I was just thinking the other day. FFX-2 saw the introduction of the character Shinra, who suggests the use of the Farplane as an unlimited source of energy. What if, some thousands of years later, they worked out how to do this? Is it possible FF 7 is set in the future of the FFX world?

I still haven't played FF7 yet (too much to do, other games, etc), so I'm not sure if it holds up well. Maybe the dresspheres etc introduced in FFX-2 actually end up being materia?

Friendly discussion. Please.

It's nothing more than a reference of the sort that the series has been doing for years. There's nothing at all to actually imply that what you (and countless others before you who took it out of context) suggest is actually even a possibility.

From the FFX-2 Ultimania Guide (Translation from gamefaq.com (http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/game/562386.html)):


***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."

So in other words there is kind-of-sort-of-maybe a connection between the two games that could either be considered canon or Nojima's random musings.

They have cross references all the time, nothing new.

I was a bit unsure about starting this thread, mainly because I wasn't sure if it had come up before.

Apologies if it has, but I was curious. Thanks for that quote Ominous. Interesting reading.

Just a reference.

I wasn't sure if it had come up before.

Lol.



Also, there are my references to the other games a lot of the FFs.

It's nothing more than a reference of the sort that the series has been doing for years.
I agree with Prak. All of the Final Fantasy games have some sort of reference(s) in them, but that doesn't mean that they're connected any way at all.

It also doesnt mean that they aren't connected.

I thought in FFVII Shinra was an arms dealing company before it discovered mako?
If it was, then it wouldn't be the same shinra.

This disgusted me, let us never speak of this again.

It also doesnt mean that they aren't connected.

So there's a connection between the Alucard of Symphony of the Night and the Alucard of Hellsing just because they have the same name?