Bl4ck_iris

Hi hi!! Welcome!

Glad to see I wasn't the only one debating over 8 or 9 for awhile! I ultimately ended up clicking 8 as well, I do hope a critical mode and some post game content will be incorporated at some point. Even if you end up having to buy it separate.

It can be a little tricky to get off the ship when you arrive at the islands. I know it took me a few attempts to figure it out and I'm not near my game right now. Once you get fairly close to the island/beach there should be an option to 'cancel' or something similar in the menu to make Sora step away from the wheel.

In order to level up your ship you need to collect white crabs. I had good luck outside of Port Royal at the other islands around the map. I believe there's one loosely translated to The Isle of Luck that always had loads of crabs under the water (you have to smash the wooden crates on the ocean floor) and if you scaled the cliff face there was a platform with even more barrels to smash with crabs. Once you clear the area you can leave (go back to Port Royal or something) and come back and the crabs will have respawned.

Totally agree with both of you. The heartbreak and troubles the sea-salt trio go through are WAY more potent when you've actually gone through the hours of gameplay to back it up. I really wish I hadn't loaned my game copy and never got it back. The movie is okay, but I don't ever find myself going: "hmmm... maybe I should rewatch the 358/2 movie today..." I'd also love to see a Sly Cooper trilogy remaster and Chrono Trigger!

I remember finishing KH2 and being convinced that was the end of the entire series. I even got into a heated argument with my bro over it. I was just so sure: "Sora made it back to the islands! It's all over now!" Little did I know

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Oooh gotcha! Thanks guys!

Probably BH6 for me. Being able to run all over San Fransokyo, both at day and night was great. Plus there were so many tall buildings to scale and fling yourself off of!

How it feels every time you finally find that lucky emblem:

Wow, thank you so much for posting this! I didn't even know it, but I really needed to hear this.

I agree! I think they did a great job of giving new players the resources to understand all the lore. That being said, I'm really grateful they actually put in all the callbacks and tied up so many loose plot ends of the prior games, even ones like COM and Coded. It would have been easy to ignore large portions of the spinoff games, especially with the time gaps. It was a wonderful reward for all the time we've spent with those characters!

I'm pretty sure it's: 30 on Proud 60 on Standard 90 on Beginner source: https://www.gamerevolution.com/guides/490307-kingdom-hearts-3-secret-ending-movie-unlock-lucky-emblem-beginner-standard-proud

I would have to say it was Sora's sacrifice at Hollow Bastion in KH1 that really did it for me. I remember watching my brother play through the game to that point because I loved seeing the cutscenes but after that... I HAD to play it for myself. For the longest time I even had a separate save file on the PS2 just for the start of Hollow Bastion so I could play through that world whenever I needed a little pick-me-up. And then, of course, that beautiful bittersweet ending of KH1 just further cemented me as a life long fan.

Agreed. Having played through the game in full now, I honestly can't think where they would have squeezed it in while making sense with the plot line. Personally, I'm okay with it. Looking at the tower gameplay just gives me rage flashbacks of the 2.5 Final REMix and grinding mushroom number 8. ??