No Canon For Silent Hill

February 1st, 2010

This article was written by: Mike Hudec (dolenraug)

Although many have tried, fans of the Silent Hill universe are well aware that nailing down the series’ canon is no easy task. It seems further discussion of this topic will, from now on, be rendered pointless.

Tomm Hulett, producer of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, explains that the newest installment–something of a re-imagining of the PlayStation original–doesn’t upset the Silent Hill canon because, frankly, there isn’t one.

“Each game is based on a character and it’s ambiguous what actually happened,” he continued. “Each game has multiple endings and some fans have theories on which ending’s which but we never know which ending actually happened. People who’ve played this game can tell it’s probably just as canon as any of the other ones.”

What does this mean for the series? Absolutely nothing. Whether there’s canon or not, the games are still fantastically scary, and that’s what matters.

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is out now on Wii, PlayStation 2, and PSP.

Information comes via G4tv

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ABOUT THIS AUTHOR

Mike Hudec (dolenraug)

I'm currently a student at Bemidji State, majoring in Design Technology. Beyond that, I work for the DNR and write for P*N. When I'm doing none of those things, I read, play games, watch movies, and browse the intrawebs. Oh yeah, and I spend time with my girlfriend, Tara. My Twitter is www.twitter.com/dolenraug, my Gamertag is dolenraug, and my Facebook is linked below.

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Reply Ricky Webster(Wolverick) . February 1, 2010 .

Good write-up. Really looking forward to playing this on my PSP as I’m a long time silent hill fan and the first one is my 2nd favorite in the series next to SH2. Gonna pick this one up asap!
Reply Mike Hudec (dolenraug) . February 1, 2010 .

Thanks for the praise. I’m a 2, 3, 1 kinda guy (although 3 and 1 are really close in my book).

I also like 4 quite a bit. As part of the series, it falls in after 1, but looking at it alone I feel like it’s really creepy and interesting. It’s just that the fact that it wasn’t supposed to be a Silent Hill game originally really stands out.