I am not a fan of RPGs and never played a KH game before. However, I am excited about KH3 because of the Toy Story part. So I don't know if this will end up well for me.
It won't.I am not a fan of RPGs and never played a KH game before. However, I am excited about KH3 because of the Toy Story part. So I don't know if this will end up well for me.
There is a couple of recap videos from my understanding that covers the most critical points. Then there's the memory compendium, with loads of text about the previous journeys.Did that leaker ever suggest there was a recap video in the options or something? If not.......thay can't be right to have that there lol
SE has already said that KH3 includes recap videos for the previous games. I believe they've been available to watch in Japanese on SE's YouTube channel for a while now, but I don't have a link to any translations handy.Did that leaker ever suggest there was a recap video in the options or something? If not.......thay can't be right to have that there lol
You really aren't wrong. KH1, CoM, and KH2 really had their own nice little story that felt resolved. The bad guys were all defeated, and the good guys got to go home. 358/2 helped flesh everything out and that's fine. BBS should've been the start of a new arc (and maybe that was the intention at first?), but DDD really convoluted everything. I enjoy answering questions on here to help people understand the plot, but don't get me wrong, I think the plot of DDD is real trash and it's the whole reason KH3's plot will probably be a mess too. None (and I mean none) of the story or character arcs are resolved now, literally everybody who was dead in the series is back alive which removes all the stakes. It honestly feels like they simply weren't able to come up with new convincing villains, so they decided to bring back all of the old ones via either time travel or just unexplained reincarnation, and the worst part is for some characters you don't even know which it is. I came to terms with the state of the series a while ago, and I'm ready and excited for KH3, but I completely understand people who look at the series and roll their eyes.My bud linked me a half hour story recap. Felt like a 30 minute longer version of that video game dunkey recap video he did. This story is such a mess I'm more and more happy to consider KH1, CoM, and KH2 as a complete trilogy.
The original wielder has to have the skill level of a master for it to work, and the receiver has to have an unusually strong heart.Oh yeah about the keyblade ritual...it happens by just touching the blade while the original wielder is also holding it right? Intent is not even necessary? Like that's what Kairi did.
So aside from Disney-rights and shit, what about Jack Sparrow?
Basically, yeah. Keyblades have no loyalty. If a Keyblade Master lets you touch it, and it likes you, it's all yours.Oh yeah about the keyblade ritual...it happens by just touching the blade while the original wielder is also holding it right? Intent is not even necessary? Like that's what Kairi did.
It's from the secret epilogue in KH 0.2Where does the part of sora going to train to the Colosseum comes from? Cant remember what game that came from
Still confused as to how Teenonort can exist in the same time as present Xehanort. So he got all the Xehanort together from the past and brought them to the present, but why is he still able to exist when everyone else disappeared...or did I miss something.
My inclination is that he can pull them forward from their own times but only for so long. The idea there being that if THIS particular instance of his plan (the 7 vs the 13) fails a second time in KH3, they'll return to their own timelines much like in DDD, and he'll have to rev up those fryers again for a 3rd shot.
Seems like it's pretty much just Mickey, though Yen Sid was technically a keyblade wielder/master at one point before the series.Also meta question: have there been talks about whether FF or Disney characters can become keyblade wielders or are they limiting it to Mickey and nobody else?
It's there to explain how she came back to life in KH2. She never actually dies in KH1, she just goes back in time, and then returns to the present.What is the importance behind Maleficient's scene in the latest update. I just don't get it.
It makes sense that Marluxia and Larxene are norted specifically because they both had their own plan above the previous Org XIII. They tried to rise above and surpass the goal that the Org had. They tried to take matters into their own hands.
Because of this, they are strong candidates to be true enemies / Org Members now. Because their will / intentions were so strong in a time when Xemnas was their leader. They surpassed that aspect, if that makes sense... And went on to survive and continue in the true Org XIII of darkness
Now for some questions I have:
- Why did the Lux hunt happened in illusionary worlds created by the MoM when everything was supposedly connected to begin with?
- What is the difference between those, the dream worlds, and data worlds?
- Do we have any idea of what the Dandelions' leaders engame is? Surely they don't intend on staying in the dream world forever? Or maybe they are and we should consider their story separate from the main story/MoM plot from now on?
- What is the importance behind Maleficient's scene in the latest update. I just don't get it.
Should still work yeahOh I forgot I actually downloaded the game so that I could get that free keyblade in KH3 from playing the mini-games. Can I still do that or is it too late?
So I've watched the Union Cross recap movies.
I think the general flow of the story is pretty clear but the details of it get pretty complicated once you're into Unchained/UX territory IMO.
First, if I understand all of this correctly:
Thats cause Donald is the one to change there appearance to help them fit the worlds and the villains dont really care about that ruleWhy do the villains never change their appearance like Sora does based on the world they are currently in? For example, Sora being a toy in the Toy Story world but that organization fellow maintaining his original appearance.
But we didHow did Organization XIII return to their normal bodies hen we never defeated their heartless?
Can someone explain Replica Riku please?
Like what are his origins and how is he in Kingdom Heart 3.
I take from the trailers he's probably aligned with Xehanort since he seems norted (yellow eyes in big hero 6 trailer).
Also why does he look like Riku from near the end of KH1 when he was "possessed" by Ansem with the weird suit?
Is he another case of someone plucked from the past and near the end of KH1 is his origin point?
As someone that only played KH 1 and 2 as a teen, barely understood the story of those 2 but liked the moment to moment stories, will i understand wth is going on in KH3?
He's from Chain of Memories. Vexen created a replica of Riku in Castle Oblivion, then the other Organization members had the Replica undergo the same memory modifications as Sora so that they would both become obsessed with and fight over Naminé.Can someone explain Replica Riku please?
Like what are his origins and how is he in Kingdom Heart 3.
I take from the trailers he's probably aligned with Xehanort since he seems norted (yellow eyes in big hero 6 trailer).
Also why does he look like Riku from near the end of KH1 when he was "possessed" by Ansem with the weird suit?
Is he another case of someone plucked from the past and near the end of KH1 is his origin point?
Do i need to play 2.8 before 3?
I still didn't bought it because it wasn't discounted enough (I had 3 pre-order), and i want to get "the story so far" compilation at some point.
Probably not. There have been two main games worth of story advancement since then (Birth By Sleep, Dream Drop Distance), and then some more stuff from games like 358/2 Days, Re:coded, A Fragmentary Passage, and Union Cross.As someone that only played KH 1 and 2 as a teen, barely understood the story of those 2 but liked the moment to moment stories, will i understand wth is going on in KH3?
He's from Chain of Memories. Vexen created a replica of Riku in Castle Oblivion, then the other Organization members had the Replica undergo the same memory modifications as Sora so that they would both becomes obsessed with and fight over Naminé.
Eventually the Replica was so different from Riku that the others encouraged him to live as his own unique person, rather than living as a throwaway Riku clone. But he couldn't manage it and eventually confronted Riku, who fought and defeated him.
So the KH3 Replica is either:
- lifted from the point of his creation (pre-memory meddling)
- lifted from right before he fights Riku (most powerful but also most conflicted)
- newly created by Vexen using the data he gathered back in Castle Oblivion
He is a replica of Riku made by Vexen using Riku's data in Castle Oblivion. Naminé implanted the replica with memories of Kairi and fooled him into fighting Sora.
He looks young because the he was created when Riku was young. I don't think he was brought in from the past (as per Xehanort's rules). I think he was just repourposed.
He's from Chain of Memories. Vexen created a replica of Riku in Castle Oblivion, then the other Organization members had the Replica undergo the same memory modifications as Sora so that they would both become obsessed with and fight over Naminé.
Eventually the Replica was so different from Riku that the others encouraged him to live as his own unique person, rather than living as a throwaway Riku clone. But he couldn't manage it and eventually confronted Riku, who fought and defeated him.
So the KH3 Replica is either:
- lifted from the point of his creation (pre-memory meddling)
- lifted from right before he fights Riku (most powerful but also most conflicted)
- newly created by Vexen using the data he gathered back in Castle Oblivion.
- Brain is the most suspicious one among the new leaders, we know nothing about his agenda. Might be a red herring.
- Ventus is supposedly the real Ventus, which means we'll probably learn at some point about how and why he came to time-travel to BBS's time. Dude's also pretty suspicious, it's likely he doesn't have a rulebook,
Maybe Xaldins and Lexaeus humans (like from BBS) had good intentions, guarding the castle and keeping order / ansem the wise. maybe because of that, there wasnt room for orderly ppl in the new true org 13Yeah? But why Demyx over someone like Xaldin, who hasnt been shown to be Norted in trailers? Demyx was a complete coward.
In fact, that's one of my biggest questions. Why arent Xaldin and Lexaeus norted? Xaldin is clearly one of the most evil members of the organization and both members were loyal until the end, unlike Marluxia, Larxene, and Saix (who confuses me the most due to 358's scenes)
I get Vexen, due to his knowledge with the Replica program (and both Xion and likely Riku Replica are returning this game), and it seems Zexion (Ienzo) is either being captured for some reason or another, but both Xaldin and Lexaeus are suspiciously missing (both guards for Ansem the wise) after waking in DDD from any trailer.
Everyone else is accounted for save for these 2.
So I've watched the Union Cross recap movies.
I think the general flow of the story is pretty clear but the details of it get pretty complicated once you're into Unchained/UX territory IMO.
First, if I understand all of this correctly:
- Far in the past, all worlds were connected, just super far away so nobody realized they were connected,
- In Daybreak Town, the MoM has 6 disciples and basically foretells the end of this world of light,
- He gives a prophecy book to 5 of his disciples and while nothing is certain it appears that he manipulates them into provoking a war they were supposed to avoid, while the 6th watches everything unfold for MoM who has effectively disappeared (but is observing through the eye of his Keyblade, which he gave to the 6th disciple, who is in turn supposed to pass it down - and he will all the way till Xehanort),
- Trying to avoid the war, the 5 disciples recruit Keyblade holders for their union, who are to hunt for "Lux" by defeating Heartless by going through recreations of world (made by the MoM),
- One of the disciples, Ava, creates the Dandelions, an organisation in which she recruits keyblade wielders who are survive the war - guiding them to a dream version of the world in which the war won't happen, and handing down a rulebook to 5 people who are to become the new leaders,
- War happens as planned and everyone disappears/dies including the 5 foretellers - among which Ava, who had a breakdown following a revelation by Luxu, the sixth disciple, and came to wish she had never created the Dandelions.
T H E E N D- Right before you die in the Keyblade War, you are saved by your friends Ephemer and Skuld, who had already enlisted into the Dandelions and guide you to the dream world,
- Those two happen to be among the 5 new leaders, and are joined by Lauriam (pre-Nobody Marluxia), Ventus (who is suspiciously out of place) and Brain (biggest mystery of the five). One of those is likely a traitor and the person who killed Lauriam's sister and stole her rulebook just before the war broke out,
- Save for the leaders, everyone seems amnesiac in the dream world save for the 5 new leaders,
- The amnesiac Dandelions are relieving the entire chi story, complete with the foretellers and their fights, except the war never breaks out and the happy hunt for Lux goes on forever,
- The worlds made by the MoM don't exist in the dream so the hunt for Lux actually occurs in data simulations of those worlds similarly to what happens in Coded, complete with data copies of the Dandelions visiting those data worlds (except they don't realize they're not themselves? Unsure)
- Problem: the amensiacs are having nightmares of the real world, as if they were reliving the entire struggle in its entirety every single night
- The new leaders - who are all pretty suspicious and with ongoing stories of their own, are trying to figure out a solution.- Lauriam's sister was killed by someone who stole the rulebook she got from Ava, and is likely among the 5 new leaders. Lauriam is currently investigating her disappearance (he knows she was supposed to be a Dandelion) with not-Larxene - and both are a tad suspicious. They've learned that Skuld was seen with the player character's, who Lauriam's sister was infatuated with and happens to be the only lead to her disappearance,
- Brain is the most suspicious one among the new leaders, we know nothing about his agenda. Might be a red herring.
- Ventus is supposedly the real Ventus, which means we'll probably learn at some point about how and why he came to time-travel to BBS's time. Dude's also pretty suspicious, it's likely he doesn't have a rulebook,
- Rulebook has some strange stuff like the rule about how they should have wielders fighting each other.
Someone tells me if I'm wrong.
Now for some questions I have:
- Why did the Lux hunt happened in illusionary worlds created by the MoM when everything was supposedly connected to begin with?
- What is the difference between those, the dream worlds, and data worlds?
- Do we have any idea of what the Dandelions' leaders engame is? Surely they don't intend on staying in the dream world forever? Or maybe they are and we should consider their story separate from the main story/MoM plot from now on?
- What is the importance behind Maleficient's scene in the latest update. I just don't get it.
This is all fascinating, I wonder how much of it will really impact KHIII as this looks more like a setup for another story arc.
A very very long time.I've been quickly playing my way through KHUX, but I still have some questions, particularly with regards to how it fits into the other games
- How long before BBS are these games supposed to take place?
- So what this means is that Union Cross is actually the sequel/continuation of KH X? That the whole game doesn't take place in the real world, but some simulation after the Keyblade War?
- Are the events of the KH X Back Cover cutscene movie the same as what is shown in KH X?
- They mention in KHX Back Cover that there is a traitor. Was this traitor one of the five foretellers, or is it one of the five dandelion leaders, or do we simply not know?
Because it would be super bad ass.In this thread we ask and answer questions about the series' plot.
Why did they were inspired by Yoda's fight in SW Episode 3 , for Mickey gameplay?
-You get more Avatar Coins as you level up and complete story quests.Quick question about UX gameplay: I stared a new game just to give it a try and I find myself with suddenly with what seems like a ton of currency:
- 70 Avatar coins, of which I used 50 to fully clear my character's first Avatar Board (?!),
- About 18 000 jewels, when a 10-pull for the currently campaign costs only 3 000, and said 3 000 jewels would cost almost 20 bucks in real money (so I'm starting with over 100 bucks worth of currency??).
Am I missing something or is the game really generous?
If I'm only looking to play for the story, can I just sink my jewels in the current BBS campaign for good medals, and call it a day?
Any other advice?
Also, I'm not sure how Avatar Boards work: I understand that I will be gaining new ones by playing, but are unlocked nodes permanent, or only when you equip the corresponding board?
Thanks.
Don't they have different VAs? I figure that's gotta be a strike against.Are there any arguments against MoM being Xigbar? it just seems like they behave uniquely in exactly the same way.
Are there any arguments against MoM being Xigbar? it just seems like they behave uniquely in exactly the same way.
-You get more Avatar Coins as you level up and complete story quests.
-Avatar board unlocks are where you get HP and AP stat increases and highly recommended, even the boards from the opposite gender count.
-Accessories gotten from Avatar boards or won in events will sometimes have "perks" that slightly improve certain aspects when worn, but that's it.
-The mark-up on jewels is not exactly favorable, and they'll be gone before you know it. It *is* quite generous at the moment, though.
-Yes, feel free to pull on the current banners if all you're interested in is completing story missions, the BBS trio banners are Falling Price so each pull will decrease the amount of jewels you have to spend until it hits 1.9k. The medals you get from those banners should suffice, however be aware that you're not guaranteed any of the featured medals. Also you might want to try pulling once on the Newcomer's and Top-Drawer deals to get some buffers and copy medals to round out your inventory.
It won't, so to get the most out of your jewels you'd want to concentrate on just one banner only.Thank you for all this advice!
Considering there are 3 campaign banners for BBS, should I just focus on one? I don't suppose pulling on Terra will decrease Aqua's price for instance?
Isn't the Royal Edition $50 now on digital stores, with frequent discounts? I can get the physical version for less than $30, throw in a couple bucks more for a game-less Regis steelbook.Considering FF15 took a long while to drop in price - and now it doesn't drop anymore, they only add more DLC for the same price