Quote Originally Posted by Lium View Post
Half-joking aside, was it ever confirmed if the Hildy stories are canon? I've always assumed they were just for fun or were exaggerated accounts of events that actually happened.
When you visit the Gold Saucer with Nanamo in 4.1, Godbert will have different dialogue depending on whether or not you've done any of the Hildebrand quests. So while they're not tied into the MSQ, they did happen in canon. Assuming you've done them, of course.

I think the only things in the game that aren't technically canon are Savage and Ultimate fights, Minstrel's Ballad trials, and some extremes like the Warring Triad, as they're all handwaves to include hard modes of things that, for one reason or another, can't actually be re-fought (ie, you can't fight Thordan twice because he's dead).