Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance takes place after MGS4 UPDATE: NOT part of MGS series a "what if Raiden kept his exo skeleton scenario"

[ethomaz]

Kojima by Twitter.

“One of the reasons changing the title from “Metal Gear Solid Rising” to “Metal Gear Rising” was that I wanted them to create new protagonist Raiden, not SOLID without been haunted by the spin-off.”

Thanks for not put this game in SOLID franchise.