Story cannon?

[itzGingie]

Will the story be considered cannon or be a separate thing?

[Mokona]

Cannon to what?
The manga/anime? No yuuki is dead and shes alive here
The gameverse? I'm not completely up to date on it all but also probably no since the villains are helping out

[Balmung]

So far I understand FD should be something like a "reboot" for the SAO games. Means it lays the ground for future games where they can put all known characters together.... yay... no... no yay...

It's like throwing everything into a pot, bringing it to the boil and the meal is ready. But not a good meal.

[lmaogg]

SAO's story is a mess to begin with.. since Season 2 lol

[45]

Originally posted by lmaogg:

SAO's story is a mess to begin with.. since Season 2 lol

no its not, season 2 isnt good but its doesnt have long lasting ramifications for the story or plot holes it just has some weak characters compared to the rest of the series and some forced stakes.

That being said the games have always existed in a paralell canon which is more or less the same as the anime but then they just shoehorn an original character.

[Balmung]

To make it even more clear:

The game split apart from the Anime and Light Novel into a parallel world at the End of Floor 75 of Aincrad, when Kirito defeated Heathcliff. That's the point where the game goes their own ways.

That is the beginning of the very first SAO game "Hollow Fragment" (PlayStation Vita) what was later ported as "Re: Hollow Fragment" for PS4 and PC (at Steam here) which I enjoyed a lot back then, but it is much more dated now.

But keep in mind that this only counts for the Console/PC main videogames. Integral Factor is a to PC ported mobile game. And there are/was other mobile games as well. They have nothing to do with the console games.

[lmaogg]

Originally posted by 45:

Originally posted by lmaogg:

SAO's story is a mess to begin with.. since Season 2 lol

no its not, season 2 isnt good but its doesnt have long lasting ramifications for the story or plot holes it just has some weak characters compared to the rest of the series and some forced stakes.

That being said the games have always existed in a paralell canon which is more or less the same as the anime but then they just shoehorn an original character.

well my point isn't just about the anime. It's because contents are just adaptations of the novel, then we got movies, then side games. The whole canon and stuff post S1 is just.. messy for the average viewers who do not really follow the novels etc.

[DEAD S.n.A.k.e.]

Originally posted by Balmung:

To make it even more clear:

The game split apart from the Anime and Light Novel into a parallel world at the End of Floor 75 of Aincrad, when Kirito defeated Heathcliff. That's the point where the game goes their own ways.

That is the beginning of the very first SAO game "Hollow Fragment" (PlayStation Vita) what was later ported as "Re: Hollow Fragment" for PS4 and PC (at Steam here) which I enjoyed a lot back then, but it is much more dated now.

But keep in mind that this only counts for the Console/PC main videogames. Integral Factor is a to PC ported mobile game. And there are/was other mobile games as well. They have nothing to do with the console games.

Would you stop lying to people already? You clearly doesn't know what you are talking about.
Firstly, the very first SAO game was Infinity Moment for original PSP, not Vita. And Hollow Fragment was an addon for it with new Hollow Area as an addition to Aincrad's remaining floors and with new character (Philia).
Secondly, mobile games are connected to the SAO Gameverse. Not every game, but Eydis from Alicization Blading/Alicization Rising Steel or Unleash Blading/Unleash Rising Steel appeared in both Alicization Lycoris (as a skin) and in Last Recollection (as a full-fledged character).

[Stj.Srex]

Originally posted by lmaogg:

Originally posted by 45:

no its not, season 2 isnt good but its doesnt have long lasting ramifications for the story or plot holes it just has some weak characters compared to the rest of the series and some forced stakes.

That being said the games have always existed in a paralell canon which is more or less the same as the anime but then they just shoehorn an original character.

well my point isn't just about the anime. It's because contents are just adaptations of the novel, then we got movies, then side games. The whole canon and stuff post S1 is just.. messy for the average viewers who do not really follow the novels etc.

Not true Anime is easy to follow, and movie just conclude pre-alicization part.
Games usually just tell the same story, just from different angle and games are not cannon to Novels/Anime.
If you have IQ higher then 0, you wont have any issue following story, even if you include games in there.

[Chell Jasper]

My understanding and this might be seen as small spoilers. Is that this follows the anime characters considering how Agil reacts to seeing Yuuki and starts to wonder how she is here considering shes dead.

The Devs have already said this doesnt follow the game continuity but overall this isnt canon to the anime or manga and is the equivalent of a filler arc

[Nepnep]

1) This isn't canon to canon continuity. But it branches of canon continuity.
2) This isn't game continuity.

Basically, the certain characters in this game are "undead" rather than "not dead"

Also certain characters (like Strea) straight up don't exist up until the devs decide to break time and space to put them in.

[Oko Tales]

Originally posted by itzGingie:

Will the story be considered cannon or be a separate thing?

Nah this is a standalone,

Yhe gameverse ended with Last Recollection and in the Series, character like Yuki or Eugeo are dead, but here they're alive

[Night Druid]

I don't know about you guys, but I like to think it's cannon. If that's the case, I forgive Kirito-kun for his harem collecting tendencies. I mean, anyone who has the hots for Quinella but won't admit it is okay with me. :Please

Quinella best evil Waifu. Or maybe best morally grey Waifu?

[Balmung]

Originally posted by DEAD S.n.A.k.e.:

Firstly, the very first SAO game was Infinity Moment for original PSP, not Vita.

And came never outside of japan and is completely inside Hollow Fragment. But right, I should have mentioned it.

And Hollow Fragment was an addon for it with new Hollow Area as an addition to Aincrad's remaining floors and with new character (Philia).

Now you are lying. Hollow Fragment was never a addon, it is Infinity Moment + what you wrote but as one game, even when bot not really matched very good together, there was a style break between the IM and new HF content, because the HF part would have not run in this quality on the PSP, but on the Vita.

Secondly, mobile games are connected to the SAO Gameverse. Not every game, but Eydis from Alicization Blading/Alicization Rising Steel or Unleash Blading/Unleash Rising Steel appeared in both Alicization Lycoris (as a skin) and in Last Recollection (as a full-fledged character).

That didn't really connect this games together. As Skin is simply a Skin, nothing more. A lot of such games have even characters from other franchises which also didn't connect they together. And such additional content is anyway strange. The console games split apart after floor 75, but Sachi is a available as a friend character in Fatal Bullet and she should be even in this timeline dead, she died long before floor 75. So far I'm in Fatal Bullet (started with it some days ago, finally) Sachi is no character inside the story. Only characters that are directly inside the story count, not any simple shop/dlc content.

[TwinChops]

Any SAO Game is nether Canon to the LN's (the true source material) or the Anime. The Phone Games are all in they're own Universe (each one), the Console/PC game before FD are all in the same Universe (aka THE Gameverse). FD sofar is in its own standalone Gameverse.

Yes, Characters like Eydis became Canon, but the Eydis we have in UR is NOT the same like in UB she only has the looks.

[Dariken]

A scene in chapter 4 pretty much confirms it's canon to the anime/light novels.