User blog comment:Weedle McHairybug/So, why did Big Boss react with confusion in regards to Cipher? (Spoilers)/@comment-1672596-20100825204929/@comment-1672596-20100825210833

I would have done it just to ensure that a game was non-canon, even if making it non-canon would also have probably made it less likely for people to play it.

And I don't really recall that recalling items even needed payment.