Quote Originally Posted by Psychotic View Post
Dream Zanarkand is based on the thoughts and memories of Zanarkand's inhabitants, right? Those inhabitants would probably remember those other cities' existances, although I don't know where I'm going with this one.
It's likely that even if they remembered them, they willfully rejected the memory, thus preserving the integrity of a lone Zanarkand. Don;t forget that DZ is an actual location in Spira, just far removed.

The opening FMV shows DZ as being a lone city floating in the sea, with miles of sea around them. If you dumbed down the intelligence of the denizens, they would fear the ocean, because people would "get lost," including the case of Jecht, who survived. But like the REAL ocean on Earth, you swim out too far, there's no hope for you.

When Zanarkand was attacked by Bevelle, one can either assume that
A) they had not existed yet, so the ruins came from a later date
B) they had already existed, and been destroyed
C) they were not allied with Zanarkand in the war, thus preserving their intact-ness
D) Yu Yevon just plain didn't care if they got destroyed, and cared only about Zanarkand

Of course, this could lead to a wild amount of theories about the ruins, which are not mentioned here, but for the sake of argument and sanity, don't blow the fact of the ruins out of proportion. This is where distortions and false theories will come forth (R = U, anyone?)

Quote Originally Posted by d£v!l'$ ph0£n!x View Post
well in X-2 there mention of a war between zanarkand and bevelle so they obviously knew ther wer other cities and the cities that we know might not have been there and ther may hav been other cities which aren't there anymore!? . . . a lot changes in 1000 years.

and, not to flaw ur argument, but it isnt mentioned that zanarkand is isolated from everyone else either!?
Those changes are irrelevant. DZ was created at the time of the end of the war, which means that no one else could have been involved, unless they happened to suffer a similar fate as Zanarkand. The war originates in FFX as history; FFX-2 tries to make a story out of it.

Yes, the second part of your statement is correct, if you are referring to Dream Zanarkand.