Quote Originally Posted by Fantasia View Post
I'm sorry, but this has to be one of the stupidest things I've ever read. Some people really do grasp at straws...
I'm pretty sure Shinra is just a name they used to reference FFVII, since it's the highest selling FF game to date. It's tantamount to saying that every Cid in every FF game is actually the same person, who has somehow manipulated time and space, along with his physical appearance, so that he can be in every game.


Edit: Not to mention that the reason the company was called "SHINRA" was due to the president's name... Rufus Shinra
There are, apparently, some pretty convoluted and long winded explanations about how FFX-2 and FFVII are actually in the same universe. Personally I don't ascribe to any of them, but you would be surprised how hard some people have looked for the "missing link".

As for space.... It doesn't really fit the tone of the game. It could be done, with care, but I'm skeptical. It would have to be something like FFXI, where you can teleport to a ancient Allag space station without using actual space travel (it would be too hard to shoe-horn it into the world as things stand).