Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-212.35.14.225-20150704132426/@comment-1971498-20150916091650

Doulomb wrote: Fantomas wrote:

Doulomb wrote: Kojima never made clear statements about their canonicity before, except for the Rising interview where he confirmed it takes place in a parallel universe. That's twisting his words dude! He used the word parallel, but he never said parallel universe. Coupled with the fact that this is the same inte rview where he said Rising was "a continuation of the story," I think Kojima meant it ran parallel to whatever idea he had in his mind about what happened after MGS4. I'm not twisting his words at all

-  "it's kind of Platinum Games interpretation of the story and interpretation of the Metal Gear world, so in that sense you could say it's sort of a parallel story, at the same time as well as being a continuation. It's Platinum's take on the Metal Gear universe."

Its platinums interpretation of events and their take on the Metal Gear universe.He also says its a spinoff and does not include it in the canon Metal Gear saga. Parallel story and interpretation means that the vision in which the story was realized was through Platinum Games's style, i.e. the game mechanics, aesthetics, etc. That means that the main details of the story still happened and are part of the main canon. The fact that he even says it's a "continuation" in your quote confirms it as such.

MGR not being mentioned as part of Kojima's "canon" Metal Gear doen't mean it's not canon in any way at all, especially when it's clearly mentioned that it is. The most likely reason why Kojima doesn't celebrate MGR and MGSPO as much as the other titles is because he didn't direct them himself.