in all kingdom hearts games there are usually 13 worlds, which made me think "hm, then how come there are only 7 keyholes of sleep". After that I also remembered that nomura said that the game wouldn't entirely be the mark of mastery. so now I'm starting to think that maybe you get to play for a little as real world sora and riku and maybe nomura has been trying to hide this from us, plus i wouldn't see the point in giving riku a haircut if you're going to be spending most of the game as dream riku. So maybe everything that happens in the dream world is the mark of mastery and everything that isn't the mark of mastery will happen in the realm of light. I doubt this'll actually happen seeing as all the serious ending crap seems to be happening in the trailer while they're in the realm of sleep. I know it probably won't happen, but I'd like it to happen, just as a kind of goodbye to KH2 sora seeing as he will almost inevitably get a costume change in KH3.

 

something else i thought but didn't think it'd really be worth making another topid- why would TWTNW be in the realm of sleep?

Well, if the real world does appear to be playable it does not have to be Sora nor Riku.

Think about BBS FM's secret ending. It did show us scences from different time periods - Kairi is still out there and so is Lea (well, at least some time...).

I agree. I dont think the whole game will be all in the real of sleep but itll certainly be centered around it. Maybe the last couple of worlds are in the present and it ends in one awesomly, frustrating yet satisfying

cliff hanger and we'll have to wait three years for the sequel.

you know you'r right i mean if the mark of mastery test is all happening in the relm of sleep than we should have some real world playthough like maybe not as Sora and Riku but like you said Lea or Mickey but yea, i just find it weird that the whole endding of the new trailer that we saw has them all facing like Xehanort Xemnas and Ansem Seeker of Darkness where Riku is still wearing his new cloths that he got when he entered the dream realm and you would think that when they got out of the dream realm they would go back to wearing their KH2 cloths, maybe that part is happening in the dream relam who knows untill you actually play the game.