this went from a silly compilation to making me cry,im glad to have people like you in this community speaking messages of joy and sharing their experiences

Y'all wanna hear something that'll break your brains? 2024 is further away from the announcement trailer for KH3 (2013) than the announcement trailer was from the release of KH2 (2024-2013 = 11 years; 2013-2005 = 8 years).

Kingdom Hearts got me through some of the loneliest moments in my life. It sucked me into its crazy narrative and took me on a magical adventure and pushed me to believe friendship was attainable to a younger me who needed to know that. It was a series that helped me discover my love for drawing and writing and inspired me creatively. It introduced me to anime and gave me an interest to play other video games out there. It’s sounds super cheesy but I don’t think I’d be who I am today without this series. I’m so grateful to it and the ppl in this community who make content for giving me so many fun memories throughout the years :3

I grew up with the Kingdom Hearts series being a huge part of my life. I remember after getting my first device with access to KZfaq, I began watching you in the beginning of your Kingdom Hearts 2 playthrough on the road to Kingdom Hearts 3. Coming home after school each day to watch your videos was so exciting. I continued watching until you deleted your last channel, which deeply saddened me because at that point you had become my favorite KZfaqr. But when you returned as Sir Skyward I was so excited, but you seemed different, almost as if you didn't really want to be back. But now, you seem genuinely happy to be making these videos again. I'm glad you're back!

we finally have a video complimenting KH3 instead of crapping on it relentlessly

Loved hearing from you directly. Thanks for opening up. I have been here since Road to Kingdom Hearts 3. Watching videos with your family talking in the background. I was a sophomore in high school watching you talk about preparing for college, and now I am in my second year of grad school myself. ❤

I want to thank my cousin for introducing this series for me, he REALLY loved this series and wanted me to get into it, sadly he took his life in 2020 and ever since I dived back into KH and falling back in love with this series, I wish he was here to see Sora come to smash, I miss you Charlie, thank you so much

Quick little note. In KH2 critical mode you actually do more damage compared to other modes, not less.

I remember playing KH3 at the same time I had an annual pass for Disneyland. I remember playing in these Disney worlds in the game then just going to Disneyland and imagining how KH could be integrated within the parks. I’m still not the biggest fan of KH3’s story, but I still have very fond memories of playing

I really appreciate this video Sky! I was and still a huge fan of yours since back in the day and felt really sad when you left youtube. I'm glad to see your love for KH has come back stronger than ever and that you're able to do videos like this again! I hope to see you continue to grow into an even better content creator!

Can't wait for KH4

Excellent video man! I’ve been watching for years and gotta say. I’m a huge fan of your work and I’d love to see more!!! Thank you for taking us along the journey with you

Super grateful for you and your channel. It really brightened up my days during some hard times. Thank you

Great video man, I had to like it twice. I just get goosebumps knowing that someone out there shares the same feeling for the series as I do. May your heart be your guiding key!

Just want to say I appreciate you for always being honest yet cool. You were one of the few khtubers that tackled the issues in the original base game of KH3 instead of ghosting and ignoring them completely like some others. Love your content.

*My KH story* Kingdom hearts I was the first and last video game my father got me before he passed away. He worked his butt off to get my sister and I a ps2 and Kingdom Hearts. He was a southern cowboy type and barely knew about video games and stuff like that so it was just chance that he chose KH, or so I thought. “Destiny is never left to chance” when I saw that quote it triggered something in me. I had a brief moment and was able to remember my fathers voice for the first time in over a decade. It wasn’t chance, he was meant to be my father and I was meant to play Kingdom Hearts. The lore around hearts, memories and love helped me deal with the grief of losing my father. My grandfather as well, as he took his own life 6 months after my father passed. I would not be alive today without this series(and Christina Aguilera, unrelated I know lol)

I loved walking the road to kh3 with you on your old channel and you did help me as well, I'm just glad your doing better mentally. And I'm glad your back I will be glad to stick by you till the end. Though I was a different person then literally

Man i remember those older videos, such a great time. It's been awesome to see you develop over the years. Keep it up bro!

Glad you're doing well and have a fresh outlook. Being a part of the KH community and keeping up with you and the other X keepers has definitely helped me through some times. So thanks for what you do, and no pressure going forward lol Its important for creators to know when to focus on themselves

It always felt weird that I wasnt subbed to you and why you only had 30K subs, so the last part now cleared this up! Glad I found you again!! Thank you so much for being a huge part of this community man ❤

Glad I'm not the only one who felt a little depression after graduating college. Never used to understand that until the world became so much bigger. I fondly remember the road to KH3! Thanks for your time, and your renewed passion Sky. You may be using a new pair of wings these days but you're still flying high.

I’m happy you recovered and decided to continue content creation, best Kingdom Hearts channel out there!

Awesome vid, Sky. So happy it's gotten so many views. I love KH, I love KHIII, and I love you. Here's to may years of SkywardWing and many more years of Kingdom Hearts.

Great video, I feel the passion! Keep up the great work and motivation!

I've been here since the Road to KH3, and I'm so glad I've stayed. Good luck on the road ahead, we'll be there with you.

Since KH4 was announced I have activley been replaying all of the Kingdom Hearts games. So much so that I hunted down every physical copy I can get of the original releases and not just watch the DS games as movies. I even fullfilled a life long dream of getting the original JP releases as well the original Final Mix games. Kingdom Hearts has been a huge part of my life and has taught me that friends are just as important as family, and can even be more important then family itself. I didn't have a great childhood cause of family but KH helped me through a lot of it. I owe alot to this series and the friends I have made along the way with it.

October the 24th 2018, London comic con I cosplayed as Sora from kingdom hearts 2 for my birthday and I loved every second of it, I’ve played literally all the games and fully completed them on every difficulty, I literally grew up with it and I’ve loved how much the franchise has grown and I can’t wait for the next big game, growing up I’ve always said to myself “ my your heart be your guiding key” before it was ever in the games so to hear it being said made me cry because it felt like a part of me was in the game even though I had nothing to do with making it, I’m a fan always and forever and nothing will ever change that can’t wait for kingdom hearts 4

KH2 is by far the most culturally impactful game for me growing up. The hype in 8th grade the day that game came out was insane. And the way it paid off all the hype was truly special. Have never had a game land quite the same way.

Damn, this got me emotional. Era 1 got me through some tough times, but I'm excited for what Era 2 brings. Much love to ya, King!

Love this video man, this makes me so happy and proud!! KH3 Re:mind and it coming to pc has easily made it my favorite game to replay- gosh the mods make it so fun lol and the combat- amazing

I was along for the ride with you sky from the beginning fam, and feel the way you do. I’m excited for KH4.

Here's my KH Story: When I first met my best friend in high school, I learned she had a brother named Axel, and so I brought Kingdom Hearts 2 to her house the next time I came over, and let her play through the opening levels, eventually lending her the game. 16 years later, we're still best friends, and she walked down the aisle to "Dearly Beloved" when she got married last year. ♥ It's a series that is very dear to me, and it fills me with joy when I find things like this, celebrating KH3 for what it is, not tearing it down for what it isn't.

Damnit you got me at the end... Had a very similar exp. Glad you kept on trucking as well! I guess I will give remind a try. Thanks :D

The ReMind DLC was just a pure loveletter to the fans. Packed with a overwhelming amount of fan-service for hardcore fans. I would say KH2 FM is my favourite too, but the ReMind DLC itself was peak Kingdom Hearts.

Im a mid 20 year old dude and been a hardcore fan for about 11 years now and you made me burst out crying with how beautiful you speak of the franchise. And im so happy there are so many people who share this love for the franchise or should i say "disease". Thank you so much for doing what you love and sharing it with us because in all honesty we are all like a family when it comes to Kingdom Hearts. May your heart be your guiding key SkywardWing❤

Thanks for making this video. It makes me happy and I really wish I had some close friends to share my love for KH. I consider you a friend when I watch your KH videos. I loved this game since the very first commercial and I was 14 at the time (so in my mind sora and I are the same age now 😂😂😂) thanks Sky for your candidness ❤️

My Dad bought me Kingdom Hearts for Christmas when I was 11 or 12, he'd seen it advertised and thought I'd like it. 20 years on and I still love the game, my entire childhood revolved around it. I used to carry around a print out of Sora in my purse 😂

I played the first Kingdom Hearts shortly after my dad passed away. I was 12 years old and gave up on life. It sounds ridiculous, but Kingdom Hearts really saved my life. As a young kid trying to figure out how to get out of this overwhelming depression, Kingdom Hearts showed me that as long as we hold onto some form of light, darkness could never overtake us. For me that was holding on to happy memories with my dad and not letting the depression take over. I’m not saying I would’ve hurt myself without Kingdom Hearts, but who knows. This series holds such a special place in my heart and I’m glad to see it does for so many others too.

If Square wanted us to like KH3, they should have released the full game at launch.

Damn listening to the end i have so much respect for you. I share my love of this franchise with you.

I mean...the base game is still fine, but I wouldn't call it a masterpiece. Re:Mind still does a lotta heavy lifting.

Always loved KH3. My daughter and I still play it together

oh I got so emotional watching the recap of your old channel. I grew watching your “journey to KH3” because I was never able to afford the other games. It was what helped me get into KH and what kept me so excited to see KH3 too. You’re a pivotal part of my childhood so thank you 🤍

i think my best kh memory is the final boss sequences when fighting Xemnas, like all of them from start to fin was some of the best moments ever and have left the biggest impact on me epsecially the sora and riku part at the very end. lol its almost up there with goku turning ss1 lol or ss3 also glad u back bro i always loved ya videos

Been watched all the key keepers since that first kh3 trailer

Some of the most fun I’ve ever had playing kingdom hearts was playing along side you during the road to kh3. At this point I was engaged and didnt have my a kid yet. I would get home from work and play alongside your videos for a couple hours before bed and it was just like playing with my best friend who introduced me to the game when I was kid. I’m glad to see your back and doing well. Thank you for the amazing content.

Kh defined my adolescence years. Now playing kh3 with my 5 year old has been so much fun. Kh1 and 2 are so important to me. Playing 3 with my kod just brought the whole thing together for me. You said kh3 is now your favorite game with that new kh3 music that just cut through me the first time i heard it. Now everytime i hear it. Kh3 is absolutely amazing and i will look back on it with great nostalgia in the future. And so will my son.

Bro, just thank you for doing this video. :) Missing the KH HYPE

The best week of my life has to be summer of 2018. Got to spend time with my dad for a couple days, went to the first ever Smash Ultimate Invitational, but before those things, I was able to take a good friend of mine to the Kingdom Hearts Orchestra. Hearing all the amazing music, Getting a sneak peak at Toy Story's overworld and battle themes, and of course...finally getting the release date of the game a day before everyone else. Heck I even met HMK and you briefly that night. Was so dope!

Great video!!!! I share so many of the same sentiments!!!! Also do you still feel the drive to keep making amota and nebson

I remember launch of KH3, my GF and I went to a midnight release. Got in and out with steelbook and listened to music from the series together, got home, put it in the PS4 and cried a lil bit, reflecting on my life.. I was 12 when KH2 came out.. 26 when 3 dropped and I felt my inner childs joy.. it was awesome

Finally, i never though KH3 was that bad, i don't think it's the best in the series but a long way from being bad and i think that all of the terrible games that has been coming out really shined a light on how good KH3 ACTUALLY is😊

I had a friend in elementary school that sadly I am no longer that close with introduce me into the series through talking about it constantly. He eventually convinced me to play Dream Drop Distance on the 3DS which I got on Christmas. While not my favorite game in the franchise it holds a special place in my heart because of those fond memories with him as it stayed with me and I eventually got to play through the entire series through the collections and the use of emulation for the DS titles which made me love the franchise to this day. But enough of my rambling I loved watching this video dude keep up the good work and I pray that you grow bigger and bigger. God bless ❤️🙏🏾

I remember the first time I heard about kingdom hearts, I joined the fandom quite late, but I can't imagine my life without it now, seeing that KHIII was 5 years ago already is so confusing for me, it feel too far to be real, thanks to this game I met my best friend and a group of friends that change my perspective of life and helped me grow. I even remember when I used to play union X, this game brought so many people together, and I can't see how my life would have been without all this I haven't played in a while, a lot time even, but seeing your video reminded me somehow why I love this game, and why I always will

I really used to wake up every morning and watch your videos before school. I appreciate you sm ❤️❤

I will absolutely NEVER forget playing 1 and 2 with my older brother. 2 is my personal favorite in the series and beating that game for the wrist time holds a special place in my heart

growing up with the kh series has been a high point of my life

Regarding the last part of your video, your road to KH3 series used to carry me thru high school all those years back lol Good times. I still remember the intro you made for that.

My Kingdom Hearts memory is when Kingdom Hearts 3 was less than a year away from release, everybody on Twitter was sharing trailers of the game, all excited and stuff, while there I was thinking "Man if I were a KH fan, I'd be super hype right now" and decided eff it and binged the entire series from start to finish on PS4 during the entire summer of 2018. Joined the hype train for KH3. Played it on release and loved it, a satisfying conclusion to the series that has been hyped up for over a decade. ReMind made me revisit the game, and I loved it all over again.

this was a great comeback vid

It's funny because, when kh3 came out, I wasn't really feeling it because I was fresh off kh 2.5 so i kept comparing it to that. And storywise, 2 is still superior for me. However years later I decided "let me just play KH3 as it's own game and not fast track the story and just actually play it for what it is and tbh, it's my favorite combat personally. And as a game, it's a really fun game! I actually ind myself playing 3 more than 2 because of the quality of life changes. And shoot, even the Gummi ship stages I had a blast creating ships and it was really fun! Glad to see someone sharing in that sentiment finally.

I remember watching your video of Kingdom Heart 1.5 when I was in middle school, now I am a grown adult thank you for being part of my childhood. I remember seeing there was no critical mode and remember being extremely unleveled like being lvl 35 at the keyblade graveyard and die only once and Im not one who must have difficulty to enjoy the story but if I only die once when being extremely underlevel means something.

By far my favorite memory regarding Kingdom Hearts was beating Lingering Will for the very first time. He was the hardest boss I had ever fought in any video game (until I clashed with Yozora), and I had grinned him for at least 7 hours of total playtime. I fought him for hours over and over again every day until I knew exactly how to counter every one of his attacks, and one night, it finally happened. Tuesday, date unknown. I looked at my phone to check the time, 9:57pm. It was a school night and three minutes until my bedtime, and I knew that if I fought Lingering Will I likely wouldn’t last long. So I looked up at the TV screen and said, “Alright, one more time.” And with a combination of a devil-may-care attitude, good RNG, and Final Form spam out the wazoo, I finally took him down. The moment that screen froze, and the iconic finishing sound of every boss fight kicked off, I leapt from my couch and ran across the entire house, screaming about my accomplishment to my parents who begged me to quiet down and go to bed. I told *everyone* about what I just did and still have yet to live down that achievement.

KH defined a good chunk of how my brothers and I grew up. KHII was a big one for us, the memories we share of seeing things for the first time or learning small bits of lore behind the FF characters. We're just three dudes now, well into our 20's, but KH is something that has always brought us back together. A core memory of that was when my younger brother texted me one night to hang with him as he was house sitting for a friend. His PS4 was up and he was going through KHII fighting Xigbar. He was way too drunk to continue so he asked me to take over. We sat and talked about it for a bit until he passed out but it was the first good memory of us in quite a few years. Nowadays we'll occasionally get into lore talks with friends who are unfamiliar with the games and it's a lot of fun.

When I was about 6 or 7 years old, I was around my Dad's house and was playing his PS2. I noticed a game on the shelf and looked on the back. My Dad said, "Tried playing that, you wouldn't like it." The game was the original Kingdom Hearts. Admittedly, I wasn't a good gamer back then, but the feeling of finishing that game was indescribable. And to this day, still a massive KH fan.

What a lovely video ❤

I haven't played since it did come out and felt the same you were talking about at the beginning of the video.. while watching this I re-downloaded KH3 on my ps5 and looking forward to checking out the DLC

So my most vivid memory of kingdom hearts is during high school when birth by sleep came out. Before classes would start and at lunch myself and a group of friends would co-op some of the challenge levels together and exchange information on mixing attacks to create powerful variants. It was rough and exciting and I remember a couple of times we didnt hear the bell ring and a security guard would have to come get us. Apparently the amount of teamwork was inspiring to the school because we never got in trouble for it and one year our art teacher asked us to draw/paint our favorite moments from the game. They got posted in the halls and our art was super detailed 😅. Gods I miss those days

I was so hyped for KH3, my big issues were the same ones you had but i haven't played it since 2019. I've been on the fence on getting the dlc for a while, but watching this video now I'm going to get it when it's on sale and hope it'll be better than the vanilla version.

My fiancé and I have been together almost 14 years, and we were long distance for the first three. We’d play through kingdom hearts 2 ‘together’ on the phone, racing each other to see who could beat it quicker. We never ended up actually finishing it though together, we always moved on to something else then just restarted haha. When KH3 released we’d been in our apartment for about a year. We got it on release night, reserved spot 1 at our GameStop, and we got the special edition. I took off 3 days of work and we both stayed up nearly two days straight playing throughout it together. It was the most magical moment in my life and a true core memory.

I like some of the changes that have been done to improve KH3 over time, but I still think it’s the weakest of the mainline titles. The story structure has some huge pacing flaws and I’m just not a fan of how complicated the series has gotten with all the retcons. If you love the game, I’m happy for you. I’m just personally not too happy with the direction the series has gone and this probably just isn’t for me anymore

When I was a young lad and first got a PS2, one of my best friends lent me his copy of KH2 and it was amazing. I remember being excited for Birth by Sleep but not being able to play it or any of the spinoffs, and then slowly forgetting about the series as the PS3 generation came and went without a mainline entry. Then a few years ago, when KH3 finally came out, I decided I'd play through the whole series to catch myself up, which unfortunately hit more than a few setbacks. But I'm back at it now and nearly through KH2, and even started streaming my silly adventure to craft the Ultima Weapon and all that fun stuff I know you guys have probably all been through too (and looking up guides is probably what got me to this channel!). I'd love to be able to chat with other fans about what I might play next, and see if anybody wants to watch me fumble my way through BBS or 3D or 359.2 Fragments or whatever else comes next!

After watching your video all the way through you are now my favourite kingdom hearts memmory the way you talk about falling out of love with it because of how kh3 was initiaɔɔy recieved i had yhat same feeling. I stopped playing games entirely qnd started to change my personality. I felt so loss but recently ive been embracing my gaming love again and life has looked a lot better thank you for this video

I have a huge backlog rn but have been wanting to do another playthru of KH3 and had no idea of all these changes. The backlog grows.....

Kingdom Hearts will always be my fav game series. No other series could ever touch my heart the way it did. started around 7 and sit here 29 years old still a huge fan.

This was beautiful

This game kingdom hearts 3 made my entire life dude & especially grown a lot me.

Great video! The endless kh3 hate has really clouded some really good moments and feelings I have for this game. It wasn’t perfect but it has improved and still has my heart. Really appreciate hearing your struggles with the game and your KZfaq channel. I think a lot of us could mentally relate with that in some way.

I wouldn't call it mid at all 😅. There was soooo many great moments I wanted and got. The conclusions to most of these characters story was wonderful. If I was to rate it, I'd say it was 7.5/10. Remind made it even great imo. The extra story, the difficulty, new abilities, weapons, boss fights, new bit and crumbs leading to what comes next. Easily a 9/10 with Remind. I go back and forth with either KH3R or KH2FM is my favorite 😅

The first time I beat the original KH, the final cutscene rolled and when Kairi said “I know you will” and Simple and Clean started playing I absolutely LOST it

KH3 is my favorite KH game!

I really have to thanks to kingdom hearts because it helped me pass trough a really difficult part of my life, where I didn’t knew if I was good enough at school, if I was doing enough in everything, the kingdom hearts franchise when I repicked it up I felt real good, it gave me the determination to pass trough that period of my life. Btw great video, loved it

The great snow-mageddon polar vortex of 2019 was right over Michigan when KH3 released. I was living north of Grand Rapids, and had to drive down through the storm to get my copy. I drive white-knuckled the whole way down and back, but I got KH3 on release night!

Bring back actual Disney villain bosses, bring back FF characters, Bring back Hollow Bastion!!

Honestly my fondest memory of KH was getting myself put into KH3 and playing through the game as myself and not as Sora made the journey more personal. Also KH3 was the first time I actually forced myself to get good and push through the data fights and do all the optional battles. Beating Yozora for the very first time after getting pounded into the ground time and time again. KH3 is a very very special game to me now.

"Literally getting chills just thinking about it" yes.

I feel the same way. Kingdom hearts has been there for me through the good and bad. 😊❤

It’s so true, kingdom hearts has the Best respectful and chilling community I’ve ever met in my life and it’s really like IN our DNA!

In my opinion, I enjoyed Kingdom Hearts 3 in terms of being an overall satisfying conclusion to the Dark Seeker Saga as well as being consistent with the overall story and lore of the franchise! But at the same time, there are some things I thought could’ve been better like making the coliseum accessible as well as reusing He’s a Pirate 🏴‍☠️ during the POTC world. But still, it was an enjoyable experience! I still give it a 7.5 out of 10 stars!

I'm definitely a kh fan for life. Ever since kh1 was released, I have been hooked ever since

You sold me on going back to it ngl

I’m so glad I came across this video. After sinking hundreds of hours into the series, vanilla KH3 was heartbreaking. I swore off the series because I didn’t want to invest what little free time I had as an adult on a series I felt was trending downward. I knew about critical mode but had no idea about the other dlc for the game. After watching this, I’m going to give the game another shot and hopefully find love for what I used to consider my favorite game series.

My best friend introduced me to KH1 shortly after it was released. I watched him beat the last boss and knew nothing that was going on with the ending. After seeing it though, I had to play it. I was hooked on the series for life. My friend lost his battle to cancer 3 years ago so now every time I play any of them, I am reminded of all the good memories I had with him. Fast forward to now. We had to put out dog down (very unexpectedly) in October of last year. My coping mechanism was to buy all of the games on PC and start from 1 and go all the way through. Truthfully my KH experience was limited to 1, 2, and 3. So I am still playing a lot of them for the first time. Even now, years and years later, I am still surprised at home much the games still effect me emotionally.

Hi! I'm Davide from Italy, class 1995. I grew up with this series, I'm who I am only for that! You are a great person, keep going!

Oh my gosh, I can’t believe it’s been so long

I enjoyed this game so much back when I first played with the exception of the Frozen world, I'm glad someone's talking about the joy this game can bring.

Please re-upload your Road to Kingdom Hearts 3. It was therapeutic to re-watch them

KH3 is Goated.

I didn't know alot this stuff especially the story and you theres more to remind

Honestly mods are the only reason I still play the game and seeing how this was the end of a big chapter in there series they could have done alot