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“You used to care about me, now you care about multiple people” is the single most accurate description of the concept of betrayal in kingdom hearts

i love that naminé, this one off character who only had a prominent role in one game, voices the only logical concept of "Bro Just Use Both Light And Darkness It's Really Not That Big A Deal"

He turned donald and goofy into nfts

“Maybe he can only be within 500 feet of him like the opposite of a restraining order”. Ansem is just Riku’s stand.

I love that your kh videos are in the Playlist "cry for help collection" 'cause we all suffer stolkhome syndrome from this franchise

The novelization of 358/2 Days is even sadder than you could realize. In the end after Xion has gone away and before Riku takes Roxas to DiZ, the narration has every second or third sentence in cursive as Roxas' inner monologue repeating Xion's name so he won't forget her. He does that the entire time until Riku turns himself into Ansem and is knocked unconscious. Meaning that he had to fight against Riku while preoccupied with trying to hold on to his memory of Xion. That is seriously powerful stuff.

33:05-33:20 "You and Kairi smell the same." *Awkward silence* *Walks offscreen* *Dies inside* *Lays in bed unable up sleep because of "That one time I told a girl that she and that other girl smell the same."*

Think if Riku used "sense" instead of "smell" Why does darkness have a smell? It's literally a human concept/perception. Namine: "when did you know?" Riku: "I could sense it, you and Kairi have the same presence." "I can feel you're here, Ansem." "This feeling... Darkness, like a thick fog." It would be so much easier to make sense than smell. And much less awkward talking to Namine for a minute.

Iirc Riku frequently mentioning he "smells" darkness is a translation quirk. It's some kind of perception or aura thing, and the closest translation was "smell" or something.

When Sora said “we got rid of Ansem for good,” I laughed too. If only he knew.

33:00 Holy crap that was so funny. That delay you added then Riku just slowly walking away with the loud footsteps made me burst out laughing so hard my cat got scared

33:00 this was genuinely the funniest thing I've seen all week

That long pause on "you and kairi smell the same" LOL

I just think it’s hilarious to think the Org has beds they sleep in and yet they didn’t give them a tv or something

Just came off of watching the whole KH3 video and saw this too. Watched cuz 358 is actually my favorite one. Theres a part of me that oddly ENJOYS "Boring" stuff. The idea that the game is just Roxas clocking into his 9-5 heartless killing job, and then going to a hangout after work is somehow really charming to me. I like that it basically omits all the Disney stuff besides the world design, I like that you can play as a bunch of different characters [Even if most of them suck], and I even like the goofy tile based level and equipment system. I like just running around and killing things with my big key shaped stick, and thats what this game is. On top of having a generally self-contained story that focuses on the characters I like most. Its SIMPLE but thats what I enjoy.

Chain of memories is basically Sora refusing to forget his dear friends Ronald and Toothy.

OMG the Lorax is Arlo's Nobody!

Bro Riku on his knees screaming wants some more is so toxic and hilarious

Dude you explained Xion more concisely than anybody else on this platform. Hilarious

Ah, about Billy Zane. I asked him at Galaxy Con in Raleigh NC. Zane has no clue why Disney or Square never asked him to return.

13:24 Glad I’m not the only one that thought about that scene in Naruto when they heard that. Had to like the video after that edit.

I can't stand the 358/2 movie or game, but the manga is fucking excellent, it's funny as hell and the emotional moments are ACTUALLY emotional, Xion's dialogue with Riku is more impactful and her breakdown isn't over dramatic, it actually means something and so does her death. 358/2 deserves a proper remake with cutscenes that have the same level of care as the manga.

Hey. I just want you to know that “Luxord, pronounced Luxord.” Is one of my favorite jokes ever

That “did you know?” caught me so off guard

22:12 my favorite joke on KZfaq.

That laugh of DiZ in the manga was put at the beginning of Kingdom hearts 2, saying "oh, how tremendous is the prelude of my revenge".😼 While Riku was in the corner listening and maybe thinking "this guy's crazy..."

The first Kingdom hearts game was great. Now it's like a bunch of weird anime final fantasy bullshit mixed with Disneyland

I havent seen someone else make the comment, so I will. You commented that Marluxia and the others would not need to control Sora if they had a replica of Riku that was already wielding a keyblade. However, the Soul Eaters that both Riku and Riku Replica possess are not keyblades but just ordinary swords crafted out of their powers of darkness. Riku doesn't pop out a keyblade until Kingdom Hearts 2 for no reason. Awesome video.

32:57 That itself is a well deserved awkward silence

Man I'm so glad yet so disappointed that they dropped the smell mechanic. It has by far produced the best lines in the series

This series is like bad cable management meets story telling. Yeah all the ends are where they are supposed to be, but the journey the take becomes such a mess that it become a barely working headache that gets the job done, for now… I guess.

Just finished the 'KH3 Was a waste of effort' and immediately subscribed. You are a hero to us all 🎆✨️

The naruto reference definitely got me lmaooo

Honestly I pretty much hated every Kingdom hearts game that came after the first one. We never got the answers we want it and we never saw what happened after that cliffhanger. They just invented some extra weird bullshit story to throw at us

It sounds like Sora’s just has had enough of Jiminy’s cricket shit And Riku can smell EVERYTHING”

358/2 Days should definitely not be played before 2. I would even argue that playing Chain of Memories before 2 ruins a lot of the mysteries set up in 2.

13:30 *chef's kiss* That's perfection. Also, you've blessed by the KZfaq algorithm. Congrats, dude.

26:13 well that weapon riku was given is actually not a keyblade, just something maleficent gave him. He gets a keyblade later on

38:32 The funniest thing about this video, because the majority of the jobs I've worked at when I've entered have had me learning to do my job with other new people 😄😄😄

The original GBA version was better than the PS2 remake.

i'd like to point out for 16:40; namine has the power over -memes- memories, or specifically sora's memories and his connection to others depending on which game you play. in this scene, namine erases riku replica's memories, an act which was later explained to have the effect of destroying one's heart. when i first saw this scene, it hit me that this riku replica; huge fucking asshole who may or may not have been a challenge, who was about to end the game then and there... "I said STOP!" and he drops dead on the spot, that very second. namine _KILLED_ riku replica,*INSTANTLY* with barely more than a word. yea he got better because plot armor bullshit, but i went forward for the rest of the game thinking that this could all be over one way or another, if namine wanted it to be. if she were built just a little bit different, we could have been seeing a very different KH franchise...maybe.

Riku could work as a bloodhound

I think 358 being after 2 makes sense.... 2 is the best introduction to Roxas... and 358 is the explanation....

Chain of memories (gba) was my first KH game so I am biased towards it admittedly, but I absolutely love the gameplay. The cards is my favorite part about it, a blend of strategy and realtime RPG combat. I love it so much and I still haven't come across a similar game yet.

That fucking pbg reference was just for me and I loved it. Thank you.

the "my beautiful gun is destroyed" clip is a sly cooper reference right? had me dead lol 11:56

A game with a story that revolves around the power of one's heart now has a story and system that revolves around cards. I imagine Yugioh lawyers were at the ready on the sidelines of CoM.

10:52 i have no idea why vexen and that music go so well together but i can't stop laughing about it

Was watching this at 3:30am, when you started yelling “you thought you could escape?!” I completely lost it. Thank you for your humor. I know you won’t read this, but it’s the little things at times such as that moment that really make a difference. Take care.

The shadow the hedgehog music for Riku's playthrough was the cherry on top of this video, and that's not even halfway through.

"They said no" took a meh morning to a great morning. Thank you.

“She kind of looks like her but goth” 😂😂😂

Dont say thankfully, the Re: actually hurt CoM, the Card combat was designed for the angled top downish it had originally not 3rd person 3d so in Re:CoM the game is expecting you to see everything but you can only see in front of you and that screws you over more than you realize

idk when he started describing the whole xion, roxas, org, diz situation (which i already know, but still), i was more intrigued and hooked rather than confused

I am happy they managed to make HD versions of BBS, Chain of Memories, DDD I wish they did the same for 358/2 Days Roxas needs Love

you deserve a larger audience. well done!

I never played chain of memories didn’t realise rikus sense of smell played such a key role

It's a common misconception that the sword Riku and Relica Riku use is a keyblade. It is not. It is simple a generic sword called the "soul eater", but Riku does eventually get his own keyblade, "way to dawn".

At like 26:20, you said Riku had a keyblade. The sword he’s using isn’t a keyblade, it’s called Soul Eater and it’s just a darkness sword. It just looks a lot like the keyblade he gets later called Way to the Dawn.

Okay I just found your channel I love Kingdom Hearts and have always had a problem with it lol Dude. You’re NAILING this. I’m just gonna waste my life and watch your channel 😂

Ansem comes out of riku with a limited range. Ansem has dark guardian who comes out of him with a limited range. Stand-ception.

Great video! Although I noticed you called Riku's weapon, Soul Eater, a keyblade. Soul Eater is just a sword. That's why Riku uses it in KH1 when he loses his ability to use a keyblade. This is the last video on the KH laylist of yours. thanks for making these summaries so i don't have to replay these game for the 5th time lol.

Holy fuckinf shit dude that voice clip of naruto talking about sasuke when sora was talking to vexen 💀💀💀💀💀💀 fucking deaddddf lmaooo

Enjoyed the video! Disagree with the idea that 358/2 should be played/watched before KH2 though. Whereas KH2 does a good job of not ever spoiling or referencing anything too important for 358/2, the opposite is not true. There was a LOT of stuff in 358/2 when I watched for the first time after having completed KH2 that I was glad to be able to make sense of because I played KH2 first. Having played KH2 and watched the 358/2 movie I can see why people would suggest you watch 358/2 first but this is a situation where the release order is the better way to experience it. KH2 was designed to give you just enough information to make complete sense of 358/2 whereas the latter is designed in a way that expects you to have played 2 first. You can experience in whatever order you want of course, but a lot of things that occur in KH2 had their impact increased by watching 358/2 second. I'm just thankful that the entire Kingdom Hearts catalogue is on PC one way or another these days though. Not having a good PC port was the only thing stopping me from replaying all my favorites and also stopping me from being able to play the intermediary titles like BBS and DDD. Kingdom Hearts is a series I never thought would be on PC, but here we are along with almost the entire Final Fantasy franchise as well. Good time to live.

IMO, chain of memories is a really good and unique game, but not the remake. The gba game was a great challenge and the combat was super fun. The remake however was mostly just too easy due to being more capable of evading enemy attacks by jumping through the 3D space, which made the game feel much more mindless. The gba game had you be a lot less mobile which made you stay on your toes and engaged. Hell even the story was better, the lack of voice acting and needing to read characters’ lines within your head makes the awkward dialogue feel much more natural. The new cutscenes are cool but they sorta take away more than they add.

Yeah, it is really good to take some time to understand something within 5-10 seconds as a pause/hesitation.

These games just hold our childhoods hostage by having disney and FF ip’s and decent music with leitmotifs.

Thought I understood the timeline well enough, but you explain it better than the friggin "KH timeline explained" nonsense that makes me wanna put a knife in a wall socket. Now I can finish KH3 lmao Thank you kindly!

why the fuck does everyone summarize chain of memories SO AMAZING XD

The idea that 358 should be played before 2 is really flawed, the game literally exists to fill in the gaps of Roxas and Axel's story, but without playing 2 first you have no gaps to fill in.

26:11 Riku replica (Repliku) doesn't have a keyblade. Repliku uses Soul Eater which is just a normal weapon. 35:09 I completely disagree with playing days before 2 on a first playthrough. 2 intro is ment to be a mystery to both Roxas and the player. Also it spoiles the nice twist in the mid game where you and sora find out that killing heartless help the organization plans. I know why they put days in the 1.5 set, from a business perspective.

Personally, I wish they'd just done a quality HD version of the GBA game with full 3D models instead of sprite work but kept the feel/design of the original. It was like when older games would release a different version of the game on each console that may have been similar but played completely different.

The icing on the cake joke caught me off guard and made me laugh hard

47:07 This Roxas with armor xigbar sees in Xion is Ventus which is actually one of the few moment of greatness this series has because bbs would be released later. (Of course they planned for it)

'If he cant win, nobody does' I dont know if that was intentional or not but i loved it. I recently came across your channel and am LOVING your content

Using Shadow's the Hedgehog's theme for Riku was just perfect. They're uh, kind of similar characters, in a way.

And I love Days too. The combat and grid system are intriguing. I love RPGs where I have agency over my characters abilities.

Recently found this channel and I'm in love, this is great content

I just wanna say I really enjoyed CoM it had my favorite organization members in it and I can skip allll the Disney world cutscenes without caring and just watch stuff in castle oblivion and as a kid I loved playing as riku I thought that was really cool he had his own story and experiences through C.O. I'm sure most people don't like this game but I still really like it x)

Why does Org 13 need 13 members when they need keyblades not more people?

33:00 Dude you fuckin' got me 😂

I loved that moment when he said “oh it’s over SIKE” that had me dying!

Experiencing 358/2 days as movie is worst way of doing that. Playing the game is optimal with all its flaws, but reading manga is also acceptable.

Ok so I have this little theory. I think Namine rewrote Sora around a bit to be nicer than he really was. Look at him in kh1 and compare that to his portrayal in 2 and onwards. He's definitely different

I have been at the marluxia boss fight for 2 years 😐 I want to die everytime I attempt it

I played the GBA version to death on a gameboy with a dead R button. It died part way through the Sora part of the game so I couldn't stock cards or even cycle through my deck in both directions. I beat both Sora's part and Riku's part without stocking cards. Then I bought the PS2 version years later and never got through the first world because I just couldn't get over Sora's voice. It was just too weird. I knew that the voice actor's voice changed over time but it was still too uncanny.

Wait so... like can all the members of organization xiii transform like that? Always thought it was weird...

05:51 "I've minted the souls of your friends into these cards, I now give you the power of NFTs" No wonder this combat system sucked, it was nfts in disquise lmao

After watching through your 5h 30m review of KH3 yesterday in one sitting and watching through this I have to say that you're indeed the definitive KH reviewer - hope you will do the other games as well one day :)

One of the best summaries ive seen of these games

The writing is so cringe on this series

Gotta say, playing all these the first time, despite how disappointed I was with the card battle system, I still made it work because I just wanted to know the story. It would’ve been cool if they made Donald and goofy AI supporters that uses their own deck of cards as well. I think that would’ve made things a little bit better so you don’t feel completely alone.

My favorite aspect of rechain of memories is when sora de ages just to use the stop spell because i guess yelling stop was too much for a retake lol

12:15 [Laugh Track] **thunderous laughter** "for good" 😄 **snarky grin** **rolls eyes** [Benny Hill Theme] [insert george costanza here]

40:08 which isn’t true because Larxene and Marluxia don’t remember anything about their real identities

Great vid Uncle, thanks for explaining this convoluted story.

Finding your channel has been the best thing that's happened to me in the last 17 hours.

I agree the story for 358/2 Days should be watched before KH2 since it adds more context to Roxas' story in the beginning of 2.

So my hot take on re:Chain of Memories is that gameplay wise, it's pretty fucking shitty but has some of the best voice acting in the entire series. I legitimately love the delivery of almost every character in this game.