Here's a No Damage version of this battle: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rr15iaqBlrvOpHU.html *"None of this... makes sense to me".* Well, I'm not surprised that even the game characters gave up. That sentence literally sums up this whole episode. Completing the Limit Cut (defeating all of the Organization XIII Data) unlocks this Secret Episode. I already said before how this DLC made Kingdom Hearts 3 a better game, putting it on an extremely high level. Gameplay wise, we are finally able to exploit everything the game offers us, and we're actually forced to make a good use of Sora's full kit, something that the Dark Inferno alone didn't manage to do. So, what about this Secret Boss? Well... I don't think there could be anyone else just as cool as he is. The music? The location? The character's way of talking and fighting? The whole dark and sad mood? They're a perfect mix. They managed to make an incredibly satisfying secret boss, but not only that, they actually made it even fun. Once you learn the right timing, avoiding Yozora's attacks and attacking him when wide open gives a great feel of satisfaction. You know, the same nice feeling of actually damaging a boss who seemed untouchable on a first glance. I had high expectations for the Secret Boss of Kingdom Hearts 3. I wanted it to be deadly, fearsome, but at the same time extremely cool and fascinating. I even called it was Yozora (seemed pretty obvious from the DLC trailer) and I'm glad to realize that most of my hopes, both story and gameplay wise, have been greatly satisfied. As for the Data battles, this fight was recorded pretty quickly on Proud Mode (although it took me a lot of tries) so I didn't have the time to study Yozora's second phase and understand a proper way to block/avoid all of those crazy attacks. The first part of the battle was pretty manageable. Whenever I made a mistake, I was able to take the control again fairly quicker than expected. But of course, I plan on taking him on again on Critical and upload it later on. And the ending? Well... I'm just going to say this: Nomura, YOU SLY FOX! After all this time, you just didn't want to lose your precious boy, did you?! And don't you dare to say again that "Yozora has nothing to do with another game I was developing in the past". C'mon now. But who am I to judge? Just make good use of him. Oh and stop hurting Sora now that I'm at it. - Ending #1: 4:07 - Yozora Secret Boss Fight: 06:05 - Ending #2: 14:44

The Suite Life of Yozora and Sora

Kingdom Hearts Re:Mind Kingdom Hearts Never:Mind

Love the fact that you have to win the fight to find out that Dylan Sprouse is in Kingdom Hearts

I feel bad for Sora, at the beginning he was just a kid who wanted to make a raft with his friends, it's sad really. Sora just wanted to bring everyone back and relax on the beach. He was so close, yet so far.

Sora: *goes on a minor tangent about if yozoras real* Yozora: a r e y o u d o n e?

I'm glad to know the characters are as confused as we are

I'm guessing Yozora fought Sora to see if he actually needed to be saved. That's why after he best Sora, he crystalized him to protect him from whatever impending doom is coming. When he's beaten by Sora, he says that his powers aren't needed. Sora can protect himself.

Re:Mind and Limit Cut episodes: "We covered the plotholes and placed a base for the next game without making confusion" Secret episode: "Allow me to introduce myself"

Yozora: "I'm going to save you, Sora." Sora: "How?" Yozora: "By beating the crap out of you."

Yozora: How do you know me? Sora: Oh, a toy dinosaur told me. Yozora: What?

Nomora: well time to make versus 13 as a kingdom hearts world Fans: ok we believe you

"Save Sora" Fail, and Face Erasure - The Reapers

Cool to see the Simba summon getting some play here. In-story, it's nice that, despite being further away from home than he's ever been, Sora can still count on a friend from his very first adventure.

"This isn't what I really look like" If the TWEWY connection is true, remember how the Reapers took away Shiki's identity and appearance to look like Eri as fee?

15:46 If this is Luxord than it makes more sense why Xigbar/Luxu doesn't know who he is, he's from an entirely different world/dimension/worldline.

LUXORD. YOU SLY FOX.

Nomura my tiny brain cannot take this anymore, it's going to explode

God that first cutscene is *so* good. The music is extremely ominous while still being melancholic, from the first second it makes you understand that sh*t is about to get crazy

"Yozora was it?" "Huh?, How do you know my name?" BECAUSE YOUR NAME RHYMES WITH NOMURA *clap*

Why do i feel that when Yozora says "I will save you" its just nomura saying i will save Versus XIII

0:06 You can tell how much more realistic he looks

My favorite part is when he flexes on Kairi’s death by just becoming a whole crystal museum when he dies. The Sora Potential knows no bounds

I'm actually more interested in the Sora losing ending than him winning. I want to know what Yozora meant by saving Sora. So hype for the next main game.

Wait a minute, I just thought of something. We all know how Sora's heart has been a shelter for others, right? So, did this Yozora guy pull a Sora... on Sora?

The canon one would be Sora's winning. In the secret ending, we see him waking up in Shibuya not crystallized.

Sora's trapped in his Station of Heart, all the while his Heart who now where is floating... Somehow, he connected with the heart of Yozora, like Ventus did with him a long time ago. Then, Yozora, who has been told to save Sora, tried to "save him" by using (some sort) of "power of awakening" by defeating him in his Station so his heart could go at least to the Final World in hopes of reforming its body. In the end, Yozora succeeds, waits in that world, but suddenly loses the connection and wakes up in his real world. Meanwhile, Sora wanders in the Final World or a similar (dark) reality (cuz no body) searching for more connections. Eventually, I assume Riku would find the real world of Yozora and he would explain this battle as a form of a hint for salvation, while Kairi tries to anchor whatever she will find of Sora in her heart, like a safe. Also, expect more MoM, Luxu and Black Box mixed with time travels and darkness. And there you go, Kingdom Hearts 4. Except with 14 less Disney Worlds.

So, let me get this straight. However, this is Kingdom Hearts that we are talking about. Nothing about this game, timeline or lore make sense at all. (Note: I never played any of the games. Just following the lore so far.) * Yozora's form / avatar is not his real appearence. * Yozora's mission is to save Sora no matter what. However, is a Sora from his Universe. A totally different Sora from the KH Universe. * The Nameless Star is the girl from the Verum Rex trailer. * Yozora's rank is not a prince. It's a commander. (And Luxord is his driver.) * Yozora claims that he "went through some trials", meaning that he could reffering to what has transpired on the Verum Rex trailer or the Reaper games. (?) * Yozora's concept is based of Noctis's FFXIII Versus. His red eye, teleport ability, serious attitude, ability to connect with people through dreams and use of multiple weapons.

So....he is told to "save sora" and yet he attacks him? The Yozora that we saw isn't really Yozora, but a person that holds Yozora's form? Sora crystalizes when he gets defeated, while "Yozora" just disappears? Yozora can even steal sora's keyblade in one of his attacks?! What the hell is going on right now?! This entire secret ending is leaving more questions than answers...

Haha it's a shame this totally isn't related to that one other project I, Nomura, made haha here's this convenient looking picture for ya haha

"I don't think" -Yozora

Imagine if they make Yozora’s brother just so that Cole Spouse can voice him ( just learned that Dylan Spouse is voicing Yozora)

Noctis is actually behind all the main characters in the FF and KH franchise. He's everyone when he dreams.

4:27 AHHHHH THE MUSIC

So the unknown star that Sora talked to is Yzora's girl from Verum Rex

I kinda want story to pick up with the bad Ending. In my opinion it make some more interesting story telling for what happen to Sora.

I can't believe it... so Luxord comes from Verum Rex world? And so the spirit star girl that we talk was Stella/Lunafreya!? Holy shit!! Now I'm starting to think that Yozora is the Player from Union Cross :P

from all that I wonder... Is Sora's heart 'trapped/safeguarded' inside Yozora's heart like Ventus was with Sora?

I swear up and down that Sora is protected by these people for reasons we've not been divulged. Yozora isn't a Keyblade Hunter, he's a Keyblade Guardian. Just a potential theory.

The Versus XIII salt is so unsubtle that even the boss music sounds like a low key Omnis Lacrima or is that just me?

*An Oath to Return...to the World of the Versus Epic.*

Yozora here’s a crazy concept 2 people can have the same name

Isn't this the first time since the fight against Leon in KH1 where the cutscene changes depending on whether you win or lose?

i keep coming back to these cutscenes. there's something about them that i really love, it kinda reminds me of old kingdom hearts in a way

We need the soundtrack to this dlc badly!!!!!!

Yozora: Why are you using Sora's name? Sora: Because I am Sora. Why'd you ask? Yozora: Because that's my name. Sora: What?! Yozora: To tell you the truth, I am you. And you are me.

This man nomura isn't playing about wanting his vs

Even Yozora has Instagram

Time Stamp 15:46...That's definitely Luxord. What's really funny is that the line he speaks when talking to Xigbar he tells Luxord to "Follow his orders" then Luxord replies with "Yes, that's what I've always done. I followed the orders from above without question" Implying he might have been following orders from Yozora the entire time.

How fitting, to meet Yozora under a starry night sky. It seems that in the end, there is more than one sky. Destinies crossing and dreams meeting.

4:21 Sora fulfilled his Focus

wait isn't that Luxord sitting in the driver's seat at the end?

Thank you sooooooo much Everglow! Those limit cut battles are just too much for me. Thank you for being a boss and sharing this for those of us who don't have it in them..

this fight looks like absolute hell no matter what difficulty setting i put it at

Honestly I did not expect either of the sprouse twins to have such a deep voice. Granted it's been well over a decade since I saw zack and cody

2:32: This Sora's a replica/dream. Calling it now!

Will Sora ever find Riku again? Will he team up with Yozora to take down the U.S. Government?! Find out next time on KINGDOM HEARTS THREE!

“I've been having these weird thoughts lately... like is any of this for real.. or not?”

If this is how strong Zack's gotten, imagine how powerful Mr. Moseby's gotten by now

MAN the song that plays when Sora turns to crystal and Yozora is in the car is amazing. I need to hear the full song.

I FELT PHYSICALLY HURT WHEN HE BECAMES A CRYSTAL WHAT IS HAPPENING

In the distance you can hear a echo of me shouting "Dammit Nohmura!"

*Yozora appears Sora with Ultima: At last! A worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!

Honestly I've got bubcus. I have no idea what is going on in this moment between Sora and Yozora. I feel there's a lot of interpretations you could find especially since it's a win or lose fight with two different endings depending. But if there's one thing its Nomura has a lot of balls to do this, and Square just lets him.

After a long break from observing Yozora, I noticed something new. If you look at the lighting and the contrast of his hair, the scalp is black and later contrasts to a dark gray, almost as if his hair had been dulled out from losing his "soul." I think that further proves the Nobody earing found on his ear means he is in fact a Nobody of someone, probably Noctis.

"Never mind" basically sums up the whole cutscene. Nothing else is learned really. We know now that Yozora is a "commander", and that Luxord is his fricken' chofer apparently. Seriously that was definitely Luxord, I'd recognise Robin Atkin Downs' voice anywhere.

This is just like the lingering will, and how they introduced a secret boss of a character we don’t even know yet, and that feeling is incredible

OMG I LOVE YOUR MOVEMENT!!!

Man I love Sora can't see enough of that spiky dude followed his journey since his beginnings and I will be theire when it ends

If you guys listen to the crystal sound at 4:30, it sounds exactly the same as when Noctis summons the Armiger weapons in FFXV! 👀

The first time I meet Yozora I tought that was Riku

Dylan Sprouse did a damn good job voicing Yozora

I remember feeling this confused after watching the secret cutscene of KH1. Why are they repeating Sora's first quote from KH1?

Great description. Yes Nomura we know you pine for your precious baby that never came to be, but please keep the suffering of Sora(your other child) to a minimum. Overall I'm excited for the future of the series

Am I the only one who’s more confused now than I was at the kh3 ending?

Oh my goodness! The "Save Sora" line was from either from Riku, or maybe even... Neku (or another TWEWY character)! He clearly said "Then, I was told to 'save Sora'" AFTER going through the trials at that place. I also think the "crystallization" will be explored later on, as in what happened with Kairi and Sora (bad ending). Another theory is the guy with the glasses in the "Verum Rex" trailer in ToyBox is one with Luxord's voice.

I think the biggest surprise for me in this secret ending is that Yozora is voiced by Dylan Sprouse. LIKE HOLY HECK that rascal from Suite Life of Zack and Cody sounds so dang different lol.

Did not know there were two different scenes. Thank you for this. “I will save you.” - Yozora Considering he may have been in contact with the Master of Masters, he was most likely introduced to the part of himself that believes his role is to use his power to “save” people. He doesn’t sound accomplished when he sends Sora off in the losing cutscene. Made more evident at the fact this isn’t his first “weird dream”. It appears he knows who Sora is, but he doesn’t know why Sora doesn’t know himself... Or rather, who Sora is representing through the light of his heart. Yozora probably thinks he can see through this with his powers. And when you win, Sora proves him wrong. I’m more interested in what Yozora’s dreams and powers mean to him. Looking forward to it.

Well done on the Yozora fight.

Makes Sense That There Are Two Endings Good/Bad Of Yozora Waking Up Either Way In The Car :) Must Have The Most Powerful Dreams (Good Or Bad) :) Me And Other People Have The Theory That In KH DDD When Riku And Joshua Were Talking About How Dream Eaters Attack You If You Are A Dreamer And Joshua Says To Riku "I Had A Friend Once Who Said He Never Dreamed Of Anything But It Turned Out That His Were The Most Powerful Dreams Of All. You Sort Of Remind Me Of Him". (Get The Idea That The Friend Of Joshua Might Be Yozora) :) Thinking Joshua Would Say That Because Yozora And Riku Are Similar Of How They Act With Others And Other Stuff As Well (Not Of Riku/Yozora Having The Same Clothes Because Riku Had Different Clothes In KHDDD) :) Totally Understand That Part If People Will Question It :)

Just saying and I don't know why...the person driving Yozora at the end sounds abit like Luxord...chould be just a similar accent xD

A little dumb connection I've made. Considering how Yozora echoes some words Sora said at the beginning of Kingdom Hearts, it made me think about the first trailer for the first game (which also mentions the fact that the world seems unreal) and how in early builds of KH1 it seemed that Sora's existence was going to disappear and how they had to save Sora, which was what Yozora was instructed to do.

An Oath to return.... Those words touched my heart so deeply ❤️

congratulations on 100k

Yozora uses the usual JRPG trope of "hit first, don't ask shit even after it"

I liked the part at 11:23 when he used shotlock at the time the music started up again

this low key made me cry LOL every game has a moment or two that makes me tear up a little LOL

I have a good theory on what's happening. This is NOT a 'it-was-all-just-a-dream' thing and Sora will be ok after this. A confirmation to Sora being ok is that Nomura said in a interview that Sora will still be the protagonist after 3 meaning Sora is alive and well even if the universe spirited him to the afterlife/limbo. Yozora, Luxord, Riku and Kairi will play a huge role in restoring Sora. I gave these endings a few more looks and came to the conclusion that in the ending where Yozora fades and states, "Looks like my powers aren't needed yet" and in the ending where Yozora beats and crystallizes Sora then Yozora wakes up in the car again, I think Yozora has the power to crystalize things and spirits their light away, not to kill but for safe keeping and the power to see into future timelines and worlds (maybe he crystalizes people and things into his heart because the stained glass floor of Sora's heart re-manifested into what looked like Yozora's city). Yozora said, "I WILL save you" to Sora and it seems like he sincerely meant that. In the ending where Sora beats him, Yozora smiled and states "my powers aren't needed yet/ nevermind" to Sora, his smile seems kind and while he didn't crystalize Sora yet and just left Sora alone in the limbo afterlife, he knows Sora is still in trouble so he has to go save him quick. Both endings are canon in a way. Yozora's power wasn't needed yet meaning he was supposed to save Sora by crystalization for safety but couldn't for some reason and since he was beaten by our boy, he didn't want to overload Sora's soul with the details with his savior duties then he wakes up in the car again. It seems to me Yozora has been having weird thoughts lately-for a good long while. Maybe he acts as a savior to his own world using his powers of 'sight', his crystallization, and his energy stealing weapons to help his people if he's a king, like Noctis is a prince to his people. (Noctis goes out to save his people having some power of weapon crystallization, I've only seen a few things of FF 15 having not played it yet). Yozora could be a commander to his country's army seeing 'possible' Luxord was reffering to him as a commander in the car. (I didn't know it was Luxord at first until others pointed him out when I went to rewatch the endings). Yozora, having those powers, most likely told Luxord about his 'weird thoughts' and 'weird dreams' of Sora (since all hearts and worlds are connected) and told Luxord to help Sora too. Luxord agreed to help, being Yozora's friend and right hand man/advisor and Yozora crystalized him into light and spirited him away into Sora's galaxy/universe. Luxord became a Nobody to help Sora secretly and thus gave Sora a wild card in 3 to help Sora in the the future. Sora will use likely this card in the future games, if not in 4 to get him out of a jam. This is why we knew nothing of Luxord before and when Luxord mentioned to Luxu/Xigbar, '"Yes, that's what I've always done. I've followed orders from above, without question. However, I just can't help reading into my opponent's strategy."' Then Luxord asked about the box and Luxu/Xigbar asked who he was. Luxord was never from Sora's universe/galaxy AT ALL, he is from Yozora's universe! Luxord agreed to play cards with Sora again just before he was re-completed back into a human since after Nobodies turn back into people they go back to the place/world they came from. Luxord then reported back to Yozora that he gave Sora the card to help him and Yozora went to seek Sora out afterwards to save him if Sora was on the verge of going Keyblade heaven and if Sora goes to heaven, his friends will never see him again until they die. Sora was on the brink of going to heaven and Yozora knew this by his otherworldly future/world sight thus crystalizing Sora storing him away in his heart for safety like Sora does to other people to protect/help them. As Yozora stated to Sora, "if you are who you say, and it was fate that brought us here then... my path is clear." Sora is the key to saving the worlds/universe from darkness possibly for forever and Yozora will aid him in that fight seeing Yozora and co. were fighting some kind of enemy back in the Toy Story commercial. Maybe Yozora can world hop too? Yozora looked like he was trying to save his love interest in the commercial but might have failed temporary. That unknown star speaking to Sora in limbo could have been Yozora's girlfriend. Seeing Sora's love interest, AKA Kairi, told Yozora to save him, Yozora couldn't save his girl yet so he takes orders from Kairi to save her love interest, Sora, and they all might help Yozora save his love interest in the process after he and Sora become friends as well. Before Yozora's soul meets Sora in the afterlife/limbo, he runs into Kairi's soul most likely after she was shattered and ended up in limbo who then tells Yozora (after Yozora goes through his trials) to help Sora. Yozora, being the possible nice guy savior he is, goes to save Sora at the request of Kairi and his 'weird thoughts' and 'weird dreams'. Yozora and Sora state that "None of this... makes sense to me." indicating Yozora might not have a full grasp on his future timeline/wordly sight powers and Sora is thrown into Yozora's problems. Maybe he'll mention that to Sora in 4? Sora might say to Yozora: "Well, I might not have the power to see into the future timelines or into the future of other worlds but we're friends now so I'll do whatever it takes to help you beat this darkness and help you find your girlfriend since you, Kairi, Riku and my friends helped me out" Sora and Luxord then play a game of cards as promised (and we might see a kiss between Sora and Kairi this time). If my theory is correct, I'm going to fall in love with Yozora! But... what was the Master doing in Yozora's city? Is Master keeping tabs on Yozora the same way he might have tabs on Sora? Maybe the Master is keeping tabs on Yozora since Yozora can see into the future like he can?

The trials yozora talking about were the attemtps of previous ff releases

Sora is alive and well. Can't wait for the next game for KH. And come back home Sora.

Thanks for the guide, Everglow. Seems it's basically a rhythm game at this point. I don't think I have the fortitude to beat this one, at least not yet.

So the Nameless Star was actually Yozora's girl, not Strelitzia. But besides that nothing else made sense lmao. I missed when we were all confused by KH, just like the good old days.

15:46 Luxord you sly fox. You really are the gambler of fate aren't you.. who are you?

Sora ain't done. He's gotta go home!

I have no idea what's happening but it's super cool! Can't wait to see where we go from here. :D

I've been watching this so many times lately And it still doesn't make sense to me

imagine the "girl" who told Yozora to save sora is Ava

Hold up, Dylan Sprouse was Yozora!? How did I not know this?

Yozora: "I will save you" Noctis: Yeah right

I very much like the idea that Tetsuya wanted to place in VsXIII seeds of a direct crossover between universes with KH3 but that it never came as it was removed from the project