Dont get me wrong guys, I like Snake, but I've been prepared to let him go for awhile. And MGS4 essentially ended his story PERFECTLY. No need to **** it up by making a prequel of Snake or something or making Snake MAGICALLY get young and come back in a sequel. I'd rather play as a new guy (a la Raiden in MGS2) than someone who supposed to be dead from FoxDie and accelerated aging.
But after awhile, unless you are Mario, or Mega Man, or Samus Aran, or any other classic video game characters from yore who seems to resist dying out like AIDS, they wont last forever. Especially for some long series like MGS and DMC. And Dante, after a couple more DMC games, will hit the chopping block just like Snake. I'm not trying to kill off Dante for Nero if thats what yaw think. I love Dante, in a non homo way. I've played EVERY DMC game and grown to like Dante on a Solid Snake level, but I have a LONG list of reasons Dante wont last too much longer but thats 'nother story.
R.I.P. Solid Snake
LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIQUID!!!