Multiple FF Questions

[PjO]

Thank you.
I'm actually unsure of many aspects of the game because I played it only once- and even then in intervals of... months! This was because I'd heard FFVII, I knew, was the greatest game ever created (story-wise), and I'd just finished FFX and started FFX-2, so I became shallow and decided it wasn't any good because the graphics were old and the music was too electronic. How wrong was I, hunh? I'd started from the point I left off (in the cave after I visited the Chocobo farm on the first disc) a few days ago and didn't stop since. I was just being stupid.

Also, I found that FFX and FFX-2 are indeed sequels to FFVII. It was announced by someone from Square-Enix... I need to find that quote again... And also, on a forum, here's what someone said, close to what you said.

When Yuna and the party are in the Farplane, about ready to fight Vegnagun (after they meet up with Leblanc, Logos, and Ormi), instead of going immediately to fight Vegnagun, warp back to the Celcius and talk to Shinra. He'll say something about the Farplane being the life energy of the planet, that it's potentially infinite, and that he thinks he could develop a way to tap into that energy given enough time. He says that all of Spira could be lit up like Zanarkand. Yuna says that would be wonderful, but Shinra says the necessary technology is still a long ways off, which makes her sad. So a connection between the two games makes sense, even if they're not direct sequels/prequels. Plus, the guy's name is Shinra, for crying out loud. That can't be a coincidence!

Aha. Found it.

-- Is there a connection between Shinra and FFVII?

Nojima: Yes, actually. After Shinra quit the Gullwings he got enormous financial backing from Rin and went to the Farplane to start extracting the Mako energy used by the Vegnagun. But the system for utilizing this energy could not be completed in his generation, so far in the future when space travel was possible, the Shinra Company was founded on another planet... or something like that. That would be a thousand years or so from this game's story.

-- And VII's story takes place after that?

Nojima: Well, you could say that's how I personally feel about it.

Yay! Another question answered (for sure, as Nojima is a writer for Square-Enix).

EDIT: Also, reading my post again, I'm very certain that Shin-ra Inc. wasn't founded on another planet, as the maps are nearly identical. Look and see for yourselves.

I'm convinced it's the same planet- it's just that a whole continent is missing from the FFX map. It may be different in FFVII due to plate tectonics and lower water-levels. Yes, I know, I'm dumb.