10 Hidden Playable Video Game Characters You Totally Missed

10. Grey Fox - Metal Gear Solid: Special Missions

Did anyone do the VR training in the original Metal Gear? You know, the arcade style tutorials/challenges separate from the main story? I suppose you can't have too much of a good thing, but with Metal Gear Solid being, well, freaking Metal Gear Solid, one of the Playstation's best and most defining games, tacking on some extra, stand-alone levels just seemed superfluous.

It's not a big surprise that the expansion, Metal Gear Solid: Special Missions (also known as VR Missions) didn't make much of a blip on anyone's radar. After all, it didn't continue the Metal Gear Solid story - it just added a bunch of new VR Training levels.

Unfortunately, anyone who skipped out on this seemingly underwhelming package missed out on something we all wanted but never imagined being real:

The ability to play as cyborg ninja, Grey Fox.

Granted, you had to complete the bulk of the game as Snake to unlock Ninja Mode, but once you did, you were treated to a whole new way to play MGS; running like the wind, turning invisible, flipping over an enemy's head and taking them down with one lightning-fast slash to the back.

Nothing personal, kid.