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Well I found this artical the otherday and I was quite surprised at first. It would seem that Events in Final Fantasy X and X-2 are what lead up to events in Final Fantasy VII. Now I have been doing so research into this after reading this and it would seem this artical could be right. Final Fantasy X and X-2 takes place before Final Fantasy VII. I know right now it is very confusing, but I am working at linking things together, for a report on this for others. So read the artical and let me know that you think.

~Tifa~ *that's right it's not love me kiss me it's Tifa! All my friends call me Tifa too!*

"****Translations concerning the plot-related connection between FFVII and
FFX/X-2**** (007)
As some fans of Final Fantasy VII, X and X-2 may or may not know, the worlds
of the two games share a plot-related connection. The connection's existance
was established during an interview with Yoshinori Kitase (lead developer of
the Final Fantasy series) and Kazushige Nojima (the scenario writer of Final
Fantasy VII, Before Crisis, Advent Children, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy
X, Final Fantasy X-2 and the Kingdom Hearts series) in 2002, as featured in
the Final Fantasy X Ultimania Omega guidebook, an official Square-Enix
publication.

This interview established that there would be a connection between the two
worlds, though it didn't detail it. However, based on what was later revealed
to be the connection, it's clear that it had already been conceived, as
Kitase hints at it with his final word on the subject. In 2003, the exact
nature of the concept was finally revealed in the Final Fantasy X-2 Ultimania,
having been hinted toward by a few elements of the game.

Nojima revealed that Shinra of the Gullwings, an Al Bhed child prodigy and
inventor of various machinery, would attempt using the remains of Vegnagun --
the behemoth machina Shuyin tried to destroy Spira with -- to extract life
energy from the Farplane and use it to power machines. Shinra would attempt
doing this as a result of his analysis of the Farplane late in the game.
During this diagnostic, Shinra concluded that there was a great deal of energy
floating around inside the Farplane, and that it was most likely the life
force of Spira, which could be extracted and used as a power source; however,
he concluded that it would take generations to properly implement the idea.

Further of note is that Nojima explained that the Al Bhed entrepeneur Rin also
was interested in extracting mako from the Farplane, and that he provided
Shinra with the funding to make the attempt. For his part, Rin's desire to do
this is revealed during the game should he be uncovered as the culprit behind
covering up the malfunctioning machina disaster on the Mi'hen Highroad.

Nojima went on to say that Shinra's attempts to use Vegnagun's remains failed
and that he was unable to complete the concept of mako-extraction, just as
Shinra had predicted. However, some 1000 years later, once space travel became
possible, Shinra's descendants would go on a voyage to the world of Final
Fantasy VII. There, at some point in the future, they would be successful in
utilizing the concept, and would provide electricity from the Planet for a
price; these descendants would found the Shin-Ra Company of Final Fantasy VII.

The connection would again be hinted toward in the Final Fantasy X-2:
International+Last Mission (released in 2004) game's Last Mission scenario, in
which Rikku revealed that Rin and Shinra had begun working together. Next,
the Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Omega guidebook (released in September, 2005)
also brings forth mention of the concept, and, finally, the connection may
have received further indication through Dirge of Cerberus (released in
January, 2006) and the Advent Children Reunion Files book (released in May,
2006), in which it is established that the Shera airship seen in Advent
Children and Dirge of Cerberus runs on ancient, lost non-mako technology that
Cid discovered. This technology very well may have originally belonged to
Shinra's descendants, as they are the only previous inhabitants of VII's world
indicated to have been in possession of advanced technology, and because the
interior of the Shera bears some aesthetic resemblances to those of the
Fahrenheit and Celsius airships that figure prominently into FFX and FFX-2
(though the Shera's interior bears more of a resemblance to the Celsius').

I will here present the dialogue from Final Fantasy X-2 that hints at the
connection, as well as the interviews and other translations that establish
its existance as part of official Final Fantasy continuity.

***Dialogue from Final Fantasy X-2***

Rin: "You are suggesting that my decision to upgrade the machina resulted in a
number of casualties... ... and that I tried to cover it up?"

Yuna: "You put the investigation in our hands because we were amateurs. You hoped we
would botch the case."

Yuna: "And then, I kept calling you even though I didn't have any leads. You would have objected to the meaningless interruptions, if you really
wanted to solve the case."

Rin: "I see. It appears that I have underestimated you, Yuna."

Rikku: "Why, Rin?"

Rin: "If word got out that machina pose a danger, people would fear them and stop
using them."

Paine: "So Yevon's not alone in sweeping things under the rug."

Rin: "I firmly believe that machina are an indispensable part of Spira's
development."

Rin: "Even if there is another incident, I intend to conceal the evidence."

Yuna: "You really think people will follow you that way?"

Rin: "I am not alone in my thinking."

Rin: "We are researching ways to extract the vast energy that sleeps in Spira, and
use it to power machina."

Paine: "You're a jackass."

Rin: "I will take that as a compliment."
~ ~ ~
Shinra: "Aha..."

Yuna: "What are you looking at?"

Shinra: "Farplane data."

Shinra: "The more I study it, the more fascinating it gets. There's limitless energy
swirling around in there."

Yuna: "Limitless energy?"

Shinra: "The life force that flows through our planet...I think."

Shinra: "With a little work, we could probably extract the energy in a useable form."

Brother: "Sweet!"

Shinra: "Of course, that'd take generations."

Brother: "That's no fun!"

Buddy: "Well, still, it is something worth shooting for."

Yuna: "Think how much Spira would change if we ever got it to work! Maybe one day we could build a city full of light, one that never sleeps!"

Shinra: "No doubt about it."
~ ~ ~
Paine: "These days, people are always looking for sunken machina."

Rikku: "Yup-yup!"

Yuna: "Oh? Has Shinra been helping you with that?"

Rikku: "Ahh, now that you bring it up..."

Rikku: "Well, he left the ship and got together with Rin, and what do you think all
that research they've been doing is about?""
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

*nods* That could be very well, and I wouldn't doubt it, however looking into, things due tend to add up. To me X and X-2 did have a lot that seemed somehow related to VII when I played it. I could be wrong, however so far for me fact are proving otherwise. So all I guess I can do now is srugg my shoulders and say well never really know.

Well Like i said, I could be wrong, however things so far are adding up.

*nods* Just why I say fact point to yes.

We may never know, but I thought the same thing too. Only slightly though.

If that's true... what happened to the continent that Wutai was on? Cuz in 9, teh world is made up primarily of 3 continents.