Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-212.35.14.225-20150704132426/@comment-6512-20150916064747

Doulomb wrote: Kojima never made clear statements about their canonicity before, except for the Rising interview where he confirmed it takes place in a parallel universe.

That's twisting his words dude! He used the word parallel, but he never said parallel universe. Coupled with the fact that this is the same interview where he said Rising was "a continuation of the story," I think Kojima meant it ran parallel to whatever idea he had in his mind about what happened after MGS4.