Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-42.2.187.80-20150911172559/@comment-1504072-20151024114653

0nighthawk0 wrote: Gotta ask on a source where Kojima confirms that this novel is canon, because that would be a first I think. Considering the novels (graphic or otherwise) tend to be disclaimed as canon due to their differences to the games. Anything that conveys Hideo Kojima's core message he will often consider "canon," whether or not it differs in the specific details from the original game. What most people forget is that how fans approach "canon" and how Kojima approaches "main story" are not the same. At present, the Wiki's de facto canon policy is that where novel adaptations differ from the game are considered "unconfirmed/what if?/alternative" scenarios, whose story portrayal the reader can choose to either acknowledge or ignore. In the end, the message that "Quiet" leaves permanently to avoid potentially harming Snake and Diamond Dogs is all that really matters.

Kojima's thoughts are less "this book is definitive canon," and more "this book conveys the core message I was trying to convey in the game."