The Final Fantasy Wiki article for the Farplane and the Final Fantasy Wiki article for the Lifestream are a good starting place to understanding the differences between the two.
I agree with Kyros. The Farplane and the Lifestream are similar at surface value, but both work differently in the context of the stories. They are essentially direct references to the afterlife.
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It makes me think that it would have been cool if they tied that in with Jenova and her planet-vessel. Like "Oh hey look at that! A shooting star!". Not much but enough to give some mention in-game.
Did they only do that for when X-2 came out or was this planned all the way through?
The fact that connects the world of Final Fantasy X with the world of Final Fantasy VII was only mentioned in the Final Fantasy X-2 Ultimania, so I believe that the connection only came up after the completion of both games rather than something planned from the start. I cannot say for sure.
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Yeah, it sounds like some retcon they put in while trying to think of new whacky ideas for FFX-2.
there was a picture here
I think it was mentioned in a interview with
some Square producers..Kitase and Nojima it would seem:Originally Posted by Roogle
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Al-bhed shinra from FFX-2 being the apparent link.
I never gave it much credence.
FFX-2 is the Star Trek V of Final Fantasy, the one most fans would rather pretend doesn't exist.
Yeah, I can't see how one throwaway reference can connect FFVII to FFX, since neither were created with that in mind.
I thought everyone ever would just prefer Star Trek everything didn't exist.
There's really no point in stuff being linked together from VII and X, and the face they may be in the same universe doesn't mean they relate to each other in any way, shape, or form imo
Cheap shots aside, I think we all agree on the merits of the connection between the games as being too little, too late.
I'm still not seeing a connection between them at all.
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Do you mean even accepting that the Shin-Ra corporation was named after and used ideas from an Al-Bhed from a different era?
Last edited by BG-57; 02-11-2010 at 05:39 AM.
Don't believe it so whatever don't care no connection.Do you mean even accepting that the Shin-Ra corporation was named after and used ideas from an Al-Bhed from a different era?
I don't either, but I'm making a distinction between what FFX-2 tried to do and what I accept.
It takes more than a single reference to tie two game worlds effectively together. The second game has to intentionally incorporate recognizable elements of the first. FFXII (to FFT) and FFX-2 (to FFX) do this by design. FFX was never designed to be a prequel to FFVII.
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