Reversal

This is the least biased and spoilerish response I can give. I literally had a huge post typed up with just me fangasming. How pathetic -__- Well, from a story standpoint, it's very strong. It's a plot driven game and very linear, but overall, it doesn't matter that much considering how there's nothing to explore. The plot is dead serious and not happy go lucky in any way. But overall, if you're okay with little to no exploration and a lot of customization and Victorian style English, you'll probably like the game.

Kind of. It's okay if you don't think about it too much though, but now that I think about it, Namine and Roxas do kind of act more like long lost siblings than a couple, don't they? Maybe that's just me Nah, I'd say that's pretty normal 8D

Yeah, Nomura has a wife, and a son last I heard. Whether or not he had other kids after the Advent Children interview when he mentioned his son was the inspiration for Loz because of the car sounds he makes or something is anybody's guess.

A lot of people having KH related dreams lately...

Like I was saying to KH125, thanks for some much needed humor around these parts ^^

If anything happens to go wrong, there's a high possibility it'll be because of the camera. It's probably the worst camera in the history of the series.

The English version, as usual.

The Osaka Team was split up between working on Re:coded and BBSFM, so no. Besides, Nomura admitted that they didn't start development until recently.

Level 99 in KH1 Drops down to level 1 in CoM due to memory loss Level 99 in CoM Drops down to level 1 in KH2 due to memory loss Level 99 in KH2 Drops down to level 1 in Days due to newly born amnesiac Roxas Level 99 in Days Drops down to level 1 in coded due to new inexperienced Data Sora Level 99 in coded Drops down to level 1 in BBS due to higher standards Level 99 in BBS All characters incapacitated There's always a reason for starting off at level 1 with terrible equipment and weak skills. Why would it piss anyone off? It's been like this for decades of gaming.

Because Eraqus is biased and Xehanort sabotaged him. That's what happened, clearly. So basically you're saying Riku won't pass because Sora has plot hax. Even if he deserves it more, after everything he's been through, and he's clearly more experienced than Sora.

Yeah, there was a bit a while ago in an Epic Mickey interview where they revealed that the majority of Disney Interactive thought KH was an abomination back when it was first in development, and that most of them changed their options >.>

I was fooled by the misleading thread title D:

I know, but calling it that is better imo since the supposed "Keyblade Inheritance Ceremony" leads to a ton of confusion. Like people saying Kairi has Aqua's Keyblade, Ven having Xehanort's Keyblade, and whatever else you find on the internet :

Well, she's a Princess of Heart (which doesn't mean she's royalty, just that she has a heart of pure light fyi), and technically a Disney character. But since Disney doesn't give a damn about KH, it's doubtful that she'll ever receive the official title from them.

Including KH2FM: Fate of the Unknown, hands down. Just KH2: Rage Awakened, Darkness of the Unknown, Sinister Shadows, Roxas, Riku, Dearly Beloved, 13th Dilemma, 13th Struggle, A Fight to the Death, Sunset Horizons

Your theory is pretty interesting. It reminds me of a line in one of the Xehanort Reports, where he said that all Keyblades, except the X-blade of course, are said to be man-made counterparts to Kingdom Hearts. Though, your theory going against everything we've been told for almost a decade makes me feel like disagreeing lol I don't know if you can call it stealing if he just took back what originally belonged to him ^^; Isn't it obvious that Anti-form =/= Heartless? Yes it did. She was about to but decided against it once she realized Terra had already passed down the power to Riku. I'm wondering when "Aqua passed down the power to Sora." : He's referring to everyone; all of the sad people who are waiting for him to mend their hurting, not just Aqua and Terra. Or we can use the Japanese dialogue: "I have to reconnect everything back together again." Roxas threw it to Riku because of Xion's influence. Riku could then use it because of his wielder status.

Well, close but not quite. There are new Illusion commands where you can transform into a Mandrake type Unversed and one of the big fat ones. The screenshots were released over a month ago. http://www.famitsu.com/news/201010/15034744.html

Looks like when the person who uploaded the pic was rigging him into that stance, they messed around too much with the perspective, but at least the face looks normal ^^" Thanks for the links~

He could wield without Ven's heart post-Hollow Bastion through CoM :

It's called the Rite of Succession because it doesn't pass down a Keyblade or guarantee one It just gives the successor the ability to wield and acts as a letter of recommendation towards getting their own Keyblade. Well... I guess you could say that. Remember the darkness that was surrounding Riku and Sora right before he disappeared from the islands? That was Riku's darkness, and the light following was Riku's light. Sora touched that light, and in doing so, the Kingdom Key, originally meant for Riku, went to Sora temporarily. It doesn't have anything to do with Ven. See answer #2. It didn't have anything to do with the darkness. Keyblades are indifferent to light and darkness. As long as you have a strong heart, everything else is irrelevant. Sora proved his heart to be stronger than Riku's in Hollow Bastion, and the Kingdom Key chose him over it's intended wielder. Essentially. Roxas awakened the dual wielding ability and Ven's Keyblade when Xion died, so once he merged back with Sora, he passed on that ability to him. Because it's not. That's why it's called the Rite of Succession, not the Keyblade Inheritance Ceremony. Besides, Terra's Keyblade is with the Lingering Sentiment.

If you want to be all technical about it, sure. But I'm lazy, so I'm not going to do it

I found him to be pretty... average.

Keyblade Masters have the ability to extract hearts. Asides from that, like Sir Adamus said, it's possible that Ven's heart can just be coerced to leave, once he's ready, considering that we've already seen Ven's heart leave his body on it's own. Sora doesn't know he's harboring Ven's heart : He'd be able to become a Heartless again even if he didn't have Ven's heart. You do realize that turning him back into a Heartless is a bad idea, right?

Nah. Secret Episode and the new arena missions are the only reason I'm interested, and that's not big enough for me to get the game.