WARNING: May contain SPOILERS!


Well I've been recently playing Final Fantasy X and X-2 when I noticed at one part that Shinra from Final Fantasy X-2 thought he might be able to convert the energy in the farplane into useable energy. He also noted that that energy was the life force of the planet. Then Yuna said maybe we'll be able to harness that energy and create a world where it's filled with excitement. Now I don't know about you but that opened my eyes to a lot of coincidences and similarities between Final Fantasy X and VII. First of all, Final Fantasy X was using a sphere system to upgrade their characters while FFVII was using Materia. They're both in the shape of spheres. Next, a lot of the fiends are very similar to those in FFVII. Now that may just be coincidence because a lot of the same monsters are reused in the series but they never did mention how the monsters were created in FFVII. And the whole idea with Shinra, creating things and being a genius is just a warning sign that can be seen from a mile away. He notes that this will be his last mission with the Gullwings. Could it be that he grows up to create the monstrosity that is Shinra Corp in Final Fantasy VII? The outfits of soldiers in FFX and FFVII do have some similarities.

So lay it down to me here. Is it possible that FFX is somewhat the past of FFVII or am I cuckoo from being up at 3 in the morning?