/mgs/ - Metal Gear Solid

Well the events described are mostly canon. Kojima just said the game isn't 100% canon because it gets some facts wrong due to being written by somebody else than himself. You can think of it as a biased re-narration of the actual events by one of the characters who were there.

So saying it's a non-canon spin-off is not really doing it justice.

>>857
I think the reason its regarded as non-canon my kojima is there is not one ending. For example null, python, paramedic and others only might have joined snakes resistance depending if they have or have not would have changed the rest of the series. Still think its a great game.

He talked about this in an interview, here's the japanese transcript with english translation.

Geoff Keighley:
ＭＰＯはストーリーの本筋に入ってるでしょうか”
Is MPO part of the main storyline?

Hideo Kojima:
これは難しいですが、あの…
Well, this is pretty difficult, umm…

えっと、なんでしょうね…
細かいところいうと、えっと、メタルギアサーガーから逸れてるところがかなりありまして、
なので、えっと、なんていうんでしょうね、あの…
ストーリーライン的には、えっと、サーガーの中に入ってますけど
細かいところでいうと、ちょっと、本流から逸れてるようだ、感じ、です。
Umm, what was it…
If we’re talking small details, umm, there’s quite a bit where it deviates from the Metal Gear Saga.
So, umm, how do i put this, umm…
In terms of the overall storyline, umm, it’s part of the saga but in terms of the small details, it’s a little, it would appear to be a little off from the main story.

あの、なんていうか、
メインかどうかっていうよりも、えっ…
ぼくが監督・脚本・ゲームデザインをしたそのＡ　Ｈｉｄｅｏ　Ｋｏｊｉｍａ　Ｇａｍｅていうの、と、ぼくがプロデュ－スをしたものを、ぼくの中では分けて、表現しているていう感じです。
Umm, how to say this,
Rather than saying whether it’s main story or not, uhh….
It’s more like, within me things are expressed as a division between those “A Hideo Kojima Games” that I directed/wrote/designed, and those things where I was producer.

>>856
Portable Ops is what happens when Kojima is only producing. A talentless hack gets to draw the cutscenes and Frank Jaeger becomes French Hunter.

>>867
The cutscenes were done that way because the PSP could not handle engine rendered cutscenes. I think they look quite good, its all a matter of preference. Frank Jaeger could have been done better but I dont see how he is french.

Portable OPS is canon. People just make up silly rumours about it.

>>868
Well they should've hired Shinkawa for the job.

>>870
Could you really not read the rest of the thread before posting?

>>979
Well, Tank-Girl's and any other comics he did. That pic is a cover of some MGS comics he made.

>>979
Well that's funny because it doesn't look like he was even trying in either game.