Order of Final Fantasy games

Ye but its an insignificant connection. It is basically fan service. Also people rumour that there is a connection between final fantasy 4/2. There is an NPC in ff 2 that is named Something Highwind that has a son called Kain Highwind. Also there is a connection betwen 8 and one of the earlier installments, that deep sea research facility is some part of ff4/3 I cant remember.
 
Zatchara said:
Actually, FFVII is related to X and X-2. This has been proven with Shinra's dialogue in X-2 touting the ability to harness energy emanating from the Farplane. One of Squenix's staff members addressed this.
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I disagree, it appears to be a simple loosely connected reference to VII, I doubt there is substantial references to group the worlds together.
 
NeoTesseract said:
I disagree, it appears to be a simple loosely connected reference to VII, I doubt there is substantial references to group the worlds together.
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Disagree all you want, there's substantial proof for this. And yes, it's taken from Wikipedia. Believe it or not, this website isn't full of lies/random crap being added: The game's popularity and open-ended nature also led director Kitase and scenario writer Nojima to establish a plot-related connection between Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy X-2. The character Shinra from Final Fantasy X-2 proposes the concept of extracting the life energy from within the planet Spira. Nojima has stated that Shinra and his proposal are a deliberate nod to the Shinra Company, and that he envisioned the events of Final Fantasy X-2 as a prequel to those in Final Fantasy VII



 
Zatchara said:
Disagree all you want, there's substantial proof for this. And yes, it's taken from Wikipedia. Believe it or not, this website isn't full of lies/random crap being added: The game's popularity and open-ended nature also led director Kitase and scenario writer Nojima to establish a plot-related connection between Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy X-2. The character Shinra from Final Fantasy X-2 proposes the concept of extracting the life energy from within the planet Spira. Nojima has stated that Shinra and his proposal are a deliberate nod to the Shinra Company, and that he envisioned the events of Final Fantasy X-2 as a prequel to those in Final Fantasy VII
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That's interesting, however other than the Shinra correlation THERE IS NOTHING with which you can link the two worlds.

I am pretty sure that he meant it as a spiritual prequel to Final Fantasy VII, otherwise everything falls apart.

Any Gurus willing to prove or disprove this?

As far as I can remember (have't played those games in years) the world of VII is a very different world. There would have
to be even loose hints of some ancient world preceding this one.

The only thing that I could think of would be summons, but even that is present in other Final Fantasy games, and they don't necessarily
connect and assemble in a harmonious way either.

 
Well.. Perhaps the Cetra appeared long after the events of X-2. Nevertheless the creator's intention was to connect both worlds. It may be poorly made but atleast there is a decent connection between them. And since they are so far apart in time, the events of the past in FF7 could have happened in between.
Or the Summoners are indeed the Cetra or something like that.. They rid the world of monsters by sending the lost souls to the farplane but then again the summoners disappeared after the the destruction of sin so Its not possible.
 
Zatchara said:
Actually, FFVII is related to X and X-2. This has been proven with Shinra's dialogue in X-2 touting the ability to harness energy emanating from the Farplane. One of Squenix's staff members addressed this.
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I tend to think of this whole thing as the staff member's very own crazy fan theory. But that's because I like to think of VII and X/X-2 as separate. The way FF was meant to be.
 
By the way.. Interesting trivia here
"Final Fantasy II and Final Fantasy IV

Main evidence here is in Final Fantasy II in Deist there is a young boy called Kain, who is presumably the son of the Dragoon Ricard Highwind and wants to be a Dragoon one day. In Final Fantasy IV one of the main characters is a Dragoon called Kain Highwind. In the DS version of Final Fantasy IV, Kain mentions that his father's name was Ricard, and that he died fighting an evil empire, showing that the connection goes both ways.
The Japanese scenario guide for IV mentions that Cecil's Deathbringer sword once belonged to a dark knight named Leonheart, a character from II..
Also, in both games, there is a town named Mysidia that is full of mages."
Source http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Inter-Game_Connections. These are rumours but the 7-10 connection was made by the creators themselves, the rest are speculations but they are most likely true.
 
PhoenyxAngel said:
I tend to think of this whole thing as the staff member's very own crazy fan theory. But that's because I like to think of VII and X/X-2 as separate. The way FF was meant to be.
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Well connected or not it doesnt really make much difference, does it? Atleast to me.. its such a small connection that it doesnt affect my perception of the games. But it is fun to have these references nonetheless.
 
If it is to be taken seriously there are two theories:

1.) The world of Spira is the world of FFVII
2.) The future people of Spira left the planet (for whatever reason) and went to the world of FFVII. There they met the Cetra and they got along or not. I really don't know. And then Jenova came and the rest is history.

Personally, I don't like the theory. But if it is true then I guess I go with the second option. The people of Spira basicaly divided into two groups: Those wanting to stay in their own world, and those who wanted to leave (maybe there will be an overpopulation problem?). Those who left went to go find life on another planet. And when they go there they practically ran into a Sin reminiscent creature. Oh the irony.
 
The 2nd sounds too crazy lol. I believe its the first situation thats happening here. Also the cetra are said to be able to heal the wounds of the planet. Imagine that after the events of FF X-2 there was some kind of monster overpopulation and people with reminiscient abilities of the Summoners(the sending) were the only ones who could fight this problem. In the meanwhile Jenova came from the skies and the Planet/Spira could have created the Weapons using the spirits that were sent to the farplane/lifestream to protect itself from the calamity of the skies(jenova)..Oh well it requires a lot of leaps in logic but it certainly isnt impossible.
 
hahaha, this is interesting and comically amusing.

I rather think of them as separate games, if they are connected somehow, the two worlds have to be so vastly separated (chronologically) that it isn't a big deal and they might as well be entirely incongruous.
 
My only problem with the first option is that the world of Spira and the world in FFVII look very different continents wise. I know that continents shift and all....but FFVII would have to be very, very, very far into the future to get the continent in Spira to look like the world map in VII. Cause as far as I know, Spira only has one continent. Kinda like how we had Pangaea
 
Regardless of what you -think-, it isn't fact. They -are- related. Personally, I don't like it myself, but it was their intention to connect the games. Saying you wish it were otherwise doesn't make it any more true.
 
I'm not denying that. I still think of it as the staff's crazy fan theory. lol. It may be true, but I don't pay any attention to it. And since the time difference is really great between the two games...I really don't care about it. It doesn't really effect either game in any way.

And unless they can explain things a bit further I'll just continue thinking of it as a theory. It's so insignificant that it's barely worth mentioning
 
Theories are just theories I mean you can like them and put them within the Final Fantasy world as your own personal head-canon but until SquareEnix comes out and says that the theory is actually real then it's just still that, a fan theory.

I think everybody as a Forum here well no... just those who don't like Final Fantasy XIII me myself as well should stop being so mean towards those who actually like and enjoy Final Fantasy XIII because really everybody has different tastes and opinions and some people actually do like and enjoy FF13 whether if they started with it first or not.

I don't think people should be dissed for what Final Fantasy games they like. TBH I would of kept on loving FF13-2 if it didn't end so badly.
 
Well apparently, someone (I don't remember who) who staffed on FFX-2 said he believes there's a connection
 
Play Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy 12. Then play 4 and 6, and you can stop there. You will have experienced the best that Final Fantasy has to offer, especially considering you played the worst it has to offer and liked it! (It can only go uphill from FF13)
 
PhoenyxAngel said:
My only problem with the first option is that the world of Spira and the world in FFVII look very different continents wise. I know that continents shift and all....but FFVII would have to be very, very, very far into the future to get the continent in Spira to look like the world map in VII. Cause as far as I know, Spira only has one continent. Kinda like how we had Pangaea
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Apparently im hearing that nojima said theybtake place in 2 different planets and that ffx shinra imfluenced ff7 shinra ccompamy when space travel became real.

But i find it too out there. It contradicts things like the lifestream and materia.
 
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