The conversation also revealed that Metal Gear Solid: Rising is set between Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. The goal here, according to the Kojima Productions duo, is to fill the player in on how Raiden went from being a young pup at the end of MGS2 to the cyborg-ish swordsman he was in MGS4.
Other than that, Matsuyama and Kimura said that players shouldn't expect the traditional Metal Gear experience. Kojima Productions sees Rising and the past Solid experiences as individual properties – lengthy cutscenes and in-jokes won't necessarily be a part of Raiden's adventure.