PlayStation All-Stars is canon to God of War, and there’s nothing you can do about it

Remember Sony’s Smash Bros. clone PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale? A snippet of dialogue god of war ragnarok it has essentially made it canon.

Look, let’s get this out of the way. We all hate PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale. Its name is silly and long, the super system just doesn’t work and it featured the wrong Dante (although some of the stages were a lot of fun, looking back at the Loco Roco x Metal Gear Solid stage). If you hate the game but love God of War, unfortunately I have bad news for you: PlayStation All-Stars really happened.

In a recent clip shared by TheCardinalArts on Twitter, Mimir asks war father Kratos about a ‘tournament’ he once participated in. Kratos points out that he obviously “fought many contests,” but Mimir specifies that in “this one in particular, I heard you fought beasts, scoundrels, princesses, undead, automata, and… the greatest musician ever. That’s not It’s… that’s not true, is it?” Kratos kindly replies, “I wouldn’t talk about this.” To which Mimir, and everyone else in the world, say “Okay, brother.”

Some fans were wondering if this is really a reference to Krato’s appearance in 2011. Mortal Kombat, since they believe that the best line of musicians in the world is talking about the character Rain. Nevertheless, press start was able to confirm that it is, in fact, a reference to PlayStation All-Stars from Ragnarok narrative director Matt Sophos. So obviously World’s Greatest Musician could only be a nod to PaRappa the Rapper (World’s Greatest Musician).

However, this confirmation opens up a whole can of worms. Can the sweet and innocent Sackboy really exist in the same universe as a man who takes down his enemies without any remorse for his actions (I do a bit here because I’m talking about Nathan Drake (he really kills a lot of people and the games just they do not address it)).

Who am I to judge the canonicity of something? I’ll take anything that can bring Kat back from Gravity Rush (even if she was a DLC fighter which will be pretty hard to get now).