A theory about Ivalice, not only in FFTA.

[Slothy]

First: Geographically, the Ivalices in the various games are quite dissimilar. In FFT and FFXII, Ivalice is a huge country, with rivers and lakes but no real bordering seas. In FFTA and FFTA2, Ivalice is a clearly delineated peninsula. You offer no explanation as to why there would be such drastic continental shifts in between the games.

I don't have the time to read the whole thread just now, so forgive me if this was covered earlier on.

For the record, there's nothing in any of the games that states that what we see is the entire world of Ivalice. FFT quite clearly doesn't cover the entire world of Ivalice, but rather a small section of it as the map continues to extend out to the East, and who knows what could be to the North, South or West. The land in FFXII also extends farther North and South than we ever see, and for all we know, there could be other continents to the East and West.

Also, given enough time, and or a big enough catastrophe, the geography could change that much given enough time. Just look at what Kefka managed in FFVI.