Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-3179363-20131112084028/@comment-24034641-20131112085322

CoTM isn't a connecting story to SAO though, Reki states that although the names are the same, the characters are different, as it's a standalone novel. So it's got no connection to SAO.

which sucks, as it'd be awesome to have that in the SAO line, and also dispells rumours of Accel World characters being related to Kirito and Asuna