What it does:

• Fusion Simulator – Pick two commands and a crystal to see the result before trying it in the game.
• Find Recipes – If you are looking for a specific ability or command, this mode shows you exactly how to meld it.

I designed the site to match the in-game menu as closely as possible, and it's mobile friendly, so super easy to use on your phones.

Try it out here: https://khbbsmelding.com/

This secret anecdote extensively discusses the crossroads that have been present throughout the series since its debut in the original secret ending of Kingdom Hearts II, "The Gathering." 

Throughout this message, Nomura details the location's appearances in Kingdom Hearts II, Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts χ [Chi], and Kingdom Hearts III. 

The crossroads always indicate losing something to then gain something else. So, the natural question is what this means for the Fortellers' return in the epilogue of Kingdom Hearts III.

You can view Tetsuya Nomura's full message to fans below:

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It’s been 15 years since the release of Birth by Sleep (BBS), so I’ve been asked to give you a secret anecdote about how the game itself was born. I’ve already revealed quite a lot, so I had a think about what would be best.

Apparently, the plan is to release my comment alongside the teaser trailer for BBS from the secret movie in KH2. So, taking my cue from that video, I’d like to give you an insight into the crossroads.

In this video, three Keyblade wielders clad in armour wait for someone at a crossroads. Meeting someone at a crossroads is actually a recurring motif in KINGDOM HEARTS.

At the beginning of KINGDOM HEARTS: Chain of Memories (COM), Sora meets someone in a black coat and is invited to Castle Oblivion.

During the climax of BBS, the three protagonists wait at a crossroads for two Keyblade wielders, linked to them by fate. It is where the opposing Unions come together and the Keyblade War breaks out in the KINGDOM HEARTS X series. Those who wish to become the new leader of the Unions in place of the Master gather here in KINGDOM HEARTS Union x. And in KINGDOM HEARTS III, the ancient Foretellers known as the Lost Masters gather at these crossroads.

As you can see, whenever there’s something going on, crossroads act as an important point of divergence. To trace it right back, the motif was inspired by the well-known crossroad myth from American folklore.

The story goes like this: a young man makes a deal with the devil at a crossroads, trading his soul for the ability to play the guitar.

The first time a crossroads appears in KINGDOM HEARTS is in CoM, which is about losing something to gain something. And in fact, all subsequent appearances of crossroads have the same significance.

The greatest example is BBS: a story where all three protagonists pay a heavy price to obtain something.

But wait… when the Lost Masters gather at the crossroads in KH3, what is gained and what is lost?

That’s a story for another time.

Tetsuya Nomura
KINGDOM HEARTS Series Director

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Link for all the above characters' voice clips: https://www.mediafire.com/file/bpccu89hx3otwmd/bbs.zip/file

This is essentially gaming history, so I feel the need to share this. If I don't, someone else will spend 2 weeks in the future.
 

Link: https://www.deviantart.com/exusiasword/art/Crying-Golem-2024-1059215875

Here's the link: https://www.deviantart.com/exusiasword/art/Ace-In-A-Hole-2024-1064434993.

• World Ghibli (Disney-dubbed Studio Ghibli films): This world (tutorial) is divided into three areas: Howl's Moving Castle-themed Wizard Workshop, Spirit Alley (based on Spirited Away) and the Kiki's Delivery Service-inspired Witches Cape.
• Game Central Station (Wreck-It Ralph😞😞😞 The world of the 2012 Disney film now a hub world where Deoxys, a boy born from the hearts of Eraqus, Xehanort and Sora and the player protagonist, resides.
• Château Maudit (Beauty and the Beast😞 The returning world from Kingdom Hearts II, now expanded to include the village
• Olympus (Hercules😞 😞 returning world from Kingdom Hearts III.
• Tomorrowland (Disneyland): This world is based on a themed area at Disneyland
• Arabian Coast (Tokyo DisneySea): The Japanese Disney Park's "port of call" receives the Kingdom Hearts treatment.
• Halloween Bastion: This world was once Radiant Garden until Jack Skellington took over, reducing the world to a Halloween version of itself.
• Kingdom of Corona (Tangled😞😞 Another KH3 world returns in Rebirth by Sleep.

The game utilize a battle system similar to the one in Kingdom Hearts:  Birth by Sleep.

Edit: on the bright side, her story in the Realm of Darkness is much better than all of her BBS story.

1. the Game starts with Ventus as He Dives to the Heart (just like Sora and Roxas), and he’s mainly the Main controllable character in the Prologue.

2. Most artworks of BBS has Ventus sitting in the center

3. The story of Birth by Sleep is mostly about Xehanort wanting to forge The X-blade (Ventus) in order to take control of kingdom hearts. the only reason he even needs a younger body (Terra) is just to make sure he can see his plans come to fruition before his old body gives out.

4. Vanitas and the Unversed came from Ventus, Xehanort tasks Vanitas to spread his Unversed everywhere just to lure Ventus to the outside world, and it also forced Eraqus to send Terra and Aqua to the outside world as well.

5. Ventus has a big connection with Sora and Master Xehanort.

6. He’s at the center of every conflict, everyone is either after him or worried about him. Terra and Aqua trying to protect him, Eraqus is trying to dispose of him for the sake of the world, Xehanort wants him for his big plan, Vanitas wants to fuse with him to obtain the legendary χ-blade.

7. He saves worlds and many people on his journey, and he doesn’t leave any mess behind (similar to Aqua).

8. He Has the most epic flashy cinematic final boss battle among the Wayfinder trio.

9. His heroic sacrifice stopped the X-blade for good.

10. Ventus goes through character development and even faces his obstacles and conquers them, he faces Vanitas and succeeds in destroying the X-blade and ruins Xehanort’s plan (Terra meanwhile does also have some character development in his story, but he fails in conquering his obstacles and gets possessed by the villain and becomes the main antagonist of the Series. and Aqua is like the hero of the trio, but she doesn’t go through a clear character development until the sequel game 0.2, and also in her debuted game she like Terra, failed in conquering her obstacles cause she couldn’t save Ventus from the X-blade, and she let Xehanort roam free with Terra’s body)

Now, BBS, its pretyc clear that this game was made to be handheld. The simplicity of the worlds, the slow animations,  the really basic facial expressions, it was intented for the PSP and the hd remake is just a port. Recom, is a full fledged ps2 game, more detail in the worlds, better movements, polished character designs.

But what i dont  ike about BBS is the gameplay. You have all these abilities but when doing boss fights using most of them is suicide lmao. Also, leveling up is kinda weird because even with lots of grinding you are stil not gonna be more than 40 by the end game. Makes me wonder why the max lvl is 99 tbh ngl.

Unfortunately the game had, in my opinion, severe flaws. The biggest one, is that just like recom, the basic swordplay, which is the foundation of KH1 and KH2 wasnt good at all. You couldnt guard, get an opening and land a combo on an enemy. The foes retaliated randomly and guard was kinda broken because it had a really big duration compared to other games. It wasnt as fast and precise.

Anothe problem i had was that TAV are very slow. Even VEN who is supposed to be speedy, he does these huge and sloppy swings with his keyblades and every strike is bascially an opening for the enemy to counter you. Sora in KH1 and KH2 even in recom, he attacks pretty quick if he has an opening, lorewise because sora is fighting for his life while TAV are more cocky due to being formally trained.

Last, the command system. While really cool,i dont udnerstand why commands are split in action and magic commands. if you are gonna distinguish the two why not just use the KH1 system where special commands where mapped to triangle and magic was its own box?

they could have used the traditional system but give TAV customizable abilities and spells. TAV share a lot of common spells while i would prefer it if each character had a set of unique spells and abiilities only that fleshed out their intricacies. Terra for ex Meteor and Quake, ven faith and tornado, Aqua time splicer and Glacier.

Just wanted to know if there is a save data for KH BBS 100% that i can just copy and drag but i can't be bothered doing all 3 characters again and sadly i don't have my old save data so if anyone has it , i would appreciate that

How should i do?

EDIT: I have finished Aqua's run and i unlocked the final episode Lv1 save

I'm a huge Ventus fan, so I usually level him up by running the length of Neverland over and over! 

What about you?

So as many of you know I've been marathoning the Kingdom Hearts series in preparation for KH3. I want to do as much of the story as I can, and right now I'm playing Birth By Sleep Final Mix and working to unlock the secret ending. I'm playing on Standard mode, as I'm not in this for a challenge, and I'm trying to unlock the Keyslinger trophy (I'm currently playing Terra's scenario). I know the Keyslinger trophy requires you to defeat 9999 Unversed, which is proving to be quite tedious, and I've finished the sticker album. However, I've never done this before and I have a few questions.

First off, do you need to get the keyslinger trophy for all three characters (three separate times), or just one time?

Secondly, does the 9999 Unversed count across all three scenarios? Like, in Terra's you beat 4000, in Aqua's you beat 3000, and in Ventus's you beat 2999 and then you unlock the trophy? Or does it all have to be in one scenario?

Thirdly, does the trophy pop up in game once you obtain it? Or do you have to unlock the trinity archive and keep checking?

Thanks in advance for your guys' help; I really appreciate it.