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*** ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'' already hinted at a multiverse; ''[[Dissidia]]'' just elaborated on it.
*** As did ''[[Final Fantasy X 2|Final Fantasy X-2]]''. The [[All There in the Manual|Ultimania]] notes that {{spoiler|Shinra, the kid genius of the Gullwings, was the ancestor of [[Final Fantasy VII|Rufus Shinra]]. He even babbles about a concept remarkably similar to that of [[The Lifestream]] at one point in the game.}}
*** A Japanese guide for ''[[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|Final Fantasy II]]'' (''[[All There in the Manual|Final Fantasy IV Settei Shiryou Hen]]'', [http://www.sceneryrecalled.com/trans/ff4comp.htm for those curious]) states that the world of that game is the same of [[Final Fantasy IV|the Blue Planet]], only 100 years beforehand. It also states that the Deathbringer that King Fabul gives to Cecil was left to him by Leon from ''II'', who then renounced his status as a Dark Knight to become a priest (as a parallel to Cecil's own class change from Dark Knight to Paladin). However, this is possibly shot down ''[[Shrug of God|again]]'' in ''[[Final Fantasy IV the After Years]]'', which reverts the whole "Kain being Ricard's son" thing back to a [[Retroactive Legacy]] [[Mythology Gag]]; there, Kain says that he was roughly the same age as Ceodore (17) when he heard news {{spoiler|of his father's death against an evil empire}}, while the Kain seen in ''II'' is a young boy.
** ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' is the first game to be made with other games (''[[Final Fantasy Versus XIII]]'' for example) in the same setting in mind. However they have nothing to do with each other for the most part, with the exception with the direct sequel ''[[Final Fantasy XIII-2]]''.
* Likewise, there are only two continuities in the ''[[Tales (series)]]'', non-canonical [[Crossover|crossovers]] ''[[Tales of the World]]'' notwithstanding. The first is the "Aselia" timeline, encompassing two ''[[Tales of Symphonia|Symphonia]]'' games and ''[[Tales of Phantasia|Phantasia]]''. All of them have different protagonists (the ''Symphonia'' sequel has a different protagonist, and both are set around 4000 years before ''Phantasia''). The second is the ''[[Tales of Destiny|Destiny]]'' timeline, the second game being about the son of the heroes of the first. In all cases, no [[Bag of Spilling]] is invoked.
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== Survival Horror ==
* The ''[[Resident Evil]]'' games release order mostly matches the chronology of the series, except for the prequel ''[[Resident Evil 0]]'' and, weirdly, ''[[Resident Evil 3 Nemesis]]'', which takes place both before and after ''[[Resident Evil 2 (Video Game)]]'' (''[[Resident Evil Code Veronica]]'', despite not having a numbered title, is the true continuation to the events of ''Resident Evil 2'').
** The spin-offs are a bit looser with chronology -- the two ''[[Resident Evil Outbreak|Outbreak]]'' games take place roughly concurrently with ''2'' and ''3'', the final chapter of ''[[Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles|Umbrella Chronicles]]'' takes place a year before ''[[Resident Evil 4|4]]'', and ''[[Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles|Darkside Chronicles]]'' is set to include a scenario showing Leon in South America two years before ''4'' that'll show what happened between Leon and {{spoiler|Krauser (before his [[Face Heel Turn]])}}.
** The 3DS game, ''[[Resident Evil Revelations]]'', is set before ''[[Resident Evil 5|RE5]]'' and ''[[Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City]]'' takes place just before and during ''[[Resident Evil 2 (Video Game)]]''.
 
== Third-Person Shooter ==
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