23-02-2026, 11:58 AM
I think canon is something that is best kept loose and I think Kojima realises that. On MGS FaceBook groups one of the most prevalent feelings I see to this day is disregarding MGSV because of its flexible approach towards previously established canon, but the fact of the matter is all MGS games, not just Portable Ops, have been treated with the same "canon until contradicted" that starschwar speaks about. Snake wasn't a clone until MGS1. Liquid Ocelot was supernatural until MGS4. Everything sticks until something else is thought up.
