Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24941369-20140514153906/@comment-1672596-20160226210711

186.62.2.104 wrote: 1 - Kojima word/opinions about Metal Gear canon means shit right now because he out of Konami and the franchise.

2-  Rising doesnt contradict anything from past games, in fact, it has more respect for the lore than The Phantom Fail

3-  KONAMI'S OFFICIAL JAPANASE Metal Gear Rising website has a timeline with MGR on it as a direct continuation of Metal Gear Solid 4 and new chapter of the Raiden Saga.

4. Konami has the final say what is canon or not, not the fans.

5- MGSV was awful and only the most idiotic Kojima supporters would defend that trash 1. Agreed. At BEST, his words only mean anything for the games at the time they were made by him.

2. Also agreed there, and you probably should also add Peace Walker, 4, MGS1, heck, possibly even 2 and 3 in there as well since they also conflicted with various parts of the overall chronology in major ways.

3. That pretty much settles it, as if Kojima Productions itself saying it was canon wasn't evidence enough.

4. Yeah, and Kojima certainly doesn't have a final say now either.

5. Agreed with that, and Peace Walker and 4 weren't much better either.