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What are your opinions on Keyblade Upgrades?
>>476778878>Long Long RoadFucking kek
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>>476778878Are there more Scala translations?
This is a late thread>>476778772 was made 47 seconds earlier
>>476779153I like that you can change its appearance in UX. Can you do the same in Missing Link?
>>476779153Damn that dark Fenrir looks sick
>>476779402>edited image that's in the filter No thanks
>>476779562I didn't know this was filtered. What's the full thing look like
>>476779207For me it's King Load
>>476779153They're neat and flashy, they work for a mobile gameBut I'd rather KHIII be the last time they do it in a console game>>476779562Everything posted from the last two years is in that damn filter
>>476779293I think that's all for now
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This shit will return in ML, won't it?
>>476779407I haven't heard anything about changing keyblade looks from the people that are playing the beta
>>476779964LUX LV in UX was similar although it stopped having any meaningful impact on growth at like LV200 or somethingIn DR levels were more meaningful but it was also one of very few ways you had to power up, and the entire basis of the game is idle grindingI'm assuming ML will be more like UX with character levels. It works more like a player/party level in other mobile RPGs, where the Keyblades are stand-ins for the characters who have more individual growth potential.
>>476780151That's a shame. I love how the green keyblade looks and is don't like that it changes colors to light blue once it evolves
>>476779964I'm scared for the future of Missing Link
>aqua goes to prison
>>476779964What the fuck is this
>>476779712
>>476780814
when you walk away
>>476779014>hire a moogle>never buy anything from himWhat were xemnas and saix thinking?
>>476780462Haven't seen the upgraded looks of the new keyblades but it can't be that badThe OC keyblade tend to look better that most of Disney keyblades
>>476779014>>476778429So is this Moogle the same one from Days?
>>476781154Here
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>>476781503This looks fine to me
>>476781335Probably? No one knows
>>476779964Levels are a thing in Missing Link, but I have no idea what they actually do in it.
>>476778691KHUX had Organisation 13 challenge quests that rewarded you with medals and avatar parts. Missing Link will probably find a way to do it again for content.
>>476779680will we ever see her again?
this is very /fa/ still not playing though
>>476760329I'll try check next time I play, but honestly my phone wasn't fully charged, I played maybe an hour or so with bluetooth on for the DS4 and the drain didn't seem too bad. >>476764970Thanks anon. I'm not sure I know who Sigurd or Brain are, I've not played Ux. Does Sigurd appear in Missing Link? Don't think I've seen him. I need to learn who Ephemer is a bit better as well and why he's important because I don't know that either. I guess he founded Scala, but I kind of thought he was just a random Union leader>>476761127>>476762095Y..you weren't lying to me were you /khg/? Ven isn't a murderer after all? Shit I believed you this whole time. What do I do with this newly gleaned information....
>>476794048Brain is in the first trailer for Missing-Link which means the game takes place sometime shortly after (as he doesn't appear to have aged) he arrives, which means Sigurd is in ML as well.They're a part of some sort of secret society
How many anons here are actually playing the Closed Beta Test?Are you playing on phone, tablet or in an emulator?
>>476778878Soon
>>476796932phone, with controller
>>476796932Phone, with nothing. Battles are basically unplayable when relying on the touch screen. Auto mode gets me through things, but I don't think Missing Link is the kind of game where auto mode will be able to go through everything unlike KHUX.
I'm high on hopium, brothers
>>476794048Only as a narrator for the trailer. No one knows who Sigurd is he is a mystery nigga.
>>476796932Playing on a Xiaomi Mi Note 10. If I put the graphics to Ultra my phone struggles to run it and when I set it to Med it runs well and the only framerates drops happened during raid battles.When I'm at home I play it with a PS5 controller and while I drive to work I put it on auto. I think that fully charged my phone last around 2 hours until it completely depletes, maybe I can get it to live a little longer if I turn on battery saver and decrease my screen brightness
>>476796932FYI it blocks emulators as far as I know
>>476801024>tfw i have a xiaomi note 10 5g and I'm also in the betawhat are the odds?
>>476776870>>476780869
Bunny Wizard Any new Heartless in the latest CBT? I haven't seen anything.
mom i want the big kingdom hearts shoes
I have no intention of actually playing ML but I will watch all the cutscenes and vicariously enjoy it through /khg/Anyone else?
>>476816956I might play it but it depends on how much story there is to experience and if there'll be more exploration in Scala and Disney world stuff. They mentioned apartment customization too. So if it's more like a mainline game crossed with an RPG I'll give it a go.
darkness
Weird how there is no enemy type comprised of light yet, considering we have multiple darkness based and one nothingness based
MERCH NEWS:New Kingdom Hearts products got released through Ichiban Kuji lottery prizes.>Sora Station of Awakening Statue>Roxas Station of Awakening Statue>KH 20th anniversary illustration bath towel>King Mickey cushion >Glass plate with the KH1 and BBS main illustrations>5 Towels with different KH designs >Chic black tumblers with different KH designs >8 different Keyblade charms
>>476830618Better look of the Roxas statue
how would you have improved kh3?
>>476832038NG+ that lets you play as Riku, Aqua, Roxas, and Kairi. You pick who you want from the menu. Cutscenes keep Sora, except one with Xigbar, who acknowledges whichever character you're controlling instead of Sora, saying he knows your game and you can't fool him.
>>476832038Make the game longer. No villains popping in just to inform the audience that they're doing something because it all doesn't matter until the KBG. Maybe let Riku and Mickey succeed with saving Aqua without help because that's literally the only specific assignment given to them and only Mickey wound up getting a moment to redeem himself in Re:Mind. Pair Lea and Kairi together with Sora for the Disney worlds. Sora being a tour guide for worldhopping could be fun enough to distract from all the nothing going on, and it leaves more room for interesting character interactions. Structuring Sora's journey to unlocking the Power of Waking around his relationships with Roxas and Ven would have been nice. Sora's arc about self-worth is a fucking farce that doesn't even fit with everything else going on, but doing this can at least lay meaningful groundwork on the problem before things wind up going to shit. The next games need to stop trying to get Sora to focus on personal shit. It's time he started thinking about the worlds and what he can do to help them on a bigger level. He's been at this hero shit for years now. He's gotta have SOME opinions about the world order, the keyblade's powers, etc. Actually develop Sora's relationship with Xehanort since he's going to end up being the one to take him down and they missed the chance to do as much in DDD. And bring back the turn-based from Re:Coded>>476826826You fell for the balance meme.
>>476832038Riku shower scene.
>>476834134>Pair Lea and Kairi together with Sora for the Disney worlds.The heart of Kingdom Hearts is SDG travelling the worlds.
So how does ML work if you aren't in one of the regions that the beta is targeting anyway
for me it's news
>>476830618>there's already official Missing Link merchThat was fast. Also looks like Fortune Gear is going to be the "canon" keyblade of Player2
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>>476834134Castle Oblivion should have been its own world with Aqua as a party member. Show the contrast her elegant fighting style with Sora's "imma through one of my best friends at these guys like a bowling bowl" chaotic improvisation.
>>476816956Same. Might play it IF they gacha isn't incredibly greedy like KHUX was in the beginning.
>>476840759The "heart" of Kingdom Hearts is whatever you autists want it to be to justify something not changing. Throw that excuse somewhere else.
>>476834134>You fell for the balance meme.I actually wrote it as a jab for those who say ”darkness is not worse than light”. Since there are multiple enemies based on darkness but no light enemies. Even nobodies are closer to darkness than light despite being nothing
>>476870096Ah, my mistake. Carry on, anon. Keep doing the Light's work.
grope namine
>>476844468I get insulting filterfag but at least be more creative when you do it, such as trying to see what really pushes his buttons. I like that he added my Goku post to the filter, that gave me a chuckle.
>>476888624Damm I really want the statues and that drinking glas with the missing Link logo
>>476869583SDG are the core of the series, and it doesn't work without them. That's why KH without the SDG core always feels like it's always missing something.
Quadratum junk?
>>476904636hey that's my bike!
>>476904636what's on the tape?
>>476905913Yozora's embarrassing Christmas party
>>476904636Just like an authentic Euro town.>>476905913Pure Polish Hooli-Horror.
>>476904636>Bicycle >VHS tape>Microwave >Rope>wood>part of a dumbbell?Is this shit that Scala people throw to the ocean or is this stuff from other worlds?
>>476908064I'd say it's from other worlds because that's been a thing in earlier games.
Missing Link will reveal Ephemer or Brain built Castle Oblivion to help restore the memories of the drifters like Player.
>>476908064Stuff from other worlds, Remus says it washes up there the same way people do.
>>476904636Hope this thing washes up in Scala
>>476914827I don't know if I want another Wreck It Ralph situation where a world I want debuts in a mobile game.
>>476909416But Castle Oblivion has no innate memory power
>>476872414>grope namine
>>476916129Yeah but the card worlds based on people's memories, that could've been something developed there even Eraqus didn't know about. It could've been based on the Book of Prophecies power to project worlds or something to do with the mental energies in the Astral Dimension.
I fucking hate Xion.
when does the beta end?
>>476938486In 2 days
>>476938486On the 10th, so a little less than 2 days
i have to play final fantasy 7 to get my KH itch because nomura is working on a mobile game and final fantasy 7 and KH4.
>>476780673What did Aqua do?!
Fem Dark side pulling some goobers out of the darkness to be a minor nuisance.
2024... I am forgotten.
>>476947041statutory rape
>>476947041Murder. She wanted to kill Cinderella's family when they showed signs of darkness.
>op schizo>Bot spammer>Filter cuckAll the same faggot by the way
Someone really just saw these fall out the sky and said, "Let's make a ship out of this."
>>476956835Doubtful, but I want sex with Aqua.>>476956920Not so doubtful.
darkness within darkness
>>476830618Terra statue when?
I really like how Riku stops Mickey from casting stopza in the keyblade graveyard. Shows their friendship a bit in that Riku knew exactly what Mickey was thinking.
The beta is over soon
>>476974940I rather want an Aqua station of awakening statue
https://youtu.be/9dhFoaRBp8Y
>>476985435Someone out there is furiously typing at their keyboard about how this is all sign for everything to be connected to Verum Rex.
>>476985435Take it to the Reynatis general.
>>476985435"Ohmygod, it's the 104 building! This is secretly the Verum Rex game! Nomura is masterminding the whole thing! It's all gonna tie into KH4!"
>>476985435lol the fuck is going on
>>476985435this must be some yakuza thing cause the game looks like shit, literal asset flip tier of performance and general look (though the actual designs are cool) and i don't get how a no name company got not only real brands but also this collab going on
>>476989548Shut up. Nomura's obviously ghost writing this shit. It's going to be kino. And all anti-Reynatis shills will seethe when we talk about it.
>>476989929i'm not anti-reynatis, i just think the game looks like it needs some polishing donealso>Nomura's obviously ghost writing this shitthe game's director is his number 1 "on all except physical i am Nomura" fan so there's not even a need for that
>>476985435ive seen multiple projects that basically ape the nomura/ sqex style being made recently. im strapped into nomura's wild ride i don't care for clones
>>476994403This clone has Nojima and Yoko. It's basically a Kingdom Hearts game.
>>476994993i know, but it doesn't have nomura, lmk when it does. also the performance in the trailer was turbo shitty. ill be playing ML
i played a bit of the beta, should i continue or is there not much more to it besides mashy battle > cut scene
>>477005343you should give me your phone so i can play it instead
>>477005343Answer our questions pretty please. What does the CHA stat do?Is it correct that only the equipped Growth Log (plus Vol. 0) gives stats but progression, like X number of steps, is always active for every Log?Do we have any idea if the AP gained hourly/daily in GPS mode enough to play F2P or are you "forced" to cough up cash in the shop?And Glow Pieces do cost less MP to use, right?
>>476985435straight up asset rips, not even an attempt to make the character models look like they belong
The bottom of Fortune Teller's shirt got torn off. Trying to take a sneaky peek?
>>477010176NTA, but>What does the CHA stat do?I have no idea.>Is it correct that only the equipped Growth Log (plus Vol. 0) gives stats but progression, like X number of steps, is always active for every Log?Be more specific here in case I'm misinterpreting you. There's achievements for steps and stuff but they give rewards like jewels or coins. It doesn't matter what growth log you have equipped. >Do we have any idea if the AP gained hourly/daily in GPS mode enough to play F2P or are you "forced" to cough up cash in the shop?I think it's enough. But it's going to be hard to tell until the game releases. By driving to work and back and leaving the game on hands free mode I got about 10k AP and a bunch of statues. One of the closed beta quest rewards was 50k AP as well, so they might end up being generous enough with it in rewards. Though, the relatively small amount of jewels to teleport around instead of stamina will tempt people who want to grind area coins. Though at the moment area coins are a bit useless. You get accessories from them but it doesn't cost much to max them out. Though the accessory level up system will be pure cancer. It's fine now since you can just buy accessories for cheap, but it's a system where in order to level up an accessory you have to fuse that accessory with a copy. But that has a chance of failing, and there's five levels with the chance for levelling up at level 4 being 10%. There's a meter that fills up with failed attempts but it fills really slowly.>And Glow Pieces do cost less MP to use, right?I think so. I never got a shiny for any figures I actually use, but what I do have is a shiny Huey, but no shiny Dewey and Louie. Dewey and Louie both have the same attack power, MP and cooldown, but Shiny Huey seems to cost two less MP to use.
>>476990269Replicamura
>>476989548I eont know anything about the company but I heard people say all their names are like this so dont expect much when this was announced. Fun busgety jank games for some people I guess?
>>476989548>i don't get how a no name company got not only real brands but also this collab going onI don't understand how they got Yoko Shimomura but I can understand Neo Twewy. 'Hey square you know that game that flopped that you don't give a fucking shit about, can we crossover with it?' 'Sure oops just lost another 100 millionnonnNFT games sure why not'
>>477013584Thanks for the detailed reply. In that case, what's the point of equipping different Logs? Only for different pieces to show up on posts?
>>476940616Play Einhander, that satelleview game the kh world map is from, and snes goof troop and all the other good didney games
Ap feels infinite. I had more than a hundred thousand just walking a bit
>>477017887By equipping different volumes you gain different keyblade materials. There's also different stats, but Volume 2 seems strictly inferior in terms of stats so there's no point in equipping it instead of Volume 1 for now aside from grinding to level up the second keyblade.
>>477022920Right, I see. That makes sense but it doesn't sound intuitive to me. It'll probably click once I actually get to play ML.
Hopefully the. beta ends with the release date for ML
>>477025638It's simple enough. You just link with a growth log to gather materials to upgrade the keyblades. That said, I've got both keyblades around level 30, and I'm not sure the passive gain from that will be enough compared to material quests that give you a lump sum.
The ball ache for f2p is getting 30 dupes to max a unit, but they don't seem improve the actual ability
>>477028573They increase the level cap at least.
>>477028573>30 dupes to max a unitHaha what the fuck? They better not cuck NA out of whatever the new Brooms will be.
>>477035273both the japanese and wrold versions of the game will probably be run the same way this time, they seem to have realized they should do that now
side quests in beta just gift you 50,000 API think some of this will be adjusted kek
>>476896576See >>476869583>That's why KH without the SDG core always feels like it's always missing somethingSpeak for yourself.
>>477035482another hit to the "game's not gonna get eng dub" i guess
>>477038376I'm right. Kingdom Hearts is hollow when it's just an anime protagonist by themselves. That's why Days, BBS and DDD mostly didn't work. Kingdom Hearts only works properly with Sora, Donald Goofy because they compliment each other extremely well, and their friendship with each other feels more believable than any other in the series. A compelling OC trio could maybe do it, like if BBS had TVA travelling together as a trio and gave them more of a personality it could have maybe worked. But as it is, SDG are the heart and soul of Kingdom Hearts and I'd take more CoMesque stories where SDG go on less world ending adventures over games focusing on other KH cast members any day of the week. I love their friendship.
>>477028573I thought it was 10. At least for the 3* units.
what do you do in the ML Beta once you've got a bunch of AP? Is it just repeating the endless fights on the map? What's my next goal? It said something about dark bosses but I never saw any
>>477043694>AI
>>477043946its notalso people say vol 1 is better but my vol 2 has higher stats, it would've required insane farm to actually get the stats in vol 1.
>>477043351>Nuh uh Riveting argument. >That's why Days, BBS and DDD mostly didn't workEither say something valuable at this point or shut up. >Kingdom Hearts only works properly with Sora, Donald Goofy because they compliment each other extremely wellSora has the capability of getting along well with more than two people for an extended period of time. Also, their friendship literally peaked in COM, midway 2 at best. >I love their friendshipI don't care.
It's like 50 dupes for the farmable pieces
>>477045668It's a shame Donald and Goofy have completely overshadowed Sora's relationship with Riku and Kairi. They don't feel like a true friend group anymore.SRK might be the weakest trio of them all and they're the main faces of the franchise.
>>477045114My Volume 1 has higher stats at 116/160 tasks completed versus Volume 2 at 111/141 tasks completed. I haven't aimed to fill out either. About 70 more HP, 10 less MP, 390 more attack, 10 less defense, 20 more magic, and 110 more magic defense. It's a couple of extra tasks completed, but the easier to get increments don't increase things that much to balance out the couple of extra tasks.
>>477045668>Either say something valuable at this point or shut up.Don't cover your ears to the truth. The solo approach to worlds made them worse. > Also, their friendship literally peaked in COM, midway 2 at best.They're great every time they're together. Honestly, them and SRK are the only friend groups that feel like friends.I think that's why SDG are so valuable to the series. None of the other friend groups have the same chemistry and I never really wonder how SDG are friends like some of the other friend groups.
>>477046453Anon, they've been getting pushed out of nearly every major moment of Sora's character development since 2 in favor of Riku and Kairi (and every other OC). It's true that SRK need more time together as a trio, but I wouldn't go so far as to say SDG overshadow them. >>477046928So which is it, shitposting or plain ineptitude?
>>477047619>shitposting or plain ineptitude?You? I'm going to say you're shitposting at this point. Given that SDG are the only friend group that regularly interact, it's no wonder that they're one of the few that actually feel like friends. We don't need to be told they're friends, we saw how they went from travelling partners to best friends.
>>477048021>No uSo it's shitposting, then. >The only friend group that regularly interactXionfag-tier logic aside, all you're saying here is that Sora just needs to hang out more often with his other friends.
So was this the vid made by a tranny?https://youtu.be/rX84vcQ6uQ8
>>477048606>no uing mePathetic.>Xionfag-tier logic asideThe difference between SDG and RAX is that SDG aren't just throwing themselves constant pity parties instead of feeling like friends>Sora just needs to hang out more often with his other friends.Not really. Maybe he could get a little more Kairi time, but his relationship with Riku is fine. What Kingdom Hearts really needs is to establish friendship trios that start to approach SDG or at least SRK's level of friendship.
>>477046459I'm at 147 and 138 and the offensive stays are way higher on vol 2
>>477049454UOOOOOHWho's the cunny?
>>477050020Cringe child.
>>477047619Riku, and then KairiNot Riku AND KairiSDG have apparently been together for long enough that they're confident they can literally remember every bit of the guy's life for him near the end of CoM. Meanwhile SRK never really had much interaction together even in KH1. It's always been Sora and Riku or Sora and Kairi. Two seperate duos that share one fuckin idiot.
Thank you filter anon for the quick updates Dont forget to report and ignore shitposters or use the /khg/ filter
>>477049430Anon, you can't be this stupid. >The difference between SDG and RAXHow the hell did you manage to get this lost in a conversation this short? Even then, you're being terribly disingenuous.>>477050407>They're confident they can literally remember every bit of the guy's life for him near the end of CoM.They couldn't do it even without the mindrape. They were all being idiots, nothing more, nothing less.
>>477052073>Ad hominemReally not beating the shitposter label, are you?>How the hell did you manage to get this lost in a conversation this short?The Xionfag is delusional because he thinks that because RAX shared scenes together that it means that he thinks it's good writing that they're best friends despite those scenes never showing those breakthroughs with Xion and Axel constantly lying through Days. With SDG, there's tension at the start, and when they're mindraped by Namine but we see SDG's friendship blossom into something great. That's why instead of having Riku beat Xehanort in 3 with Sora it was Sora, Donald and Goofy. Xehanort is defeated by their trinity limit, which is built on their friendship as a trio.
>>477053023>Crying over mean words nowI swear there used to be respectable people on this general.>The Xionfag is delusional Agreed. This is actually a halfway decent argument (though it doesn't hold up fully after 3). Why didn't you use this in the first place? Literally all you mentioned besides "muh chemistry" before for SDG was the amount of time they spent together.
Based
>>477054584What is actually the point of this?
>>477054181Also forgot to mention that your point about Donald and Goofy being chosen over Riku gets weakened by Re:Mind.
>>477051000Why is Xion so comfortable around a naked Roxas? Why is the door open?
>>477054181>(though it doesn't hold up fully after 3)Why? Because Sora sacrificed himself for Kairi? I think it's clear that Sora has feelings for her, she's just a victim of being away from Sora until the end of the games. If KH3 had some kind of middle point then it would have been great for her to be in there.I won't say my assumptions are definitely what's happening in the story, but it feels like Donald and Goofy are probably doing their own thing to try and save Sora like how they barged into TWTNW in DDD, which only reinforces their friendship.
>>477054679Originally it had a purpose when the general was being spammed with nonstop shitposts. But it looks like someone has hijacked it and now uses it for shitposting purposes. Ironic.
>>477056652I'm talking about RAX here. The truth has been spilled as of 3, and the characters have all had time to stew in their failure/reflect on their mistakes in their separation before coming back together. It's kinda like Kairi's reunion with Riku in 2 after getting weirded out by Dark stench for most of 1.If I was going to mention Kairi for that point, I'd be focusing on the boss fights in Re:Mind and Melody of Memories.>>477056652>Donald and Goofy are probably doing their own thing to try and save Sora It's all coming down to either Kairi or Riku if Sora doesn't manage to save himself. Let's be realistic.
>>477056356I don't think Donald and Goofy would even be able to follow Riku to Quadratum. Plus from a more out of universe perspective, if Donald and Goofy go with Riku at that point it means they'd have to write around Riku's inevitable absence after Donald and Goofy reunite with Sora. >>477057778With RAX, there's definitely a lot more room for them to grow as friends now that they can just hang out together but they're at the stage where the focus is going to be shifted away from them for a while at least so it'll be something we might only see develop in a very long time.>It's all coming down to either Kairi or Riku if Sora doesn't manage to save himself.I don't know, Kairi will undoubtedly be an element in KH4 but I have a feeling she'll end up being kidnapped again. She's too weak to the KH wrist grab. As for Riku, I'm not expecting him to reunite with Sora for quite a while. Sora will be reset, and Donald and Goofy will pick up the slack once they get put in Quadratum.
>>477059387>RAXnta, but isn't 358/2 filled with interactions between them? I haven't played the game but it's the impression I got, that even between all the ice cream eating there were bits of dialog for the player to go through between all characters.I never personally got the impression they never had a good friendship formed but maybe it's because I filled in gaps in my head by assuming they were there. I like the trio, but I also came into KH way later so missed the Xion hate
>>477054793swim this way we'll dance and we'll play nowit's very easy come on in just take a chance and shake your fin
>>477059387>I have a feeling she'll be kidnapped again. I honestly doubt it. Kairi's officially moved up from the absolute bottom of the roster as far as Keyblades are concerned, and her training with Aqua means she's making new friends to gain power from. I imagine she'll be learning to combine the applications of the Keyblade with her POH powers, kinda hovering between a combatant and support role. As for the reunion with Riku... I'd honestly say it's a coin toss. I also have to agree with what >>477062242 says on the matter of RAX for the most part. The trio (with asterisks on the puppet) had a good amount of downtime to just be friends to each other. No breakthroughs, like you said before, but I think You're underestimating the quality of the base.
>>477062242>isn't 358/2 filled with interactions between themYes, but fittingly for the game they feel like work colleagues. Especially with Roxas and Xion being emotionally stunted and Axel being shady, they connect but there's a lot of baggage. It's not that they don't develop a friendship in Days but that it just doesn't feel like quite enough especially for some of the more heavy hitting scenes later in Days' plot. But post KH3 I think we can see them in a different context where they can just be friends with each other and they aren't stunted.>>477063443It's a little harder to say with Kairi than usual, but I think she's an easy motivation tool for Sora so I wouldn't be surprised if she gets used against him. Especially if he does find a way back. She could avoid that fate, but I wouldn't be surprised if she went up against some strong guy and get knocked out.I'm going to go to bed now, if it'll be a while before I reply to any replies.
How big is the chance that ML releases after this beta?Or will there be other betas too?Also any datamines?
>>477065872>they connect but there's a lot of baggage. It's not that they don't develop a friendship in Days but that it just doesn't feel like quite enoughHmm I see, but in fairness no KH characters really have downtime where they connect, do they? We're always playing so there's rarely scenes that are just taking time to talk to each other. So at least RAX have that, though I can't speak to the quality of the conversations.
>>477069116>How big is the chance that ML releases after this beta?Extremely low. Maybe a release date for summer but it's definitely not coming out right now>Or will there be other betas too?Maybe another one for North America but I doubt it will happen.>Also any datamines?Haven't heard anything about it
>>476985435Kino! Such a shame that we won't get NEO characters in KH4 but they'll appear in Reynitis.
>>476779964Ah, shit, that reminds me that I have to finish the rest of Dark Road. I haven't even caught up to where I'd left off before my old UX account got wiped.
>>477057778>It's all coming down to either Kairi or Riku if Sora doesn't manage to save himself. Let's be realisticYou first.
Is it safe to assume that Xehanort was nice to Sora at the end and willing to fully accept his fate because he recognized that Sora was the true "Child of Destiny" that Xehanort knew he was intended to be but then fell to darkness?
>>477072268Perhaps. I think Xehanort just finally acknowledged Sora's skill, overcoming all obstacles to protect his world.
>>477071808
>>477065872I'm not saying she doesn't get in trouble, but that's never really stopped her from helping before and now she has a means of delaying/evading that potential encounter.
What would Kingdom Hearts be like if instead of just Disney + Final Fantasy... It was, like let's say in an alternate timeline of sorts or whatever... It was specifically a hybrid of Epic Mickey and The World Ends With You, and Sora's "Keyblade" itself was like a mashup of the Magic Brush from Epic Mickey with the Pins and their Psyches from TWEWY? Both Epic Mickey and TWEWY have a strong "Art" theme, especially since TWEWY's lore revolves around souls with "Imagination" as the idea behind Psyches, and Epic Mickey literally has Mickey using a magic paint brush to paint or thin out the world and stuff. So crossing them together would be bound to house interesting results, especially within the context of Kingdom Hearts where a spiky haired anime boy is traveling through all these different Disney worlds. Maybe even Dream Drop Distance could be seen as somewhat as a potential framework of what that could look like, with its own theme and framework of diving into dream worlds along with being the KH game that actually has both the TWEWY cast and the Sorcerer Mickey backstory that is itself very relevant to Epic Mickey's own backstory and lore.Also, Rindo from NEO The World Ends With You just looks like an alternate version of Roxas to me, so some part of me can't help but wonder if he was blended with Sora somehow in this alternate universe, and so Roxas' design makes a little bit more sense as the nobody of that.
>>477077195Toss Namine in there somewhere she's drawing all the time
>>477081696Sure, but the Final Fantasy element is still somewhat embedded into the very essence of Kingdom Hearts to some degree. I mean, at the very least, with magic and summons and limits and the members of Organization XIII correlating with dfferent job classes... What I'm suggesting could be as simple as swapping out the specifics of some of this with TWEWY-based alternatives. Like, instead of Magic, it's Psychic power, and things like that.
Namine should become a fighter but like Relm from Final Fantasy 6 (sketching monsters back at people) and not a Keyblade weilder.
>>477082108I thought I misunderstood your post and deleted mine when I realized I did.>>477082518Holy shit its snout is a fucking upside foenn
>>477082518>>477083934UPSIDE DOWN HEART
>>477070874I love the idea of Riku as the metrosexual guy who hangs out with the girls but is otherwise just a regular dude.
Xehanort was the SOUL of KH, without him the series WILL fail
>>477040982no it still could, they did it with nier for a while before they stopped doing the english dub
>>477089196>he thinks we aren't getting more Xehanort
>>477069116>How big is the chance that ML releases after this beta?It won't release right afterwards obviously, but it could be a somewhat quick turnaround like FFVII EC. >Or will there be other betas too?Maybe, they still didn't do a North American beta even though the maps and shit work fine there but they might just incorporate any changes from this beta and then go to release. >Also any datamines?Yes, but nothing public. I'm surprised there hasn't been anyone showing stuff off publicly since all you need are the paks the game downloads and the AES key (which is available publicly online) since it's an unreal game.
Finally after 2+ years, Memories of Darkness part 3 is finished! The fan comic about Mad Maiden the Heartless. And out before the Missing link beta ended like I said It would (good thing it got delayed 4 times and had several different betas). And here it is! https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/ngwm17as4gn4zmdnm83fw/AOG6ou8-yb0BEOXhe2I72sw?rlkey=9550p34gpghxrqcbie2jqwq03&st=yoha27xr&dl=0For the 2 people in this thread who even remember that heh. Give it a read while you wait for Missing link to come out! The 37 pages will surely last long enough for that.
Heal!
>>477090708>Yes, but nothing public. I'm surprised there hasn't been anyone showing stuff off publicly since all you need are the paks the game downloads and the AES key (which is available publicly online) since it's an unreal game.There was some drama regarding ripping stuff from ML in the usual channels. 13th Vessel, somewhat popular for showing off cut or inaccessible KH3 content, put his foot down and demanded no public exchange of ML material because chances are high SquareEnix will change their encryption since that what was done for KHUX after some exploits went public.I'm not sure that will help but whatever, spoilers of the release schedule for new content like Roboloid did for KHUX are therefore not expected at the moment.Not that the game will come out anytime soon anyway.
>>477069667>in fairness no KH characters really have downtime where they connect, do theyAside from Sora's trios, not really. But I suppose that the other trios usually have some background before the game begins.>>477074337If she does get kidnapped she'll probably put up more than a fight than usual, or could even use that as a way to get to Quadratum.
>>477070874oh I got the acrylic stand for this at ACEN last year.
>>477057548>>477054679>>477054584Kingdom Hearts?
That's the beta officially over now. So what did we think?
>>477112229Kino
https://twitter.com/KHMLink_NA/status/1788857899084808448It's over
>>477105760Even Sora's trio of Kairi and Riku is very limitedAfter the opening in KH1, Sora and Riku are basically never together for 3 games. Kairi is similar
>>477112229>>477112676Damn I thought there was 1 more day.Well I did play a fair bit yesterdayI just didn't understand the loop though, I was just battling but not sure what my goal was
Cool. Now just another year's wait for the official launch. Unless there's another test after beta?
The survey wants me to suggest Disney worlds that I'd like to see in Missing Link. Any suggestions?
>>477119571It's a double edges swordi want some worlds in KH but I also want them to get better treatment than a mobile game
>>477119571Tron Uprising
Jungle book
>>477119571Mary Poppins, Black Cauldron, Treasure Planet, Sword in the Stone, Atlantis and idk, bedknobs and broomsticks cause why notthis is more of a wishlist for a normal KH game more than ML specific>>477120140honestly yeah this too
>>477057548>someone has hijacked itLiterally how? It's obviously the same guy who created it, how the hell would someone just gain access to his account?
>>477049454is this Vor?
Isa's track suit weirds me out
>>477063443She hasn't even started that training yet and it's pretty easy to assume it'll be skipped over and she'll be kidnapped again because she's the love interest who wears pink and is a pretty princess.If apparently having a space where time doesn't matter and she can literally take as long as she needs to train and hone her skills with Axel in basically the exact same way Sora and Riku did, aka just beating each other up over and over, did jack shit to stop her from being kidnapped, what's training under Aqua gonna do except give brownie points for da gurls
>>477119571agrabber
>>477124668No they're married now she won't get kidnapped again
>>477124668>If apparently having a space where time doesn't matter and she can literally take as long as she needs to train and hone her skills with Axel in basically the exact same way Sora and Riku did, aka just beating each other up over and over, did jack shit to stop her from being kidnappedIf you spend an eternity training against single enemy, that means you are strong against that specific enemy. If kairi or axel ever turned evil the other one is the best counter to it. Also im pretty sure taking KH1 destiny islands sora and putting him against xemnas would end pretty much the same. I actually think its more bullshit how well kairi fought xennas and xehanort in remind.Also why are people only mad that kairi didnt jump to xehanort level after training, but dont care that axel who had more fighting experience failed as much?
>>477119571Treasure Planet, Atlantis, Lilo & Stitch and Robin Hood
>>477132348good suggestions
>>477112676>>477119571Finished.The survey will remain open up to May 12I asked for Treasure Planet, The Emperor's New Groove, The Sword and the Store and Brother Bear
>>477133547>The Sword and the StoreThat's a very different tale anon.
in the survey, it asks if i enjoyed unlocking and expanding areaswhat is that? wasn't the area just gps based? how do you "unlock" more? not sure what to answer
>>477135139i wonder if they meant unlocking area enemies & bosses, clusters, and raids since that added things to each area? i wouldn't call it expanding it though, just adding more stuff to it
>>477136192Did you unlock them? I didn't really understand how to. It said I unlocked Dark Bosses but I never found any. Wasn't sure how to access raids either. What did I miss?
>>477136298you unlocked area enemies/bosses after finishing the vol 1 challenge mission 5 which would then show up on the map as big areas of miasma with purple/red light beams in the middle. if you beat an area enemy it'd point you towards the area boss (and unlock a discounted teleport to them too sometimes) and then if you beat the area boss it cleared the area of miasma. beating two area bosses would unlock clusters, which are small beams of light with a ring around them that spawn 10 enemies of a type yo uhave to beat to clear, clearing one of those unlocks raids which i didn't get a chance to unlock because I never beat a cluster but they're fights against a boss with other players which trying to do unlocks the party system which i assume let's you create a local group with friends to fight stuff together and get bonuses
>>477136835>you unlocked area enemies/bosses after finishing the vol 1 challenge mission 5 which would then show up on the map as big areas of miasma with purple/red light beams in the middleYeah see, I did that but then I never saw any big areas of Miasma. I levelled up my keyblade to like level 17, my pieces were similar but my character was level 3 or something. Thanks for the explanation, appreciate it. Guess I'll have to put I never played it. I looked around a fair bit too but just didn't see the areas of miasma. Did you do Vol 1 challende mission 10? The miniboss? I beat him but I never could dodge his firaga attack. If I rolled I'd still get hit and there was no block, wtf was I doing wrong?
>>477137113i only did up to mission 5, but if i had to guess it probably required more stats or some specific piece to defend or something since this is a gacha game after all
>>477135139It's just how you can clear the darkness on the map one rectangle at a time. It's more of a touch mode thing though, since each patch of darkness covers a decent amount of space.>>477137113>Did you do Vol 1 challende mission 10? I got to mission Vol 1 Mission 31 and stopped. It just wasn't very fun fighting against tougher bosses on a phone's touchscreen and auto was too weak at that point to fight those bosses by itself. As for Firaga, it is dodgeable, but it's very hard to dodge it. Seems like the best options are to either be close or far away to the person who cast it so you can throw off the homing either at the beginning or at a much more manageable distance.
>>477137951Maybe, I was pretty low level after all>>477137992>It's just how you can clear the darkness on the map one rectangle at a timeI dunno, I just never saw these rectangles. Just clusters of heartless. >It just wasn't very fun fighting against tougher bosses on a phone's touchscreen That's fair. I connected a DS4 so it felt more like a traditional KH game. It wasn't too bad then, especially because my level was pretty low so it was still a challenge since my damage output was low. The miniboss is a prick though, dude just keeps running away from you for no reason. Half the time I'm next to him and can't get the distance right. When I eventually cleared it it was just by not giving him much chance to cast it
>>477138961If you opened your area map, it was covered in a see through darkness. If you find an area boss it clears away that darkness in the form of a rectangle. Both area enemies and area bosses are surrounded by a big black circle of darkness.
>>477119571Who Framed Roger Rabbit
>>477138961>The miniboss is a prick though, dude just keeps running away from you for no reason.It's because magic is really strong in some cases. The level 30 boss has what must be Blizzaga and it takes away around half of your health, and this is after fighting 4 other guys. I found that with HP regen I was able to manage my HP better, and was able to chip away at enemies with charge attacks from holding in the attack button.
>>477126760>Also why are people only mad that kairi didnt jump to xehanort level after training, but dont care that axel who had more fighting experience failed as much?Because Kairi is a woman and Axle is a man. People put female characters under a microscope, esepcially progressive types. But ironically it makes them blind. They're so biased so they look for things to complain about or only see things through a cetain lense before they even see anything.Its the same sort of people who kept demanding Zelda should be a reincarnations of Link or a protaginist or whatever.Also typical meme parroting people like the many other things people shit on KH for.
>>477141239Also I want to add Disney princesses are one of the main thing people always pointed to when they talk about 'gender' roles/harmful stereotypes/unrealistic standards for women in media. Its up there with Barbie. And so I think KH in American got a lot of that baggage dumped on Kairi.
>>477140340Guess i just somehow didn't notice >>477140574Damn, sounds like a pain. What level did you get your character up to?
>>477143751I got up to level 18. I think my MVP piece was probably 3* Captain Hook. Surprisingly enough, I don't think 3* Kairi was very good. Maybe Haste will be essential for dodging or something because it's faster but it wasn't great when I used it. I'm slightly annoyed because getting to the level 30 boss was one of the last things I did yesterday and it gave me a CBT ticket which pulled both 3* Sora and 3* Riku when I couldn't really use them.
>>477105760>Or could even use that as a way to get to Quadratum That's almost definitely going to be the case if it happens. That said, who would even have the motive to kidnap her?
>>477124668>Muh hyperbolic time chamberGetting strong doesn't work that way in KH. Sora got strong because of his connections. Riku literally just got power wanks all through 1 and got an extra gift from Ansem at the start of COM. Even TAV were middling before heading out into the worlds. It goes without saying that the training will be skipped because there's never really been any proper mechanical rhyme or reason behind getting good at a Keyblade. The important thing is the connections she's made.>>477126760I'm pretty sure that's just the power of the boyfriend stamp of approval kicking in.
>>477145067>That's almost definitely going to be the case if it happensGood thing it won't happen and she'll stay shelved with the other fodder in KH4.
>>477146965
>>477147824You would know wouldn't you?
>>477146965Kairi isn't side game fodder like Xion or TAV. She's always Sora's motivation to save by the end of the game.
will missing link follow it's british roots like pokemon sword and shield and become a curry making simulator
Who are Sora's closest Disney friends after Donald and Goofy?
I actually have faith in Kairi's arc because Remind was such a clear Disney 'I want song'moment. Just with her theme not an actual song. Putting her with Aqua means she's standing next to The Darkness, Chirinthy and Ventus for the future story arc
>>477162146Jiminy Cricket obviously and I want to say Hercules
>>477162251>Just with her theme not an actual song.no, give her a song to sing damn it
>>477162676If it was up to me I totally would. https://youtu.be/skRChgWxfzA?si=g6MECxpdmhmxchgnI really hope that Quadratum idol on the billboards is a real character. I want her to be like Eve in Megazone 23.
Chirithies? More like ChiriSHIT
>>477163905how could you be so mean
>mystery niggas statues on some rooftops Creepy
>>477165120i HATE all Chirithiesi HATE all Dream Eatersand most of all i HATE Moogles
REMOVE Chirithies delete go AWAY stupid VERMIN ugly LEECHES kingdom hears would be BETTER without you
NEWSSSSS?
>>477162251Disney has to turn every redhead black because of ESG, but would they do it with Quasimodo?Hunchback black that walks around like a gorilla and swings from ropes?would they?
>>477162146Hercules > Simba >= Ariel > Winnie the Pooh > Aladdin = Genie > Jack Sparrow > Tinkerbell = Peter Pan > Jack Skellington = Beast > Tron > Mushu > Stitch > MulanThis is a rating based on how often they appear in the series as a party member, summon, or representative of a world. Characters that only appeared once weren't listed and should be assumed to be equally close.
>>477168957>number of appearances = level of bondAlthough I agree that Herc is #1 hereAll of the ones who appeared in KHII are on a higher tier than anyone who appeared in any other game. KHII's greatest narrative strength is how thoroughly it displays Sora's friendships with the people he meets throughout the game. You don't get shit like Sora and Aladdin high-fiving at the end of their Limit anymore.
Jack Sparrow definitely closer to Herc, Sora idolises those two
>>477168957While that's just in terms of appearances, I'd probably put Beast, Tron and Stitch higher. Maybe put an equal sign between Ariel and Pooh.>>477170369I'd say that the Link Summons in 3 are also a sign of strong friendship, though aside from Ralph mysteriously being linked to Sora through friendship without them meeting, it calls into question how connected Stitch is to Sora. He's only appeared via summon, but everyone else aside from Ralph had strong links with Sora.
>>477168957I think beast and tron should be above peter pan + tinkerbell but below aladdin + genie in the ”sora bond tierlist”
>>477170387Sailing takes a long time so he spent more time with him then most
I know the floaty topic still exist but replaying BBS , It felt too heavy to be floaty or even giving me excuse to Jump.Is weird how BBS felt so different than DDD/2.8/KH3(Remind), even Recoded felt near Gameplay wise
>>477170369>All of the ones who appeared in KHII are on a higher tier than anyone who appeared in any other game. KHII's greatest narrative strength is how thoroughly it displays Sora's friendships with the people he meets throughout the game.This is something I don't see people bring up enough. People always gloss over story stuff in KH2.
>>477191520Most of this fanbase doesn't care about story content unless it's explicitly event-based or "progressing the plot."
>>477191771It might just be that they don't find the episodic writing of most worlds to be that compelling. Another thing to consider regarding world reception is the order in which it comes to players. >>477168957Pooh needs to be higher here. Same with Beast.
>>477191771This reminds me how most serious episodic tv turned to binge wafching netflix shitBut kingdom hearts is a jrpg I always thought it was a like going town to town in an old rpg. Or you know...levels in a videogame...because it's a videogame
need turn based KH spinoff
>>477202554they already made that it's called final fantasy
>>477202752real?
Need kingdom hearts fighting game.
Need Kingdom Hearts metroidvania
>>477203550I hate metroidvanias so much, such a fucking slog of a genreClassicvanias are where its at
>>477203862>classicvaniasWhat’s the difference?
>>477204604classicvanias are kind of like Classic Mega Man, linear stages with different paths and bosses at the end
>>477204604Pre ps1 castlevanias are linear sidescrollers. Personally i think the newer metroid style ones are better with the one exception of super castlevania 4 being the best in the whole franchise and one of the best games of the whole 16 bit era, yeah its that good play it with an emulator if you havent already.
>>477204789Gotcha, that’s what I figured. I can see why someone would prefer that style of game, but personally I love the freedom of exploration that modern metroidvanias provide. They’re like puzzles where you only have access to a small part of the world, and you have to find the piece that progress further into it. Running into bosses and finding cool items is part of the appeal for me, and I love returning to older areas with new abilities to breeze through obstacles that might have given you trouble before.
>>477205926Why are you posting pictures of my wife?
I already miss teleporting to the ocean and pretending it was the Final world
>>477205723You'd think KH would have a lot more of that considering its premise.>>477202554Re:Coded.
>>477206209t. Riku
so why exactly did Xigbar/Luxu send Luxord on a mission to locate a box that Luxord doesn't know what it looks like, what's in it, why it's suddenly so important, why he has to find it and not Xigbar, etc. Like what would happen if curiosity got the better of him and he opened before returning it to Xigbar?
light
Aqua stretching.
I miss this kind of humor in the series.
>>477221125quack
>>477233603Haven't seen this image in years.>Brooms whenJesus, how fucking old IS this? I haven't seen that in ages.
>>4772338202016 according to the file properties
>>477203862Metroidvanias can be fun as long as you're not going for 100%
Dancexene follows her master like a good Dancer!
>>477238379even 100% can be fun if the metroidvania is properly designed and it's not just busy work for 100% completion.
>>477239217The problem with the metroidvanias I've played is that they really need the ability to be able to mark the map as you go. Just something like the Etrian Odyssey games.
News?
>>477212653>Like what would happen if curiosity got the better of him and he opened before returning it to Xigbar?It has 20 fucking latches and is magic
>>477233603You now remember it took years to catch up to Japan and that they were intent to not make the two versions pair up (aka global gets ripped off even harder). Sure hope that doesn't happen with Missing Link.
Missing link being a mobile game really sucks it looks like it would be fun to run around in on a console and gave online raids with people fighting darksides but today's world demands mobage live service shit
>>477249964MoM is Sora confirmed.
Well, I think KH3 modding has peaked here.https://youtu.be/1BFKqOjrx5E
>>477191771Ah the Regular Pat school of "everything must be contextualized".
>>477259949It's been ages since I've seen his videos. What does that have to do with this again?
>>477249964Just imagine what Yoko Shimomura Star Wars is going to sound like
>>477267948I really want to the battle theme to be a remix of Duel of Fates but I have a feeling it won't be.
>>477249964The ancient keyblade texts!!
>>477270606I rather want an original track with some leitmotifs of the Star wars OST than an remix
The WTF world choices of the major games>KH1Alice in Wonderland >KH2Tron/Pirates of the Caribbean>BBSThe first 15 minutes of Lilo and Stitch>DDDFantasia>KH3Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's EndI want a world choice in KH4 that will make me question Nomura's thought process, and Star Wars won't be that.
>>477278591KH1 is Monstro. DDD is Country of the Musketeers.
>>477278591Would live action Disney remakes make you question Nomura's thought process? Cause I'm dreading the day when those get in KH. There's so much new shit Im worried we'll never get old stuff or obscure stuff like in DDD ever again except Star Wars is old too I guess. The Supergalifragilisticexpialadotious easter egg gives me hope though.
>>477278591My WTF KH wishlist is:>Return to Oz>Black Hole>Mary Poppins >3 Caberellos >Treasure Planet>Atlantis>Who Framed Roger Rabbit?>Oswald the Lucky Rabbit>Tron Ares if its good? Save Tron Nomura please. >Parasite Eve>The Bouncer >World of Final Fantasy >Neo TWEWYI'd be fine if everything except Return to Oz, Black Hole, Treasure Planet and Atlantis were just characters in OG worlds.
>>477270606I've heard people say the very last part of thr KH4 trailer sounds like it will be Star Wars world music.A
My KH wishlist:>KH4 to come out
>>477283457Oh word, I thought I was crazy for hearing that. The track definitely alludes to Somnus/FFXV at first, then goes hard on classic KH themes, transforms into something vaguely "superhero"-like near the end (doesn't have to be Marvel) and then ends with a very John Williams-esque fanfare.
>>477283972no can do
>>477278591>Alice in WonderlandWe literally have an interview from KH1's Ultimania where Nomura says his "surprising" world choice was Halloween Town, due to not technically being a Disney movie (it was released under Touchstone) and being a significantly different aesthetic/tone to the rest of the game.Wonderland isn't surprising at all
>>477284945It also has a part going throughout all of it that reminds me of the sound of a heart beat. Destati does too but its more of a march sounding beat but Reality in the Dark sounds even more like a heartbeat.I wonder how important the lyrics to Somnus will be for Kingdom Hearts. They were written by Nomura himself and Somnus has been referenced twice now before the game is even out.
>Somnus the god of sleep, sleeps on a couch>Sora in KH4 sleeps on a couchAlways thought it was weird Nomura/Strelitzia didnt put him on a goddamn bed for A WHOLE WEEK. But it could be reference. Somnus has wings too which could be why Yozora has a song called night wing.>Somnus' children can appear as anything in dreams even other peopleKinda vaguely reminds me of the secret ending. Lack of news is killing me...
>>477289361>no can do
nothingness within nothingness against you
>>477290201>due to not technically being a Disney movie (it was released under Touchstone)Yeah, the scope of what goes in KH has expanded over time. I understand what people mean when they say they don't want something because it doesn't feel right for KH but Nomura has clearly never cared about any kind of "Disney integrity".
>>477301180To be fair, if I remember right production on Nightmare was done by Disney, and the decision to publish through Touchstone was done due to concerns over the film not fitting with Disney's image
>>477301532KHUX had rights issues with Nightmare before Christmas, so it isn't quite so simple.
>>477302282But the JP version had TNBC stuff in it.
>>477278591Monsters Inc was the WTF world of KH3 me thinks
>>477304946Even Japan's stuff was all time limited.
>>477307143True but at least they still got it, whereas it skipped global altogether.
>>477305615It was only natural after Toy Story.
>>477221125>That one>The first Gummi ship launch>Donald getting pancaked by the door as Yuffie runs through>Donald physically grabbing the game's camera since he's off screen>Donald's finger pointing from off screen in wonderland since he's too short>SDG laying on top of each other in Wonderlands's introKH1 KINO
>>477312979We don't lose.
>>477313434Except when you lose, which is always.
>>477313568KH1 Kings have never lost.
Well, anyway...I'M STAYING!
>>477313864You lost when KH2 introducing pressing Triangle instead of using the bottom menu slot for actions. You lost when KH1's camera controls got scrapped for right stick camera controls.You lost when Sephiroth got retconned from KH1.You lost when Deep Jungle got wiped from existence. You lost when there was no Disney villain council ever again.
>>477314969Nah, we won.
>>477316504You lost. The only thing you've ever won is 2nd place at being the biggest loser.
>>477314969>Sephiroth got retconned from KH1.Wait what? I don't remember this, what happened? I really wasnt a fan of the Ansem retcon either.
>>477317697In KH2 Sora doesn't recognize Sephiroth even though they fought in the first game. Cloud makes no mention of his and Sephs fight at the Coliseum either.
>>477314969>You lost when Deep Jungle got wiped from existence>You lost when there was no Disney villain council ever againAnon, I believe you're confused. All those things are YOUR loss.
>>477321145As retarded with directions as I am I hate hallways more.
Get up on the hydra's back!
Soon I will work on the Wizard animation I promised to make after Memories of Darkness part 3.
I really hope that ML's event structure/frequency is like UX's, and less like most of these other mobage I've played/been playingEver Crisis events are so fucking grindy
Darkness
Nothingness is eternal
>>477343207The game is made by Spark Gear who haven't worked on either UX nor Ever Crisis, so they're probably just gonna follow gacha trends and how it was done in UX.
>>477370584Correction, Spark Group/Spark Gear is an SFX company that works with high-quality effects for smartphone games. They also assist developers with tech solutions but they are not game designers. Square hasn't released credits for ML yet but I'm pretty sure most of the development is done in-house.
>>477314969first two things aren't losses though
>>477373857don't forget bitgroove too
>>477385759Trust the plan>>476799059
>>477385759here's some secret newsTWEWY means The World Ends With You
>FFXV: fantasy based on reality>Verum Rex: fantasy based in unreality
>>477390790That's fucked up
correcting Xion
Its official: Nomura's getting old
>>477405437Poor old bastard's been spoon-feeding us with Disney games for over twenty years. Is he still unmarried?
>>477405437He's hitting the gummi wall.
>>477405437he's gone grandma mode
>>477406151Nomura strikes me as someone who's pretty private. But considering how much he works who knows if he has a partner or children. I've never read anything indicating that. He's married to Final Fantasy/Kingdom Hearts and his babies are the characters he created.
>>477406151
>>477408134>Mrs. Nomura while Nomura broods about Versus XIII in his office.
>>477405437cool pussy pirate shirt, my nigga still got it
>>477407172>>477408134I'm glad the man gets the best of both worlds.
LICKING XIONS PUSSYBREAKING XIONS HYMENBREEDING XIONS PUSSYLOVING XIONS BODY AND HEART AND SOULFUCKING XIONS BUTTHOLE AS A BONUS ROUNDSIMPLE. AS.
>>477411329what Organization XIII member could be behind this post?
Just revisited the Old Mansion with Sora. Have I missed people talking about this? This could be Sigurd, right? It's not a perfect match but I'm totally seeing Sigurd. Not my picture btw, it was the closest thing I could find online.
>>477413207please draw some red circles or something my man, I have no idea what you're seeing
GIVE ME LOVE GIVE ME LOVEGIVE ME PEACE ON EARTH
GIVE ME LIGHTGIVE ME LIFEKEEP ME FREE FROM BIRTH
>>477414196Xion is lefthanded?I never noticed
GIVE ME HOPEHELP ME COPEWITH THIS HEAVY LOAD
>>477413986Right. As I said it's not exact but now I can't unsee it.
TRYING TOTOUCH AND REACH YOUWITH HEART AND SOUL
>>477405437>/our director/ is gonna be a silver fox just like his mentorBased. And considering he smokes he's doing pretty well for middle age.
>>477415021wow she actually manages to look cute here
Are we ever going to see a 3D model of Sora's mom?
>>477421091why do you specify 3D? as if we even have a 2D depiction of her
>>477418880>Kairi turns into a giant dragon
how did Baldr have a Heartless if he didn't lose his Heart to the Darkness?
>>477422758The darkness within his heart created it. It's like how in Days Captain Hook's greed created the Ruler of the Sky Heartless.
>>477408134Isn't Nomura lying in that image? He says the initial idea was not to follow the typical Disney storyline, but he's said in the past that the story was basically "Boy fights witch". He also says that from the outset that they were looking to make things more FF-like, but it was only because of Sakaguchi that Nomura decided to take the story in that direction.
>>477425414Pegging with aqua
>>477421091My bets are on Sora's parents appearing in some kind of supplementary book like there's that one piece of BOTW concept art of Link with his father and sister. Nomura will just draw a family photo of them together to shut fans up.
>>477411329This but unironically.
>>477423772There can be mistranslations. I think the widely accepted story is that they did set out to tell a Final Fantasy style story but sometime before they began development Nomura was having doubts and Sakaguchi encouraged him to go full FF with the plot.The basic shape of 1's story is "boy fights witch" but Nomura added in the Ansem stuff which gave that Final Fantasy edge. Plus Hollow Bastion not being Maleficent's castle but Ansem's originally. If they'd gone the pure Disney route Hollow Bastion would've probably just been some creation of Maleficent's and that was that. But Nomura created all the OC backstory with Ansem the Wise, Kairi and her grandma and the Final Fantasy gang.
Reminder. Now that Disney are co-producing Doccy Who, there's a more than 0% chance it could ever be referenced in Kingdom Hearts. Inb4 >But but it's not Disney.Tell that to their Instagram page.
Sora's mother will look like Lightning
>>477437797Doctor Who is also playing very heavily with the meta/fiction angle in the new season.
>>477437797>>477438418People still watch Doctor Who?
>>477413207>>477414941After seeing people in Scala dressing the exact same way as the Radiant Garden apprentices I feel more confidant we'll get connections between the keyblade society and other original worlds like Twilight Town. Player 2 knew about Destiny Islands as well and believed it was safe enough to raise Xehanort there so maybe all these worlds could show up at some stage in Missing Link's story. Even Traverse Town because we never got that in UX after it was teased once.
>>477439031Not as much as people used to, but it's still got it's small niche following.
>>477439031I stopped watching after Capaldi in like 2017. But Doctor Who's Eleventh Doctor era has a fairy tale vibe to it that would blend best with Kingdom Hearts. But it's one of those shows where I don't think you can really do a world based on it because it doesn't have a fixed setting that's interesting enough to justify that. You're better off just having the Doctor cameo with the TARDIS in some Merlin type role.
>>477439227>after it was teased onceIt was? I don't remember
>>477439773Yeah, it's honestly the only way they could do it. Probably just a cameo instead of a whole world, the only world they could probably do is making the Tardis itself a world, given how much of it's rooms exists in media.
>>477440298It's on a monitor in the Daybreak Town control room but no scenes or gameplay take place there in UX. Seems like cut content. For them to design a whole area and not use it is weird.
>>477439031I will always watch Doctor Who. Just like how I'm stuck on Kingdom Hearts.
>>477440620The Doctor being someone who travels to different worlds and times would suit KH as a cameo anyway. He could show up in different places throughout the story. Maybe have him meet Sora out of order so when Sora first encounters him he knows you but you don't know him yet. And yeah the TARDIS could be kind of a mini world like 100 Acre Wood that you can step inside and explore a little. Maybe have a room full of easter eggs for the show.
>>477442570I couldn't stomach it anymore. I hated Smith's run until Clara showed up, but even then a lot of the stories were just too formulaic and the "companion becomes critically important and/or super special to explain why they have to leave" shtick really wore thin with her exit.Then the first couple Bill episodes were just fucking awful and I had to stop wasting my time on it. And seeing that they brought Tennant back as a new reincarnation and got RTD back on the show, it just feels desperate. Even if the show got better, I just don't care anymore
>>477443416I stuck through the female Doctor, so the floor is so low that the new stuff is mostly fine. At the moment, it's different but you can still feel some of the old stuff in it occasionally. Probably not worth a watch, at least for now.
>>477443416I thought S10 ended up being an improvement over the last two overall. The new season is still early days but they are playing up the mystery companion angle again like Clara. But I generally enjoyed the 2023 specials so I'm giving it a chance again. But it does get cringe/bad sometimes. I think that's just the show. Even when it was in it's golden age it had weak episodes.I think if you haven't already you should just check out other eras and Doctors because the show changes a lot. Kind of like how even in Kingdom Hearts there are kind of factions in the fanbase who are more into Roxas, Axel and Xion than Sora, Riku and Kairi or even Aqua, Terra and Ventus. I've even heard of people who prefer the mobile cast. But in KH's case we still have Sora involved he hasn't been replaced by any of them. Although they still wheeled out Tennant again for the 60th anniversary even though he died.
>>477439031bongs have been watching it since the 1960's.
>>477444808I feel like for Classic Doctor Who it's worth bearing in mind you definitely have to be in the right mindset for it. At least Doctor Who is half past the phase where people care that much about the canon unless it's something massive. Imagine the memes from Kingdom Hearts having so many audio dramas, even if none of them really factored into the plot of the games.
>>477444583>I stuck through the female DoctorThat's where I completely fell off, it was just so mid, not even like hilariously bad, just boring. I did go back and try to watch ones I missed after I dropped it and was pleasantly surprised by a few (maybe the bar was just so low). The frog, witches and lone Cyberman episodes held my interest.>>477445504I never really cared about canon in Doctor Who. It's a time travel show so things can change all the time kind of like comic book universes are always retconning and rebooting themselves. There's an expanded universe for fans that are interested but it's not important to understanding the show like say Star Wars currently. Kingdom Hearts has never made anything other than a game relevant to the story. Even Final Fantasy has dipped into tie-in light novels. Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth actually reference the novels. But they've never done that with KH. And even then with FF it's not like it's important for understanding the game it's just a nice easter egg. Nomura said he'd like to explore the upperclassmen more in some other medium so maybe we could get spinoff KH books but the kind that aren't really important to understanding the games like those FF ones. They're just there to give some backstory and flesh things out the games didn't have time for. I'd love and expanded Dark Road novel that gets into Xehanort's later life. I'd be interested in more Kingdom Hearts expanded universe stuff.
>>477446393Kingdom Hearts' novels dip into novel autism a little with the additional plot points in the novels. Thankfully most people know to keep them on a different level to the actual game events, especially since some have been contradicted by 3. But I think even if you had side fluff for KH like the TT gang hanging out, that people would still find a way to get annoyed by it.
>>477446393>That's where I completely fell off, it was just so mid, not even like hilariously bad, just boring.It doesn't get much better. It turns into everyone sacrificing themselves for the Doctor, and aside from a couple of neat episodes it's not worth watching.
>>477446995>most people know to keep them on a different level to the actual game eventsYeah we don't have tons of canon wars in the fandom over that kind of thing afaik. Except I guess when it comes to fujos using the novels to prove Soriku is canon or whatever. With the manga too it helps it leaned more into gags and takes a lot of liberties adapting the stories.It'd be nice to get confirmation on whether some of the additional scenes in the novels are canon/came from Nomura's notes or something but it's been years so I doubt we'll get that. They're just there to fill in the gaps for fans that want it I guess.
is Dr. Who the originator of the "guy goes on a whimsical adventure to different worlds and helps solve their problems"?
>>477291664>Sora turns into Yozora in his sleep like a werewolf and wanders Quadratum at nightkino
>>477449753Kingdom Hearts 4 plot leak.
>>476779153I hope they visually change keyblades in 4.
>>477448331I think so? Definitely the most famous, I can't think of any other characters really like that, the only inspiration for the Doctor himself I know about is Sherlock Holmes. It's funny how similar the basic premise of Kingdom Hearts is to Doctor Who but nobody really notices it. What with Sora having his companions Donald and Goofy and his own TARDIS in the Gummi ship. Even keyblade wielders not being allowed to interfere in the affairs of other worlds like the Time Lords.
>>477452176honestly the Pendragon series comes to mind but it started in the late 90s
>>477439227I'll lose it if they reveal that Scala was where Ansem got the Space Paranoids program from and Scala became a sleeping world sometime after, it would help make more of a connection besides the clothing.
>>477452657It'd make more sense for Scala to have the program in the first place and that's how it made it to Ansem if his family are from there. It also explains the Ark better potentially if that blueprint came from Scala too. Assuming Ephemer managed to rebuild the one from the ruins of Daybreak Town. That might be the primary reason they're drawing that connection between Scala and Radiant Garden. Because it's weird Apprentice Xehanort built that thing exactly like the original. He has Player's memories sure but even then it was a stretch. So this new explanation is better.
>>477448331Nah there's Knight Errant stories from the 1100s about that concept.
>>477452176>>477448331No way it's a classic archetype that had to exist before Doctor Who in literature. Wandering cowboys, ronin, adventurers in folklore, pulp scifi heroes like Flash Gordon etc. JRPGs like Dragon Quest always did it too just substitute town for world and the ocean between with overworld.
>>477448331No
>>477439227>feel more confidant we'll get connections between the keyblade society and other original worlds like TwiliI always wondered what the model castle in the middle of Twilight Town manor was supposed to be
>>477455125>>477455142>>477455439Wandering heroes have existed since the beginning of storytelling yes. I was being specific with the "whimsical hero traveling to other worlds" thing. Which does seem to be rarer.
>>477455536Will we finally get an explanation for Villain's Vale and wtf this was?
>>477456320A shrine made specifically to taunt Squall for being a fucking loser who lost to Maleficent
>>477456018I don't know what you mean by whimsical or worlds. Also I only play videogames so Im probably a retard
Pure Kingdom Hearts core.
>>477457247Give me some more Kingdom Hearts core shit
>>477457534They're hidden gems. I swear like the 80s and 90s are where I find a lot of them though. I guess people took more risks back then.
>>477457674>I guess people took more risks back then.No you are objectively correct. That's why I'll always love videogames like Kingdom Hearts and Nomura whose still doing his thing. Jrpgs in general. Even if its something I don't like I respect it. Although Im sure videogames are just as guilty now it still seems like a lot of creativity gets through.
>>477457534>>477457674I dunno if it's Kingdom Hearts core but Strange Days fits that '90s high concept sci-fi feel like Dark City imo
>>477456018The earliest story I can think of with explicitly KH style "going to other worlds" is the Narnia book The Magican's Nephew.
All I want is the Muppets
All I want is Square Enix worlds.
>>477458002I think with video games it's a double-edged sword. The technology is more accessible which has led to a lot more indie developers and those have been a lot of the more recent games I liked. AAA games nowadays usually feel the same with their gameplay and hyperrealism, with indies you can get more variety. And then you have some JRPGs that still manage to break through and be creative too. The film industry has struggled to adapt much more though. Smaller movies just don't get the exposure, nobody is willing to put money into anything that isn't a franchise or ideas that are tried and true. Disney Interactive did say they were looking for their next Kingdom Hearts though. They want developers to approach them with original ideas. So we'll see if anything good comes of that or if the Epic Games deal squashed that and it's just going to be more formulaic stuff.
>>477422758
>>477425414How is she so sexy?
After that simpsons thing do you think Disney will abolish world order and let Nomura actuall cross over Disney worlds? Was that the incident?If they don't give him more creative use of Disney after this I swear to fucking god I will turn to darkness.
Sora mom
We must defeat the aqua menace
>>477475787The Simpsons are one of the most successful tv shows on the planet they probably have Disney privileges. For real though Simpsons worlds in KH, Hank Scorpio as the villain.
>>477475787This is the worst image I have ever seen
>>477475787How things change.
Sora will visit the Land of Chocolate in KHIV.
>>477477009you can't
>Kingdom Hearts III Sora Play Arts Kai Action Figure at $85.23 on AmazonI never owned one of these things. Is the price worth it?
>>477477057They'd have to activate their super soul mode to even consider him, since he wasn't even brought back for the movie. 99% chance they'll go with Mr. Burns if they go the "Disney" villain route.
>>477480448I haven't gotten any of the recent PAKs, but just looking at them they're better than the PAKs I do haveAlso that price is like 40-50 bucks lower than the usually run
>>477480448>no AquaI'll wait until the Aqua figma gets a discount
>This journey is going to be twice as difficult as your last!And then it wasn't, because drive forms are insanely good.
>>477484917There's a few things that always trip new people up in 2 like the Hades escape sequence, Demyx and generally Pirates with the moonlight gimmick. I'd say the highest spike of difficulty in KH1 is that you have to fight Clayton without Cure, but after that it's relatively smooth sailing aside from Ursula 2 and Dark Riku.
dattebayo nigga
>>477480816>Also that price is like 40-50 bucks lower than the usually runWell fuck guess I'll grab Sora then.
>>477484917I kept popping Anti-Form every time I actually wanted to use them seriously.
I'm going to make gun of Kingdom Hearts's titles.
https://tdnet-pdf.kabutan.jp/20240513/140120240513592661.pdf>Shift to a multiplatform strategy>Aggressively pursue a multiplatform strategy that includes Nintendo platforms, PlayStation, Xbox, and PCs>>Build an environment where more customers can enjoy our titles in regards to major franchises and AAA titles including catalog titles>Devise a platform strategy for SD titles, too, that includes not only iOS and Android, but also thepossibility of PC launches>>Maximize the acquisition of new users when launching a title and that of recurring users after starting management of game operation
>>477495129>Strive to create the optimal portfolio, striking a balance between a “product-out” approach that gives creators’ imaginations free rein as they develop content, and a “market-in” approach that references customers’ voices and data to inform our development efforts>Engage honestly with our customers and strive for a regular launch cadence, focusing our development efforts and investment on titles with strong potential to be loved for years>Continue to monitor the value of our content production account closely and work to keep it to an appropriate level>Launch titles that ensure excitement that will bolster loyalty to our brand, placing top priority on bringing smiles to our customers’ faces>>Keep and build on the fan bases for our major franchises by regularly releasing AAA titles>>Release mid-class titles based on strategies for individual lineups, prioritizing profitability>Launch carefully curated SD titles with the goal of upping our hit rate>Explore additionally leveraging our Group’s rich library of IP>Be bold in attempting to create new IP, prioritizing novel forms of excitement and striking the right balance with earnings potential>>Explore new possibilities in entertainment, potentially by leveraging new technologies>Revamp our internal title development footprint>>Retire its business unit-based organizational design and strive to establish an operationally integrated organization with the goal of revamping its internal title development footprint and bringing more capabilities in-house
>>477495129>>477495471>Pursue initiatives designed to win over PC users, which represent a growth market>Extend title lifecycles and strengthen earnings base by expanding sales of catalog titles>>Engage in strategic sales & marketing through collaboration between publishing functions in Japan and overseas>Began optimizing costs at its European and American offices via structural reforms>>Redesign organizational structure in line with new organization in Japan>Promote intra-Group collaboration in Japan and abroad and strengthen the functions of its London development site>>Strengthen the close collaboration between its divisions in Japan (creative studios and publishing)>>Enable greater mobility of talent across the Group
>>477495129>Aggressively pursue a multiplatform strategy that includes Nintendo platformsI can't believe KH4 is going to be 360/PS3 level when KH3 was PS4 level.
>>477495929The Switch 2 whatever it's called is getting announced this year according to Nintendo itself.
You can tell an /ffg/ poster posted all that because KH has been multiplat since 2019. Meanwhile their recent entries are still PS exclusive.
Kingdom Hearts lost its soul after going multiplat. Seeing Xbox buttons in Kingdom Hearts makes me feel sick.
>>477501309Then die mad
>>477501456You must be a Xbox kid. How does it feel to be playing the wrong version of a game?
>>477501669I'm not any kind of brand baby like you
would you have preferred it if the darkness within Baldr had been one of the ancient 13 Darknesses instead of just generic darkness?
>>477501721I suppose that Xbox kids like you only started playing video games when Xbox went multi-platform.
>>477502015>Brand baby can't read and gets madder by the secondLol
>>477502182Xbox kid, you only exposed that you started gaming when Xbox went all in on no exclusives.
>>477502327Here >>477502182
>>477502403>>477502327
>>477501913i'm already kinda against Bragi being Luxu so no i'm fine with it just being his darkness
>>477501913I would have preferred whatever Nomura originally planned for YX's game. Dark Road very obviously isn't it.
>>477501913Don't know what point it would serve
>>477495129I want to believe KH4 won't be an exclusive but I also know how retarded Square is.
>>477504820given this is their plan moving forward there's a possibility KH4 isn't included in it, it all depends on why we haven't heard of it since two years ago (and this thing might be one reason)
>>477504820Doubt it. They declared this pretty hard now and they put extra effort releasing every KH game Nintendo, PC and Xbox. The Sony deal additionally has only fucked their FF brand over.
>>477504820>>477504954eh i think unless they made a deal with like Sony literally as KH4 started development (which isn't that unlikely) however many years ago we're in the clear. Plus, i think ever crisis (and the tactics gacha before it) getting PC releases is also proof they haven't decided on the multiplatform approach just yesterday, it has already been on going for a while. Too bad for ML i guess, cause the gps gimmick clearly means they didn't have this multiplatform directive that far back, not that ML on PC can't happen but still
>hd remasters - on all platforms>KH3 - on all platforms>MoM - on all platformsSeriously, this has nothing to do with us. This is very much an FF issue. We're not that desperate for news.
>>477505932>Too bad for ML i guess, cause the gps gimmick clearly means they didn't have this multiplatform directive that far back, not that ML on PC can't happen but stillyeah, a pc version can easily be the touch mode only and have accounts shared with the mobile version so you can still earn AP to use in it, i would be more surprised if it wasn't at least considered/planned by now
>>477506408To be fair. Remind released one month sooner on Playstation than on Xbox because Sony offered a deal. Times exclusivity might happen to KH4 as well.
>>477495582>>477495471>>477495129Square is retarded I hope they dont fuck everything up. I really like Dragon quest Nier and KH. Saga and Mana are cool too
>>477505932I think the only thing you gain by going GPS mode is receiving stamina points faster. All they would have to do is rework that system a bit when your game is running on Steam or may god forgive Epic. I do remember Nomura saying you would not have to go out to play Missing Link since he doesn't do that stuff himself so porting the game wouldn't be too much of an issue I imagine.
>>477475787Aristocats in KH would be cute. Just make them Scrooge and the Nephew like NPCs in Scala or Quadratum that got lost
I wonder if KH4 and beyond stay multi-plat if it'll still be on epic exclusively.
>>477507749I want to say no to KH4 being epic exlusive but KH games still aren't available on Steam. Either Disney gave them the right to publish the games there forever or they're planning on releasing them when KH4 comes out for some brand synergy.
>>477506521>>477507386yeah i can see the PC version being the exact same as the smartphone one with whatever gps option greyed out, like it would also be on smartphone if you didn't have gps on/didn't give gps permissionshell i'm sure it would only benefit them cause the gps gimmick would make people use both PC and smartphone version
>>477507386While you can get some stamina points without going outside, it's a really small amount. I don't think you could rework touch mode without completely invalidating GPS mode.
>>477508061I'm under the impression Epic did the heavy lifting for the PC ports so they won't ever leave the store front.
>>477503758Darkness dun fuck around
>>477509705If they had a better setup for the handsfree mode (since just locking inputs to the game doesn't work well since you need to keep the screen on and doesn't prevent inputs if it escapes the app somehow) I think it'd still be worthwhile as an auto-farming/resource gathering mode for when you're moving about, but you're right that it would be mostly invalidated still.
>>477510768that stuff is still regulated by contracts and whatnot, sony helped development on FFIX but it didn't stop the game from getting eventually rereleased everywhere. There's also more recent examples but it's a different time now with more and more focus on multiplatform and PC releases than ever so eh but still. Plus, it's still on disney or SE to put it somewhere else, an exclusivity deal binds them to a platform/store but it doesn't mean they have to release it elsewhere once that deal ends, like if i were them and KH games on epic were a timed exclusive i'd wait until KH4 is almost out to release them on steam no matter how much time since the deal actually ended passed
>>477514148plus they're making it confusing themselves, people thought disney and epic had a partnership because they used UE for some of their shows like mandalorian, then they actually came out with a partnership involving fortnite or whatever but at the same time the epic mickey remake is not coming on EGS, only steambasically there's little patternfagging to be made>>477512691i read the handsfree mode let you completely lock the screen and the game kept going?
>>477514148I wish they'd release it on GOG so it would be DRM free, but that's dreaming too far.
>>477514574these days not having denuvo is pretty much being drm free and all SE releases (including KH) on ESG never had denuvo
>>477512691Strictly speaking, you won't need AP for the story, at least based on what they've shown so far. All missions don't require AP, it's just for the map mode. Maybe it's better if a PC/Console version just didn't have it.
What level and deck setup should I have for chapters 4 and up in Dark Road?
Do you get Re:Mind content (extra cutscenes and revised fights) in your first playthrough of KH3 if you own Re:Mind the same way you get final mix content on a final mix first playthrough?
Peak.
>>477517524Remind content is post-endgame so you get it in a separate menu after you beat it.
>>477514498>i read the handsfree mode let you completely lock the screen and the game kept going?huh, i didn't try that since i assumed it wouldn't work since they had an on screen swipe lock instead of a button to close it>>477514697yeah, but you need ap to get pieces/matetials and other heartless fights outside of story/side quest missions via the map mode, i don't think they can remove all that without making the game different enough that a port wouldn't make sense
is the gameplay of DR button mashing or turn based?
>>477519582It's like flick rush in DDD but I recommend just putting it on auto and letting it play itself.
>>477519582An attempt at ATB would describe it best. You gain nothing by playing it yourself besides a few fights.
>>477519582it's cookie clickerit's not meant to be fun, it was meant to slow down the rate at which people would get to each story part so groups on the internet could piece the story together. Kinda felt like a Vpet in a way.it worked then, but as of right now if you want to play it by yourself I recommend just watching the cutscenes on youtube instead. There's no reason to timegate yourself.
>>477495129>>477495471>>477495582>the PS5 was such a piece of shit that it forced Square Enix to go multiplatform and stop doing exclusivity deals with SNOYI hope playstation dies after this.Holding back the industry since the PS3 launched with this gay bribe system, forcing censorship on games to the point where it forced the death of some series (eg. Senran Kagura), forced their propagandists ("localizers") on studios, and more.It's not surprising to see any of this.Both SquareEnix and SONY thought Final Fantasy would once again be a system-seller, after all it worked for the PS4 with XV, VII:R and KH3, but this time their flagship games weren't successful at all and combined with not he best economy and the low price of gaming PCs and games themselves on Steam, GoG and Epic it resulted in no PS5s in people's homes.The question for Kingdom Hearts now is: how does this impact KH4's development?I've theorized before that KH4 would be pressured by SONY to "showcase the power of the SSD" (tech from 10 years ago), and as a result Sora would be able to pull the Disney worlds in bubbles on top of Quadratum's realistic cityscape, or do something similar to that. This would also easily pair up with Missing Link, an AR mode would allow for a similar effect IRL, which fulfills Square's wish for multimedia immersive experiences.It's probably too late to go back on that idea, if that's what they're doing, but I wonder if this opens up the door for KH4 to do something else as well.
>>477495929graphics fags are dumb and gayKH2 looks better than KH3, adding realistic material textures to anime characters looks bad Exception: Aqua's spats.you chase technical advancement at the expense of everything from atmosphere to thematic and artistic cohesionTry and tell me that Pirates in KH3 looks better than Pirates in KH2.
>>477528215Pirates in KH3 looks way better than KH2, that might be the worst example you could have picked.
>>477528215Pirates in KH3 looks better than Pirates in KH2
>>477528215>spoiler Based!
>>477528308>>477528389soulless tech-addicted bugpeopleyou couldn't feel atmosphere while stuck in a pressurized tirebet you own a steamdeckhttps://youtu.be/nZ_5SFnqiJ4?feature=shared&t=1556https://youtu.be/BgbXZervMUU?feature=shared&t=3408
>>477529193>you chase technical advancement at the expense of everything from atmosphere to thematic and artistic cohesionWhere is the thematic and artistic cohesion in pic related you buzzword spouting shitposter? We all know you're just saying the most retarded garbage to bait people but I'm still curious if you even can respond to something this simple
>>477528215Wow, Nintendofags are delusional if they think that KH2 looks better than KH3.
>>477529193I don't believe you actually think this, if you really cared about atmosphere you'd want to look at KH3's take on it which actually emulates At World's End lighting and aesthetics as close as they possibly could at the time of release versus KH2, which is a generic dark atmosphere with a texture overlay ripped from Halloween Town. Also, if we're talking about atmosphere there's no way you're willing to look at the tiny maps and terrible VA replacements in 2 and genuinely believe it's good even if you prefer the graphics
>KH2 looks better than 3 because... my fisher price tablet is too weak to play 3!!!Why are Nintendofags like this?
>>477528308>>477528389>>477529954>>477529956>>477530095>>477530290Shitposting is against the rules.
>>477530559So you got no answer to what I asked you. Well it's about the time right now the shitposter woke up.
>>477530860>it's about the time right now the shitposter woke up.Is that a threat? Reminder that shitposting isn't allowed. Hopefully filteranon will catch your posts.
>>477506408It's not just FF, Square has been doing platform/timed-exclusives on Switch and mobile too.I'm hoping beyond hope this means Missing-Link on consoles/PC
>>477529954I picked Pirates specifically because it's clearly the weakest link and expected people to bring it up.Pirates in KH2 is dark and dreary, but still has tons of colors (in your pic the foliage, the sky, the clothes are all distinct tints) and the KH characters look out of place like they should.Meanwhile, here's the KH3 version of this image.Desaturated colors and fog, every element in sight blends into the background, sepia filter on everything, all because it's more realistic this way.KH2 pirates is also somewhat desaturated, but without the lighting and fog fucking things up even further, and without that sepia effect on everything, it looks a lot better and it's more playable.>>477529956>>477530290I haven't bought a Nintendo console since the first 3DS because I wanted to play DDD, I don't even own it anymore
>guaranteed replies
KH3 Pirates? Artistically pleasing, corherent and colorful. I want more pirate kino in KH4 perhaps through Treasure Planet
>>477536272>corherentyou are browner than this world's color palette is
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>>477536272I hope we go back when Sora gets back to the realm of light, and we do On Stranger Tides. I want to beat the shit out of a mermaid.
Reminder to report and ignore shitposters
>>477536272KH2 Pirates? Artistically awful, incorherent and dreary. Wouldn't want to have a linear shithole like that ever again to respresent the freedom of the pirate
Desu looks colorful to me.
>>477536709I think instead of adapting that turd of a movie Nomura should just create an original story. After Pirates 3 you only get the worst movies ever known to man. I'm also worried about that new Tron film. I really REALLY do not want Jared Leto in Kingdom Hearts.
>>477537457Stranger Tides was better than 3 and maybe 2. Dead Men Tell No Tales was better than 3 as well. He already adapted the worst pirate film.
>>477537560Can't really agree on that. "It's just good business" is way too iconic of a line in a movie filled with great scenes. KH3 Pirates sort of adapted the movie although SDG were on their own little adventure.
>>477537135even the UI is desaturated, idk what you guys are even trying to argue hereyou can't possibly say it's not desaturated, it's part of the stylethe biggest issue is that desaturation + lighting + the softer 3D style leads to visuals that are less instantly readable for playabilitythis isn't about Pirates specifically or even KH3, this is about videogames in general pursuing realism in graphics over stylization, and it negatively impacting gameplay by making different elements on the screen blend into each other.This is something that affects every game since the PS3 era.
>>477537752I think that what made 3 mediocre is the whole Calypso/Davy Jones plot, I was getting tired of Elizabeth and Will's love plot too. 1 stands above the rest, and 2 was a fun adventure, but I feel like 3 began to become a slog. 4 benefited from getting away from all of that, and 5 was an alright end I guess, since we're never getting another Jack Sparrow film. Shame Depp was drinking all the time on set and phoned it in because of the Amber Heard stuff going on at the same time.
>>477537457>Nomura should just create an original storyThat is quite literally not up to him
>>477538135Well we're going to see how KH4 works on Disney worlds this time if they actually stopped tightening their leash. I think most of us can agree that Nomura should be able to flex his creative muscle there a bit.
Sure is /ffg/ in here
>>477537979I just don't believe that desaturation is always a problem, it can be for certain games sure, but something like the example with the Caribbean or DMC5 which got flack on /v/ for having muted colors looks good, so I'm not convinced that desaturated colors is a negative every time. Maybe for something like a 2D platformer or a hack and slash like Diablo where bright and vibrant colors could be helpful with reading your environment would suffer the most from it. I do think that the chase for realism is a problem with the industry as a whole and partially leads to these long dev times which has become the norm, but KH is still fairly stylized, so I believe it's spared from that criticism.
>>477537979I think the biggest problem with realism in video games is lighting levelsSo many games in the last 10 years are just so fucking dark for no fucking reasonHow am I supposed to play if I can't see
>>477537135Haven't you heard? Kingdom Hearts 3 apparently has no colors and goes for realism now like most Ps3 era games. If the game is trying to immitate a movie's artstyle fairly accurately and its scenes then that means it failed.
>>477539387It's funny how, inversely, remasters generally have their lighting completely fucked and overly brightened.
>>477539387it's both desaturation and lighting levels together that create this effectdarkness specifically isn't a problem, it's when the range of lighting levels is short, a good example is this >>477539174 , DMCV is not terribly desaturated, but it has high contrast and a wide lighting range, so despite the look you can still see everything quite clearly in most instances, and actually the game is more readable in darker areas, as the sun effects in the game tend to desaturate the colors even more.DMCV looks 'realistic', but still retains a distinct gameyness to it because of this.Meanwhile you go to Forspoken, VII:R or XVI and it's fucking over. Brown filter, fog, 'realistic' lighting.>>477539896the 3D of this image blends together, and that affects readability sometimes I do wonder if you're just shitposting or you're really unable to understand what people are discussing.If you don't understand you don't have to weigh in. You can just not talk.
Based It finally got updated
>>477540249>the 3D of this image blends together, and that affects readabilityYou just seem to be throwing out buzzwords not giving them a thought. The blur is clearly there and the characters are at the forefront in a dynamic camera angle. I can even make out Donald imposed against the tree when the image is shrunk. >If you don't understand you don't have to weigh in. No one was talking to you so keep your shitposts to yourself.
>>477539896Looks like a Disney Infinity custom level.
>>477540249Looking at the KH3 image, I can see what you mean about certain aspects like the grass and other bits of foliage blending together, but the individual characters are distinct against the background and when put against the enemies with their typically very dark color pallets I fail to understand what exactly would be hard to read, when playing the game for example I don't tend to run into walls because they blend in too much, and I can't tell when they start for example.
>>477541204*palette I've been looking at logistic forms too much today.
>>477541197Well you better start creating another Disney Infinity thread then, anon!
>>477541129buzzwords like? Readability?It means how easy it is to discern what's happening in a scene at a glance. Does that help?If you think I'm just biased against KH3, which I'm not, I like KH3, I'll give you an example within KH3 of what I mean.Go to Toy World, have a fight outside in the grass and then another fight on the asphalt.On the asphalt the readability goes up almost to KH2 levels, because it's effectively a flat background that any character will pop out against.On the grass or in the rooms, the lack of contrast and the low lighting range will hamper readability somewhat.KH3 is heavily stylized so this is nowhere near as bad of an issue as it is for games like XVI for example, I was making a broader point about the direction videogame graphics have been taking since the PS3.In other words, as graphics move forward in this direction, the overall flatness of the image increases to replicate the flatness of a camera image, rather than the depth you can see with your own eyes.
>>477539387Darkness is the hearts true essence.
>>477542353>>477541129
Seriously, we aren't that desperate for news to make up shit to get shitposty about.
>>477542353>It means how easy it is to discern what's happening in a scene at a glance. Does that help?No because you keep ignoring everything everyone says to you because you got nothing to say but big dumb claims to make. I told you how it's readable and you just move on not even trying to defend your position in any way. If the game has color you move the subject to how it doesn't count. That's why you're a shitposter.>If you think I'm just biased against KH3, which I'm not, I like KH3I don't give a shit. Your arguments are poor, inconsistent and you word yourself like shit. I love KH2 and don't have the need to defend Pirate's poor art direction.>Go to Toy World, have a fight outside in the grass and then another fight on the asphalt.What about it? You are the first one I heard who can't see anything in fucking Toy Box or the Pirates world. I played the game with all pro-codes on my Ps4 and never asked myself where I or the enemy is because I couldn't recognise it. They were clearly color coded so you could make them out even in the world you're in and Sora has bright reds on his clothes. If you're missing that characters aren't overbrightened during gameplay, then just say that instead of trying to throw fancy words around like "artistic cohesion" you just looked up. Last response because it's clear you're fishing.
so do y'all think there'll be final fantasy and TWEWY pieces in missing link, everything they've shown so far has just been disney and kh characters right?
>>477543768videogamesyou wouldn't get it
>>477544376>If the game has color you move the subject to how it doesn't countyou're making this upI said several times that it's a combination of color desaturation, low contrast and lighting range.>can't see anything in fucking Toy Boxnobody said that, all you do is strawmanother anons understand what I'm talking about and have made their own arguments with what they've personally noticed and feel about it, you on the other hand just shitfling.You're tribalistic and stupid, you argue to "win" rather than to measure your take against others'.
>>477544389New ones? Maybe FF14/16 characters? Heard a Heavensward guy was writing a tad bit for Missing Link until Nomura decided to do the rest apparently. Twewy seems like a case of when the game has created a piece of every Disney character so far in KH.
>>477545043>Nomura decided to do the rest apparentlyFor scenario writing, right? Otherwise, I don't know how he'd find time, like in Days when he wrote the entire character script.
>>477545043>New ones? Maybe FF14/16 characters?i think they'd do the existing characters first since they already have models for them
>>477545268I think it was scenario writing but I'm sure he also wrote the story. You should have seen Nomura in one of these FF7R2 interviews. Dude looked fucking tired.
>>477545043hard to imagine FFXVI's game of thrones-type characters hang out in KHCloud and Squall are somber, but they're not genuinely seething the entire timeI feel like it's just too much of a dark-themed and also raunchy game one of the main plot points is that Ultima transforms into a minor villain's mother to have sex with himimagine Sora interacting with that lol
>>477546020Hopefully the new CEOs focus on having project leads do less at a time will help. I'm not interested in Nomura dying of a heart attack. Tae would probably be able to keep the spirit of the series on his own, but we need someone willing to get crazy with concepts to keep its identity, and I don't know enough about him to know if he leans towards that.
>>477546093I imagine Clive would be from Radiant Garden and be at the endpoint of his character arc in 16 where he is basically a mix of Sora and Riku personality wise.
>>477546221Masaru Oka has been writing with Nomura since KH2 iirc and he's also been directing the cutscenes. Keep him and the Neo Twewy writer if push comes to shove with Nomura dying early on. KH4 also does something I don't think a numbered game used to do and actually include KH OCs that aren't drawn by him like Strelitzia. Brain and Ephemer so far also seem like the only KH characters in Missing Link that were created by Nomura directly so perhaps he is already trying to lead KH into a direction that could work without his heavy involvement in every front at least.
>>477544389I want the Einhander
>General is so desperate for content it's bringing in console warsChrist, how low we've fallen...
>>477549398Nope, once again you don't understand what people are talking about.Nobody is discussing consoles except 2 retards crying about nintendo, unprompted.
>>477546936I can see that, Nomura is 53 now, and the average jap lifespan is about 85 years old, if he never retires he'll probably end up taking on more responsibilities and promote out of where he is so he might be gearing up to have a successor, of course this assumes KH keeps going for another 30 years, which would be wild to think about if KH1 didn't just celebrate its 25th anniversary and we're still here waiting on no less than two games.
>>477549398You're a few hours too late for that and it was just one guy who kept calling others shills for different consoles
>>477549495>Once againI'm not whoever you're thinking of. >Nobody is discussing consolesJust say you didn't read the whole thread, man.
>>477549591What does that have to do with anything I said?
>>477544389UX had them so why not? Also depends on your definition cause a Cloud piece was shown right in the announcement trailer, so i guess what you mean is non-KH ones they'd need to make/adapt models for? At that point i'd still go with yes but also depends on how the game fares
>>477551087You brought it up out of nowhere despite that stuff having fiddled out already. Essentially what I am saying is: Shut the fuck up.
>>477551221>Crying over someone discussing what goes on in a thread >Mentioning the filterfag in anything even remotely bordering on a positive lightAgain, this board has fallen low.
>>477552449Shut. the. fuck. up.
>>477551140>a Cloud piece was shown right in the announcement traileroh, i didn't remember this
>>477550902>>477544376
>>477552539>>477552714
>>477552714What are you bringin' me in for? I don't even argue about any console war shit.
>>477540738kek
Don't forget to update your filters
>>477168957I'd goJiminy > Hercules > Pooh > Aladdin = Ariel > Jack Sparrow > Tron > Simba > Beast = Stitch > Jack Skellington > Mulan > the rest
>>477552928>>477552449>>477552539>>477552951>posts mmediately got filteredBased
>>477549398I swear if KH doesn't fuckin show up at Geoff's summer pony show I'm gonna fucking lose it
>>477553619It's not gonna show up so better ready up your ropes
>>477549398PlayPlus does what Classic Kingdomon't
>>477553619it will but it'll just be missing link
>>477552953Bless him for collecting my favorite khg shitposts all in a convenient location
I can understand if you don't believe KH4 will show up at Summer Games Fest or a PS State of Play. But me? I've seen how Square acts, and the marketing schedule for XVI and Rebirth have made me 99% confident in its appearance.>XVI>gets announced>goes silent for a year or two>returns for a summer game show>marketing out the ass>Rebirth>repeatAnd now it's KH's turn.>but they have to market the mobageTry to remember how much FF7 mobile trash they were shilling before February.The only way this all fails is if DQ12 is somehow farther in development. And judging by that first "trailer", the change in direction, and Toriyama's death, it's doubtful.
>>477553443So it was you throwing a tantrum, got it.
Rubbing my dick all over every inch of xions body
>>477555156I hope you're correct, Mr. President.
>>477555156No KH4 at SGF
>>477555156I'm just kind of upset that it looks like I won't be able to really play ML because I don't live in the suburbs.Hopefully it gets its shit kicked in just enough that they decide to become extremely generous with AP, but doesn't outright go EoS in a year like that FFVII BR.It made me cut off almost all of my spending on other gachas I like, and I also quit all except one, so I guess it did something positive for me already.
>>477555971Xemnas...
>>477555971FILTERED! FILTERED! FILTERED!
real talk, does anyone have a filter for the twitter image spammer?tired of it shitting up discussion
>>477558897This. Mangaspammer too please.
>>477556750Can you not drive? Even just walking around like a 15 minute radius around my house I was still able to find stuff.
>>477561109does the game have to be open for the autobattle to work?with games like PGO or MHN I don't really want to take a walk specifically to play the game and walk around with my head locked into my phone like a fucking idiotif a daily walk truly gets me enough AP to play for the day, then I guess that's alright, but if I have to walk around with either my face in the phone, or an incandescent brick in my pocket, I know I'm eventually going to check out.If it's enough I might even get a vpet and do both.
>>477239687Doesn't dredd let you do that
>>477561786The way that the game worked in CBT is that the AP is only tied to the map mode. But given we weren't given main missions that could change. As for whether the game has to be open, I don't know. I always kept it open, but I know some people said they could put it on hands free lock mode and close the game while it works. For what it's worth, while my phone could get hot, it didn't really feel hot in my pocket.
>>477560409She makes that same face when she sees my penis
>>477562892I've played more of the vanias in Metroidvanias so I couldn't say. It's less of a problem in Metroid anyway because power ups are marked on the map, though I've only played Fusion and a tiny bit of Super Metroid. For some reason, I just can't get into Super Metroid.
>>477558897>twitter image spammeris filterfag
>>477539387It's a problem in everything nowadays from live action to animation. I don't think Kingdom Hearts 3 leaned too heavily into realistic lighting? Or at least it never seemed very dark to me in the Caribbean or San Fransokyo when it was night.
Why is Riku in Roxas' station but not Sora?
>>477565705Who knows. We don't even know what are the requirements for people that appear in your dive to the heart glass
>>477565705Because they reworked merch into the game.
>>477565705What I wanna know is why remembering Xion caused her to VANISH from the station when it should have restored her to it
>>477565705He is in Sora's.
>>477565931I always thought that the people on a characters station seem to be those that had a big impact in their life one way or another.Like Riku frustrated Roxas plans to use Kingdom Hearts to bring back Xion and in case of Aqua's station Vanitas and Xehanort were responsible for fucking up her and her best friends lives
>>477566143They reworked it? Did Roxas had a Disney character or what?
>>477566554For Roxas I don't remember but Sora's station artwork definitely got changed for Smash and for some merch
>>477566554No. It literally was just pngs slapped onto glass stains to buy and Remind used these. Like. Even DDD Riku got one with Mickey.
>>477565705Because it's based off his life, which is the one year he got to himself in the Organization. Roxas and Xion are his friends, and Riku was his nemesis who stole Xion away for a while.
>>477565705Well if it's people that greatly impacted Roxas during the events of Days when he was growing a heart it kind of makes sense, he didn't meet Sora or even Namine until after all that. You could make a case for Saix being there instead of Riku because he was somebody else Roxas fought at the end there but Riku has the Sora connection plus he actually beat Roxas.
>>477566554Yes
New thread >>477567070>>477567070
>>477566803>a whole station of awakening that only has Riku and MickeyGAY
>>477501913Was there even any it could be? One was in ven who was in the timestream, 7 were in mom, luxu, and the foretellers,and 4 were trapped in grand central Station outskirts
the last page, now i can post all the missing link leaks i have and no one will ever know!
