Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24941369-20140514153906/@comment-1504072-20160226220345

Weedle McHairybug wrote: Honestly, when we've got narratives that actually have continuity, made clear they have continuity (eg, MGS2 heavily referencing MGS1, for example, or even how MGS3 is heavily referenced in the Big Boss games), that's by definition "canon". You missed the point. I'm saying that Kojima "canon" and Konami "canon," for lack of better terms, are separate from one another, even though the latter is not totally divorced from the former. Hence, "overall" canon is portrayed on the Wiki as a mesh of both, while highlighting what info originates from where. It's a difficult concept to grasp for people who want all fictional works in a series to be in one big, nice and tidy continuity, but this is rarely ever the case for decades-long franchises, and the sooner people stop getting so worked up over such things, the better.

One thing's for sure. I'll continue enjoying to play MGR, regardless of it being Platinum Games' "interpretation" of the Metal Gear world.