20 Mind-Blowing Things You Didn't Know About Metal Gear Solid 2
6. Iroquois Pliskin Originally Had Blonde Hair
Support character Iroquois Pliskin is eventually revealed to be none other than Solid Snake in disguise, though Kojima ultimately didn't make much of an effort to conceal this fact, such that basically all players knew who they were really dealing with throughout the game.
However, Kojima's original plan was to actually have Pliskin be blond-haired, to leave players unsure as to whether he was actually Solid or an inexplicably still-alive Liquid Snake.
But Kojima decided to drop this look for Pliskin as it was deemed too distracting during the game's testing phase.
While it would've added yet another layer of mystery and tension to the game, Metal Gear Solid 2 was also juggling so much already that it really wasn't necessary.