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Fantomas wrote:

Weedle McHairybug wrote: To elaborate on what he's referring to: Kojima made a Tweet a few days before MGSV's release that basically implied that the game was a spinoff, if not directly stated it: Here's the Tweet in question: https://twitter.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/637435774162436101 That is an insane way to interpret that tweet. He's merely pointing out that the use of a roman numeral "V" is important in the context of The Phantom Pain, over the use of the traditional "5."

It's kind of like how Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty was originally going to be called Metal Gear Solid III: Sons of Liberty (with each of the roman numerals symbolizing the Empire State Building and the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre).

It's just one of Kojima's quirks.

Fantomas is right on the money with this one. He is merely stressing the importance of the roman numeral V because it is linked to many of the concepts and characters presented in the game. (Venom Snake, Vengeance, Vic Boss, V has come to)

Its a stylistic choice, it doesn't have anything to do with the game being a spinoff or anything like that. Firstly, you are drawing a conclusion that just isn't there. Its not at all what hes saying, and its not even what he's implying. You are just completely misinterpreting it. Secondly, even if there was some merit to your theory, its still wrong because Kojima literally said that MGSV is part of the Core8 that make up the canon Metal Gear Saga. End of story.