User blog comment:ExSturminator01/Mass Effect 3 Predictions based on ME2 hints/@comment-1862759-20100212235402

Is the paragon ending considered canon? I didn't think there really was a true canon, but default shepard is in both games a bit more renegade, and if you start a fresh character in ME2, all the "Renegade" decisions were the ones taken from ME1, not the Paragon ones. I could see the ending to ME2 also focus on the renegade ending for a fresh game over in ME3, since it would give a bit more to work with for the "fresh default storyline" in ME3. Either way, when it comes to squad members returning from ME/ME2 in ME3, most will likely be cameos, Tali/Garrus likely return to squad, others will be busy with their own issues, and the amount of people in your actual squad may be more in the middle between the two games (9 instead of 6/12) as a way to lessen the amount of recruiting done, ME2 was good, but it was *all* recruiting, it was kind of the idea of the game, but ME3 shouldn't focus on it nearly as much, and I could see it more being "You gathered all these people for your squad, so they will then help you out against the reapers in other ways than being directly in your squad" Gotta figure the "best" outcome between having a save through ME/ME2 will be having only one person die (Kaiden or Ashley, with everyone else still alive, that immediately is 14 previous squad members, including whoever the last dlc squadmate is in me2.)