>>724691758
>out of nowhere
riku literally had a dorkness keyblade in 1 and also took sora's kingdom key
it didnt happen out of nowhere

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It's only cool until your dad walks in.

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KH1 is the better attempt of
>kid experiences Disney worlds
But ultimately I think that Lingering Will as a concept justifies the franchise's existence in terms of kewl.

>>724691758
>Conveniently forgets to mention how fun 2 is on proud/critical
It's a shame that this is what Kingdom Hearts discussion is now. 3 sucked on release so the series is dead until we get another bloated ass kh game

>>724693661
My bad I almost forgot to sage your shitty ass thread

>>724691758
Semi-related question
Why have all the "KH1 is best" people crawled out of the woodwork in the last few years.
I feel like I missed the origin point where the community consensus about KH2 being the best was contested around the launch of KH3.
Why did it take so long and why then?
Because unironically the only thing I can think of is the community e-celebs shifting from speedrunners being at the forefront to generalist channels making people think it was ok to voice their thoughts.

>>724693918
They're squeaky wheels. No kh2 fan is making threads on why 1 is bad because it was good

>>724694058
That makes sense, but the the question is, why did it take them so long to proverbially get this loud?

>>724691878
That one came from 6 virgins Hearts and was explained a lot though the Way to Dawn just happened

>>724693559
What's with those vagina bones

>>724693621
OP here I cant refute that god damn it he was cool.

TECH POINTS 4EVER

>>724691878
>>724694242
>Since Riku has always been using Soul Eater, he still calls it that even after it changed form. Keyblades aren't something that you can obtain suddenly out of nowhere so in Riku's case, his Soul Eater was used as an intermediary for that Keyblade.
Nomura on the topic

So Way to Dawn is an enhanced/evolved Soul Eater.

>>724691758
>>completely guts world design in favour of hallways
This was good thou, KH1 level design was shit and annoying to navigate. Hollow Bastion was the only good level

>>724691758
I replayed both of them recently and had way more fun with 2

>>724694145
It's either one schitzo making all of the threads, or one guy doing it in a thread inspired a bunch of other people to do it. The only thing people do on here now is "ragebait" it's not even trolling anymore. No one wants to wait for people to take bait anymore, they're just outright pricks to people as a "prank."

>>724693918
>I feel like I missed the origin point where the community consensus about KH2 being the best was contested around the launch of KH3

You're a newfaggot then back when KH2 came out people were complaining about it about the emo shit, convoluted plot and having to play a GBA game.

>>724693918
Also back in the day some people fucking HATED the intro for being slow. Which is why we never got something that long ever again.

>>724694437
>Idiots didn't get it then and they don't get it now
>>724694469
At least twilight town ended up being kino in the end

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>>724691758
2 was better in many ways, but 1 was so much better in so many more. The world it created was so much fucking better than anything that followed. They could have fixed it if they had just let the gaybois XIII die in 2 when they, you know, DIED, and then never had them mentioned again. But NOOOO they have to ruin an entire franchise.

KH1 had it right with Disney fanfic being the major pushers of the story, with FF reinterpretations playing their part and having an OC big bad tie the ribbon on the package. Now thanks to Disney's autistic limitations and SE's autistic writing, we just get retardation with Disney movies coincidentally playing in the background to no actual effect. Now it's getting even worse because KH4 is going to be Nomura retardedly using KH as a vessel to give life to failed SE projects. The only silver lining it it means we're getting more TWEWY
>B-b-but Nomura said it's a different canon from the events of TWEWY!!!
They literally say out loud that they will meet in Shibuya and then Sora dies and goes to Shibuya as Nomura forces Vs XIII into the narrative, you utter retards who deny that TWEWY is going to be in 4.

>>724694437
Yeah but, by 07-08 the community in general had shifted fully into that teenage mindset, that loved KH2 for its shonen chunniness.
Then even after the core fanbase grew out of their edge phase that consensus held meaning that we got a decade of cultural KH2 dominance. Which only broke around the release of KH3.
So again why did it take till KH3.
Also I don't just mean on /here/ but in the fanbase in general.

>>724694543
>implying 4 will ever release

>>724694469
>Also back in the day some people HATED the intro for being slow
People really need to fuck off with this crybaby intro shit. It's barely 15 minutes of actual handholding tutorials before giving you worthwhile engagement even while still in Twilight Town when you account for skipping cutscenes on replays. Who the fuck was complaining about the intros length on the first playthrough? Why does 2's intro get shit on so much when Destiny Island/the first half of Traverse Town is way fucking worse in practically every regard?

>>724691758
Anything after KH1 is just retarded. CoM and Org13 should never have happened, KH2 should just have been about rescuing Riku and Mickey, and reuniting with Kairi. The ending should have been something like Riku sacrificing himself for some reason, all worlds end up separated again, Donald and Goofy and Mickey say bye to Sora, Sora isn't emotionally stunted and recognizes he loves Kairi and they hold hands like two awkward teenagers do. Fin.

That should have been the entire KH series.

>>724694543
>Kh1 is so much more kino
Yeah we know. You're not going to convince anyone that kh1 is good or better than 2 because it's a good game. If you prefer one that's totally fine. 2 plays better. I don't enjoy jumping around with finicky ass platforming because of the "exploration." The combat in 2 is insanely fun and it makes for a more replayable game. Kh1 is best to go back to if you're playing it with someone who hasn't played it before

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>>724693918
I'm here because I saw the thread and got nostalgic. I loved and still enjoy KH1 but hate KH2 despite it being better in many, many ways. KH2 felt much more like a wild (videogame) while KH1 felt like a Disney movie written by Square. I think it also had something to do with it being one of Square's final works before the merger.
Fun fact: KH1 Logo still has SQUARESOFT
while KH2 logo: SQUARE ENIX
I always believed that's why KH2 was so different feeling, it was around this time Enix started demanding more involvement and old guard square were leaving or retiring.

KH2 was a fever dream for me, I didn't play or know anything about the spinoff and twilight town was weird as fuck, I liked seeing VIvi though.
I genuinely did prefer KH1 and so did my normie sisters who loved Disney enough to play through a Japanese ARPG.
I didn't really understand as a kid half of what was going on, but the worlds were endearing little segments of the movies with MY OC written in.

>>724694674
6 year old me was pissed because I couldn't play as Sora immediately

>>724694674
Its unironically because people didn't play CoM and wanted to be Sora again. Also Twilight Town is way bigger than Destiny Islands and TT being a new world has more momentum.
Really the biggest part of the KH2 intro is that the Jobs and 7 Wonders sections while important for characterization drags down the pacing

>>724694674
I dont fucking know but I wish it wasnt overcorrected so hard. Imagine if we got to have longer thsn 5 minutes at Land of Departure. Twilight Town was such a great atmosphere and feeling. It was like if Destiny Islands in 1 was longer and you actually got to see the full town. It captured the feeling of all those late 90s movies like The Matrix and Truman Showin such a Kingdom Hearts/Nomura/Square way I don't even know how to explain it. Reality fuck up mindbending shit but also gorgeous and tragic and heartbreaking.

>>724694803
On a second playthrough you get through the intro so fast but I probably spent the first few days in twilight town as a kid. Maybe even a week

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>>724694498
Jokes on everyone I love every single Kingdom Hearts game. Even the gacha whose gameplay and artstyle I loath unironically has some of my favourite story. Cried when data Sora felt hurt. Pet my faggot cat balloons. I dont give a fuck it's all kino all of it.

>>724694674
>15 minutes
>Implying I didn't spend 3 hours on the bouncing ball minigame alone

>>724694776
Maybe I was just worse at vidya games when KH1 came out, but KH2 was so piss easy on normal difficulty, I actively let Ansem beat me up close to defeat, LARPing I was actually having trouble with the fight, just to deus ex machina myself into victory. I genuinely loved KH2 for expanding on a lot of things and making fights more anime-ish wild, but it just became so fucking easy. Even the Seph fight was easy compared to KH1.

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>>724694469
>>724694674

hated it then, still hate it now.
i didn't play the handheld games and was a retarded confused child.
now that I understand it I still hate it.
KH1 simply has the much better tutorial, the intro with the images of the princesses, shadows, esoteric dream world nonsense was an immediate hook, then the Hikaru Utada anime OP sealed it was immediately memorable.
KH2 drops you into an entirely different character and then makes you get a part time job.
kh2 is the better game but has a much worse intro and narrative overall

>>724694856
>Maybe even a week

But you still had 356/2 days to play the rest of the game. :^)

>>724694308
Guys have those v shaped bones too

>>724694856
That I feel is a symptom of how big it is, which while good in standalone is to disconnected from the rest of the game to justify that size compared to DI.
Like if they had saved the Sever Wonders area for the revisit and used it to have real gameplay content it would justify that size better.

>>724694934
>Ansem
Meant Xehanort.

>>724694803
>Really the biggest part of the KH2 intro is that the Jobs and 7 Wonders sections while important for characterization drags down the pacing
Which again, weren't nearly as bad as collecting garbage off the beach and making seemingly competent FF characters give the party an unnecessary runaround when you first get to TT. Plus you don't even need to do the jobs, it's just autists who were afraid of their virtual friends giving them a mean look at the train station.

>>724694921
You crazy for that one sis

>>724694387
>Keyblades aren't something that you can obtain suddenly out of nowhere
>gets a sudden replacement from Merlin after WttD breaks in KH3
Nomura is full of shit

>>724694674
>It's barely 15 minutes of actual handholding tutorials before giving you worthwhile engagement even while still in Twilight Town when you account for skipping cutscenes on replays
It's barely 15 minutes because you've been replaying it for almost twenty years. No new player is rushing through it in 15 minutes. KH1 is suprisingly only like 3-4 hours long if you skip worlds and cutscenes and don't do any of the optional content whatsoever. No one playing the game blind for the first time is going to complete it in anywhere close to that amount of time.

>>724694934
kh1 was when we were all worse at videogame and everything wasn't metagamed to hell, i remember getting genuinely stuck on late stage colleseum fights and final bosses in main story.

>>724694979
Honestly they should've put the Roxas section of the game near the middle. You start as Sora waking up and then you go to twilight town later in a flashback. I'd probably have still been mad as a kid, but I bet it would've flowed better. They would've had to not make it a tutorial area ofc

1 ends and 2 starts with sora in a coma playing as some other retard for 5 hours and made no sense
it needed a recap video or fucking anything

>>724695010
If we actually got to see Merlin give Riku and Mickey new keyblades it would have been less weird. But who the fuck knows what goes on during Square Enix development hells.

Nothing is as weird as BBS trying to explain it by saying Kairi accidentally got it from Aqua like it's a fucking contagious virus. Even Riku was weird because Terra and Aqua just...go to Destiny Islands out of nowhere for no reason. But its KH2s fault BBS was just trying to fix it.

I dont know how I feel about Axel's keyblade. I'm actually OK with Larxene and Marluxia because its only bad if you dont like them being time travelers and Marluxia is using an old KH1 keyblade

>>724693918
KH2 feels very good in combat but KH1 is otherwise more unique, has the more solid plot and shits on 2 when it comes to world exploration

>>724695002
I'm not crazy enough to like KH1s gummy ships.

However I love KH3 because it has Einhander so yeah.

>>724695010
Another reason why the lore was best in KH1. Yes, there were multiple keyblades but they had a good reason for existing. Mickey had a keyblade because he's fucking Mickey Mouse. He's an extremely high-ranking character in the Disney-verse so it makes sense that he's the sole owner aside from Sora to be chosen. It also represents the two sides of the crossover, being SE and Disney. Riku's makes sense because they had to use evil schemes to brute force it into his possession, and even then Sora's had to be brute-forced away from him in order to attain.

At this point there is literally nothing that makes the Keyblade a relevant object. The worlds didn't even have keyholes after 1. The idea that Riku's keyblade abandoned ship to Sora because of Riku succumbing to darkness it retarded because there are other wielders who did the same without losing their keyblades. So it's another aspect of the weapon that is meaningless. There are ten billion keyblade wielders now and it rapes the story. They're passed out like candy. May as well just give Sora a glock at this point because the keyblade means fucking nothing.

Kingdom Hearst 1 was the first and last time the story and world of Kingdom Hearts was good.

>>724695010
Its never said outright but from what we have seen most Keyblades are formed by a technique that MoM had which allows one to extract a Keyblade from a heart.
A technique that he made and passed down to make weapons in the shape of the X-Blade.
Its why you could have all those keyblade wielders for the war, MoM and the Foretellers were taking (presumably) whatever essence was in the Union members hearts and willfully shaping them into Keyblades.
These Keyblades while bound to their wielder in life also stick around after death and can be passed down and bonded to another later on.
From what we know, so far only the Kingdom Key, Kingdom Key D (before being merged), Way to Dawn, and the X-Blade are not formed from the process created by MoM.
Braveheart is then either an extra Keyblade Yen Sid had laying around from a former wielder or a using the Technique MoM created on Riku, compared to his inherent capability imbuing Soul Eater.

>>724693918
I used to hate KH2 growing up. Very little of what I liked from 1 felt present in 2. I've soften over the years and the combat is more enjoyable than in 1 but I'd still argue 1 is the full package, 2 is 90% combat and 10% minigames.

>>724694572
>So again why did it take till KH3.
>Also I don't just mean on /here/ but in the fanbase in general.

I dont know if this explaind it specifically but I think a lot of everything is because most people dont play the non console games. To them KH3 was like

>Oh SHIT THAT GAME I LOVED FROM MY CHILDHOOD CAME BACK
>WHO THE FUCK IS WATER SHE ON AN XIGGYNORT
>I DONT EVEN REMEMBER THE PLOT OF 2 WHAT HAPPENED
>WHATS A NAMINE WHY DIDNT YOU THANK HER YET
>YOZORA?!?!?

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I swear this isn't rage bait but I never understood the appeal of kingdom hearts. It released when I was 12 and a couple of my friends wouldn't shut up about it, even 1 autistic guy who had a white pride thing on his school bag that hung out with us, he almost exclusively played c&c or DMC which was still pretty new then, also loved KH1. It's not like I didn't grow up with some disney either, jungle book was my favourite film for a time. I can only describe KH from the outside looking in as "gay". Anons explain for me what I've missed?

>>724695397
>Braveheart is then either an extra Keyblade Yen Sid had laying around from a former wielder or a using the Technique MoM created on Riku, compared to his inherent capability imbuing Soul Eater.

I think its interesting how its named after the Warrior of Light's sword from Dissidia/Final Fantasy 1. And Quadratum and 3 and 4 clearly has Versus 13 shit going on somehow. Riku and Mickey looo like Noctis/Yozora. I dont know what the fuck it means but the FF1 + versus 13 reference in Riku is just neat.

>>724691878
From what I remember in KH1 alone, Sora's keyblade locks, Rikku's unlocks, Mickey gets one because it's fucking Mickey Mouse. There was still some mystique to these things. I always thought the different keyblades you come across aren't actually new ones as much as the Kingdom Key changing shapes, which is why when Rikku takes away the keyblade you can't just take another one out of your pocket.
Now everyone has their own. Maybe SquareEnix or Disney wanted to ramp up merchandising or something.

>>724695520
you had to be there, FF + DIsney was a legendary crossover and it was a simple yet touching game if you were the appropriate age range.

>>724695520
it hooks you with the FF/Disney crossover but once you start playing its completely and utterly sincere and heartfelt.
Then you add good action combat and you stick with it.
The real point of making or breaking for most people is ones ability to emotionally invest in Sora, either as the Player Character for gameplay or as his own guy.
If you can't do that then everything else kinda falls flat.

>>724695520
Literally go play it now? The intro will take 15 minutes and kf you get it you get it if you dont you just dont. Look at this fucking image: >>724691758 Does it evoke anything in your heart or soul?

Also it's fun whacking shit with keyblades. It's kind of more like how Mana games were where it's more about the whacking shit up.

>>724695520
>>724695628
Being able to fight alongside Peter Pan and flying around London, Fighting alongside Jack Skellington with an Abridged Nightmare before Christmas was an incredible novel concept that even normies could appreciate. Tiny games by modern standards but back then they managed to pull off a Disney + Square aftstyle perfectly and the gameplay was fun.

>>724695520
It just objectively has some of the most polished combat in the history of video games. To this day, no one has come anywhere close to replicating its gameplay. It offers one-of-a-kind gameplay that is expertly crafted. Combine that with beautiful graphics/animations, great soundtrack, and an engaging story? There's good reason it's as well-regarded as it is.
>It has kids' cartoons in it so it's gay
What are you, a 12 year old faggot? That 8th grader who shoved you in the hallways isn't gonna hurt you now. Do you shit on Aladdin for being a kids' movie? No. Who the fuck does that? Doesn't make it a bad movie.

>>724695520
>be 14
>buy it for my sister (age 6) because it's a stupid looking mickey mouse anime game
>later tells me that it's too hard
>don't believe her, so I boot it up to see what her problem is
>it kicks ass, cringe be damned
>marathon the whole game
>"I'm with you too" ~WHEN YOU WALK AWAY~
You really missed out. Go play it.

>>724695576
>Maybe SquareEnix or Disney wanted to ramp up merchandising or something.

Square were big Star Wars fans (I mean everyone was back then before the nu disney times but they referenced it a lot) I wouldnt be surprised if Keyblade wielders weren't always meant to be canon like how only Luke and a few others had a lightsabers but the prequels had literal armies.

The war that destroyed the worlds doesnt mention multiple keyblades but it was always a thing in the series.

>>724691758
Now do Kingdom Hearts 1's negatives:
>Not a single good world
>Dogshit gameplay
>Worse in nearly every aspect

>>724695576
I think that's partly why they made the Xblade and Master of Master's keyblade with the eye that can see though time. We still have special keyblades.

People shit on 3 a lot but the 3 new OCs that fight in Quadratum don't actually have Keyblades, just laser swords and guns and shit.

>>724695906
>>Not a single good world

The only bad one was Neverland and that's just because it was just a boat.

>>724693918
Same time we got people saying HL 1 > HL 2 which is objectively true. KH 1 > KH 2 is only true until the final mix versions came out.

>>724696003
I was so excited for Neverland as a kid. The ability to fly was always something that excited me in games. Then you get there and the only two areas with an actual sky have absolutely nothing in them. Definitely one of the biggest
>What the fuck were they thiiiinkinnngg
moments in gaming.

>>724696003
>>724696175
they could have added 1-3 on rails sections like the end of aladdin, but my guess was time constraints and cuts

>>724696175
It was probabaly a limited budget thing more than anything they consciously decided. There were unused cutscene shown in trailers where Riku was chilling on the big Ben. Its where Kairis Body probabaly would have been found.

At least we finally went there in BBS and knocked some sense in peter pan.

>>724693918
Is it not a common take? KH2 obviously has the smoother combat and fun data bosses, but KH1 wins in just about every othet category.

>>724695628
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>>724695854
Alright I'll go play it thanks. And yes I was a 12 year old faggot.

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>>724695397
Fuck it, I made this to breakdown the various ways we get Keyblades
And yes I will be using this in the future.

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>>724697775
Fuck I forgot The Key to People's Hearts
Here is the fix

>>724691758
No shit.
KH2 may have had better gameplay, but the story was leading the series more and more to edgy deviantart shit that would ruin the series beyond repair.
At least everything that mattered at that time. was resolved at the ending.

>>724697958
You seem like a proper sperg. I've only played KH1 and KH2. When I do my attempt at playing through the series by release what is the best resource to get story info on the dead ass live service games?

>>724695010
Disney magic, I ain't gotta explain shit

>>724697958
the meta commentary of Mickey being the only other one allowed to (((open))) or (((close))) worlds
kek

I only played the first game and never bothered playing anything else. Is it worth playing the remake of CoM, then 2?

>>724698106
For Union X Damo is the gold standard since he splices in the back cover movie scenes when they take place https://youtu.be/RMOyUYpB_VM
He has as a Voice Acted version if you can stomach fan VA
For Dark Road it doesn't really matter as long as its complete but Everglow is the go-to https://youtu.be/qFOwEM8bygM
Also there is not fandub for Dark Road so you gotta read, good thing its some of the best writing in the series.

>>724698319
GBA CoM is better.

WHEN THE FUCK IS KH4 COMING OUT

>>724698490
soon

>>724698384
Thanks anon. I'll be sure to save those videos for later and re-consult the chart in the kingdom hearts general on /vg/ when I get to gaming so i know where to stuff that shit in during my quirky adventures.

>>724698490
who the fuck knows, that FF7 guy is talking an awful lot recently so that's obviously getting in front of the line as the next big budget release they have

>>724693918
People have stopped playing new games entirely and are going back to games they knew they enjoyed as kids, only now they have decades of experience gaming to help them formulate their thoughts.

Anime bullshit will never be as fun as KH1's perfect combination of FF and Disney.

>>724698804
Go back.

>>724693507
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nplefywEFI

>>724691758
the darkness is consuming me sora :)