Back in 2006, I only had kh1, and my friend had kh2. He told me that at the very beginning, you play as “soras twin” who looks just like Sora but with blonde hair. I immediately thought of cloud in kh1, and for a year or so I thought that cloud was roxas.
I also remember thinking it was weird that Sora didn’t recognize any of the Disney characters, I thought “hasn’t he seen the movies?” (I was very young back then lol)