So is Legaia and Legaia 2 tied together?

I recently purchased Legend of Legaia and I'm curious to know if it ties together with Legaia 2

As far as I can tell, it doesnt. Seems to be a completly different world... so the Legend of Legaia series would be rather like the Final Fantasy series in that respect.

does anybody else think the same?

On a side note I noticed Yasunorit Mitsuda has done work with the music for legaia 2. Neat, I need to try to get into thatr game.

The only connection between the two is the battle system. That's about it. I really like the second one the most. Kazan is kind of a kooky character. :p

I dont really know, I own and beat the second, wasnt that good, battle system got boring after a while. But I had nothing else to play at the time......

I own 'em both, and while I've only played through maybe ten hours of Legaia 2, I'm pretty sure it holds no ties with Legend of Legaia.