Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1504072-20130423225415/@comment-90.214.222.116-20131003103355

Weedle McHairybug wrote: SirOnion wrote: Peacewalker was created to essentially replace Portable Ops in every way. I'm not saying this was a good decision, but I think we all know Kojima's thoughts on the process: "San Hierymino crap". Hideo's made it impossible for both games to coexist so he chose Peacewalker. Fine by me, but I'm not saying PO wasn't a good game. No, actually, if Kojima wanted to disown MPO or had hated it, he would have done so publicly, explicitly, and without any ambiguity on the matter. Think how he treated the NES version of Metal Gear, for example: He constantly treats it like dirt, makes it blatant in pretty much every interview how he hated that game, not even caring if he offended the people who made the game in the first place. And for the record, Portable Ops wasn't "replaced" by Peace Walker, as they still had a good three to four year difference in terms of plot. If he wanted to replace it with PW, the very FIRST thing he would have done is make sure that they both occurred at exactly the same date (ie, Peace Walker taking place in November 1, 1970, not November 4, 1974). That's what he did with Snake's Revenge and Metal Gear 2 (which probably explains why they constantly referred to the date in-game as being three years after Metal Gear despite other sources, including the manual, stating that it was four years afterwards). Besides, even Kojima stated that Portable Ops occurred canonically in a podcast released shortly after Peace Walker's release, and at least until the official site took down the saga interactive timeline itself, it still retained Portable Ops as part of the timeline. Stop thinking you know what Kojma would do, you dont even know the guy. Theres no reason why he would have disowned the game publicly when his company had previously advertised it as an important missing link in the story and 'integral to understanding MGS4' (which it wasnt). MPO's importance changed when Kojima made Peace Walker, his own 'missing link' after which MPO was replaced and brushed under the carpet like it never happened - "Finally we can leave all that crap in San Heironymo behind". Kojima HAS disowned it for all intents and purposes, whether you like it or not. No one cares about there being stills in MGS4, its not like hes going to go back and remove those considering the work involved. The fact of the matter is, while some consider it technically canon, the fact Kojima is doing his utmost to pretend it didnt happen means we should all do the same - the saga certainly makes more sense minus MPO considering there are so many inconsistences between it and PW.