Here I was thinking the joke was going down a different path altogether with the whole ‘solid’ snake bit…

Next, try to explain La-li-lu-le-lo

And said.
That’s what he did. He said.

Likely he dead serious said “That’s his brother”

part of Kojima’s charm is that he clearly doesn’t understand names as a concept and refuses to take any notes.

Gas Snake? Plasma Snake? Superfluid Snake? Bose-Einstein Condensate Snake?

What about solidist snake

Snake? Snake!