Originally Posted by rcabronx
I'm not sure I would describe what I said as a theory, more like an observation of a really cute nostagia trick by the people at SE. Like I said, I never did say 7 was meant to be a sequel of X2, just the tiny connection they made between the two games was extremely apparent. Why else would SE even bother to have that Shinra kid say what he said, and have the name he has, if they didn't want the hardcore Final Fantasy gamers to make the mental connection between the games. More than likely it was for nostalgic reasons. It was never a theory in essence because I didn't continue to look for clues to prove it, or that any other connections existed. It was one line that was said by a specific character that made me think of 7, and that would logically indicate as far as any apparent timelines between the games that X and X2 happened before 7.
Emotionally speaking, it did make me nostalgic when I realized what was being said and by whom, because right after I finished X-2, I started up 7 again. So for those who say there is ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT NO WAY NO HOW CONNECTION BETWEEN ANY OF THE FF GAMES EVEEEEEER, I only say this: Open your minds, and stop being so linear. One of the most fun things about FF is that it does make you think a bit, and it does take you out of an otherwise normal existence, and transports you to a FANTASY world to take on roles through these character that you could never dream possible. So to continuously and unyieldingly say NO NO NO NO, NOT POSSIBLE, NO CONNECTION, is kind of unfair. I'm not saying Garnet til Alexandros was hiding somewhere in Midgar, or that Paine went to Balamb Garden, and we didn't see her, or any other such nonsense. It was deliberate by SE, I'm sure, to make SHINRA say what he said, therefore inventing a connection between the games, tiny as it may be.
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