Connection between FFX(2) and FFVII

[Sylvanius]

*Spoilers for end of X-2*

Has anyone else heard about the connection between FFX and FFVII? It's actually been confirmed in an interview (can't remember by who) but apparently at the end of X-2 at some point (it may be in one of the scenes you need to unlock I believe) Shinra (names just not an easter egg apparently) is talking about using the remains of Vegnagun to extract energy from the farplane. He says he discovered what seems to be the 'planets life force' there and thinks he can use it for energy. In the interview it says that pyreflies are made of the same stuff as the life stream.

Anyway, Shinra is never able to complete the process himself and they are never able to get energy from the farplane but about a thousand years later (rough estimate) when space travel became available Shinra's descendants, who had been working on the process, travelled to the world of FFVII, mastered the technique, and created Shinra Inc.

Crazy, huh? I mean, even in the interview it seemed pretty rough but they were adamant that that was basically what happened. I kind of wish that when Shinra started talking about extracting energy someone had been like 'yeah, yeah cool..listen, don't fuck with that'. Anyway, what to you think of this? Is SE just stretching for connections here or do you think it works?

 

[Donald Trump]

I've heard it, and a thread about this subject already exists somewhere. But as far as I know/knew it was a theory dreamt up by someone and not confirmed by SE.
I don't believe in it myself, given the massive time difference. It just doesn't make any sense.

 

[Sylvanius]

Oh, oops, I looked around for one a bit but didn't see me..my bad

Umm, what I had read though was a ..well, supposed, translation of the FFX-2 Ultemania guide that was released in Japan...

***Interview with FFX-2 creators from the Final Fantasy X-2 Ultimania***
(Page 723)
**"So, what of this child, Shinra......"**
--"Among these latest stories, 'connected' is one of the key words becoming
applicable, isn't it?"

[Daisuke] Watanabe
"I personally like the word 'connected,' but there's one aspect where that
applies well."

Nojima
"During the game's progression, various vague things will be tied together to
reveal it."


--"For example, the name 'Shinra' suggests a connection with VII? There's
[what's said] in the 'Graduation Mission' scenario [ -- 'graduation'
referring to Shinra being soon to leave the Gullwings -- ], and the 'I am not
alone in my thinking' line from the 'Rin's Detective Work' scenario seems to
have some particular significance."

Nojima
"Actually, it does. After quitting the Gullwings, Shinra received enormous
financial support from Rin, and began trying to use Vegnagun to siphon Mako
Energy from the Farplane. But, he is unable to complete the system for
utilizing this energy in his generation, and in the future, when traveling to
distant planets becomes possible, the Shin-Ra Company is founded on another
world, or something like that....... That would happen about 1000 years after
this story, I think."


--"So VII's story is after that?"

Nojima
"Well, you could say the feelings I have are like that. When I think about the
characters, those are the kinds of feelings I already have. Shinra is a good
child, but his descendants are going to end up becoming like the president [of
Shin-Ra] (laughs)."

Watanabe
"With you said about VII, after seeing your episodes with Shinra, one of the
people on the [development] staff said that the first shot of the Bevelle
Underground 'gives the impression of somewhere else.'"

[Motomu] Toriyama
"Certainly; it looks like the opening shot of Midgar in VII."

Yeah, that's what I read anyway... *slips off to find original thread*