What's more canon, Snatcher or SD Snatcher and SDatcher?
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2014 6:01 pm
So, I recently just finished the Project Melancholia translation of SD Snatcher, and I gotta say, I'm really wondering if it's actually more canon than the main Snatcher we know.
So, with that big change, that leads me to consider SDatcher--
Not only is this plot arguably much more in-depth than the original, I would argue it's better, and much less Metal Gear-y.
So, the plots of SDatcher and SD Snatcher fall in line with each other much more than they do with the original Snatcher, and considering that we basically only have three major works relating to Snatcher--the original, SD Snatcher, and SDatcher, that's two-thirds of all major Snatcher media that are in continuity with each other, versus the original which now stands alone. Not to mention that SDatcher was made years after Snatcher came out (in 2007, I believe), which means that when Kojima revisited Snatcher and had time to make what he wanted, this was the plot and theme he chose.
This leads me to conclude that SD Snatcher and SDatcher are the real Snatcher canon. Considering how the original Snatcher now not only stands alone but that its endings are different between certain versions, being truncated in one and thus ending up much darker, I can't help but feel like something got in the way of Snatcher being executed how Kojima wanted. Snatcher's original plot is honestly much simpler and posits less complex questions, never even touching much on whether Snatchers are sapient and what they feel and are motivated by.
With all this, I would say that the original Snatcher shouldn't be considered canon. It's just that that's what most people know, and so it's accepted. Of course, I'm thinking there's a good chance I'm preaching to the choir here about these kinda things. This is all new to me but it could be common knowledge here; I wouldn't know, haha. Like, for instance, does everyone know that Random's name is a mistranslation? The only place I can find it being "Random" is in the English Sega CD version. In the collectible cards it's printed as "Randam" and in both translations of SD Snatcher it's "Randam", not to mention that in Metal Gear Petrovich's name is also "Madnar" and not "Modnar".
But uh yeah, that's my take on all this stuff, at least. Anyone disagree or have comments?
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This leads me to conclude that SD Snatcher and SDatcher are the real Snatcher canon. Considering how the original Snatcher now not only stands alone but that its endings are different between certain versions, being truncated in one and thus ending up much darker, I can't help but feel like something got in the way of Snatcher being executed how Kojima wanted. Snatcher's original plot is honestly much simpler and posits less complex questions, never even touching much on whether Snatchers are sapient and what they feel and are motivated by.
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But uh yeah, that's my take on all this stuff, at least. Anyone disagree or have comments?