Do any of you know how to speak Japanese? I doubt it, I have a rudimentary knowledge of the language, and quite frankly, it is possible to say two "words" and make a full sentence. He did speak in English at the MS conference (probably because American's are the largest consumer of the console), and said thank you, goodbye in English after his speech at the Sony conference. He knows English, just not too well, so I highly doubt the translator said anything that Kojima did not want him to say.

Confirmed, MGS:R is not an offshoot

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=75420&page=1

I loled. The OP can't seem to catch any breaks this E3. One such example. http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=74675&page=3

Redacted.  Pointless.

lol wasn't Kojima the one who told that both MGS upcoming games are spiritual succesor to MGS4 in different kind of way and both of those games are his idea of MGS5?
if i remember it was somethin like psp game is MGS5 in his heart and Rising is MGS5 in his mind.

They did say it's on the PS3 and PC.  Plus Kojima is not working on the game.  I don't know about you but I would want Kojima to work on it.  Look at what Kojima did with MGS4.  If he don't work on MGS Rising it could suck.  I hope it don't because I'm a MGS fan and I will most likely get the game. 

A MGS game without the brains of Kojima could eqaul disaster.

This was obvious. If it was MGS5, they would've called it MGS5

@Pristine, if Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 was Call of Duty 5, what is Call of Duty World at War? This has nothing to do with MGS: R (which IS a MG game -that's all that matters). I just REALLY want to know!

I don't see why Rising is getting all this hype and argument about it. If you're a true MGS fan, you'll be much more interested and worried about Peace Walker, the sequel to the greatest MGS ever, Snake Eater.

Amen, Xen. Except that I'm without PSP atm.