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I feel like we'll at the very least get some idea of when Critical Mode will be released. Tai Yasue did say it's coming "very soon", which to me sounds like it'll be within the next couple of months. I would love some info on what to expect from the DLC, but I'm not holding my breath for that one.

Three Wishes/Wishing Lamp could turn into a scimitar like Aladdin's own weapon. COuld have fire-based attacks and maybe a finishing move involving the genie?

Oathkeeper could turn into something like Ventus' Wingblade command style. Like it turns into wing-like attachments hovering behind Sora and he slashes quickly and glides along the ground. That would be cool.

It's going to "change the way you play the game", huh? Maybe I'll actually give Critical Mode a try this time.

When it comes to remakes I find it's helpful to view both versions as their own separate entities. Unless both films have the same director, it doesn't seem fair to me that people expect the remakes to be exactly the same as the originals. The film is supposed to be the director's vision, so they should be allowed to do the film they way they want to do it, not the way fans say they should. For the record though, I will admit I was hoping for Jeremy Irons to come back too since they announced the return of James Earl Jones as Mufasa. But Chiwetel Ejiofor is a great actor, so I'm sure his take will be at least decent. ANd Keeghan Michael Key is voicing Kamari (the new name of Ed the hyena) and I love him. So I totally get the disppointment in some of the casting. I guess it's all a matter of perspective. Honestly, since the whole cast aside from James Earl Jones has been switched I feel like they shouldn't have brought him back either. I feel like it pushes the film towards "reliving the glory days" territory.

I loved the Lion King as a kid, but as I got older it lost much of its appeal. Now I find it to be kind of overrated, but that's just me. Not gonna dump on anyone for singing its praises; I totally get why people love it. Regardless, I feel like the Lion King remake is going to backfire no matter what. I see one of two things happening. EIther the film will have several changes and people will pitch a fit because it's too different from the original. Or the film will be mor or less a shot for shot remake and people will complain that it's just trying to relive the glory days. I mean, it's possible that it will be a success but I just think that because it's held up on such a high pedestal it won't be able to live up to whatever expectations people have for it. And I do hope that it's good (the fact that Jon Favreau is directing it is a good sign), but I won't hold my breath.

No worries! Happens to all of us!

Yeah, Sparknotes was a godsend when I was in university, lol. ANyway, I'm curious about how the live action Hunchback will turn out, but i'm not holding my breath for it to be any more accurate than the anmated version was. And don't get me wrong, the animated version was excellent. Again, it's my all-time favourite disney film. But I just don't think they can get any more accurate in live action than they did with the animated film. Even the animated film reeeeally pushed the envelope. Remember that scene where Frollo smells Esmeralda's hair. Gives me chills every time. Not to mention Hellfire, the single most awesomely intense villain song in any Disney film ever. I guess the best we can do is wait and see. I am looking forward to seeing who plays Frollo. I'm hoping for Mads Mikkelson; I think he'd be fantastic.

Yeah, it's true that Frollo and Quasimodo's relationship wasn't nearly as rocky as the DIsney film. However, the Disney film also significantly lessened the brutality of Esmeralda's character arc. Esmeralda went through some awful stuff in the book. I won't get into it here, but let's just say that the Esmeralda/Phoebus relationship in the source material was in no way the loving, affectionate one we saw in the film. Plus the ending is one of the darkest I've ever seen. The book doesn't pull any punches.

Yeah I know. I mentioned it in the post, lol. I'll keep an eye on it, I suppose. Hunchback is my favourite disney film, so I'm curious to see what they'll do with a remake.

I agree for the most part. The only one on this list that I kind of want to see remade is Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Other than that I have very little interest in more live action remakes. I'll admit, the Jungle Book was visually fantastic (at least in my opinion) but it didn't add a whole lot in terms of story. I am looking forward to the new Dumbo since it appears that they've greatly expanded the story, but The Lion King and Aladdin don't interest me much. My boyfriend said a live action Hunchback of Notre Dame would be cool, but I really don't think a live-action version of that would be possible, at least not from Disney. I feel like the original source material is way too gritty for them to be able to make a live action version work. Of course, they announced a live-action remake in January, so I guess we'll see what happens.

I've been thinking lately: I wonder if the game's reception would have improved if they'd done a Final Mix version? I mean, the only handheld entry that got a Final Mix version was BBS, and I think it was because it's considered a main entry. And as a result I find it weird that they didn't do a Final Mix version of Kingdom Hearts 3D because it's definitely supposed to be considered a main entry (at least in my opinion) since it's intended as a build up to KHIII. And the series' pattern has typically indicated that the Final Mix versions greatly improve each entry.

Yeah that's what I was thinking too. Why can't they just summon them back? And if they can, why don't they?

Hey guys. So I've been thinking a lot about where the characters of Kingdom Hearts will go now that the Xehanort Saga has been concluded. Specifically, I have some questions about the protagonists of Birth by Sleep. I'll mask the questions in spoiler tags in case anyone hasn't played the game yet. This isn't really me complaining, just my overall thoughts. Maybe the DLC will fill in some of these holes. I'd like to see how these three turn out in the next installment, especially now that theyve finally returned to normal.

Well, they wouldn't necessarily have to travel together. But they did train together so it would probably nice to see them go out on their Mark of mastery at the same time, y'know? I'd like to see their friendship get stronger.

I like this idea. Maybe a game along the lines of 3D wherein Kairi and Lea must go out on an adventure in order to complete their Mark of Mastery. There's no way they completed it in that little frozen in time world where they did their training. Now that Kairi is a keyblade wielder, there really is no excuse for keeping her on the sidelines. Give the girl something to do, nomura!

I was thinking a Union Cross console port too, though you do have a good point about Union Cross not being done yet. At the same time, it could very well be that they're approaching a conclusion with Union Cross and then they'll release a console port along with a follow-up to pick up where the mobile version left off. Something along the lines of Persona 3 FES where it came packaged with both the original and a built in sequel.

WHew. This was a tough one. I was stuck between Spider-Man: Homecoming and Infinity War, but in the end I had to go with Homecoming. I loved the lighthearted feel of that film, and it was nice having a high school aged Spider-Man who actually LOOKED like he belonged in high school, you know?

I really need to get back into the Manga. I collected every volume up until the first volume of KH2 and then after that they stopped localizing it for a while. By the time they picked up the localization again I'd outgrown the manga scene and already sold like 95% of my collection. I still have the Kingdom Hearts ones, though.

I started with this series at its first inception, way back in 2002. Saw a commercial for the first game on TV and asked my mom for it for christmas. Unwrapped it on christmas morning and I've been a hardcore fan ever since.

I imagine that Luxord will beecome more relevant as well. All the organization members who came from the era of KHUX.

It's just kind of lame that Demyx has been constantly shoved off to the side. I'd like him to be truly relevant.