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186.62.14.174 wrote: People still cares about MGS canon?

Kojima doesnt give a fuck about canon, just look at MGSV or any other game in the series.

The entire discussion about PO and Rising being canon is pointless, since September 1rst, Kojima has no power over metal gear canon, and thank god for that.

Konami never had trouble mentioning PO as part of the saga, hell, Metal Gear Rising JP website has a timeline which includes Rising on it.

And honestly, Rising feels like a sequel/proper continuation inside the MGS verse, I still dont see the point of MGSV

First of all, Kojima did not leave the company Sept. 1st like you are assuming. If I recall correctly he is staying with Konami until the end of the year.

Secondly, its far from pointless. Lots of people believe that those games are canon, when they have been confirmed by both Konami and Kojima not to be.

The MGR timeline is out of date. Konami's up to date official timeline can be found here. As you can see it only includes the canon titles.

While Rising may "feel" like a proper sequel to you (to most people it honestly doesn't), the fact of the matter is its a parallel story and a spinoff.