Quote Originally Posted by TheAbominatrix
Interesting. Thanks for sharing that :<3:!
You're welcome.


Quote Originally Posted by Hikaro Takayama
FFT: References to FFIV (the ruins of Baron Castle, the Tower of Babil, or at least the ruins thereof, the old flight school where the pilots of the Red Wings were trained, etc) as well as VII (Cloud, Aeris the flower girl, materia, etc).
Tactics actually has references to every Final Fantasy in the numbered series that came before it. Go here for more about that: FFCompendium.


Quote Originally Posted by Hikaro Takayama
FFX: ... the Farplane, which looks just like the lifestream in FFVII with a better special effects budget, the sphere's similarity to materia, etc)
Those aren't so much references as they are the continuation of a theme that's been pervading FF since Final Fantasy VII, and had its beginnings at least as far back as VI. Go here for more information on that: Spirit Energy and Memories in Final Fantasy.