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Bluerock wrote: Meh, people can ignore what aspects of canon they want to if it increases their personal enjoyment of the series; it's entirely their choice. I am more interested in why Kojima isn't too keen on MPO. It seems a little arrogant of him if it was just because he wasn't the one to direct it, even though he's always wanted other people to take over the series from him eventually. He clearly likes some parts of it, as different gameplay elements made their way into PW and some story elements carried over. I'd say there's probably very specific things he doesn't like and wont acknowledge in future games. I do think people are over analysing different things to prove their own feelings on the matter.

What we know is that every official statement has indicated it is canon, Kojima himself (not his works but the ma himself) doesn't give it much public acknowledgment, it wasn't included in the collection because the collection was meant to be based around Kojima's works (hence no TS, no Acid games, no Ghost Babel), just the games he headed and the retellings of those games. That's really it. Maybe Kojima absolutely hates it, maybe he doesn't. Everyone needs to chill out.