Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1210805-20131221075735/@comment-1504072-20131230044628

Weedle McHairybug wrote: Hey, if they wanted to make it non-canon, they could have just as easily included the recruitment for Sigint and Para-Medic, even though the game itself, not to mention its ending, made very clear they never participated directly in the events of the mission. They didn't mention how to unlock Sigint or Para-Medic? That doesn't seem like a very comprehensive guide if that's the case. Anyway, Raikov's is a standard, if time-limited, side mission, while the others require some special action on the player's part with no prior in-game instruction, making them more bonus characters (and the reason they're generally considered non-canon). As for the story, I'm not entirely sure that it did make clear whether they participated directly or not, though if they did so, they must have left the peninsula prior to Big Boss to greet him on his return home.