So recently a friend of ours let us borrow her PS2 and my sister bought her Kingdom Hearts. The retro trip only served to remind me that IT'S BEEN EIGHT YEARS AND NO KINGDOM HEARTS 3! Dream Drop didn't help because well... I hated the game play. Whatever moron thought that auto drop system was a good idea should be wrapped in bacon, lit on fire and shoved off a cliff. I have no issues with playing as Riku and Sora, on the contrary I liked that idea. It's just I would have liked to finish though a world with one before playing though as the other, not being forced to drop out into Riku's story line mid battle with Sora. That was stupid.
But I digress, this is about Kingdom Hearts 3. I read a post on IGN last night... early this morning... like 2am... about Thing Necessary for KH3 to be Great. I have to say I do like some of the things brought up while others were... less then... I'm going to need a lot of bacon. So lets go through this piece by piece.
Gameplay:
I agree the 3-combo button mash can get annoying and from what I played of Dream Drop and what I understand of the other handhelds this has been KH's go to system. Yes things have chanced up a bit... like that stupid drop system... but overall it's been the same. I would like to see a happy marriage of the Kingdom Hearts Attack/Magic/Item/... Menu with a Final Fantasy battle system. I'll explain... For all it's faults, I kind of liked the battle system in FFXII. And it would work well with the system already in place with KH. I would love to have more control over my teammates in Kingdom Hearts as you could never get Donald to heal you when you needed cuz his sorry magic using butt could not stay up for more than four seconds! No offence to my magic users, but using a similar system to FFXII would fix the AI issue in KH. It would also be nice to see Kingdom Hearts with a Four-Party system, but I'm not holding my breathe for that one.
Dynamics:
This is where the youtube vid I found today really hit's home (I think it's point three) and the post makes mention of this too. It's time to grow up Kingdom Hearts. I'm not knocking the default "Friendship is Magic" story line you've been drumming away at, I'm a Brony for crying out loud. But the series is ten no... going on eleven... ELEVEN YEARS OLD NOW! Your main character is fifteen/sixteen years old and your main audience is in it's mid/late teens to late twenties now. Time for the story to grow up too. Take some risk, make it a little darker. Disney owns Star Wars now! It's okay, go a little crazy. We'll still love you... well...
Plot:
Okay, overall I dig the plot line in the post. It really brings the story full circle, but there are a few things... just a few... that need to go. Okay, fanfic time... here's what I think should happen...
Dream Drop leaves off with Riku named Keyblade Master and Sora going off to do his own thing. But is Sora really happy with Yen Sen's chose? Going back to Destiny Island, we see Sora in the secret cave. Here we see that he is a bit sour. "After everything I've been though? How is it Riku's better than me?" Sora decides that he must get stronger if he's to be any help in upcoming events and begin's a solo journey to become stronger, but he quickly learns that maybe Yen Sen, Riku and Co. are playing into Xehanort's hands.
After learning this and meeting Aqua. Sora makes the tough call to fight both for light and dark, to be a warrior of balance instead of just light (like Riku and Co.) or dark (like Xehanort). This is what truly begins the healing that Ventus' heart needs. Sora and Aqua team up to protect any and all world's under attack, causing Yen Sen to think Sora has strayed from his destiny. This will lead to a show down between Sora and Riku. Unable to chose between her friends, Kairi stays out of the fight while Sora insist that Aqua let him handle this himself.
Here is where I will... not apologize! Sorry kids, but this needs to happen. During the battle between Sora and Riku, Riku seems to gain the upper hand. But right as it looks as if Riku will prevail, he stops himself. Unable to hide the truth any longer he admits to Sora that he has always been in love with him. Sora is taken back by this information, but is unable to answer Riku as Xehanort arrives and the two parties flee (Kairi taking Riku back to Yen Sen as Sora and Aqua retreat to the next world or whatever.)
After making it safely to the next destination, Aqua tells her full story and Sora has a revelation about Ventus... however that needs to play for Sora to understand he hold Ventus' heart. Sidetrack for a sec! Sora's a freaking heart collector! First Ventus, even if he doesn't realize it, and then Kairi? What the heck Square Enix! The only way this could get more confusing is if you let whoever developed X-2 finish off Kingdom Hearts. On second thought don't you dare. Back to the story...
After a few more worlds or whatever, play that whatever flows best. We see Riku trying to convince the other Keyblade Wielders that maybe Sora is right about the balance between light and dark, however Yen Sen is just not having that and Riku leaves to find and help Sora and Aqua. Kairi is just confused, because she's had about as much character development as a brick wall... scratch that, a brick wall has more character development. Let's go with Kristen Stewart. Lea on the other hand sees where Riku is coming from and leaves with him.
This leads to the final battle at The Keyblade Graveyard. Everyone shows up, Xehanort and Yen Sen do there good guy/bad guy monlouges, the fight begins and then sometime mid battle Ventus wakes up... or his heart anyway. Using Sora as a puppet he talks about not being afraid anymore and is magically there at the battle! He and Aqua have a moment and then he just gives in and the legendary keyblade (x-blade, whatever they're calling it) is forged. Riku, the keyblade master, and Xehanort, the bad guy who wants to cover the worlds in darkness, both go for the blade at the same time. But it chooses Sora. The final showdown starts and Sora is the victory.
Yen Sen learns the error of his way, Sora was right along, Kairi goes back to her castle where she belongs! Aqua goes to find Terra, or just bring him back in somewhere. I don't really understand, I never played Birth By Sleep. Mikey and Co. go back to there castle and here we have it. Sora and Riku on there own, the two keyblade masters. Sora explains that while on his journey to bring balance he did some soul searching and finds that he loves Riku too. They kiss. The End. End credit scene shows Sora and Riku back on that Island sharing a Paupu.
I know, I know. It's an overview. I could go full fanfic, but not here. Not what I'm getting at. Point is, I agree that any attempt to put Sora and Kairi together after everything just doesn't fit, but neither does Aqua and Sora which is what the post I read said they should do. I really do feel like they should just put Riku and Sora together, give the fangirls what they want. Plus it would make more since because like I said, Kairi has had about as much character development as Kristen Stewart. Play up her princess thing a bit, throw in some explanation as to why she can wield a keyblade and then send her home. Enough already. Sora and Riku however share so much through both there journeys, both going though equal amounts of challenges and hardships while still being opposite of each other in so many ways. At the end of the day, it comes down to Riku and Sora becoming Keyblade Masters. One via Dream Drop (whatever happened there... yes I never finished it) and one via KH3.
Overall:
All this boils down to Square needs to get there priorities in order. I've got nothing against HD Collections, I would kill for an HD of Final Fantasy 7,8, and 9. But here's the thing guys. Your losing money, we're tried of hearing "We'll get to Kingdom Hearts 3 when we're to a point with Final Fantasy Virus XIII." That's great, except your not working on Virus XIII, your working on Final Fantasy XIII Lighting Looks Like Bayonetta and HD Collections of two of the worst Final Fantasies Ever! I don't want slut Lighting and zero personality Tidus, I want Kingdom Hearts 3. So let's get to work on what's going to make you money Square Enix, your not EA.
http://www.ign.com/boards/threads/things-necessary-for-kingdom-hearts-iii-to-be-great-spoilers.452582985/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbdkB37KjzA
P.S. I know Brony is suppose to be used for male fans of My Little Pony, but us chicks use it to. And I'm proud to be a Brony, so suck it.
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