I have a bad memory for exact game event but isn't the whole continent not really stable overall? This doesn't explicitly explain the start of the shaking but IMO put a doubt about the non legitimately of the precocity.
Sure, it's unstable, but not so unstable that it just starts shaking on its own. If that was the case, it'd have been shaking all along, no?
^I agree.
I think the shaking event before the statues being moved was done on purpose as opposed to there being a bug. The world has gone to crap, and the shaking could symbolize that Kefka isn't the only thing in the world that needs fixing anymore.
No, the world technically doesn't go to crap until Kefka moves the Statues and puts them out of balance. Your argument is that the premature shaking is intended for foreshadowing, and you're welcome to think that, but I'd rather have the shaking start during/after the movement of the first Statue to show cause and effect.
Besides, isn't it the continent that's shaking, not the world?
I don't recall that well... But does it start shaking the moment Kefka puts his hands/shoulders/whatever on the statue? Just the act of starting the push, before the statue budges, could cause the shaking.
No, it starts shaking right before that. It's at the moment the camera pans up slightly, then Kefka walks over to the first Statue and starts pushing.
We have EVEN MORE themes now, but some old ones are gone...