I love how after the Nameless Star mentions Quadratum, the piano in the background plays a small rendition of Nachtflugel/Yozora's theme. Such a small detail that gets me so hyped.
Everyone keeps forgetting that Chirithy reunited with Ven at the end, so Chirithy will most likely be the guiding factor to helping Mickey learn more about the Lost Masters, as well as Scala Ad Caelum. :)
*Aqua lives in the Realm of Darkness for 10 years* Mickey: Eh. We can't go after her, but she'll be fine anyway *Riku goes off to an unknown territory alone* Mickey: I HAVE TO GO SAVE MY SON RIGHT NOW Seriously, this game is way too fun, and I'm so excited for the story to continue
Mickey had only met Aqua on three brief occasions prior to rescuing her, and she’d already been a master. In contrast, he’s been best friends with Riku for over a year.
@@Firestar1992 Not only that, but he would want to not repeat the same mistake of leaving someone behind who is a ceremonial Keyblade Master just because they're a Master. Since Riku is one now, thats probably what was going through his mind. "We never really knew anything about the Realm of Darkness, but we still left Aqua down there, confident in her abilities as a Master. I can't make the same mistake with Riku!" ya know
@@zerosolis6664 I think everyone keeps thinking Mickey “left Aqua for 10 years” but he didn’t know Aqua was even in the realm of darkness until the end of KH1, then he had to help Riku and such. At most, he left Aqua there a year and a half, dealing with stuff in the realm of light and knowing she had been able to handle herself there in the several years before.
Mickey & Riku been buddy buddy ever since Chain of Memories/ReChain Of Memories, even in the ending of KH2 when Mickey runs up to Riku and Riku grabs him and twirls him around because Mickey's glad he's safe, in KH3 they're once again partners. in the top right of the MoM boxart you see K1 Riku with Mickey.
This has been my #1 wish for the series for years, but unfortunately, I don't think it'll come as easily as I would hope. Nomura would probably need a really good excuse to do so. Almost every game had been born with Nomura's desire to innovate in some way. All the gameplay in each game is really different from one another. So, I feel like if Kairi were to be playable, he would need a really good excuse to do so. I doubt he just wants to pump out a game with Kairi just because fans asked him to, he wants it to be just as meaningful to the series just as all the other games have been.
Other than studying & training under Aqua, I'm also actually glad that Kairi and Mickey stayed in their side of reality. We forget that in Luxu's scene, the ancient Masters have already come back. It'll be really cool to have the story go on in both sides with Riku & Sora on the other side while Kairi & The Rest on their side. This way, SE could release two or three games.
Remember that this series keeps it pretty G rated, so as stupid and infantilizing as it is, they can't actually say "murder" or "kill", it's always euphemisms: "you must exist no more", "I destroyed you, paving the way for Sora's disappearance".
@@Falxifer95 yeah. It just feels weird hearing them say seal away, when Eraqus plainly stated exist no more. Even Xehanort got more explicit with flat out telling vanitas to take Aqua's life.
Xehanort saying he is a product of her heart meant that this version of Xehanort is not the real one but just a proyection created by Kairi's past trauma, it's not like the real Xehanort is back, he is still in keyblade heaven along with Eraqus, that is why he couldn't tell her any more than the lines Kairi had already heard before, since this is all inside Kairi's own dream so she wouldn't be able to tell her own self things she didn't already know, only remember past experiences, and she needed to confront the traumas that blocked those memories, represented as Xehanort
She needs to find her motivation for fighting. She can’t use anger or hatred, as that requires darkness to sustain, of which she has none. So far her motive has always been to protect Sora, as we’ve generally seen her at her best when he’s in danger. I think once she learns to want to protect everyone, she will be as powerful as the others.
They would never let the series fall off of making numbered titles for that long again after Kh3’s financial success, despite however much you could say it was divisive amongst fans it sold extremely well and Disney won’t let them slack on making another for too long, hell even Nomura said there’d prolly just be 1 more game before a KH4 shows up, and the 20th anniversary is 2022 soooo pieces are kinda lining up here, not to mention they got a LOT to tackle in the next game
I remember prior to kh3 I saw people suggesting he might be a good fit after we lost Nimoy and honestly I wish they went with him from the get go, with all due respect to Hauer of course I just think Lloyd more closely matches what Xehanort used to be, like I think his performance at the end of Scala could’ve been pretty great had he had the chance to voice those final scenes
I had similar hopes when at the end of 2.8 Yen Sid send Kairi and Axel to train with Merlin and all we got was 2 cutscene and had to wait a year for a single boss fight.
So I think “An Oath to Return” since it’s like the “Reconnect” for the first saga has to mean that this next saga is all about Sora returning to his world so I think we’ll see a lot of Final Fantasy and TWEWY related ideas in the next few installments. I’m excited for this.
Im really interested in finding out the nameless stars name. It could still be Stella but if Nomura doesnt want a straight copy and paste of Versus 13 my bets are on Tsuki or Hoshi.
Actually, the city is from The World Ends With You. The girl who could travel through dreams was Rhyme. In the World Ends With You, Rhyme was killed on one of the days of the Reaper's Game So in a way, the monsters took her body so when she wounded up in the Kingdom Hearts world, she couldn't maintain her form. She could only maintain it in dreams. In Dream Drop Distance, Joshua used her dreams to travel around the dreams to talk to Sora and Riku She's the only true girl to have that type of ball near her. So in conclusion, the "Nameless Star" is Rhyme. Especially if she knew the name of that city--because she lived there before she died.
Does Kairi even have a full conversation with anyone besides Axel in base 3? I mean that's about on par with KH2 where her longest conversation with another person was Selphie of all people but still
I’m cool with Aqua being looked at as a wise master from now on along with maybe Terra. Not sure about the others. They’ll most likely help in the conflict for kh4. Don’t forget, the new chess game Xehanort and Eraqus are playing probably has 13 pieces of light, considering the 7 pieces of darkness. That means all the guardians of light will most likely return for kh4. I also suspect Aqua/Kairi will have a cool combo move similar to Terra/Riku in Re:Mind.
Congratulations on beating the game Sarah. I'm grateful that Kairi will now be trained under Master Aqua so she can get more experience to become stronger to which Yen Sid gladly agrees with. Looking forward to the next KH game after _Melody of Memory_ and who knows what is going to be about. I could see the next game be reminiscent to _Dream Drop Distance_ where it is centered on Riku and/or Kairi traversing through Quadratum and the various new Disney worlds looking for Sora. Hopefully, we get more news on the next KH game after MoM in 2021 next year and what's in store for Kingdom Hearts' 20th Anniversary in 2022.
Lets be honest,it was a stupid idea to make merlin train Kairi and Axel when he is just a wizard,he probably teached them strong magic spells but he doesn't have a keyblade.
I see Merlin's training as a good way to practice magic, but not necessarily a guide for using it in a combat situation. For example, in the first game he has Sora practice using magic on furniture. A good way to ensure that you know the basics of how to use magic on stationary and moving targets, but the furniture doesn't attack. Unfortunately, in the game the enemies we are fighting try not to make things that easy. I can see how Axel could teach her how to fight in general since he has more experience than her, but at that point he knows about as much about using a Keyblade as she does. Why couldn't Master Yen Sid have taught her some things in KH3 or at least let her travel with Sora so she could gain some experience? She is getting better now, certainly. I still think that training with Aqua is a good idea.
"Is this leading to Kingdom Hearts IV?" NO! Nomura-san would not give such an interquel-like plot of finding Sora in a brave new realm the number treatment. We will get a few games to lead up to something major.
To point this out, Riku jumps from the "FINAL" world on to the a fictional world, which can also be said to be a "FANTASY" world and then Quadratum is Latin for "SQUARE" So, Final Fantasy and Square Enix.
This new footage featured in Melody of Memory had me feel the same way with 358/2 Days and Re:Coded when I first played those games years back. No matter how monotonous some of the older side games were in the past, they were still essential story-wise. Though it's rather enjoyable that Kairi now has more involvement than she did by standing on the sidelines leaving all the fighting to Sora and Riku. If there's any real romance between her and Sora, let it happen. WHY do you do this to us Nomura-sensei!?
I read an article from an interview with Nomura stating that they have been hard at work making another KH title going as far back as January 2020, so my bet is that it is a new title that is not KH4.
I loved that game too. I would have preferred that it was longer and game us more worlds, perhaps retuning to the same one in a fashion similar to KH2, but that is just me.
28:48 That he's not the real Xehanort, just the product of Kairi's memories. That's why he still gives her the answer. That’s some internal struggle she had to go through to get it.
Nomura said there will be a couple more spin offs before we get to the next numbered installment. So I assume we won't catch up with Sora and Riku yet. Rather we will get a game detailing the others investigating the other side. Maybe we'll see what Terra, Ventus and Aqua were doing during ReMIND.
Gotta be honest, I find that they had Sora literally replacing Kairi absolutely disgusting. If they wanted to show the connection between Sora and Kairi and that Kairi gets her strengh from Sora, they could of had an apperation appear behind her like when Micky was shooting that giant keyhole in KH re-mind DLC, but no, they literally robbed Kairi of a chance to develop as a charicter and face her fears head on And I'm not saying Kairi could beat Xehanort alone. In my scenario she is still relying on support from Sora, just in a much less disrespectful manner. I also think it's worth noting that while Sora did do most of the work, Kairi was able to put up a good fight in Re:mind against goat armour Xehanort, a foe stronger than any other seekers of darkness that the gaurdians of light struggled against. So she can definitely fight pretty well
I would've preferred her losing completely, than having Sora jump into her own head to save her. It just solidifies her own perception of herself as a damsel needing to be rescued. It's so degrading. Take Sora out of the equation so she can fully grapple with the consequences of being inadequate, and give her that extra push to really get better. It's when you hit your lowest point that you can be open to the greatest change. If she's always so confident that Sora will save her (like after Terranort and the demon tide killed everyone) then she'll never really fight thinking that everything is on the line. "Sora will save us I know he will." NO! Stop it! All Xehanort wanted to do was talk anyway. She was the one who insisted on fighting and ended up losing. Which btw, how she was losing is also pretty lame. Not only did they do the "grab her by the arm" thing again, she got one-shot by a deflection. She landed on the water floor and couldn't even bother to struggle to get up. Come on, give us some decent scene direction.
Just because it was shown that she can "keep up" in the armored xehanort fight in ReMind, doesn't mean she could do so in an actual fight one on one for all we know she could have just been healing and buffing Sora during the fight the occasional team finishers. As in this video she gets thrashed around by Xehanort very easily, and now that a small part of Sora has beaten Xehanort we know Soras above him, not saying Kairis weak, but in regards to the powerhouses of Xehanort and Sora she still has a very long time until catching up with the top dogs, which is why shes going to study under Aqua (someone that could mostly contend against those 2 mentioned).
Someone played on beginner...🌚 didn’t you kurt? Lol jk you’re right as long as you enjoyed the game that’s all that matters i played it on proud and full chained all levels(but the Final boss of course)
I want the Kairi game, which I still believe we will get, to have her travel worlds of the New Seven Hearts. Maybe as part of Aqua's training. They can involve Frozen 2, the Tangled series, Moana, Brave and the new movie, Raya and the Last Dragon
In the same way that Verum Rex is a video game in the KH Universe, it would seem that KH is a video game in the Verum Rex Universe. This is how reality and fiction joined-with storytellers. Square Enix being the canonical storytellers of Verum Rex in the KH world (see the Verum Rex adverts in Toy Box) and... what is Master of Masters is "the brilliant artist" who created the KH Universe as a game franchise in the Verum Rex Universe? In KHUX, they have been connected to Game Central Station after all... Maybe the Master of Masters's plan was to make a fixed script for the game, making sure that in spite of the players' decisions, it would reach a good ending... But he may not have anticipated for bugs and for the free will of its characters. Well, it's my two cents... It's going to be interesting!
She only trained one time under a wizard axel was treated worse than her.Terranort bodied him,he would have been dead if it wasn't for Sora,Xemnas destroyed his keyblade and then Sora and Kairi had to save Axel and the others when they were trapped by the replicas in the keyholes they created.
@@amiksa8789 Don't give up on your studies! Learning a language takes a lot of time, and by learning new words, you'll slowly be able to finally speak and understand Japanese!
Good to see I am in good company. Same here, I got into it when one of my friends introduced me to the series. Now my entire social group follows it. Granted, I only have a few friends, but still.
Because Xehanort is the biggest trauma Kairi experienced. He's basically the one who slain her in Keyblade Graveyard and send her away from Radiant Garden in the first place.
Okay I burst out laughing when THE VIDEO GAME PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT A FICTIONAL WORLD Like what? Nomura is gonna make an irl Kingdom Hearts to really mess with us? Also.. Fairy Godmother casually can travel to The Final World?! I personally think it's leading into some in-between game (much like how we have... many games that led to 3 after 2) BUT since this being more modern era of gaming i hope it's not AS many games...since they hopefully have a good plan..
One small detail I particularly like is that, since the actual gameplay uses the PS2-era character models, they actually made such models for the KHIII versions of Kairi and Sora.
I read an article that said the developer of Kingdom Hearts stated they have no plans to make a new title for Kingdom Hearts anytime soon. They stated they wanted to wait for more games to come out for the PS5 first before they do so I can speculate we will be waiting at least 2 to 3 years minimum maybe longer for another Kingdom Hearts entry perhaps Kingdom Hearts 4 who knows.
@@codywhite6337 It's a bad article based on iffy translations. All Nomura said is that there will be a break for KH news and that the next big thing is the anniversary in 2022. Nomura has already confirmed that aside from MoM and KHUX, there are also two other KH teams already making new games. So the "no plans to make a new title anytime soon" is just false. They're currently making them. There just won't be a new KH game in 2021.
Honestly I think the 60$ price was a little too much for my tastes. However I was still satisfied by the game. And I freakin LOVED the ending!!! So excited for the future of the franchise.
I honestly was glad Kairi said Hey Yed sid i'm gonna leave my trainig under merlin to train under Master Aqua(aka for Arrow fans Thea Queen) and as Sarah said "Two queens" 😏😏😏 she probably didn't realize how right she is.
Man I love KH so much, just wish sometimes that the story was a bit easier to follow xD Was hard to take the ending sequence seriously cause the words 'light', 'dark', 'key' and 'heart' are thrown around soooooo much that it feels like a meme.
I see it already. KH Verse is a dream world, a fictional realm. Yozora's true identity is from the real world, the "outside" world. The power of waking, true purpose, is to "wake up" from the fictional realm, a dream world.
The thing is all these things actually exist in our world, while fiction would be like made up stories or games (Verum Rex). Since Quadratum translates to square I think it is likely that then we get to explore it we get to meet more square characters.
Knowing something from Dream Drop Distance, the ball that appeared by the star. If you look to the first town in Dream Drop Distance, you meet a little girl named Rhyme that is the connection for Joshua to travel through worlds. With Rhyme's ability, she could go between dreams-- even reality in a way In conclusion, the Nameless Star is Rhyme
I just noticed that the BGM that plays while Riku and Kairi are talking to the Nameless Star has the same leitmotif as Yozora’s boss fight theme from Re+Mind.
kairi narrates her adventures with Sora and Riku,of the timeline of Kingdom Hearts on KH1,KH2 and KH3.The "the other side","reality"or "fictional" ,what really means is that:Sora has transported himself into the world of Quadratum, also known as Shibuya,Japan in KH4!!!Absolutely,yes!!!
40:58 Remember when we all thought after the epilogue of the first Kingdom Hearts would lead to Kingdom Hearts 2? Even the secret ending of the original and the extended secret ending in Final Mix made us think that? Then a couple years later we find out the original GBA version of Chain of Memories was gonna be the next game. But KH2 was announced sometime 2003.
I got so hyped whenever I finally beat this game for the first time today, sadly I didn’t get to beat Xehanort on Proud, even though that’s the kind of run I was doing, but the reveal was ANAZING and so was Kairi’s fight
I am curious if in the course of my life I will ever experience how all three of them sit on the beach again and sit around pointless. Maybe at some point Mickey is looking for Pluto: Kingdom of the dogs hearts ... love it
For all we know, this game probably is leading us into the next game, which I feel like could very well not actually be Kingdom Hearts 4, in sadly a similar means as to all of the games that have released between Kingdom Hearts 2 and 3.
"How about we just not do Dream Drop?" 😭😭 my heart lmfao I love that game [though ngl omg I did not enjoy playing the songs in Melody hahaha - but it's such a cute game]
Shibuya The World Ends With You! So Hyped! Expect more bad ass music like in Dream Drop Distance. I wonder if we will see Neku and the crew again in KH4?
Is it possible that at some point they will decide to do something with Riku, Kairi, and Sora that they did in Birth by Sleep? Namely having each character follow their own path meeting up with the others at the end for the final conflict of the game. I don't know about anyone else, but I would really like to see something like that at some point.
Wait a second.... Ansem the Wise mentioned that the "other side" must be a "fictional world." I guess that explains why the Verum Rex trailer where we saw Quadratum, Yozora, his friends, and that girl was displayed on a TV in Toy Box. Because a TV is where we watch and experience all kinds of fictional worlds and stories
I'm watching this after the KH Union Cross finale. My guess is it is leading to KH: Verum Rex or whatever with Yozora. But considering the implications of the Union Cross we won't see KH4 for awhile, instead we'll get little KH spin-offs that are nonetheless plot relevant. That said. if we won't see KH4 for awhile, then it could mean we won't see Sora for a awhile as well.
"Your voice can't reach us here"
Sora: "THUNDER!" "TAKE THIS!"
well he's only a piece of her heart. he doesn't know better :D
Lol my thoughts exactly 😂 it killed me that he spoke after that cut scene lol
lyrics:
See ya!
Thunder!
Strike!
Take this!
I love how after the Nameless Star mentions Quadratum, the piano in the background plays a small rendition of Nachtflugel/Yozora's theme. Such a small detail that gets me so hyped.
That actually ain't a Nameless Star. It's Rhyme.
@@_starry.edit_ ...What? it's clearly the girl from the Verum Rex cutscene
Orr Strelitzia ya never know
@@_starry.edit_ it's stella from verum rex
I realize now, swwy
Everyone keeps forgetting that Chirithy reunited with Ven at the end, so Chirithy will most likely be the guiding factor to helping Mickey learn more about the Lost Masters, as well as Scala Ad Caelum. :)
Thats true
Xehanort: *Gives whole spiel about worlds, light and darkness, keyblade wielders and princesses of heart
Kairi: .....Sir, I'm four
💀💀💀
Omg😂😂
*Aqua lives in the Realm of Darkness for 10 years*
Mickey: Eh. We can't go after her, but she'll be fine anyway
*Riku goes off to an unknown territory alone*
Mickey: I HAVE TO GO SAVE MY SON RIGHT NOW
Seriously, this game is way too fun, and I'm so excited for the story to continue
Mickey had only met Aqua on three brief occasions prior to rescuing her, and she’d already been a master. In contrast, he’s been best friends with Riku for over a year.
@@Firestar1992 Not only that, but he would want to not repeat the same mistake of leaving someone behind who is a ceremonial Keyblade Master just because they're a Master. Since Riku is one now, thats probably what was going through his mind. "We never really knew anything about the Realm of Darkness, but we still left Aqua down there, confident in her abilities as a Master. I can't make the same mistake with Riku!" ya know
@@zerosolis6664 I think everyone keeps thinking Mickey “left Aqua for 10 years” but he didn’t know Aqua was even in the realm of darkness until the end of KH1, then he had to help Riku and such. At most, he left Aqua there a year and a half, dealing with stuff in the realm of light and knowing she had been able to handle herself there in the several years before.
@@StevenBryceWroten Thats exactly right too, like, she was just drifting before Mickey ever found her.
Mickey & Riku been buddy buddy ever since Chain of Memories/ReChain Of Memories, even in the ending of KH2 when Mickey runs up to Riku and Riku grabs him and twirls him around because Mickey's glad he's safe, in KH3 they're once again partners. in the top right of the MoM boxart you see K1 Riku with Mickey.
Never in my life would I have thought a rhythm game of my favorite franchise would bring me so much joy.
Same
Right
Same here
And the ending was fire. Kairi finally got an epic fight scene and that she trains under Aqua now is so awesome!
+~
I’m really happy that Kairi decided to be trained by Aqua! Just hoping she will be playable and have a bigger role in the future
This has been my #1 wish for the series for years, but unfortunately, I don't think it'll come as easily as I would hope. Nomura would probably need a really good excuse to do so. Almost every game had been born with Nomura's desire to innovate in some way. All the gameplay in each game is really different from one another. So, I feel like if Kairi were to be playable, he would need a really good excuse to do so. I doubt he just wants to pump out a game with Kairi just because fans asked him to, he wants it to be just as meaningful to the series just as all the other games have been.
I have a Magic Eight Ball, every time I ask if we'll get Kairi as a main playable character it always says "don't count on it".
*looks pointedly at Nomura*
Other than studying & training under Aqua, I'm also actually glad that Kairi and Mickey stayed in their side of reality. We forget that in Luxu's scene, the ancient Masters have already come back. It'll be really cool to have the story go on in both sides with Riku & Sora on the other side while Kairi & The Rest on their side. This way, SE could release two or three games.
@@HakimJamil94 👍👍👍
"As I thought. We couldn't afford for Haley Joel Osment's voice to reach us here."
Also, I really love the scene of Ienzo, Even, and Ansem talking heartscience. So satisfying.
Limited budget gang!
Wait so the Sora battle quotes in the field battles are just reused quotes?
Kairi: Eraqus tried to seal Ventus away.
Me: Interesting way of saying he was trying to kill the boy.
Remember that this series keeps it pretty G rated, so as stupid and infantilizing as it is, they can't actually say "murder" or "kill", it's always euphemisms: "you must exist no more", "I destroyed you, paving the way for Sora's disappearance".
@@Falxifer95 yeah. It just feels weird hearing them say seal away, when Eraqus plainly stated exist no more. Even Xehanort got more explicit with flat out telling vanitas to take Aqua's life.
@@thespectaculargamernerd8114 maybe they could get away with that since he's not saying "kill".
Xehanort saying he is a product of her heart meant that this version of Xehanort is not the real one but just a proyection created by Kairi's past trauma, it's not like the real Xehanort is back, he is still in keyblade heaven along with Eraqus, that is why he couldn't tell her any more than the lines Kairi had already heard before, since this is all inside Kairi's own dream so she wouldn't be able to tell her own self things she didn't already know, only remember past experiences, and she needed to confront the traumas that blocked those memories, represented as Xehanort
Excellent analogy. I'm wondering, what if that xehanort from Kairi memories killed her? Like that part where sora saved her?
Fun fact: Kairi's designs are typically inspired by Utada Hikaru - the hairstyles, namely.
Aw that's so cute
"Why don't we just skip Dream Drop Distance."
Me: *I know hurt*
why
too bad the music is probably the best part.
Man, I'm scared of Kairi getting the Sakura treatment.
So, get better with time, but get completely overshadowed by the two males, or what?
@@kibousn1686 Pretty much.
@@kibousn1686 Yeah, and only show a slimmer of her full potential in the final fight (1000 healing Jutsu)
She needs to find her motivation for fighting. She can’t use anger or hatred, as that requires darkness to sustain, of which she has none. So far her motive has always been to protect Sora, as we’ve generally seen her at her best when he’s in danger. I think once she learns to want to protect everyone, she will be as powerful as the others.
I think her training with Aqua will be her real start. She needs a proper master.
anyone notice how at 7:14 Alyson Stoner starts out with a different voice and quickly slides back into Kairi's voice?
Xion?
I belive this was dubbed durning the pandemic, so it was a lot harder to get good takes to some degree
@@marcosv.r5261 Maybe in terms of audio quality but it shouldn't affect delivery
Kairi studying under Aqua makes so much sense. A lot of intresting things leading into kingdom hearts four... that we will play in ten years or so xD
I just really hope we don't have to wait 15 years for Kingdom Hearts 4
They would never let the series fall off of making numbered titles for that long again after Kh3’s financial success, despite however much you could say it was divisive amongst fans it sold extremely well and Disney won’t let them slack on making another for too long, hell even Nomura said there’d prolly just be 1 more game before a KH4 shows up, and the 20th anniversary is 2022 soooo pieces are kinda lining up here, not to mention they got a LOT to tackle in the next game
@@SSlash nomura already said not to expect another mainline title until at least the twilight years of PS5/XsX
@@silvertayuun fucking where did he say that lol
@@silvertayuun
Unless we see actual legitimate sources I'm gonna call bull on that claim.
I've a hunch that the city being called Quadratum isn't just because it means Square.
Christopher Lloyd definitely suits Xenanort's voice
Indeed it grows on me
I remember prior to kh3 I saw people suggesting he might be a good fit after we lost Nimoy and honestly I wish they went with him from the get go, with all due respect to Hauer of course I just think Lloyd more closely matches what Xehanort used to be, like I think his performance at the end of Scala could’ve been pretty great had he had the chance to voice those final scenes
Sarah: "She better become stronger nomura"
Me: she better become more useful
Edit: kairis training with the queen of kingdom hearts!! YES SIR
Mickey coming back from Scala after learning the story of KH: Dark Road: *sniff* ok Xehanort's backstory is sad af wtf
Riku coming back from Quadratum: I met someone that looked like me (and that refers to Yozora)
Yo Kairi etting trained by Aqua means that Terra and Yen might teach her some things too :0
That’s what I thought they’ll probably spar with her or something really excited!!
Kairi might get a ptsd flashback if she sees Terra AKA Terranort’s face lol
You mean Ven?
I had similar hopes when at the end of 2.8 Yen Sid send Kairi and Axel to train with Merlin and all we got was 2 cutscene and had to wait a year for a single boss fight.
hopefully she's not just sidelined.
It was great game I had a fun time with it! The ending was dope can’t wait for the future of KH
So I think “An Oath to Return” since it’s like the “Reconnect” for the first saga has to mean that this next saga is all about Sora returning to his world so I think we’ll see a lot of Final Fantasy and TWEWY related ideas in the next few installments. I’m excited for this.
I have seen fanfictions of them going to the Final Fantasy worlds. I would really, really like to see them do something like that for the games.
Im really interested in finding out the nameless stars name. It could still be Stella but if Nomura doesnt want a straight copy and paste of Versus 13 my bets are on Tsuki or Hoshi.
@@amiksa8789 it's way too early to know, I wouldn't trust it
@@amiksa8789 completely disagree on ffxv but to each there own
Actually, the city is from The World Ends With You. The girl who could travel through dreams was Rhyme. In the World Ends With You, Rhyme was killed on one of the days of the Reaper's Game
So in a way, the monsters took her body so when she wounded up in the Kingdom Hearts world, she couldn't maintain her form. She could only maintain it in dreams.
In Dream Drop Distance, Joshua used her dreams to travel around the dreams to talk to Sora and Riku
She's the only true girl to have that type of ball near her.
So in conclusion, the "Nameless Star" is Rhyme. Especially if she knew the name of that city--because she lived there before she died.
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Oh shit good points
Isnt it the girl who yozora couldn't save in the verum rex trailer during toy story?
Ridiculous how this is the first time since kh2 that we’ve seen riku and Kairi speak to each other
They spoke in 0.2, but even then that was in 2016 so it's still been too long.
Does Kairi even have a full conversation with anyone besides Axel in base 3? I mean that's about on par with KH2 where her longest conversation with another person was Selphie of all people but still
That Sora model in the old style looks soooo good.
I hope it leads into kind of a Chain of Memories sequel. Except it starts with Riku and ends with Sora.
We need a Riku v/ Yazora Boss Fight.
At least we know that Aqua will stay relevant but i just hope that Roxas will stay relevant too lol.
I’m cool with Aqua being looked at as a wise master from now on along with maybe Terra. Not sure about the others.
They’ll most likely help in the conflict for kh4. Don’t forget, the new chess game Xehanort and Eraqus are playing probably has 13 pieces of light, considering the 7 pieces of darkness.
That means all the guardians of light will most likely return for kh4. I also suspect Aqua/Kairi will have a cool combo move similar to Terra/Riku in Re:Mind.
This is probably the only kingdom hearts game i want to platinum trophy lmao its SOOOMUCHFUNNNN
39:10 DAMAMIT she mentioned the music is gorgeous , but didn't realize it was yozora's theme
some people don't even know the song very well.
Congratulations on beating the game Sarah.
I'm grateful that Kairi will now be trained under Master Aqua so she can get more experience to become stronger to which Yen Sid gladly agrees with.
Looking forward to the next KH game after _Melody of Memory_ and who knows what is going to be about. I could see the next game be reminiscent to _Dream Drop Distance_ where it is centered on Riku and/or Kairi traversing through Quadratum and the various new Disney worlds looking for Sora. Hopefully, we get more news on the next KH game after MoM in 2021 next year and what's in store for Kingdom Hearts' 20th Anniversary in 2022.
Lets be honest,it was a stupid idea to make merlin train Kairi and Axel when he is just a wizard,he probably teached them strong magic spells but he doesn't have a keyblade.
I can't wait to see what happens next ☺️
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I see Merlin's training as a good way to practice magic, but not necessarily a guide for using it in a combat situation. For example, in the first game he has Sora practice using magic on furniture. A good way to ensure that you know the basics of how to use magic on stationary and moving targets, but the furniture doesn't attack. Unfortunately, in the game the enemies we are fighting try not to make things that easy. I can see how Axel could teach her how to fight in general since he has more experience than her, but at that point he knows about as much about using a Keyblade as she does. Why couldn't Master Yen Sid have taught her some things in KH3 or at least let her travel with Sora so she could gain some experience? She is getting better now, certainly. I still think that training with Aqua is a good idea.
"Is this leading to Kingdom Hearts IV?"
NO! Nomura-san would not give such an interquel-like plot of finding Sora in a brave new realm the number treatment. We will get a few games to lead up to something major.
I like where this series is going. So they're gonna take the KH universe to the real world, which is ours... very interesting move, I like it.
I already know I'm gonna love this :)
this is the most precious way to appreciate Yoko Shimomura
Man, at 39 mins in when different version of yozoras theme (Nachtfluegel) kicks in... Chefs kiss!
Watching you play and your reactions to Melody of Memory was awesome!!! Thank you for sharing with us, Sarah!!
Now, can you this game on a dance pad?
Well sarah probably could :)
Asking the true questions
Almost seems made for it
To point this out, Riku jumps from the "FINAL" world on to the a fictional world, which can also be said to be a "FANTASY" world and then Quadratum is Latin for "SQUARE"
So, Final Fantasy and Square Enix.
Even a week later I get butterflies seeing anyone approach the final stage. Thank you for sharing your experience with us.
This new footage featured in Melody of Memory had me feel the same way with 358/2 Days and Re:Coded when I first played those games years back.
No matter how monotonous some of the older side games were in the past, they were still essential story-wise. Though it's rather enjoyable that Kairi now has more involvement than she did by standing on the sidelines leaving all the fighting to Sora and Riku.
If there's any real romance between her and Sora, let it happen. WHY do you do this to us Nomura-sensei!?
I read an article from an interview with Nomura stating that they have been hard at work making another KH title going as far back as January 2020, so my bet is that it is a new title that is not KH4.
I love KH3 too it was nevertheless well made.
I loved that game too. I would have preferred that it was longer and game us more worlds, perhaps retuning to the same one in a fashion similar to KH2, but that is just me.
28:48 That he's not the real Xehanort, just the product of Kairi's memories. That's why he still gives her the answer. That’s some internal struggle she had to go through to get it.
Nomura said there will be a couple more spin offs before we get to the next numbered installment. So I assume we won't catch up with Sora and Riku yet. Rather we will get a game detailing the others investigating the other side. Maybe we'll see what Terra, Ventus and Aqua were doing during ReMIND.
Makes sense, then we can keep up with what everyone else is doing.
Nameless Star voice actor is Madison Davenport.
Sarah I love your love for kingdom hearts so much. U get us fans! 🙏🏾 can u tell that terra is my favorite character since bbs first release. 😊 lol
The strong Bromance I see between Riku and Mickey isn't that bad to me anymore
Gotta be honest, I find that they had Sora literally replacing Kairi absolutely disgusting. If they wanted to show the connection between Sora and Kairi and that Kairi gets her strengh from Sora, they could of had an apperation appear behind her like when Micky was shooting that giant keyhole in KH re-mind DLC, but no, they literally robbed Kairi of a chance to develop as a charicter and face her fears head on
And I'm not saying Kairi could beat Xehanort alone. In my scenario she is still relying on support from Sora, just in a much less disrespectful manner. I also think it's worth noting that while Sora did do most of the work, Kairi was able to put up a good fight in Re:mind against goat armour Xehanort, a foe stronger than any other seekers of darkness that the gaurdians of light struggled against. So she can definitely fight pretty well
I see it more as her taking on Sora's appearance than Sora replacing her.
Yeah it's terrible how they did that. Just letting Kairi use Kingdom Key would've been enough.
I would've preferred her losing completely, than having Sora jump into her own head to save her. It just solidifies her own perception of herself as a damsel needing to be rescued. It's so degrading. Take Sora out of the equation so she can fully grapple with the consequences of being inadequate, and give her that extra push to really get better. It's when you hit your lowest point that you can be open to the greatest change. If she's always so confident that Sora will save her (like after Terranort and the demon tide killed everyone) then she'll never really fight thinking that everything is on the line. "Sora will save us I know he will." NO! Stop it!
All Xehanort wanted to do was talk anyway. She was the one who insisted on fighting and ended up losing. Which btw, how she was losing is also pretty lame. Not only did they do the "grab her by the arm" thing again, she got one-shot by a deflection. She landed on the water floor and couldn't even bother to struggle to get up. Come on, give us some decent scene direction.
she can't take him on though... how is she gonna fight him? You are giving her too much credit.
Just because it was shown that she can "keep up" in the armored xehanort fight in ReMind, doesn't mean she could do so in an actual fight one on one for all we know she could have just been healing and buffing Sora during the fight the occasional team finishers.
As in this video she gets thrashed around by Xehanort very easily, and now that a small part of Sora has beaten Xehanort we know Soras above him, not saying Kairis weak, but in regards to the powerhouses of Xehanort and Sora she still has a very long time until catching up with the top dogs, which is why shes going to study under Aqua (someone that could mostly contend against those 2 mentioned).
26:00 THE POWER OF THE PAPOU FRUIT!
Who cares what difficulty played on as long as you like the game and beat it
Someone played on beginner...🌚 didn’t you kurt?
Lol jk you’re right as long as you enjoyed the game that’s all that matters i played it on proud and full chained all levels(but the Final boss of course)
Kairi being trained by the Keyblade master that cast a magic spell on her necklace when Kairi was a child.
Interesting how things come full circle.
39:40 "Gotta take out that car key. Very important."
GET IN BITCHES, WE'RE GOING TO QUADRATUM.
you are so good at rhythm games! i couldn't even get past the demo levels lol
for the final fight they went with a full Kairi inside Sora.
I want the Kairi game, which I still believe we will get, to have her travel worlds of the New Seven Hearts. Maybe as part of Aqua's training. They can involve Frozen 2, the Tangled series, Moana, Brave and the new movie, Raya and the Last Dragon
dream portal= ddd2 with riku going to Shibuya and kairi going to the Disney worlds
ansem as an among us impostor made me laugh way too hard thank you so much for that
In the same way that Verum Rex is a video game in the KH Universe, it would seem that KH is a video game in the Verum Rex Universe. This is how reality and fiction joined-with storytellers. Square Enix being the canonical storytellers of Verum Rex in the KH world (see the Verum Rex adverts in Toy Box) and... what is Master of Masters is "the brilliant artist" who created the KH Universe as a game franchise in the Verum Rex Universe? In KHUX, they have been connected to Game Central Station after all... Maybe the Master of Masters's plan was to make a fixed script for the game, making sure that in spite of the players' decisions, it would reach a good ending... But he may not have anticipated for bugs and for the free will of its characters.
Well, it's my two cents...
It's going to be interesting!
39:09 how can we not reconise the Yozura theme there, its the same notes as in the battle song and the losing cinematic
Kairi is forever training... she is like me and my Japanese studies lol
She only trained one time under a wizard axel was treated worse than her.Terranort bodied him,he would have been dead if it wasn't for Sora,Xemnas destroyed his keyblade and then Sora and Kairi had to save Axel and the others when they were trapped by the replicas in the keyholes they created.
@@amiksa8789 Don't give up on your studies! Learning a language takes a lot of time, and by learning new words, you'll slowly be able to finally speak and understand Japanese!
I love seeing your reactions. Kingdom hearts is such an important series to me.
Good to see I am in good company. Same here, I got into it when one of my friends introduced me to the series. Now my entire social group follows it. Granted, I only have a few friends, but still.
trauma comes in many forms so why not xehanort be that for Kairi's inner heart
Because Xehanort is the biggest trauma Kairi experienced. He's basically the one who slain her in Keyblade Graveyard and send her away from Radiant Garden in the first place.
@@axceljulio5747 I agree
"I have to finish training."
"I'm in a world where I can train as long as I need to."
So...bullshit.
Okay I burst out laughing when THE VIDEO GAME PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT A FICTIONAL WORLD
Like what? Nomura is gonna make an irl Kingdom Hearts to really mess with us?
Also.. Fairy Godmother casually can travel to The Final World?!
I personally think it's leading into some in-between game (much like how we have... many games that led to 3 after 2) BUT since this being more modern era of gaming i hope it's not AS many games...since they hopefully have a good plan..
One small detail I particularly like is that, since the actual gameplay uses the PS2-era character models, they actually made such models for the KHIII versions of Kairi and Sora.
It is a beutiful game we have to admit
Now we have to wait for the next Kingdom Hearts game
I read an article that said the developer of Kingdom Hearts stated they have no plans to make a new title for Kingdom Hearts anytime soon. They stated they wanted to wait for more games to come out for the PS5 first before they do so I can speculate we will be waiting at least 2 to 3 years minimum maybe longer for another Kingdom Hearts entry perhaps Kingdom Hearts 4 who knows.
@@codywhite6337 which article did u read that on?
@@saxenart www.thegamer.com/kingdom-hearts-4-new-game-ps5-xbox-next-gen-not-happening/
@@codywhite6337 It's a bad article based on iffy translations. All Nomura said is that there will be a break for KH news and that the next big thing is the anniversary in 2022. Nomura has already confirmed that aside from MoM and KHUX, there are also two other KH teams already making new games. So the "no plans to make a new title anytime soon" is just false. They're currently making them. There just won't be a new KH game in 2021.
Honestly I think the 60$ price was a little too much for my tastes. However I was still satisfied by the game. And I freakin LOVED the ending!!! So excited for the future of the franchise.
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I honestly was glad Kairi said Hey Yed sid i'm gonna leave my trainig under merlin to train under Master Aqua(aka for Arrow fans Thea Queen) and as Sarah said "Two queens" 😏😏😏 she probably didn't realize how right she is.
This game was amazing I loved it😀
Ah yes! I've been waiting for your reaction glad you made it to the end 🙂
Say it with me sarah!! SPELLWEAVER KAIRI!!
Man I love KH so much, just wish sometimes that the story was a bit easier to follow xD Was hard to take the ending sequence seriously cause the words 'light', 'dark', 'key' and 'heart' are thrown around soooooo much that it feels like a meme.
I see it already.
KH Verse is a dream world, a fictional realm.
Yozora's true identity is from the real world, the "outside" world.
The power of waking, true purpose, is to "wake up" from the fictional realm, a dream world.
i think it would be "Kingdom Hearts : Verum Rex"
I thought memories, Data and Dreams would be considered fiction
The thing is all these things actually exist in our world, while fiction would be like made up stories or games (Verum Rex). Since Quadratum translates to square I think it is likely that then we get to explore it we get to meet more square characters.
Fiction refers to something that doesn't exist. Memories, data and dreams are things that actually exist (especially in our world).
@@axceljulio5747 i meant terms of an actual word
@@daedrascrolls i meant in terms of an actual world
Knowing something from Dream Drop Distance, the ball that appeared by the star. If you look to the first town in Dream Drop Distance, you meet a little girl named Rhyme that is the connection for Joshua to travel through worlds.
With Rhyme's ability, she could go between dreams-- even reality in a way
In conclusion, the Nameless Star is Rhyme
The ending is so brilliant with how it connects to verum rex and re mind
The instant jaw drop when you see the kingdom key is everything 😂
As a non kingdom hearts player, as soon as they mentioned the other side (and then fiction,) I thought of our reality or something like it.
I just noticed that the BGM that plays while Riku and Kairi are talking to the Nameless Star has the same leitmotif as Yozora’s boss fight theme from Re+Mind.
You pulled your inner butter buns during toy story lol
kairi narrates her adventures with Sora and Riku,of the timeline of Kingdom Hearts on KH1,KH2 and KH3.The "the other side","reality"or "fictional" ,what really means is that:Sora has transported himself into the world of Quadratum, also known as Shibuya,Japan in KH4!!!Absolutely,yes!!!
I really enjoyed your video SarahKey
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Remember when we all thought after the epilogue of the first Kingdom Hearts would lead to Kingdom Hearts 2? Even the secret ending of the original and the extended secret ending in Final Mix made us think that? Then a couple years later we find out the original GBA version of Chain of Memories was gonna be the next game. But KH2 was announced sometime 2003.
I got so hyped whenever I finally beat this game for the first time today, sadly I didn’t get to beat Xehanort on Proud, even though that’s the kind of run I was doing, but the reveal was ANAZING and so was Kairi’s fight
I am curious if in the course of my life I will ever experience how all three of them sit on the beach again and sit around pointless.
Maybe at some point Mickey is looking for Pluto: Kingdom of the dogs hearts ... love it
So they talk with a Star (STELLA in Italian) in the FINAL world and Riku will go go Quadratum = Square
Damn Nomura
Good job my friend
Christopher Lloyd is back as Xehanort again 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
For all we know, this game probably is leading us into the next game, which I feel like could very well not actually be Kingdom Hearts 4, in sadly a similar means as to all of the games that have released between Kingdom Hearts 2 and 3.
"How about we just not do Dream Drop?" 😭😭 my heart lmfao I love that game [though ngl omg I did not enjoy playing the songs in Melody hahaha - but it's such a cute game]
HOT DAMN KAIRI GOT SOME MOVES
Most likely will lead to Dream Drop Distance 2
awesome. we need more of that. it was a great game.
My conclusion after playing this game is that Yoko Shimomura did not have to go this hard for this long.
Shibuya The World Ends With You! So Hyped! Expect more bad ass music like in Dream Drop Distance. I wonder if we will see Neku and the crew again in KH4?
I just completed MoM today and saw the ending. I have to say one thing (in TheGamersJoint's voice):
HOLLY MY TURKEY DRUMSTICK!
23:04 you can say that again. This was an absolute troll moment.
I suspect we'll see another spin-off with Aqua + Kairi before we head into KH4 in Quadratum
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or maybe a Mickey game :P
I suspect the days trio along with bbs trio will have another title before KH4
Is it possible that at some point they will decide to do something with Riku, Kairi, and Sora that they did in Birth by Sleep? Namely having each character follow their own path meeting up with the others at the end for the final conflict of the game. I don't know about anyone else, but I would really like to see something like that at some point.
Wait a second.... Ansem the Wise mentioned that the "other side" must be a "fictional world." I guess that explains why the Verum Rex trailer where we saw Quadratum, Yozora, his friends, and that girl was displayed on a TV in Toy Box. Because a TV is where we watch and experience all kinds of fictional worlds and stories
I'm watching this after the KH Union Cross finale. My guess is it is leading to KH: Verum Rex or whatever with Yozora. But considering the implications of the Union Cross we won't see KH4 for awhile, instead we'll get little KH spin-offs that are nonetheless plot relevant. That said. if we won't see KH4 for awhile, then it could mean we won't see Sora for a awhile as well.