At the end of a game, for no apparant reason, he changed into a good looking, hard-ass who can pop headshots from 50 metres away.

Stupid character development. Nay to Akiba.

hes fine imo.  A comic relief.