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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.