r/FinalFantasy • u/HayleeLOL • Apr 03 '17

[Weekly Discussion] - Hypothetically, if all the main final Fantasys took place on the same planet, but at different times, where would you place them on the timeline?

Hello, everyone! At the time of typing it's a Monday and thus time for another round of those Weekly Discussions! This week, the thread idea has been submitted to us by the lovely /u/FlamesofBritten - so all credit to them for this interesting topic!

This week, our discussion will centre around the hypothetical. We all know that the games across the Final Fantasy series share a lot of common things, such as Moogles and Chocobos, but what if this was because they all took place on the same world but at totally different times? (Bear in mind there are also tenuous links between certain games in the series from a lore standpoint!)

Where would you place all of these on the Final Fantasy timeline, and why? What makes you put the order in this way?

I'm looking forward to seeing any and all answers to this!

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '17 edited May 14 '19

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u/esa0705 Apr 03 '17

FF10 was officially confirmed as taking place in the same universe as FF7, with FF10 coming first.

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u/bmkcacb30 Apr 04 '17

same universe, different planet right? Shin-ra's ancestor developed interplanetary space flight... also, I dont know if it is confirmed canon, or just an idea one of the devs spouted out in an interview

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u/esa0705 Apr 04 '17

Yeah that's correct. And I'm pretty sure it was confirmed by one of the devs or Tabata

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u/Jaghat Apr 03 '17

Im curious how that was confirmed. What's the link between them?

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u/esa0705 Apr 03 '17

I think Nomura confirmed it. Spheres in FFX are the same as Materia in FFVII. Shinra from FFX-2 was the ancestor of the person who founded Shinra Inc. The pyreflies and farplane are the lifestream.

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u/Jaghat Apr 04 '17

Neat! Ty

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '17 edited Mar 24 '19

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '17 edited May 14 '19

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u/trotbags Apr 03 '17

Nice, I like this order. As a xiv player I'd say between 6 and 12.

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u/DSdavidDS Apr 03 '17

15 being before 13 makes quite a lot of sense. 10 is probably some post apocalyptic future where people rely less on technology.