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Wasn't sure if I had posted this here or not, but I don't believe I have. So here a piece I did of the Destiny Island trio!

I’m curious if you could pick any songs to add into Melody of Memory what songs would you choose? as much as I would like to add every song that wasn’t in the game, I’m only going to pick a few which would be: Face My Fears Sora’s Sacrifice ( I know it could be counted as another version of Simple and Clean but it still considered it’s own song) Hearts as One ( Again I know it’s just the Other Promise and Vector To The Heavens combined and both are already in the game but once again it still counts) What songs would everyone else pick?

For original worlds, Radiant Garden is my comfort area. It like a "home world" and it's a staple of many games in the series. I don't think I'll ever find a fictional place that's more special to me. Of course I couldn't help but be disappointed in how little there was of it in KH3 though As for Disney world, I LOVE San Fransokyo, I loved the Big Hero 6 movie and it's characters, so being able to explore that world even though it was relatively small compared to other KH3 worlds was still amazing. The background music was pretty nifty too. The world was definitely one of my highlights of KH3. Honourable mention to the Timeless River, which is really neat. It was all done so well, from the design and execution of it, and all the lil scenes with Steamboat era Mickey and Pete, and how it flowed so well into the overarching story of KH. Also, "Monochrome Dreams" might be one of my favourite tracks ever. In fact I think Timeless River beats San Fransokyo now that I look at it Edit: After reading all of the other replies, it makes me love KH even more; everyone has favourite worlds for different reasons, but I think we can all agree every single one of them was special and awesome in their own way, as proven by the range of worlds and reasons people here listed as their favourites. KH worlds are the home to many irreplaceable memories and despite it's flaws I don't think you could find a more heart-warming, special series!

These would be great to have in English

The official Japanese site for the Kingdom Hearts —III, II.8, Unchained χ & Union χ [Cross] —Original Soundtrack has been updated to reveal the tracklist from all 8 discs. You can check them out here. DISC 1 DISC 2 DISC 3 DISC 4 DISC 5 DISC 6 DISC 7 DISC 8 Along with this you can also take a closer look at the CD book and jacket, along with the eight discs in the gallery below. What do you think of Kingdom Hearts —III, II.8, Unchained χ & Union χ [Cross] —Original Soundtrack's tracklist? Let us know in the comments below! View full article

Well, I finally got around to playing ReMind, and since I posted a review when I finished Kingdom Hearts III last year (found here if you're interested), I figured I should do one up for the Re Mind DLC. As it's harder for me to separate the non-spoilers and the spoilers, I am issuing a spoiler warning here for anyone who hasn't finished yet. So, what did I think of Re Mind? ..... Weeeeeell to be honest this was a bit of a mixed bag for me. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't bad by any means, just kind of... underwhelming. Also, before I dive in here, I’d like to paste my usual disclaimer that this is just my opinion and not intended to be forceful or aggressive. So without further ado, let's get started. On the whole, the DLC was good, but not great. Was it worth the money? Yeah. Will I replay the DLC? Absolutely. Are there issues? Oh yeah. But all in all, I enjoyed the experience. Thanks for reading, and may your heart be your guiding key.

Well, if the Dandelions and Union Leaders are the ancient masters, then I think that it would be safe to say that the stories of them vanishing did pass down since the stories of the ancient masters crossing over into another world would have most likely been about that. No matter who the ancient masters are though, I'm sure that some of the Dandelions or Union Leaders who made it back were the ones who told the stories since they would have been the only Keyblade wielders left that we know of who knew about what happened.

Well, the bosses in KHIII(for most people, I would say) weren't that hard so that's probably why they made Re:Mind harder. I don't have the Re:Mind DLC, but from what I've seen on Youtube, those bosses look super hard Definitely agree. All the character interactions between the Guardians of Light were stuffed at the end, most of them being super cringy and awkward. They probably didn't use the touchpad because it was releasing on Xbox as well, which doesn't have a touchpad. I agree there should be a full screen map like DDD, like, just having that small one on the top right corner isn't that useful.

If i respond on discord it shows up there right? lol For the doubles/triples, there's no sound indicator that makes it obvious when you should be doing them, it's just memorization(and sometimes cheesing it). The way I play blindfolded is just to play a song section by section until i memorize it all, then try to execute it properly with the blindfold on. For example I might play until the halfway point with the star targets, then restart the song a few times to memorize each segment up to that point, THEN blindfold and try to execute it up to that point. Then repeat the process for the second half of the song and then try doing it all together. As far as cheesing strats that work both with and without blindfold: if I have a section that I don't remember exactly but I know alternates between single/double, I'll just hit both shoulder buttons at the same time to the beat and it usually works lol. The only time it doesnt is if the notes are close enough together to mess up the next few notes with Misses. For example, in the ending of Vector I didn't remember the pattern exactly so I just mashed both shoulder buttons and got through it. But for All For One co op, me doing that in the middle segment messed things up bc it registered as me hitting the next note too soon you can watch my blindfolds on my youtube channel here: you can watch my blindfolds on my youtube channel here:

I wish Square Enix would make a khux console version where u create a character and kh3 like gamplay

I know the discussion is through the main chat of Melody of Memory and this thread is predictable, but I want to create this thread on the worlds that will appear in the game, Melody of Memory. From what we know the game will have 47 worlds (31 Disney worlds and 16 original worlds) Confirmed: Disney: Wonderland Agrabah Olympus Coliseum Monstro Atlantica Halloween Town Neverland The Land of Dragons Beast's Castle Pride Lands Enchanted Dominion Disney Town Deep Space Country of the Musketeers Toy Box Arendelle Original Worlds: Destiny Islands Traverse Town Hollow Bastion End of the World Radiant Garden Keyblade Graveyard Castle Oblivion Twilight Town Mysterious Tower The World that Never Was Dive to the Heart Realm of Darkness/Dark World (0.2 BBS Destiny Islands section so far) Land of Departure The Final World So far 30 worlds confirmed and 17 remain so here are my likely obvious expectations for the remaining worlds:

Gangan Online have posted Chapter 12 for the Kingdom Hearts III manga. You can check out the previews for the chapter in our gallery below. You can read the full chapter on their site by clicking here or on their online app. Chapter 13 will be available in October. You can also check out the articles for the previous chapters by clicking on the links below! Chapter 0 Prologue Japanese English Chapter 1 A New Journey Japanese English Chapter 2 Olympus Coliseum[1] Japanese English Chapter 3 Olympus Coliseum[2] Japanese English Chapter 4 Olympus Coliseum[3] Japanese English Chapter 5 Olympus Coliseum[4] Japanese English Chapter 6 Olympus Coliseum[5] Japanese English Chapter 7 Olympus Coliseum[6] Japanese English Chapter 8 Olympus Coliseum[7] Japanese English Chapter 9 World of Darkness Japanese English Chapter 10 Connected Japanese English Chapter 11 The Self inside the Mirror Japanese English In addition, Vol. 1 (which contains Chapter 0 thru Chapter 8 ) is available in Japan and will be available in November in English. View full article

Thank y'all as always for the kind words!! 🙂 Yeah to be honest I really couldn't have cared less about Ansem SoD prior to KH3. But between the scene I highlighted and his acting like an agitated grandpa when Pence wouldn't get off his lawn, I came to appreciate him a lot more lol. I do think it's funny how Young Xehanort was just a jerk till the bitter end. For sure, I don't fault anyone at all for having mixed feelings about MX's end. I think it's probably smoother if they planned ahead a bit more and gave us a few more sympathetic scenes/character moments prior to KH3. But as I nod to in the vid, they really just kinda show us "Hey, he used to play chess as a lil boy! Isn't that nice??" And it's like well yes but also the murder...? I'm fine with the message, but the execution is admittedly lacking. Ultimately I think the scene ended up as high as it did because most KH scenes don't force me to confront like...morality ethics and philosophy lmao.

I heard about this but didn't think much of it at first. It sucks, but I'd rather have them lean on the side of caution rather than hold it prematurely and potentially put people at risk. Interestingly pushing it back to 2022 makes it coincide with the Kingdom Hearts series' 20th anniversary, so it would be cool if KH made an appearance there in some sort of way.

First off, thank you all for the kind words! I wavered on covering the Riku campaign in depth mostly because I felt like I didn't have too many outstanding points to make, positively or negatively, but I do have a scattershot of thoughts about it. The relative loneliness felt during Sora's campaign is ramped up to 11 in Riku's, and the game is definitely aware of that and references that in the Hollow Bastion floor. Considering Riku primarily interacts with villains both in the simulated worlds and in the CO interludes, it's that much more exciting and comforting to finally get to interact with a friendly character by way of Michael Mouse (also the first time we get to see him for more than a few seconds, which I feel is often overlooked.) Both Sora and Riku's campaigns are pretty introspective, but I think Riku's even more so. Sora is dealing with his own memory-related crisis, but not something he brought on to himself. Riku's campaign is the start of his attempt at seeking redemption and resolving his frankly self-inflicted crisis that he imposed on himself by giving into Ansem in KH1, due to his lust for power. Riku deals with Org members and his Ansem apparition, but he's also fighting a battle against his own demons, which I think is a natural progression for his type of character. The meat of Riku's campaign is funny in that it really is the recycled bits of already recycled material. Break KH1 down into Sora's CoM campaign, and then break Sora's CoM campaign down into Riku's. Having Riku exclusively fight the bosses through the Key to Beginnings is actually some decent story and gameplay integration, although your satisfaction with that may vary; just because these things integrate doesn't mean it's fun or super compelling. But yeah, having him only fight the villains to illustrate his ties to darkness is equal parts clever and a great cost-cutting measure. I know Riku's campaign is already considerably shorter than Sora's (which I never really minded, considering I actually had no idea it was coming despite my remark about his health bar during my video's cold open, and it was an awesome surprise when I first unlocked it) but it also doesn't make 100% sense contextually. It makes sense for Sora to revisit every KH1 world, since he's experiencing his memories (RIP Tarzan) but the same can't exactly be said for Riku. And I think the game knows this; the first batch of world cards you receive after HB are all worlds that Riku is physically seen in (sans HB itself and Destiny Islands). But you've got TT (from his meeting up with SDG in 3rd District), Agrabah (from kidnapping Jasmine), Monstro (messing around with Pinoke) and Neverland (being an asshole and creating shadow doppelgangers). Makes total sense to revisit these places. Idk why we're have him go to Wonderland, OC, Atlantica, and HT. But again, it's already so short, so cutting those doesn't leave you with much. Even if he had fleshed out stories in the first batch of worlds with all three Key cards, it's still quite short, but maybe that would've been fine. I'd rather it make sense than have more game to play, but that take may vary from player to player. Gameplay-wise, I'm pretty torn. Riku's playstyle is much more similar to something like a KH1 in that there isn't really any strategic deck-building to be done, and usually the answer to any battle is popping an Enemy Card with a good buff and just mashing. The duel system in specifically ReCoM is a great addition, and in fact it would've been nice to have in Sora's campaign as well. Although, the duel system usually does just amount to mashing, since actually shuffling through your deck to find the right card is liable to get ya killed. On a totally superficial, 3rd grader level, the addition of Dark Mode is SOOOOO cool. Wow. I was so hyped when I first got to whip out Dark Aura in 2004. It's not often that a game lets you essentially roleplay as one of the hardest bosses from the last installment and use his skills to devastate random enemies.

In a series of tweets on the Kingdom Hearts Dark Road Japanese and English Twitter accounts, 4 new characters have been revealed. These new characters are Bragi, Hermod, Urd, and Vor. They were teased in earlier artwork by Tetsuya Nomura. Each of the new characters have a reference to Nordic mythology. Continue reading below for a list of each of the connections we have. First, we have Urd. Urd comes from one of the Norns in Norse Mythology. The Norns in Norse mythology are female beings who rule the destiny of gods and men. Urðr (Wyrd), Verðandi and Skuld are the three most important of the Norns. Located at the well Urðarbrunnr beneath the Yggdrasil of Asgard, they spin threads of life, cut marks in the pole figures and measure people's destinies, which shows the fate of all human beings and gods. Norns are always present when a child is born and decide its fate. Hermod's name comes from Hermóðr. Hermóðr is the son of the all-father Odin and the Goddess Frigg. When Baldr was killed he was the only one brave enough to ride to Hel and try and bring Baldr back from the dead. Bragi's name comes from a God with the same name. Bragi is the God of both poetry and music in Norse mythology, he is the son of the God Odin and the giantess Gunnlod. He is known for his wisdom he is very creative with words and he also has the most knowledge of poems and songs. His name Bragi means “Poet”. Bragi has runes carved on his tongue. He is married to the beautiful Goddess of youth Iðunn, and they live together in Asgard. And finally, we have Vor, who is based on Vör. In Norse mythology, Vör is a goddess associated with wisdom. The name means “aware” or more specifically, "Knowledge out of Darkness". Vör was said to be very wise as she searched out all things so nothing was hidden from her. Vör also had the gift of Providence, and of preparing well for the future. You can view a complete set of the character image teasers in our gallery below: More information will be announce on June 10th! View full article

This is my new favourite post on any site ever. Love it!

According to what Marluxia and Larxene just mentioned in KH3, there's something about The New Seven Hearts. Who are the other princesses of The New Seven Hearts? All I know is that there's Kairi, Rapunzel, Elsa and Anna. Would it be possible if Moana, Merida and Tiana are the other princesses of the New Seven Hearts?

Hate to break it to ya, but digital releases of games are ALWAYS full-price unless on a sale or part of a lower-priced rerelease that permanently decreases their price. The All-In-One physical release isn't surprising in the least, considering 2 of the discs are almost 3-year-old HD collections & one's a 1-year-old new game that's sold extremely well. Physical is always less than digital in these cases. The thing that's gonna be a bitch is the Xbox One ports of 1.5+2.5 & 2.8 because you can bet your ASS Square are gonna charge full price for older HD versions of older games brought on to a new platform, if the Final Fantasy HD remasters (that were on PS3/4 &/or PC in a few cases for several years beforehand) from last year are any indication. It's sad, but reality, unfortunately.

Xion for me. Though Kairi is getting better. Aqua would be second...in fact I'll just make a list for the current cast. 1: Xion 2: Aqua 3: Kairi 4: Ava/Namine 5: Olette 6: Skuld 7: Invi 8: Streliztia...or however you spell it. I don't dislike any of them, but some just feel kinda there for me at the current time.

That's fantastic - thank you! Haha, it's always satisfying when you find someone who lines up with your own feelings, isn't it? That's absolutely fine - I'm just grateful you're reading it, so definitely no rush! =D My absolute pleasure Estoria - thank YOU so much for the wonderful comment! Honestly, the points you make are such a relief to hear, because that was one of my goals - being polite, respectful, and as holistic as I could in covering these topics. Yeah, I'd read that quote from Nomura when it first came out and just found it amusing, but when writing the essay it suddenly occurred to me again. I know when I'm writing a game, I generally can relate to both my heroes and villains. So re-reading that quote suddenly made KH3 make a lot of sense (for exactly the reason you pointed out). Thanks! I've always found the anti-Final Fantasy argument bizarre on those grounds (being such integral characters in the larger story and world), so I wanted to get in something about them haha. I also come from a time in the fanbase where, when a new KH was announced, the discussion was 'Which FF characters are going to be included this time?', and I kind've miss that. Thank you very much Estoria - I sincerely appreciate you taking the time to write such an in-depth and wonderful comment. It's seeing these kinds of responses that make the past 9 months of writing all worthwhile! =D

I don't think I've seen a chocobo around in KH! I want a chocobo! ...But if HAD to be a human character, I'd like to see either Lightning or Prompto. Lighting is so cool and she could fight with Sora and the gang! She's the perfect candidate if they wanted a fighter. Prompto & Sora also sounds like fun, their attitude matches and imagine the chaos they could create together. Just happy-go-lucky cinnamon rolls being cinnamon rolls! Edit: After I thought about it, I'd also second Red XIII, especially if he could be a mode of transport some how, I kinda wanna see that! Guess Sora would have to shrink for it to work though

My favorite characters are of course Sora! and I really like his love interest Kairi! as for dislike I can't think of any , I just love kingdom hearts in general.....

ah my initial reaction was: https://tenor.com/view/jfk-clone-high-i-like-your-funny-words-magic-man-jack-black-gif-18659433

https://www.deviantart.com/nemesissp13/art/Noctis-Sleeping-Again-863654002

my moneys on the guys from the new twewy

I prefer beginner because its easier for me to play. if I'm new to a game, i play on the easiest mode. i dont like rage quiting and buying a new console after breaking it is expensive. Also I'm not good at rhythm games, i haven't gotten to the secret levels yet because of how exhausting it gets. Please respect people who play on easy, thank you 😊 💖

I hate how socially distanced characters seem Let characters firetrucking hug

You're absolutely right even the Tokyo Game Show preview during the gameplay experience last month also featured Monstro as a world and the Maleficent Boss Battle was in Enchanted Dominion so that's 2 Disney worlds confirmed from the Trailers and previews so far so I'll update the listing. Finally, since it's going to be 31 Disney Worlds, and from the recent Gameplay from TGS last month, It seems that Deep Jungle (Tarzan) will be the only Disney world not returning in Melody of Memory due to the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate holding the rights to the Tarzan License after the world's only appearance in the first Kingdom Hearts game.

Am I the only one who feels like there’s more to these portraits than we think? Kairi, white background, a heart of pure* light. Sora, a dark background. You could brush it off as he became a heartless and had a Nobody so it would make sense. But does it? What if Sora had his own *Darkness hiding deep in his heart just like Ventus and it’s finally ready to show themselves. Idk... With every new post Nomura just gives us more theories to explore. I love it

I had no idea Dylan Sprouse did Yozora's voice

Hahaha we're talking about Kingdom Hearts, do you really think they can do Kairi justice? JK I actually have hope for this game, it looks quite interesting.

The first KH game on the Switch and it's not a port.

Q: Underwater in Scala ad Caelum, we can see part of what looks like the tower in Daybreak Town. Was Scala originally Daybreak Town? Nomura: Yes. The staff member who made the model sheet presented me with two options: put the tower standing upright on the bottom of the sea, or put it upside down. In the end I went with the second one. Taken from the KH3 Ultimania interview. So we basically get the confirmation that Scala Ad Caelum was built upon Daybreak Town's ruins. How that ended up unfolding is anybody's guess. But I think you'd be correct to assume the Keyblade Graveyard is separate from Daybreak Town based on this.

lets hope its not much more than a month

As much as I feel Kairi got screwed in kh3, Yozora is my favorite character now. I wanna know more about him and his universe.

Cute, if a bit expensive.

Nani!? An "All Of The Above" option!? I accept! Seriously though, I loved playing as all three! Birth By Sleep is one of my all time favorite Kingdom Hearts games, right behind Kingdom Hearts III! I loved playing as Terra, Ventus and Aqua, because not only did we get to play as three different characters, but we got to see different perspectives of one story, and getting to see their individual struggles culminate in the epic showdown in the Keyblade Graveyard to this day is still one of my absolute favorite endgame confrontations in the series!

So I finished the fortellers super bosses in the events menu. In other news Emphemer missed the struggle tournament.

Thanks for letting us know about this, Orpheus! I already have the entire saga on PS4, so I don't really need this. I'd probably get it just to have it as a collectible item.

Yes, for sure! This is KH we're talking about, and you know how much Nomura loves leaving breadcrumbs! That's the big thing! The mystery of who Yozora exactly is will be exciting to discover! As for Demyx, I honestly think he's a plot twist waiting to happen! I'm just waiting for him to reveal himself as the MoM! XD But anyways, it would be cool if he was Yozora's world's version of Prompto! I could definitely see it! Oh, I'm sure we'll get some sort of beefy explanation. I just hope they don't dumb down MoM's character, since he's just so amazing. I can't get enough of him! And I agree, I don't think Xehanort would be a version of him. Yesss, Dark Road could indeed shed some light! This is also true! This is a very intriguing idea! Having Sora traverse the Realm Of Death in order to be able to enter Yozora's world-line sounds like a totally plausible possibility! The question is, would world-lines become a major element in KH from the next game onwards? Kind of like how the multiverse concept is a big deal in Dragon Ball Super? And going back to what Keyblade101 said, wouldn't there have to be more versions of the MoM for him to be able to time travel, though? Unless he's an exception to the rule? :o

that's a bit of a broad question, honestly. not to mention that the answer is constantly changing, given how weird this game's power creep is

It would be amazing if this was Luxord! Not only would it confirm that he's from Yozora's world, it could also lead to very interesting developments in the future! They do have the same voice actor, I believe, so that can't be mere coincidence!

That's awesome, man! I'm glad you enjoyed it! I watched it on the premiere weekend with my niece, and it's definitely a film that hit home with us, because it reminded us of the bond that we share together. She's just like Ian and I'm just like Barley, so truly, we could relate! It was a very emotional film and one of Pixar's best! It's now my number one favorite Pixar film, and I thought nothing could top Toy Story 3!

OK so not all these couples are supossedly together but its all up to you wheether they would be a good couple. I would say Aqua and Vanitas, Sora and Kairi, Roxas and Xion. OH AND YES RIKU AND XION!!! Some of my friends were asking me to put selphie and sora. no ones gonna vote for that but whatever i put it anyway...

Too bad there's no sephiroth or cloud or tifa, I would absolutely make the stupidest pictures

In my opinion, Rage Form was hella better than Anti-Form. Anti-Form cause me way too many battles and has gotten me killed so many times. It's so unpredictable and I don't know when it would show up if I use my Drive Form. Rage Form is better because not only is Optional to use, but I can use it in my desperate needs. Whether I need to heal or whether I need to use it as a last resort.

The Dream Eater Colleseum mechanics seem to flow better as a card game for me than the deck mechanics of KH COM. The limited hand size rather than having every card in the deck available at once, being able to block with a card rather than just card break, the cool down timer for playing cards. The sleight mechanics could still function similarly to stacking cards on top of each other like in DDD. I did enjoy the original COM gameplay, but I know a lot of fans didn't. Would changing to a system like this make it more enjoyable?