Thread: Ultima Thule: 6.2 Addition

Originally Posted by Iscah

The "gloopy thing" appears to be a planet with the molten core ripped out of the crust.

That is clearly Gaia's (attemped and failed) assimilation with Terra depicted in Memoria in FFIX, one of several references to other 'dying' worlds in previous FF games seen in Ultima Thule (the imprisioned Holy within the Planet's Core from FFVII and Coccoon crystallized by Ragnarok at the end of FFXIII can also be seen in Ultima Thule's background).

And it may just be me but the Nekropolis section reminds me very much of ruined Zanarkand from FFX in the design of the buildings, and the 'Absolute Horizon' at the threshold to the Dead Ends (the rocky platform which end up covered by the Elpis flowers) is a reference to Squall being lost in Time Compression in FFVIII's ending, right down to the flowers, to say nothing of the 'You're Not Alone!' scene of the WoL walking there (again, from FFIX but also a reoccuring theme from FFVII and VIII).

Really, Ultima Thule is one big shout out to past FF games within it in theme, ideas, and setting (and even it's very nature of 'remnants of dead worlds' is basically Wonderland from FF Unlimited, which was made up of pieces of worlds destroyed by Chaos, so take from that what you will).

Originally Posted by Enkidoh

That is clearly Gaia's (attemped and failed) assimilation with Terra depicted in Memoria in FFIX

Im not familiar with the original, so maybe it's an error there, but that doesn't remotely look like two planets trying to merge. The glowing bit is tethered to the innards rather than the surface.