- MLG Cheehwawa
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Posted by: Plasma3150
Posted by: MLG Cheehwawa
Well they broke the canon, but technically they can do that, and they make a new canon which replaces the old one. In terms of breaking the canon, they also broke it with the appearance of Elites. Elites and Brutes were widely encountered in the newer novels and Halo Wars way before Reach, but in The Fall of Reach, the UNSC had very little intel on the Elites and Brutes.
Didn't the crew of Spirit of Fire only encounter Brutes on the Shield World?
Anyways, I'm glad that Halo Wars omitted that little fact in Fall of Reach.The Brutes, but the Elites were widely encountered on Harvest and Arcadia, major human battles, so the Elites would not have been pseudo-theoretical species. The Brutes were widely encountered on Harvest, so they should also not have been a theoretical species in The Fall of Reach.
Canon has a priority level. First comes the games, newest over oldest. This defines the canon, and anything that conflicts with the games is not canon. After this are the novels and other published goods like HGN or strategy guides. Then 3rd party ads and such, like the BELIEVE or Halo 3 CGI trailers.
Bungie re-wrote the canon in these instances, and they may well do the same in Halo REACH. I just hope they don't re-write anything.