Quote Originally Posted by Mirage View Post
All of the above are canon. It\s even less of a problem for all of them to be canon, because only a small minority of the titles aren't independent stories. Regardless, the owners of the creative works are the final judge in this question. What would you say if you wrote two novels and your fans refused to acknowledge the second as part of your story?

If Square goes out officially and states: FF8 is the direct sequel to FF11, then that's how it is. You may not like it, you might even hate it, but it doesn't change the fact that it's how it is
1) Actually XI would be a prequel, as VIII came first. While Square has authority over story, they don't have authority over language outside of the game.

2) In squares defense, it's not like claiming that would be any less of a stretch then anything else they tried to pull with FF VIII. ZING!