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It’s literally a Disney game, so no there’s always going to be a strong Disney presence

They can't really phase it out lol

It's what it is

KH also loses a lot of it's appeal and charm without Disney stuff

That's unfortunate but I'm sure I can endure for the cooler square enix parts and the unreasonably good combat system

A large component of the hype cycle of any KH game is what Disney worlds we are going to

Well there are cooler disney worlds and less cool disney worlds

There is Nightmare before christmas, pirates, alice in wonderland versus frozen, little mermaid, tangled, etc

But it is more of a kids game anyway so I guess I shouldn't comlpain too much

idk man, having to question your entire existance

is a pretty dark theme for a kids game

The game may appeal to kids, but the story definitely isn’t for them lol

KH games are thematically dark and have dark elements, but they are at their core kids games

Yes kingdom hearts does seem like the mystic form of square enix sometimes

They are made to appeal to kids

A lot of us got into KH as kids, around KH1/KH2 which has Sora commiting suicide, and then him going on a genocide against people trying to be people again. Not to mention CoM which is gaslighting:the game

huh com really is gaslighting the game

Media accessible to and made in mind for kids can still be dark, while at the same time appealing to people older than the age on the box

If you die you become heartless, that's all you need to know about kingdom hearts

It’s fun for the whole family. Disney characters and particle effects for the kids, moral dilemmas and murder for the adults

Ehhh not entirely how it works

KH appeals to people who grew up with the franchise, but KH3 is no darker than KH1 at a core. The darker themes are things that kids still understand and can recognise as dark, without ever veering into straight up not for kids entirely

Yeah there's a liiiiiiittle more to kh than that

There's actually a defined understanding of it?

Dying in KH results in you dying

Oh buddy everything in KH has layers on layers

Becoming a heartless requires losing your heart to Darkness

Actual full on death still exists

Oh so if a nobody kills you, you're just dead

If anyone kills you, you are dead

Are heartless kind of like zombies?

Heartless are hearts consumed by darkness

Well when you die, it shows you losing your heart right?

when you lose a battle I mean