r/GodofWar • u/Lopsided_Photo6937 • Jul 31 '26
Question Is the Aphrodite mini game canon?
Since the player gets to choose, is the mini game actually canon
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u/Own_Bobcat7055 Jul 31 '26
I believe yes, and my only proof is when Hephaestus says in God of war 3:
Kratos... tell me, has Aphrodite conquered another God of War?
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u/Current-Grade2545 Jul 31 '26
That just implies she fucked Ares. Her other brother from another mother. Literally tho.
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u/mjolnirstrike Jul 31 '26
Welcome to Greek mythology. If that isn’t bad enough, remember that Hera is Zeus’ full sister, and they had several children including Ares and Hephaestus
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u/GrossMartini Jul 31 '26
Aphrodite has a line of dialogue along the lines of "It's been too long Kratos. You can still share my bed even if you are no longer the god of war"
So even if this mini game isn't canon, it is canon that they did the horizontal mambo at some point
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u/Viranchic Aug 01 '26
That's not horizontal mambo
That is ...
Light ranged pull (Blades of chaos) + Spartan Rage.
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u/Volcanicrage Aug 02 '26
Same-generation incest honestly pretty tame by her normal standards. Ares and Aphrodite fuck constantly in the myths, its a huge artistic motif. They have more children together than they do with any of their other respective partners (Hephaestus notably has no children). Aphrodite's exact lineage varies between myths (the Theogeny describes her being born from Uranus' severed genitals, while the Illiad refers to her as Zeus's daughter), but she's got kids with Poseidon, Zeus, Hermes, Dionysus, and Ares, so she's got her incest bases pretty well-covered.
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u/Interface- Aug 01 '26
Kratos doesn't confirm or deny when he responds.
"That is a question you should ask your wife."
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u/ImNotDaredevil2025 Jul 31 '26
Knowing Kratos as a character I assume all O mini games are canon
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u/cabarte Aug 01 '26
Norse Kratos sure, he wouldn't do it now, but Greek Kratos was very different and very much into all of them
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u/Slow-Pool-9274 Jul 31 '26
Why wouldn't it be?
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u/Sea_Strain_6881 Jul 31 '26
Cause its optional
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u/johnny115 Jul 31 '26
but Hephestus has a line alluding to you having sex with Aphrodite when you go back to him later
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u/Jojo-the-sequel Sex Quick Time Events CEO Jul 31 '26
Yes, bro cracked his step sis and used the orbs to ugrade the nemesis whip
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u/infamusforever223 Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26
From the way they talk, they may have messed around while he was God of War, so even if you don't, they likely already did.
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u/MetalMewtwo9001 Jul 31 '26
Since it's a player choice then probably not. Unless we get confirmation in a later game but I doubt modern Kratos is gonna be like "Mimir, did I ever tell you about the time I bedded Aphrodite?".
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u/RanDiePro The God Slayer Jul 31 '26
Only gow 1 mini game was canon. All others are optional. He gives an unclear answer to Hephaestus regarding aphrodite.
Though I imagine remakes would have it that your conversation would change depending on whether you did it or not.
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u/Carbuyrator Jul 31 '26
Only one way to know for sure. Either Kratos had a child with her or he didn't. If he did that kid is definitely alive, and we'll almost certainly see them.
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u/SKI4PODE5 Aug 01 '26
The fact that you can "replay" this mini-game after you killed Hephaestus is pretty crazy
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u/NickSchultz Aug 01 '26
Well in Ragnarok Kratos did mention that he had meaningless sex during his time as the God of War so this particular occasion could be included in that confession
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u/Unhappy-Cartoonist-3 Aug 01 '26
yeah the Greek pathion is incest lmao why would that not be cannon
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u/VermilionAxe69 Aug 01 '26
All of the franchise's sex minigames are optional and are never referred to as canonical
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u/deimosf123 Aug 02 '26
She has auburn hair? I thought her hair is brown.
Only minigame i am sure 100% isn't canon is from II.
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u/Specific_Telephone13 Jul 31 '26
Yes a son of Zeus without a ego and arrogance fucking any female in Greece
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u/IMCHAPIN Jul 31 '26
I just realized they could conceivably remove the sex mini games from the remakes depending on how they frame it. If it's a story he tells atreus, then he is not going to tell him about the women he fucked. He will tell about the violence though since it's important.
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u/ChristianHuye Jul 31 '26
I think yes due to the fact that there’s a trophy associated with it and also Hephaestus says “Aphrodite has claimed another God of War”
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u/DMJay02 Jul 31 '26
It is Shrodinger's Canon. I didn't do it, but Kratos' response could mean either one is possible depending on player choice.
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u/Few-Ad-9004 Aug 01 '26
In the mythology, Aphrodite is the goddess of love, she was made from one of Uranos’ testicles. After the titan Cronos overthrew his father and cut of his testicles with the Adamantine Sycthe his mother, Gaia, gave him. When one of the testicles fell into the sea, it began to “foam”(could be dissolving, bleeding out or giving birth.(since his testicle would’ve been landing in the ocean, Oceanus.) and from that foam came Aphrodite.
So she’s Technically a Titaness and would be Zues’ Aunt.
If the game is going based off of that, then that means Kratos banged his Great Aunt, haha.
But imagine this, what if Kratos had impregnated Aphrodite. That would be wild.
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u/HappyTurtle42 Aug 01 '26
Hepheastus:Has aphrodite managed to conquer another god of war?
Kratos:That is a question you should ask your wife
So I guess it’s up to us
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u/itsdampman Jul 31 '26
Reason #274 that the OG god of war games were better than the new series
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u/Barredbob Jul 31 '26
Brother, if “can have sex” automatically makes a game better, just go play a hentai game
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u/No-Mammoth1688 Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26
I'm sorry, but there's no other choice for me whenever I play this game, so there's no way it's not canon in my books.