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[Spoilers] AC8's serious connection with AC3
>!So apparently, Rena was born in April of 2021... Meaning she's like 8 years old during the Satoan occupation. !<
>!Happened to peruse the ace combat wiki and found that she also was recruited at 9 years old for General Resource... !<
>!This means RIGHT after the end of this game, Rena begins to work with General Resource, who has just finished, as I understand it, absorbing the assets of Enso Order (which, as I understand, is basically a big front. The same people control GR, just changing names to cover their tracks). !<
>!So the neural link that Tewy tests is immediately tested and refined further on Rena as she begins to fly for them. And to connect it further, Tewy is using a similar flight suit to Rena. I'd say it's all but confirmed now this is a direct prequel to the events of AC3. Maybe there's a prequel war between the two games, but essentially from here the corporations only gather more strength and no real major events could drive that. It's just silent consolidation in the background. I could actually see the next entry being an ace combat 3 remake, kinda in the same vein that FF7 did with a modernization of the original, focusing on bringing the new tech but more or less telling the same story, though perhaps they'd modify it to fit whatever cutscene system they use. I think what would be cool is same characters, same story, but obviously new graphics and maybe a bit of modification, add a super weapon or something. Basically, new missions, but the story is more or less the same with the same factions... Then as a free inclusion you get the original AC3 japanese version with both Japanese and english dub!<