Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1504072-20130423225415/@comment-1672596-20130424145003

Soul reaper wrote:

Bluerock wrote: It's still annoying how MPO was originally marketed as a "missing link" in the "tragedy of Big Boss," yet isn't part of the "legacy." Thought that would make it worth updating to HD, but oh well, guess not. Peace Walker may not have replaced MPO's events in the canon, but it sure replaced its role in the series. I wouldn't put so much into a product's marketing if I were you. They're hardly going to use the tagline "the irrelevant side story to an otherwise interesting saga". Whenever something is new it's treated as if it is of the highest importance. I would like to hear Kojima's thoughts on the game. Not so much it's stance in canon, more his own feelings on it. There's a lot we can assume and based on what answer you're looking for, there's a lot of pieces of evidence, but I'd like a clear statement.

If that was the case, why did he even bother placing those stills for MPO into MGS4, and even add it to the timeline in the first place? AFAIK, they haven't removed those MPO references from MGS4's trophy edition, so why didn't they bother placing MPO into the Legacy collection? Besides, Peace Walker was even less relevant than MPO (at least MPO actually hinted at Zero being the founder of the Patriots, something that was confirmed in MGS4. Probably the only thing Peace Walker actually did other than reveal who the cunning strategist was is hint at why Hal's father chose the pool as his method of suicide. Otherwise, it either ignored or downright contradicted several stuff from the rest of the series.).