Board Thread:Administrative Discussions/@comment-1824272-20160201143327/@comment-3083606-20160204041445

NodokaHanamura wrote:

Referencing older AC Games can be a confusing one - Just a nod to previous games (like ACI using skins from older games or the like), unless it relates to the story of the game making the reference, may or may not be considered canon. However, referring to nations from previous games, has a high chance of being canon, because chances are, said nation had a hand in moving the current chain of events into play for the game in question.

I'm not spreading butthurt. I consider all games on equal stature when it comes to their setting, as long as it's on stable logical ground. I'm just saying, with all these universes in AC, it's hard to, at least at first, understand what can be considered canon, and what cannot. AUs imply with the term "alternate" that they are not canon. But the idea of something being canon can end up being subjective. As far as I know, Project ACES has never blatantly said that AC2/3/4/5/0/6/X were canon, nor did they say the same about the other games. Many people consider those games to be the canon mainly due to the fact that Strangereal's history, plot, settings and what not are the most developed. Well the way you were stating it(and I did not get the earlier responce due to it being deleated) Made it seem like you were delegitimizing the Non SR Games, also I htink you may have a mistaken idea of what an AU(alternate universe) Works. In a Similar Fation of Star Trek and Gundam, AN AU is a spin off, using themes and designs of the main world, but in a different setting and story elements. They are unto themselves a Universe of the Story fiction, but Separate from the Originator.

Or in other words, The Horizonverse has ACAH(game), The Last Ace(Novel), Ikaros in the SKy(Novel) and Master File Shinden(RefrenceBook) All these are Canon to the Horizonverse, and Separate from the SRverse and the Infinityverse, though refrences can be made, the events in the Horizonverse are canon to them.

In the case of Infinity, The Special Planes are Extracanon, Existing both in and out of canon, as the Events that transpire do not exist in the Invinityverse, they explicity Refrence Other parts of the Ace Combat Canon. As of yet, most of there are uncontestd, so it had no problems being accepted as fact. Things get hazy when it comes to refreencing a Multiple choice path, Like Ace 3 or X. This is were the Extracanon is more Curcomstantial evidence to oother works, like the Stories on the ACX Site refrenced above.

So Try to be a touch clearer, like Gundam, the AU of Ace Combat is not well liked for one reason or another, but there are pleanty of fans around. None of them are lesser to others, or greater than others...or something like that : D