Moogle13

I think I shed a tear when... ...But otherwise I was just gaping all the way through...

All of mine have been said for pretty much the same reasons as why I liked them, except one. Timeless River was probably my favourite. It had an unusual charm to it, and there's not another world like it. The black and white colour palette, the music and the incorporation of making all those characters 3D but still old school style was a memory I'll never forget. Also love how Mickey just comes up to you, shakes your hand viciously and moseys on over to the next area, that feature made me laugh every time

Sora, Riku and Mickey is a strong contender if we're throwing wacky trios into the mix... Imagine the three of them though, they're pretty much canonically the strongest so imagine the havoc they could smite their enemies with if they formed a proper trio fighting together. And they all have great interactions with each other too. Another contender is Riku, Komory Bat and Meow Wow because who doesn't like best boy and his adorable pet-fighter things?? I'm addicted to playing as only them in KH MoM too.

Why not give the Kairi one a keyblade? And Axel too T^T

It looks so mad and it's absolutely adorable

Everything... Except Dark Road & The Union X new stuff. Which is definitely worth mentioning too. While 2020 wasn't by any means a perfect year, us KH fans were feasting the whole year round ^.^

Well, I hope your assumption is right and she does have her powers still. Otherwise she might be seen even less in the series, which would be really sad

Riku was a Dream Eater for a bit but I think that's more of a dropped plot thread than a special thing that was lessened... Maybe Namine, since she's a real person now instead of a weirdly made nobody? Can she even control memories anymore? Other than that despite searching my brain for five minutes I can't think of anyone else at the moment. It's a good list, and even though these character's powers and roles aren't as special, they still are special characters in our hearts for who they are, their personalities are always going to be unique to them

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

I find it hard to pick a favourite, the top three are always switching with one another. And I'll only rank the ones I've actually played and experienced the combat of, to be fair in my ranking. Also, assume that all of them are the most updated, best version in my ranking. 1. Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance - The gameplay was fun, and playing as Riku was a nice change too! Story wise it was pretty good for a KH game and I think Dream Eaters are the cutest thing ever, even cuter than all the moogles in FF. Especially the dragon-like Dream Eater. Just overall the game comes together to be my favourite... For now, at least. Rating: 10/10... All the top three get 10/10 because I love KH too much. 2. Kingdom Hearts II - The story was at it's peak, the combat was exceptional in a lot of ways, and it's the game filled with the most heartwarming and memeable moments. Not to mention it has one of my favourite worlds, Timeless River, and has probably my favourite version of Hollow Bastion/Radiant Garden. Rating: 10/10 3. Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep - I love Terra, Aqua and Ven so much. This might be my favourite one for the story because it's just so tragic and I adore tragedy. Also the combat command creation was different and fun, even if it was a bit OP. And it may be controversial but the Command Board might be my favourite KH minigame, it was a lot of fun! I'm still holding a grudge over the ice cream ducks that stopped my platinum trophy though... Rating: 10/10 4. Kingdom Hearts 3 - On one hand, I love it so much. "Don't Think Twice" and "Face my Fears" are absolute bops, the gummi ships were better than ever, it had my favourite designs of all the characters, and Sora's personality is just *chef's kiss*. The Disney worlds were so much bigger and fun to explore. There was a lot love. But there's also a lot to hate as well. The pacing, some bits of the ending, the lack of exportability in Traverse Town and not being even able to step foot in Radiant Garden. The lack of FF characters really mad me mad at the time too, and the DLC barely made up for that. Also I played it on Normal difficulty and I regret that to this day, it made the combat very lacklustre. Rating: 8/10 5. Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory - Maybe it's just because it's still the honeymoon phase after finishing it, but I had so much fun with it. There wasn't much story wise but what we got was pretty good. there were some flaws, but overall the fun I had playing it outweighs them all! Rating: 8/10 6. Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep 0.2 Fragmentary Passage - This is the last one I've actually played (I don't own many consoles, I've just watched the cutscenes for the rest). It was... Too short. I can't really make much more of a comment. It was fun just very short. Rating: 7/10 Honestly if I actually played Days and CoM, they'd probably be pretty high on the list, as their story is really good. And CoM has a lot to do with best girl Namine. But having not actually experienced it, I can't really rank the fairly. Let's just say they're 8/10 for story, pretty much. Back Cover was interesting for what it's worth and I haven't done much of anything with Union X so I dunno about that one, no comment on it. Anyway that's my ranking, looking forward to reading what others have to say. All and any KH content is good KH content to me

When I read the second half I wanted Isa's theme to be heard in it too... Until I realised he doesn't have a real theme either So add a theme for Isa to the wish list I suppose.

I think everybody has does! It's so good, and Yoko Shimomura clearly puts her heart and soul into it.

The game had a good range and pretty much every song I wanted was there, minus "Face my Fears". But maybe we could've had a theme for Axel? That would've been nice. He's the only one from the characters of all three main trios not to have theme, so it would've been nice, even if they were limiting how many new songs there were. Hopefully Axel gets a theme and they'll add it if the ever release DLC.

I think that Zexion's Book of Retribution (I had to look up the name for it, I hope that's right). A book that traps people might not be overly original but it's still cool all the same. Also it makes him especially annoying/fun to fight in KH2 Final Mix, when he takes away the commands. And I just love Zexion as a character too so I suppose the weapon gets bonus points for that.

I understand why TWEWY is the most popular but I sadly haven't been able to find and play the first game, and I don't want to watch the anime or play the next game without playing the original first! But I'm a bit of a NieR fangirl anyway so even if I had played TWEWY I think I'd still pick NieR: Replicant. Can't wait for it

I find them al interesting but I'd be lying if I didn't say the heroes... But then again my favourite characters are Sora, Riku, Namine, Zexion, Axel & Terra. All of those except Sora and and (questionably) Namine spent at least some time as Antiheroes. So perhaps my favourite group is the morally grey ones. Or just bad guys turned good guys. But I love all KH characters pretty much so I don't know! An excellent yet very trick question because the KH characters are just too loveable!

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!

Yeah, the song does have Sora vibes. Nice!

My favourites are Riku, Sora and Namine in that order, but each ranking by a very slim margin. Riku's arc was endearing and now even though his character development is slowing down he's a sweetie who has learnt so much and would do ANYTHING for his friends, especially Sora. Sora is just the textbook definition of "ray of sunshine" and honestly it makes the tragic things that happen to him even more sad, so we all gotta love him a lot to make up for all the pain he's had to suffer, the poor boy. Namine is just the best girl, the best written, the prettiest, the most interesting. KH3 did her dirty but otherwise she's perfect and I hope to see more of here in the future of the series. Honourable mention to Manga Kairi who is a queen, will never forget that time she trampled a bunch of heartless, bit Axel and punched Demyx in the face doing more damage to him than any of Sora's hits with a keyblade! As for who I dislike... Aced annoyed the heck out of me, traitor or no his actions were foolish. Ira wasn't much better either. I also am not a big fan of game Kairi, but Manga Kairi does more than make up for it, so I'm pardoning her. Otherwise I love all the KH characters so much, from the darn duck that won't heal us to Hanger, Pants and Omelette

Can't say much more than the others have, but welcome! It's awesome to have new people around!!

Merry Christmas, and may your heart be your guiding key in the New Year!

You're lucky then ? I can't count the number of times he opted to cast "Thunder" instead of "Cure". It's mainly a problem when I play on critical; when I was younger and played on casual I never understood what the problem everyone was having was, but then Critical made me realise... Darn duck >_<

Namine is also a contender, depending on what we're calling a backstory. I'm gonna assume that the whole of CoM can be classified as her backstory, considering that was when she was created. Namine is frequently called "witch" and eventually ends up calling herself that, even though it's evident she doesn't like it. Marluxia literally threatened to kill her, as well as using her as a human shield against Axel, and he and Larxene see her as a tool to be used. Her early life she was held captive by the Organization XIII, and was consistently threatened, gaslighted, pushed around, etc. Namine was all alone in the world and took that chance to replace herself with Kairi in Sora's memories - before her good nature and conscience made her reveal the truth to him, eventually leading to Sora picking his old memories and Kairi over her, leaving Namine, once again, alone, until Riku shows up. Even then she still had DiZ to contend with. Of course in Days and KH2 the sadness isn't over for her; but I'll leave it there because this was just for character's backstory. So if CoM counts as a backstory, Namine has got to be one of the most tragic, even though she didn't have to endure it as long as Marluxia/Aqua/Xehanort did.

T'was a joke, but I suppose you're right. Don't excuse Donald for not healin' us though!!

It's pretty nice! Do you have source/artist for it? (From your wording of the topic I'm assuming it's not your own, if it is that's awesome! If not, might be good to credit the artist so we can see their other work!)