So, I've gotta go with that 'Sora in a pod, or something, regaining memories or dreaming.' 'But wait!' you say 'Kingdom Hearts 3D has new worlds!'

That, I think, is where Riku comes in. Everybody seems to be assuming that Ruiku and Sora are on an adventure together or something. But I think the most likely way to make this theory work is to have it show Riku in the real world (When in the timeline, I don't know) doing stuff that hasn't been sown yet. So the game switches between Riku's story, and Sora's mind.

Now, bear in mind that this is actually very unlikely to happen. It seems impossible to predict a Kingdom Hearts story. But if the Memories theory is correct, I think this is how it'll work.

that seems like a pretty cool theory :D That seems the most likely theory

Not a bad theory at all! Riku HAD to be doing stuff while Sora was asleep. Just a little problem...in the gameplay screenshots, Riku looked the way he did in Kingdom Hearts, but if this occurs right after CoM and is coinciding with Days, Riku should be wearing the Organization's cloak and have that blindfold over his eyes. Hm.

D:

this is so hard to figure out now!!

i dont know what to think!

yeah a good theory

Aside from 3D's esoterical meaning Ithink we should try not to predict to much until we see the Coded scene next month. I mean when I saw the Sunset Horizon in KHII I thought it might be set a few years after KHII but then I saw the BBS one and after the end I mostly assumed it would be a prequel cause of Mickey's appearance and that Terra was analogous to Sora. I also used to think up until last night that Vanitas was like a part of Master Xeahnort but some /b/tard here decided to shove a very hard spoiler up my ass and correct my theory.

Maybe its like as Sora sleeps and regains his memorys Riku is looking back on his adventure trying to find some way to completely defeat Ansem. So the story just flips between the two.