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There seems to be a lot of confusion here.

Kojima was never heavily involved in Rising, the entire point of the project was for the team to make a Metal Gear game without him. It was the team who decided to set the game between 2 and 4, Kojima has gone on record saying that if it were him in charge of the game it would have starred Gray Fox. After Revengeance was released Kojima offered to write a Rising game starring Gray Fox but Platinum didn't seem interested.

So, the only Rising game Kojima will be heavily involved with is one starring Gray Fox, set before MGS1. The writer for the original MGS: Rising and Revengeance has said he'd like to revive the original idea, but I honestly don't think it will happen, nor do I see the point in a game based entirely on events already detailed. It's clear from the end of Revengeance that Platinum and Kojima Productions would like to continue the post MGS4 story.