Kingdom hearts became a thing when the head of Disney and square soft shared an elevator ride

As a massive fan of Kingdom Hearts, seeing someone who has no idea what is going on watch this is sending me. Especially when you asked why he was smacking people with his key when it can shoot lasers. I love it, thanks for bringing a laugh to my day.

Seriously wish i could forget everything about kingdom hearts and just relive it all again. Watching people who have zero experience with kingdom hearts is the next best thing. I really hope you get to play the games!

Lordy, as someone who has delved deep DEEP into Kingdom Hearts, it is so funny to see someone just expose themselves to the openings in a completely random order. As if the series isn't tricky enough for an outsider to understand, you went ahead and just set the experience to Critical Difficulty lmao In case someone hasn't told you already, there are now technically 14 playable games, and they are spread across a very wide range of platforms, including consoles, handheld consoles, and phones. Of those 14 games, 10 are considered the core games that make up the story (possibly 11 if we count the newest mobile game that came out last year?). Each of those 10 games has a different animated Opening, many of which reuse songs, but all of which have intros that relate to that specific game. And THEN there are also the Secret Ending animations you get at the end of each game that are Animated Teasers for the next game hat was coming out at the time, and they are animated like their own mini movies. To this very day, the Secret Ending to Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix is the COOLEST animated short film I have EVER seen from a video game series. Oh right-- The Final Mixes! So those are re-releases of a game that include a good chunk of new content as well as both the English and Japanese Dubs for the player to choose from. They were basically DLC before DLC was so commonly done in video games (Yes Kingdom Heats is that old lol). Gosh I could talk about Kingdom Hearts for hours-- There's SO much there! AAHHH Love it! XD

You can think of the intros as a sort of recap/storytelling mechanism. No spoilers but other than being dope af they add to the experience of these games

The big boots are because originally Sora was going to be Mickie Mouse, who has giant feet

To answer your question the keyblade is one of the most powerful weapons in all of video games but depends on the users creativity some examples are It can transform into other weapons, it can deflect lasers and even block lightsaber attacks, it also works a magic wand combined with a staff, it can transform into Vehicles, it can open portals through time, space and dimensions, it can steal people's souls, it can choose what to cut through so it can be blunt to simply defeat targets or it can be sharp enough to slice through multiple buildings at once and its indestructible only fake keyblades can break. it has more powers but those are a few examples oh it can also unlock any and i do mean ANY lock

these 2 reactions have been so funny, i've been putting myself in the perspective of knowing nothing with you and these videos are just insane to watch without context and absolutely hilarious. You should definitely give the series a go i think you will love it, keep up the good work your personality and analysis are absolutely pleasant!

We had to wait about 10 plus years for Kingdom Hearts III

🎶PLAY THE GAMES! PLAY THE GAMES! PLAY THE GAMES!🎶

The Openings are recaps of the previous games. Thats why there are multiple groups of people that dont seem to be connected or what u called it seems like different timelines. Thats why they where back on that island because it was just a short: "Last time on Kingdom Hearts" thing. For someone who doesnt know anything about the games it doesnt explain anything, but they actually summarize the plot of each game very nicely.

this is my favorite opening, the music, emotion, and visuals is terrific

I cannot tell you how unbelievably hyped the community was for Kingdom Hearts 3 to finally drop that game was the sole reason I got a PS4

You gotta play Kingdom Hearts series!

"Someone told me this is sora but not sora" that person you're thinking of is Roxas yes and this is actually not that same person but it is yet another person who was in Sora's heart which is why Roxas looks the way he does... and this is the start of the rabbit hole. The Island is those 3 characters home. The chess is just symbolism. God in 1 sentence I could completely mind boggle you with this game lmao

Essentially, the openings for the numbered KH games are recaps of the entire series. For KH2 it recapped KH1 & Chain of Memories. And with KH3, its basically the entire series up to that point (except for the X games which itself is massive)

As a fan of both Hololive and Kingdom Hearts, I've been loving the reactions and would totally enjoy more. If you want to do any more, I would say that 0.2 Birth By Sleep and Dream Drop Distance have the best openings that you haven't seen yet.

The key can be a wand, sword, key, or whatever else the plot demands, like a sonic screwdriver that can also do wood.

Yeah, keep doing more of this. I enjoyed your analysis.

This was great! would def be interested checking out the rest of the openings!

I'm new here and I just clicked on this video because of kingdom hearts. It took me 5 minutes into the video until I recognized your voice, lol. Makes this video even better.

Some other Kingdom Hearts games have proper openings with original animation like the ones for the 3 numbered games, while others have openings that are basically clipshows with footage from previous games and openings. The ones in my opinion worth reacting to are Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep, Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance and Kingdom Hearts 2.8 (Yes, these are all real names).

Dream Drop Distance has one of THE BEST KH intros

As I'm sure you have read by now the Keyblade is so much more than just a weapon. And theres 3 seprate stories that all converge in KH3.

1:38 a producer of square, and a producer of Disney shared office space in a single building. The square execs were impressed with Super Mario 64’s success, and wanted to make. New title of their own, but figured that it would take Disney’s star power to compete. One day, staff of Disney and square shared an elevator, and square pitched the idea, and it was a hit with them. And so kingdom hearts was made, after some workshopping. Tae Yasue told Tetsuya nomura that the franchise would flop if they didn’t make it like Star Wars. That is why kh1 is simple and straightforward, while every other game had insane and confusing anoints if world building. Due to Star Wars’ “mystery box” philosophy. That is to say, pose questions/poke plotholes,,, but ask more questions, as you answer the questions you posed/addressed the holes.

a love this godamn opening so much

The kingdom hearts dream drop distance opening go extremely hard btw that would be my next recommendation

without going into to much spoilers the chess game is a metaphor for the kid playing and his evil plans, and then when he shits to the old guy thats the cue that everything has fallen into place.

yeah this opening is totally a spoiler bomb, since the openings have a tendency to summarize event from the past games. also the falling from the sky, and stained glass, has been part of the series since KH1. also fun fact , this op song was partly written by Skrillex, hence the more electronic sound compared to KH1/2 the island is there home Sora, kairi (pink girl) .and riku's (gray hair boy in yellow) home, it's where the tutorial takes place in KH1, and pops up every once in a while for story purposes. i know someone else mentioned it but if you plan to play the games, you can't do1->2->3, without being absolutely lost, since the series had a tendency to put a lot of the story in the side games, which isn't a problem if you buy the collections, which is the standard nowadays, there are 3 collection leading up to KH 3, 1.5, 2.5, and 2.8. there are also two different ways to play the series, release order, or chronology, but i think release order is more fun since, it keeps the mysteries intact. also i don't remember if you asked in the last KH reaction but sephiroth is in the series as a hidden boss

Yes, MORE, PLEASE..! 😍

So funny thing on how Kingdom Hearts was made originally it was supposed to be with Nintendo with Mario instead of Mickey but it wasn't ment to be so. when the producer left in a elevator a representative of disney was also there too.they talk and he liked it so both company talked and we've gotten it with disney

People gettint into KH is so sureeal for me. Ive been a fan for over 20 years now and i never thought it would become like this

I would say while the story of these games are cool but for me selling point was gameplay and atmosphere. Mainline KH games are one of the best action-rpgs with amazing battle system, progression and cool boss fights. Also the fact that you travel different worlds that we already know and meet the characters from both Disney and Square is amazing.

The Kingdom Hearts 3 opening is a cinematic recap of the canon timeline of the series. I'm pretty sure. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

One of the more popular openings of this series from the side titles is the one for Dream Drop Distance. :)

It was about 14 years between the KH2 opening and the KH3 one. If that sounds absurd, it is.

The funny thing about Kingdom Hearts is that there's like 5 games between 2 and 3, that's where all these different characters come from. KH3 is less a straightforward sequel and more the end of a big story arc that sprawls several games. The opening basically goes through a stylized version of the events as edgy boy plays chess. I think they initially didn't plan to make so many games between 2 and 3, so they started giving them non-numbered titles, then realized as they made more that they had to save 3 for the big one that tied everything together. Then like 10 years went by. Moving forward they're probably going to do numbered way more often, given there was only one non-numbered game (+one mobile game) and the next one is KH4 already.

The reason it exists is cause of a chance in fate that two Lead Directors of Square Enix and Disney had a once in a lifetime elevator ride :D THE GOAT SORA VA!!! HALEY JOEL OSMENT Please you must watch the rest in order! In my experience it just feels more smoothly if you do :) BUT you do you how you wanna! Maannnnnn The Keyblade is the or if not ONE OF the most OP things in fiction.period! Also Xenoblade reminder :) either gameplay wise or a good playlist out there IN ENGLISH AS WELL XD!!!

It is a crazy idea and it's one that came about in a literal elevator pitch. Square enix wanted an answer to super Mario 64 but didn't have anyone that could rival Mario. Square enix happened to be in the same building as Disney in Japan so a square exec pitched it to a Disney exec in the elevator and it went from there.

Between 2 and 3 ? 19 years if I'm not mistaking. There was a lot of other "spin off" games that came between them, all important for the story. I would recommand watching the "Birth By Sleep" and the "Dream Drop Distance" intros. This one is mostly a recap of most previous games so it has a huge nostalgic and symbolic theme attached to it. Basically, the keyblade is a weapon that can unlock a lot of things, like someone's heart, and is an important factor to getting to Kingdom Hearts, the gathering of all hearts. It would be a lot to explain ^^ But yeah, it's mostly a sword that allows Sora to use magic too, and there are a lot of them, like customization based on which Disney world you visit in the game.

Without spoiling anything this opening recaps the story so far basically ind i love it also this was the first (kinda) to come out in unreal engine all others where ps2 psp or ds ports and upscaled for ps3 then ps4 and now again for pc

I recommend checking out the secret endings, too. Those are a bit painful to unlock anyway.

So, to answer your question. The distance between 2 and 3 was a THIRTEEN YEAR WAIT. Yes, a lot has happened. Play the games in release order for context.

About the lack of a themepark attraction, Its likely because Square Enix still holds the copyright to anything non disney related in the games, that being the main cast, all the enemies and then all of the final fantasy characters. That said i heard that the original main character was more animal like to fit in with disney but instead of a key blade, it was a chainsaw sword EDIT: OH SHIT! This is the song that Zentreya covered from Vshojo (i say covered, shes more like a vocaloid! BUT still!) So kingdom hears 2 released back in 2006, Kingdom hearts 3 released in 2019, thirteen years later. THAT SAID, there were other side games and final mix versions which have new content released between them. To answer your question on nerration at the start, that is Sora and he has aged up with each mainline game! Square enix sells that chessboard.... its uhh.. yea its BEAUTIFUL but very expensive 8:04 would be seasalt icecream Edit2: You really need to play the series, knowing what i do from our little journey, you would laugh at the first game in parts, but still be invested and then be hooked for the other 8...

I’d love to see more Kingdom Hearts reactions! Just know that if you do play the game…there’s a lot of games that take place between the numbered titles so you might want to look them up

The blue woman is Aqua. Personally though I think she looks better in her red and black/really dark blue.

The island is their home world the destiny islands.

Sora's two friends are Riku (the silver-haired boy) and Kairi (the girl). The boy from the Kingdom Hearts 2 opening people told you was 'Sora but not Sora' is named Roxas. If you remove the letter x from Roxas, you can rearrange the remaining letters and get Sora. This is not a coincidence or an accident, nor is it a meaningless fact. The blonde-haired boy seen alongside the blue-haired woman (named Aqua) and the brown-haired man (named Terra) is not Roxas. His name is Ventus. Ventus and Roxas are different characters with different personalities, but like the quirk with Roxas' name, the fact that Roxas and Ventus look the same is neither coincidence nor accident, nor is it a meaningless fact. Roxas is the blonde-haired boy later seen in a leather coat with the red-haired man (Axel) and the black-haired girl (Xion). The silver-haired boy (who is not Riku) playing chess throughout this opening is named Xehanort. The old man is also Xehanort. They are the same character. Speaking of, when Terra's hair turns silver after being 'sucked into' that dark smoke, he's Xehanort. Specifically the old Xehanort did a ritual and possessed Terra's body. It's Terra's body but Terra's will has been suppressed by Xehanort's. The series calls this incarnation of Xehanort 'Terra-Xehanort', but fans call him 'Terranort'. That fan-name is the origin of the fanbase-specific term 'Norting', because Xehanort would go on to put himself into multiple people, with the stated intent to 'turn them into Xehanort'. The Kingdom Hearts 3 Opening was a trip down memory lane for those who played the entire series so far. It's a quick beat summary of the series in chronological order. The three characters shown first are from Birth By Sleep, which is a prequel; taking place a whole decade before the first game. Those three characters are Terra (the brown-haired man), Ventus (the blonde-haired boy), and Aqua (the blue-haired woman). Kingdom Hearts 3 was the end of the first story arc of the Kingdom Hearts series, and the old guy was the arc villain. The tall guy Riku turns into and the guy you thought was Sephiroth for a moment are like vestiges of him; new beings that came into existence as a result of the old guy experimenting on himself. The guy Riku turns into calls himself Ansem, but that's an assumed name. Specifically a stolen name. After taking Terra's body, Xehanort became an apprentice to a man named Ansen as a cover and to acquire the means to further his plans. He ended up banishing Ansem to the Realm of Darkness (darkness and light are real, tangible forces in the Kingdom Hearts-verse, and the realm where most of the story so far takes place is called the Realm of Light in-universe), and assumed Ansem's name in order to have the freedom to conduct experiments he'd previously been forbidden from conducting as an apprentice by Ansem. This guy doesn't have a name of his own other than Xehanort. He's a being known as a Heartless, which is a physical manifestation of primordial darkness. The guy you thought was Sephiroth for a moment is named Xemnas, and he's what's known as a Nobody. Rather than darkness or light, Nobodies are beings defined by an absence of both darkness and light (called 'the in-between' or 'nothingness' in-universe). If you remove the letter x from Xemnas, you can rearrange the remaining letters and get Ansem. Just like with Roxas, this is neither coincidence nor accident, and it's not a meaningless fact. In fact, the two are related, and it's a matter of surprising importance during the first story arc. The x in these names is actually the greek letter 'chi' (pronounced 'qi' or 'key'). Roxas is also a Nobody. Nobodies are created when someone becomes a Heartless, and the Nobody that is created is said to be the Nobody of the person who turned into a Heartless. If a Nobody has a name with an x in it, and removing the x and rearranging the letters can make the name of another character in the series, that Nobody is the Nobody of the person who's name you can make through this process. In short, Roxas is Sora's Nobody. This is what people mean when they say Roxas is 'Sora but not Sora'. It's based on something someone in-universe says about Xemnas. 'He is Ansem, yet he is not Ansem'. Ansem in this case being Xehanort having assumed the name Ansem. Xehanort's Heartless who calls himself Ansem is the main antagonist/final boss of the first game. Xemnas is the main antagonist/final boss of Kingdom Hearts 2. Both of them are relegated to Old Xehanort's lackeys in Kingdom Hearts 3. Kingdom Hearts 2 is actually the third game in the series in release order, because there's a canon interlude called Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories. People thought Chain of Memories was an unimportant side game because it was on the Game Boy Advance, but then Kingdom Hearts 2 came out and they were confused. As it turns out, Chain of Memories sets up multiple plot points for later resolution. The antagonist group of Kingdom Hearts 2 is introduced in this interlude and their numbers are actually cut down by almost half before the end of it. It also shows why Sora is out of commission at the start of Kingdom Hearts 2, as represented in the Kingdom Hearts 2 opening by the blonde girl (Namine) putting Sora to sleep by drawing it in her sketchbook. Finally, it serves as the beginning of Riku's redemption arc after his turn to the dark side that led to him turning into the one vestige of the old guy who's the final boss of the first game. Chain of Memories had two stories. The first had the player controlling Sora, and after completing it the second was unlocked where players controlled Riku. The pink-haired man with the scythe is named Marluxia, and he is the main antagonist/final boss of Sora's story. Marluxia is another instance of a name where if you remove the letter x (or rather the greek letter 'chi') you can rearrange the remaining letters and get the name of another character in the series. The main antagonist/final boss of Riku's story is Xehanort's Heartless who's still inside him, the final battle being a 'battle in the center of the mind' kind of thing. The key Sora swings around is called a Keyblade, and it's one of many metaphysical weapons that were forged in the image of an ancient weapon of myth called the X-blade (the X in X-blade is the greek letter 'chi' just like the X in certain characters' names). Keyblades come in many appearances though they're all at least vaguely key-shaped. The reason Keyblades are used as melee weapons is because they can cut darkness. The edge that cuts darkness is metaphysical. Keyblades (and the X-blade) are the only weapons that can kill Heartless. Other forms of combat can cause them to dematerialize in a way that looks like they've been killed, as they turn into dark smoke just like when a Keyblade cuts them, but if they weren't slain by a Keyblade they just reform elsewhere in the Realm of Light. When a Heartless is cut by the Keyblade though, that dark smoke returns to the primordial darkness. Sora's Keyblade 'model' is called the Kingdom Key, and of all the Keyblades in the series it's the one that's closest in appearance to the X-blade. The X-blade's hilt is two Kingdom Keys crossed, and an actual sword-type blade extends from the space between these crossed blades. The crossed Kingdom Keys are representative of the X-blade being an object of duality. It's made up of both light and darkness. Though I called the X-blade a weapon, it also has a function akin to the name of the weapons based on it, that of a key. This function is actually what the X-blade is most known for, and probably inspired the name Keyblade for the weapons made in its image. The X-blade is specifically the key to Kingdom Hearts. Kingdom Hearts is both an eldritch location and an eldritch entity. It's called the First Light in-universe, and Xehanort's goal throughout his arc was to forge the X-blade and use it to unlock Kingdom Hearts in order to reset the universe.

The best way to explain the openings is that it shows a extremely abbreviated version of the story up to that point and then teases what's going to happen in the story of that game so in my opinion is actually one of the best ways to do an opening because it teases what's going to happen while also refreshing your memory of what has happened and also welcome to the community this bizarre fandom that is Kingdom Hearts if you truly are interested in playing the game I highly recommend it and strap yourself in for one Wild Ride

lmao the commitment to ignoring the 1st game is impressive sadly 4 has a trailer but no song and we prolly arent gonna see that for a hot min lol but its crazy this song gave me goosebumps hearing it again this music is so good and the random skrillex collab threw everyone for a loop when it came out I cant wait for you to check out more you cant run from Simple and Clean any longer

Btw the games in-between the number games are essential if you end up playing the games

It might be better to just watch a compilation video of all the game openings, so you can get them all in order and have a lower chance of missing any, lol; it could also be fun to do a reaction to the "A Good Enough Summary of Kingdom Hearts" video as well 1:39 Iirc, the concept for Kingdom Hearts was literally an elevator pitch Tetsuya Nomura gave to some Disney higher-ups, lol 4:16 You're going to be even more surprised to know that this isn't 'Not Sora', either, lol

1:46 They actually had a sora costume and special Donald and goofy costumes at either Disney world/land, I think they only had for a short time and the sora costume was pretty terrifying so it might have been a good idea that didn’t keep using it. Definitely have been enjoying these videos, I like the fresh perspective you have on the series and the ideas you have been coming up with for the story.

Speaking of Sephiroth, SquarEnix is involved in the making of the game, so….

What is a Keyblade? It's pretty much an omnitool. It can unlock hearts, open worlds, cast magic, and a blunt weapon

Think a really good opening you should look at (after 1 this time) Is From "Kingdom hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep A Fragmentary Passage" yes that is the title. And the opening is just gorgeous.

4:13 That's not the Not-Sora, that's the Not-Sora the Not-Sora inside Sora came from which is why he didn't look like Sora. 7:47 is the actual Not-Sora.

yep you really need to watch the opening of kh dream drop distance and kh birth by sleep

You have to the birth by sleep intros

Sora's KH1 design is based on Mickey Mouse and that's where the big shoes come from. As the story goes, Square in the late 90's was looking for a competitor to Mario after the release of Super Mario 64 and the only other fictional character popular enough was Mickey Mouse. As it happens, at the time the Square Soft and Disney offices were in the same building. So on an elevator ride they pitched the idea to a Disney executive. The Keyblade while a blunt object in appearance is magical and is a weapon of light. It can lock or unlock any lock both physical or metaphysical. I'll let you try and wrap your head around that without giving any more detail.

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Kingdom hearts has its wonderful qualities and flaws, but one thing i know for sure, its one hell of an experience! The entirety of kingdom hearts series is available on steam now and if your interested in playing kingdom hearts yourself, no better time to get it now. Just so you know a few of the entries in whole bundle are just HD cutscene remasters instead of the actual games, such as KH 358/2 days (the slash means over, not divided by) , and KH Recoded

Just to let you know, you skipped over quite a bit between KH2 and KH3. Way more than you'd think, but that's Kingdom Hearts for ya. In particular, you should really watch the Birth By Sleep, Dream Drop Distance, and BBS 0.2 openings, those are some of my favorites

Why did you skip the first KH opening?

i don't follow KH but its always nice to watch a Matchu vid!

I just wanted to say that KH has 13+ games

The not Sora you're seeing, is the other not Sora. The not not Sora

I want to see You play this series

So while this is kh3 there are other kingdom hearts games that take place between the series besides these 3 there is like 4 or 5 other games

The original kingdom hearts game was the first game i beat on my own when i was around 7. Ive played every game in the series and theres not one i genuinely hate. Sure the phone games are meh, but i dont dislike them. I feel like 3 is underrated because people are too nostalgic for 2. So anyway guess its time for you to play the games

Watch 0.2 now.

A shame you didnt watch them in order

What does the key do Answer is yes

I still haven’t played Kingdom Hearts 3.

if you ever thought Smash brothers ultimate is a logistical nightmare... Disney and SQ are a million times worse and then getting them both to work on KH stuff outside of each other is a whole new mess.

As someone who loves KH it always annoys me that KH2 is the 3rd game and KH3 is like the 15th or something. The 14 years between KH2 and KH3 were a mess and it's not over yet, KH3 was released 5 years ago and we still have no news about when KH4 will be released (only that announcement teaser at 2021).

I kinda almost don’t want you to read the comments just to see if you can piece the world and story of KH just through the OPs alone.

I really love the reaction and the interest in kingdom hearts, I just wish you didn’t pause every 3 seconds, I feel like you don’t give the music enough praise because of this and don’t let the scenes play out.

Kingdom Hearts 3 came out in 2019. Kingdom Hearts 2 was from 2005. Kingdom Hearts 1 was 2002. But don't let that big gap confuse you, there was one game released between 1 and 2 (Chain of Memories, 2004) and several released between 2 and 3 (Coded in 2008, 358 Days/2 in 2009, Birth By Sleep in 2010, Dream Drop Distance in 2012), not to mention the browser game of Union X in 2015, and multiple rereleases (all with Re: at the start) If you only know the "mainline games", you'll only get like a quarter of the story.

NOOOOOOO, Kingdom Hearts 3 SUCKS..! 😭 NOT THIS ONE..! 😭 NOT THIS ONEEEEE..! 😢 NO.... NOOOOOOO!!!!!!! 😰