The great thing about this game is that it's individual plot is one of the darkest of all the games. The villains are straight up lying and gaslighting the hell out of Sora and the best part is that Marluxia's plan actually worked almost perfectly. Sora was genuinely willing to let Naminé kill him just for her sake. To be willing to let Marluxia puppet him around as a weapon for Naminé's sake.

The hilarious step back from villain plan A: "Open the heart of all worlds to Darkness and destroy the universe" to plan B: "Gaslight the absolute shit out of this middle-schooler" Absolute best part of the game

The fact her chat gaslighted her on the Kairi thing killed me. LOL!

Sora's story in this title really is "Gaslight: The Game."

That was an intense reaction to Larxene. xD Funny story, in the manga for Kingdom Hearts she can be seen reading a book written by the dude who invented sadism.

If you really wanna break your brain on this plot, its implied that the meteor shower memory was actually an event w/Sora and Riku, not Kairi. The only meteor shower we know Sora and Riku witniss is the one that brought Kairi to the islands. Kairi's good luck charm: she gave it to Sora during KH1, not during a meteor shower. So 2 big contradictions. Namine cannot create new memories, only remix the memories you already have. So the meteor shower is a shared memory betwen Sora and Riku that Kairi couldn't have been present for. If you look into the origin of Oblivion/Passing Memory, it represents Sora's memories of Riku, and the keychain is Sora's crown necklace. Originally, Riku was supposed to give Sora Oblivion's keychain in KH1, like how Kairi gives him Oathkeeper's keychain (her wayfinder charm). Altogether, the implication is that Riku swore an oath to protect Sora from a meteor shower and gsve him his crown necklace as part of that promise. When you play BBS, you'll know how far back Riku's devotion to protecting Sora goes

It's funny how everyone thinks Sora got a different voice actor.

It’s a shame people until 2008 could only experience this amazing story through a tiny gameboy advance

The fake lifeless Riku on the ground was hilarious

I just wanted to say: don’t listen to people that call the game bad. I thought I was too for the first hour but it gets so much better as long as you’re willing to learn the card system. I breezed through the whole game except for one boss fight near the end but even that just requires some switching around to account for their strategies

Ah, Chain of Memories. That game emotionally wrecked me way back when, and melted my brain, too. Watching it melt your brain and heart is adorable, Frankie. I enjoy watching you play the more mature games (Well, FF7 and FF7R, because of your game videos I've only played those lol) but watching you with KH is very sweet. In retrospect it's awesome that you called him Stinku before you knew he developed these smelling abilities. Maybe you can do that too, ha. Yes, Larxene is a witch. Namine is awesome. Kairi forever.

I'm guessing the reason Nomura is having Riku smell everything is because smell happens to be the number one trigger for memory, and Castle Oblivion is all about memory! Or maybe him saying repeatedly that he is able to "smell the darkness" means that when people use darkness to impersonate other people he can smell it? I dunno, it's always been a question of mine too...these were just something I thought once or twice over the years

Perfect timing! Sick as a dog right now and all I can do is limply lie in my couch watching stuff. Time to enjoy your rollercoaster of an experience going through CoM ☺

Don't worry Frankie you are not the only one who has that reaction to Marluxia...

when you think about what they were doing to sora and namine this game is by far the most messed up plot in the series lol larxene actually backhanded a little child across a room bro.

Yes! As one of your newest subscribers but longtime kingdom hearts fan I'm loving your emotional rollercoaster with the series so far! Good Luck you will need it🙏🏽 and may your heart be the guiding key!

Will happily watch Frankie watch CoM instead of watching 8 hours of cutscenes xD

I know many do not like the gameplay of Chain of Memories, but as a TCG fan it is my cup of tea!

Keep these kh videos coming I’m here for it ❤️

Only season 1 of Once Upon a Time reaches this level of gaslighting.

Frankie is such a delight I swear 😂. I needed a good laugh and something to lift my mood before work.

Ansem: Someday I WILL RETURN!!! Saitama: K.

there's a fracking ghost at the door 5.50 minutes

Oh perfect. I’ve needed more of this.

“Remember, I abandoned you.” Whoa whoa whoa, spoilers for a fragmentary passage

Mickey is also short for Mitchell, which is Mickey’s full first name.

Okay. I only just started the video, so idk if it's brought up again....but are we just going to gloss over Frankie saying she took a voice acting class with Quinton Flynn? 😭

Repliku is literally one of my favourite KH characters, his story is so tragic but so good

I kind of envy you. Experiencing this immediately after 1 will give you so much more information when you play 2, and the revelations you'll have, that some of us had to wait years to understand, is going to be an amazing journey as you walk through the next game. You say this one is dark... it's funny. I'd say you don't know the half of it, but you won't understand that reference. Not yet.

I think it's unfortunate that they remade CoM for playstation instead of just porting it over. The GBA version is significantly more palatable. The deckbuilding part was actually a fun change of pace (and also made the game SUPER easy if you know anything about deckbuilding). Also, the combat is far simpler when you don't have to worry about 3D environments or camera angles during combat. That inclusion completely ruined the gameplay in my opinion, so I can't blame people for skipping this version.

The secret ending blew my mind.

Sora would have definitely needed lots of therapy sessions after CoM, that was a lot!

Oh mannnn Kingdom Hearts 2 I have a feeling will be a wild ride

Hi lollia I love KINGDOM Hearts to and all the characters And yes I have played all of the games except KINGDOM Hearts 3 You did a great job with your reaction to KINGDOM Hearts Re Chain of memory

I'm also on a KH journey and I'm stuck on this one so naturally I had to take a peak at this

Another Kingdom Hearts Video Let’s Go 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

Love the intro

Thank you!

12:55 foreshadowing KH3 right there!

“OH NO! Sora hasn’t been paying his rent!” HAH! God do I know how that feels

Bro I need that live Riku reaction image LOL

great game, Marluxia and his majesty Mickey are two of my favorites..

I don't remember this secret ending. But I'm all for it. Gonna have to replay Re:CoM to see it..

Can't blame you for just watching the cutscenes, the gameplay turned me off as well. Great video!

This is known as the darkest game in the saga, so I'm writing this in here: -There are two crossover fanfics between this saga and "OUAT" (I'm surprised there aren't like hundreds of them). Sora, Kairie and Riku's story was that Kairie was the princess of a kingdom in the Enchanted Forest that swore to protect the world of light, Sora was her Keyblade knight, and Riku was simply a knight. The Dark Curse separated the three of them and made Sora and Riku enemies, Kairie's fate kinda unknown. Why am I talking about this ? Ever since I read them and played "Nirvana Initiative", I have been thinking. What if the worlds'saga is meant to suffer a complete reset "Dark Curse" style ? For a new world to be born ? I guess, like Kirari and Yumeko from "Kagegurui", I want to see the universe come to its flashy end, to see its rebirth and what comes out of it. Actually...I don't think this is something recent. Ever since the first game, when Ansem talked about death, that I could only wonder how this universe's hidden side is ? What lies beyond lign and darkness ? What happens when the light separating them evaporates ? What is left ? Will the dead rise ? Will people be reborn ? The possibilities are endless. And all it takes is someone to perform the heart surgery without being manipulated by neither the power nor the characters.

Never a dull moment, lol. 13:03

And let the confusion begin!

I love how great/bad/funny/sad all of "The Rat"s moments can be.

1:12 if I get a nickel for how many times someone gives me that look 😂

18:20 oooh my favourite part 🤣

5:50 what is that wisp ghosty thing in the doorway? 😳

Wellllll don’t mind if I doooo👀

I appreciate singing And cometary And when your mother came in your room 😂

This is the only Kingdom Hearts game where the the villains made me very annoyed and mad. Sora seemed to get hurt and punished in this game more so than the other games that feature him as the main character.

Marluxia is my favorite org. Member.

Fun fact in the kingdomhearts manga all goofy does is say “GHAWG”

Why do ya hate Mickey so much??

goodbye snaps! LMAO

Hi! I don't have a twitch account but I have been watching all of your Kingdom Hearts 2 videos on twitch. But video 7 doesn't work and I desperately need to relive KH2 holloween town, it just says network error. I've been really enjoying going through this games story again and seeing someone play for the first time really helps bring back those emotions when I first played. Pretty Please fix the day 7 video, i just want to inject that sweet sweet nostalgia narcotic and cry along with you.

GOJO NOOOOOOO

This is why Naminé is best girl!!!

30:31 it's just what mickey does

You have to play birth by sleep next

“Watched” lol I beat soras story went into rikus and could not be bothered to complete the same game the third time in a row so I watched the cutscenes

where was the roxas scene :O

jumpscare 01:14 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

What's with the weird hate for Mickey?

Too bad you didn't play it. Marluxia's fight is just so good to do on this one, But glad you watched this before playing Kindgom Hearts 2 because the story starts to be more complicated from there. You should watch the videos from 358/2 episode too. I didn't when i start to play Kingdom Hearts 2 and I was ????? what's happening? who is this guy?? I was totally lost.

The game mechanism is for the true nerds 😂

In Japanese instead of "smell" he means "aura"

WHO

But this is her FIRST time in KH series right?

41:05 i hyperventilated

You played Kingdom Hearts 3 before you played any of the previous ones? Why?

Why are you so frustrated by his majesty? He's only trying to help.

I too just watched it. It’s the only game where the gameplay just turned me off that much. The story, though, was great!

He forgor :(

Who are you? I am Sephiroth lol

Please emulate the DS games

How dare you break his arm and call your self a weeb!! Jk

"What is this game, he just killed vexen!" OH you sweet summer child. Wait until the literal massacres later on in the series. 🤣😭

If you're really a weeb, we need to get you to play the Trails series

I wish it didn’t have this type of gameplay 🥲. Other than that this storyline was great :)