Story cannon?

[itzGingie]

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

[Chell Jasper]

Originally posted by 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.

Correct me if im wrong but only one mobile game is connected and thats integral factor but even then its more of a reference

[Thine Very Own, Nemesis~]

I'll consider it cannon until Unitial Ring Directly Contradicts it

[Subtilizer]

considering they didn't include anything about the SAOxAW game (which was the only one to not be considered canon to the SAO game series), but are including all the other ones, I would assume that this game should be considered canon to the gameverse, but that's just my look on it and I haven't even finished the story yet.

[Nepnep]

Originally posted by A:

considering they didn't include anything about the SAOxAW game (which was the only one to not be considered canon to the SAO game series), but are including all the other ones, I would assume that this game should be considered canon to the gameverse, but that's just my look on it and I haven't even finished the story yet.

Nope. This is not gameverse as Yuuki and Eugeo are dead.

[Moka]

Without any spoiler, this game timeline is set after alicization anime.
It's probably separate timeline up to point of alicization anime, until Unital Ring arc come to disprove it.

Proof without spoiler:
- Yuuki supposed to be dead.
- Eugeo supposed to be dead.
- Quinella supposed to be dead.
- Cardinal supposed to be dead.
- The cast mentions alot of events that happen in anime.

It will be explained why they're alive later in the game story.

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No it's not set in gameverse. In gameverse Yuuki beats the cancer and lives.

[NoSleep4John]

haha weebs

[PUDDING]

mmm fractured daydream stated in one chapter that they are using some tech wto bring memories of the past events, even something like what happened to kirito in underworl where he wasn't aware he was in a different world, that is why there are people who should be dead like heatcliff or yukki or eugeo, they have no idea why they are in the merged world but something is sure and the game show us scenes from past events like when yuuki died in asuna hands or when they refer to nesha someone from light novel, is kinda like unital ring with cloned memories from dead people, btw in unital ring eugeo is back, but the game seems heavily connected to light novel than gameverse

[45]

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.

The games are in their own canon, casual viewers needn't concern themselves with them. The series and the movie is all there is.

[ULTRANX]

Originally posted by 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.

it is canon continuity, light novel to be exact. it references both the sequel and prequel novels to ordinal scale, when asuna tells yui about her first meeting kirito, she is talking about progressive vol 1, not the anime, in the novel kirito first meets asuna saving her from that dungeon when she passes out then convinces her to go to the floor 1 boss meeting, everything before that in the progressive movie is anime original, otherwise she would have mentioned meeting him before the boss when he saved her from the monster when mito left her for dead. argo twice teases about a side story between her and kirito on floor 2 about how she got her whiskers in progressive vol 1. and there are many more light novel references. its basically canon to the light novels but having a whole what if an ai from the future brought different players from across time to help stop the villain, taking place after alicization, not sure if its during the timeframe of unital ring though.

[45]

Originally posted by ULTRANX:

it is canon continuity, light novel to be exact.

What youre not understanding is that this game isnt canon, its events never happened and unlike the other games this one will never be referenced in a future game.

[ULTRANX]

Originally posted by 45:

Originally posted by ULTRANX:

it is canon continuity, light novel to be exact.

What youre not understanding is that this game isnt canon, its events never happened and unlike the other games this one will never be referenced in a future game.

Never said it would, you asked what continuity these versions of the characters are from, I answered, the light novels, its the first sao game to have the characters act like their canon source material selves instead of anime or gameverse cringe fanservice. They will likely rewrite strea too. Quit being a smarty pants and taking my comment out of context. Never said the game would be full on canon to the novels, its a time travel story, but yes the game takes place post light novel alicization, not anime or gameverse