@@JaharaJaydeGamesI'm not disappointed. I'm glad you reacted. We all are. I'm just excited to see your reaction to the opening of the next game. That's all I'll say because I don't want to spoil it. Quoting the first game's old commercials, "You never know who you'll run into next." I am going to watch my notifications like. A. *HAWK!* on Thursday.
No kidding. Played this series for 20+ years, and I only actually _played & beat_ Chain of Memories like 3-4 years back. Albeit with an absolutely cheesy deck loadout lmao. Just couldn't gel with those dang cards, dude!
Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:18 Beginning Riku's Story Reaction 4:58 Hollow Bastion 15:00 Back in Castle Oblivion 20:32 New Characters Revealed 31:06 Learning More About Riku's Replica 44:03 Lexaeus and Zexion Get Involved 54:44 Destiny Islands 1:07:43 Mickey Comes Through and Heading to Twilight Town 1:17:53 Making a Choice with Namine 1:25:27 Riku Faces Ansem 1:33:45 Credits and Jahara's Thoughts 1:37:38 Credit and Post Credit Cutscenes
@@JaharaJaydeGamesI beat the same time u did Sora story for the first time and I’m glad you reacted instead this game is hard because u take the same damage you would on any difficulty even on beginner
Zexion, the emo guy, tricked Riku with the illusion of Sora, in the gba version, there was no fight with him after riku accepted his own darkness, zexion just fled like he did in this version after the fight, so for many years, it was completely unknown what his weapon was until this game came to the ps2 coupled with kh2 final mix. It was one of those fan mysteries that drove members of the community insane trying to figure it out.
Did the devs even know what they were going to give him? Is it possible to make something of the damaged part of the floor of that one room in Kingdom Hearts 2 as long as you know what you're looking at? I don't remember if there's anything identifiable there in the Final Mix version, and I certainly don't remember if it's any different in the Final Mix version compared to the original version. Maybe the HD graphics make it easier to see something that was too blurry by design in the original?
Thank god you did the cutscenes because gurlllll. I don't blame you. That card game was good as a single run. In our defense when it came out we had to wait so long for the other games to come out. We had nothing else to do.
Lol I’m glad I Played soras story too! I just felt like more gameplay would’ve pushed me pass the limit and turned my experience with the game a bit negative. I wanna protect my positive experience so this was my compromise before moving on to 2! 😆
Glad you liked Riku's side! Playing his story is so lonely. I was so happy when Mickey came through. He had so much growth from the first game and you can see how much he cares for Sora
okay period! this was exactly what i was hoping you’d do after that last stream. the campaign IS shorter than Sora’s but playing thru that entire game again with the Riku specific combat elements to boot…ya good on u for doing that!
This is a good way to go about it. You'll probably end up doing a similar cutscene-only thing for some other games. Unfortunately, Kingdom Hearts is one of those series where there really aren't any "optional" stories. The series only gets more lore-heavy and convoluted with each passing title, and missing only one can profoundly confuse you going forward.
Super glad you decided to see Riku's story. The context it offers around Repliku hurts me emotionally and I loved seeing Mickey here, so you getting to see it was great! Also 'that's a sentence' what a huge KH mood.
I'm so glad to see your reactions to it ! Riku is one of my favorite character so it's actually good to see his perspective of the story ! Can't wait to see your KH2 playthrough too but so far, you're doing so well with the serie !
YEEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!! Omg this side of the story is new to me as well so I'm excited to see what goes down!! I'll be sure to set my headphones to max volume because I don't think I'll regret that
LOL don’t make fun!! I’m excited too though. Maybe it’s cause the story is a bit convoluted lol but I have no idea where any of it’s going and I LOVE that
So fun facts about this game As you know this was originally released on the Game Boy Advance. This version the “Re:” in “Re:Chain of Memories” means Remake. The version you played is the HD port of the 1.5 version. The GBA version had a lot of typos and misspelling in the English releases. There also wasn’t a second phase for Marluxia’s fight, so the Lord of the Castle OST was new for Re:Com. This remake was originally released after KH2, hence why Sora’s voice is deeper in this. The GBA version has his KH1 voice. There’s actually some differences between the PS2 version and the HD version of this game believe it or not. The HD version fixes a few grammar issues with the texts, but the biggest differences were the Treasure Rooms in Sora’s campaign. On the PS2 version if you have save Data from KH2 the treasure rooms will have cards of the KH2 keyblades, but when this game came out on PS3 KH2 wasn’t ported until 2.5. Instead in 1.5 if you watched all the cutscenes for Days and read the reports you will get Keyblade cards from that game instead since you can’t actually play Days on modern consoles. Also this is the last KH game where Mickey’s VA voiced in the series. As he was recording this game he was battling cancer at that time, but he wanted to voice Mickey on his own accord.
So many people just watch the cutscenes of the entire game and never play it. I’m just glad you at least played the first 3/4 of it (I might be exaggerating, but Riku’s story takes considerably less time than Sora’s so it’s not a 50/50 split). Glad you’re enjoying the series.
Only in Kingdom Hearts can you have breakdown analyses of what characters smell like lol. Congrats again on beating Sora's story and glad you got to experience Riku's story the same way I did, and your narrations are always fun to watch. Thank you for the video. Can't wait for Kingdom Hearts 2!
YAY I'm so happy you shared your reaction to Riku's side! I loved watching along with you (the smelling thing gets me every time 😂) Beyond excited for your KH2 journey! See you Thursday 💕
Yay I caught up on your Re:COM VODs so I'm ready to watch the rest of your KH2 livestreams!! Huge congrats again for getting through COM's gameplay, thats definitely something very few people have done so you more than earned the right to just watch Riku's side. Despite the smelly metaphors, I do really love his story in this game and I'm glad you did too!!
kh cutscene movie night is a time-honoured tradition of blind playthroughs 🙏 you're carrying the torch your reactions to the story are SO good, i'm really glad you decided to record it even though you (justifiably) didn't want to play it!
Glad you at least got to experience the story! I’ve been going through my own play though alongside you and even playing them pretty fast, playing both sora and Riku back to back is tiring so I totally understand just watching
Awww thank you so much for sharing your reactions while watching Riku's side! ♡ ︎You did not have to do this at all, though I appreciate you gifting this segment. I'm also just so relieved for your sanity that you decided to watch these cutscenes instead lol. You fought hard and strong in Sora's route, you deserved a reprieve after all that you accomplished ᕙ( •̀ ᗜ •́)ᕗ I also love and adore how emotional you got when Mickey decided to show up for Riku when he really needed someone, poor boy has been alone for so long he definitely needs all the hugs! 1:05:27 - "He's finally accepted that he plays for both sides ◉‿◉.......we knew that" I choked on my air intake! Deceased! Love! Again, thank you for all you do! The way you get so excited and pause to give us your analytical understanding/possible theories on where things are going, is all just so enjoyable to watch ♡ ︎You are so skilled and talented in engaging with your audience while showing the love you have for these emotional story driven games just makes it so fun to experience ♡♡ ︎I hope you had an amazing time at TwitchCon and you're able to rest up from all merriment! I am so excited for you to experience KH2 and hope you enjoy it! ♡♡♡
I remember feeling the exact same after finishing Sora’s story. I did play Riku’s but I just wanted to be DONE with it and doing rikus story straight after Sora’s just felt like the biggest slog in the world and really demotivated me, so totally respect watching the cutscenes.
I haven't finished the video just yet but i'm so glad that you're having fun watching this on your own time! I love hearing your little comments and theories about everything going on :]
I’m so glad you were able to enjoy Riku’s story after the chaos that was the last stream. Literally so excited for KH2 and getting to watch you experience it. See you on thursday. In the mean time, I’m gonna go ahead and pretend I’m just commenting on a stream while you watch this LOL: - The “WHAT?!” in Hallow Bastion was so good. You sounded just like Riku. - “Boss music starting” okay gonna start saying that every time I play a game. - Welcome to Riku being like “uh oh stinky” to everyone in this game including himself lol. - "Oh it is Ansem…Why are you alive” got him! - Your reaction to Vexen is so funny. I can’t believe he is your mortal enemy. - “All I can think is Zexy” As a girl who lived in the KH fandom of the 2000s I remember the nickname of ‘sexy zexy’ like a war flashback. - Obligatory “HY HUSBAND” comment to Axel. - “What makes you real? What does being alive even mean?” Existential questions with Riku ft. Jahara. - “Light casts shadows after all” Bars Jahara. - You don’t really see it in the video, but Lexeaus is one of the hardest enemies in the game and the one I had the most trouble with so thankfully you didn’t have to do it lol. - “He finally accepted that he plays for both sides” BE WHO YOU ARE WITH YOUR PRIDE! - “I’m you” “no I’m me” “I’m me he says.” Welcome to one of the best memes of the game. - Being sad over Riku Replica is a rite of passage. He’s such an interesting character. - I love your joy when Mickey and Riku interact. It’s so nostalgic to me. - Riku’s voice actor is so good. He really kills it every time.
Omg yeeeeessssss!!!!!!!! ❤❤ I’m so, so glad you decided to watch the Riku part of the game 😁 It’s one of my favorite parts of the Kingdom Hearts series as a whole, Riku’s character development in Re:CoM is so good imo 😊 And your reactions were great as always, I loved it ☺️ Now I’m excited to see you reactions to KH2 next 😁 (oh, and side note, I love when you do voice acting for when the cutscenes aren’t dubbed, you’re doing a great job at making different voices for each characters 😌)
Thank you for uploading this portion of the game! I felt like you would’ve enjoyed Riki’s gameplay but I’m just glad you’re experiencing the story to the fullest extent despite the bumpy road it took to get here! Your KH journey thus far has been entertaining to watch!
*YESSSS* I was waiting to see your reaction to Riku having a story mode, but I can understand not wanting to play through it, thanks for doing this ❤️❤️❤️
Literally just finished your streams and so happy to see this got uploaded while catching up! Fantastic play through and I totally understand your reaction to the second portion of the game. Excited to watch your reaction to the cutscenes (I literally only watched the cutscenes for the entire CoM) And can’t wait for you to get to KH2! 😎✌️💜
Oh my gosh, I was SO excited to see this in my subscription feed, I'm so happy you chose to film it!! Your reactions make me laugh so hard every time (the "....oKAY???" when you first saw DiZ is easily top 5 LMAO) I've never been more excited for you to play KH2, eeeeee 😄
I'm glad you viewed the cut scenes! Riku's gameplay is a very different experience and honestly if you thought the gameplay of Sora was kinda rough, Riku's is proably even more rough with set decks. Seeing you feel bad for Repliku (the name folks give Riku Replica) was so heart warming! ☺ I can't wait to see you get started on KH2!! You're going to have a blast on it I just know it!
It was a joy to watch you go through this. Very chill experience and I for one like when you pause to give commentary cuz I do the same thing lol 😂 Can’t wait to see you next stream!❤
WHAT A TREAT BEFORE BED I AM SO EXCITED TO WATCH THIS!!!!! Thank you for watching these cutscenes I really enjoy seeing someone new put the pieces together for this series. Thank you for sharing🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
In my head, I always just replaced smell/scent with aura or presence. Smell is just to silly for me, haha. Anyway, I'm glad you experienced Riku's story. I'm off to catch up with your latest streams!
To be fair, "stench" is even an item we're able to physically obtain in the first game. Its a piece of evidence during the trial in wonderland! That stinky darkness stench!
New viewer. Loving the content. Although this game isn't as well received, it has my favorite line in all of the Kingdom hearts games. Just hearing the way Riku delivers that final line, the road to Dawn. That line held significance for me at my lowest point in life. And it still gives me chills to this day every time he delivered it.
Allegedly the reason Riku and Zexion go around sniffing things, is because our sense of smell tends to be pretty heavily associated with memory. We've all had that experience where you get a whiff of a particular scent, only to be flooded with buried memories from _waaaaaay_ back. As far as what darkness might smell like? Who knows! I've always imagined the smell of over-ripened fruit, or maybe some old meat. Marluxia's no rose, he's one of those corpse flowers!
this came out just in time for my shift! and i got some snacks lets goooo! also can i just say, i remember when chat agreed you should be able to cash in previous game achievements to skip stuff in later games. (you were saying to skip boss battles lmao) so all im saying is i think beating COM as well as you did more than earned you just getting to watch the cut scenes lmaoooo thanks for sharing your reactions with us!
Glad you decided to just do the cutscenes cause I’m ready for you to start playing KH2! Haha. I also feel like you would have been more annoyed than entertained having to get through it all after thinking you beat the game. This is the best decision imo. Thank you!
I was so tempted to play Riku's story but changed my mind. I'll just watch this for the first time with you. Cannot wait for Kingdom Hearts 2. My favorite of the titles. Also like the fact that shadow is watching, lol
LMAO yes ive heard people say zexy before. I wanted to he a scene kid so bad growing up but my mom never let me do anything to my hair. I loved and still love zexions crazy hair
In my opinion, Riku's gameplay in Chain of Memories is so much easier than Sora's. It's actually more bearable and easier to understand. I don't mind you watching Riku's Story cutscenes because it's understandable.
Yea I did some research and saw the consensus that it was easier. But I still didn’t WANT to play any more unfortunately. Since I don’t have to wait in between playthrough, doing it all at once can feel a bit much and dampen the overall experience if I’m not careful. Just trying to honor that feeling so I can keep enjoying stuff, without taking super long breaks between games ☺️
I don't blame you for only watching the cutscenes of Riku's part. It is a lot shorter than Sora's since there's no deckbuilding and a lot less dialogue (there's no story in any of the worlds except Hollow Bastion, Destiny Islands, Twilight Town, and Castle Oblivion), but it still is a pretty big ask after you put 40+ hours into Sora's story. I like that you realized you never used zero cards; those are your best way of stopping big enemy boss attacks because zeroes will break any card or sleight no matter how high the number is, so long as you play the zero AFTER the enemy has played their card(s). Bosses like Vexen did that to your sleights a lot. It's impressive that you beat the game without using zeroes. It's funny that you call Zexion "Zexy" because Axel does that in the GBA version of CoM! On that note, Zexion's boss fight is exclusive to Re: CoM. The GBA version had Riku defeat him in a cutscene.
I'm just glad you came back for this. I was so worried when you logged off after Sora lol EDIT: I also apologize if I was backseat gaming trying to make sure you found out that this existed! 🙏🏿
As a kh novice (played each entry growing up multiple times) there are just some games I would rather watch the cs for as part of my reruns. And to people I recommend playing the series (if I know they won’t like the gameplay mechanics) i always refer them to simply watching the cutscenes! Like somebody else said, each game is simply too lore heavy to skip but we as a fan base shouldn’t expect someone new to kh to play every single game
This is exactly how i played Re:COM. I was so happy and proud of myself for finishing Sora but I had nothing left in the tank for riku's side so I watched all the cutscenes 💙 so excited for KH2!!!
Solid choice! Absolutely don’t want you to feel burnt out. Maybe even take a long break after KH2 if you feel like it! Tonoighht will be the noight that I will fawl fer yewww 🎶 A lot of KH fans call the replica “Repliku” or “Rikuplica” hahahaha Ayyyy Gaara mention! 🥰 Thanks for sharing!
In my head canon, Darkness smells intoxicating like cigars or gasoline while Light smells fragrant like cinnamon or lavender. The introduction of detecting beings of Light or Dark by "Scents" was explained a bit better in the GBA. My only problem with the remake is they couldn't animate the English Dub on the characters so they could only make do with the original models that animated their mouths to speak in Japanese and the English VAs voice over that. That's why the characters in this game sound off and weird.
Sad fact: this was Wayne allwine’s final performance as Mickey in 2008, because at the time he was suffering from diabetes and struggled to do Mickey’s voice and he would eventually pass a year later in 2009 😢😢 RIP
Actually, 358/2 Days is Wayne Allwine's final performance as Mickey before he passed away. He died just a couple weeks before the game came out in Japan in May 2009, and the international versions have a spot in the credits memorializing him. Granted, Mickey only had voice clips for his appearance in the multiplayer mode, but it's still notable.
hii jayde, wanted to tell you that i understand why you didnt play riku's side. even as a CoM fan, this game is a lot to handle. Glad to see you liked the cutscenes and let's see what kh2 holds for you!
this is completely fair girl,not everyone has the time and patience to play through all of that again even if it is a different character and story
I appreciate it 🫠 I felt good for completing soras story and doing really well at it to boot! Lol I hate to hear that people are still disappointed
@@JaharaJaydeGames anyways all and all good video and I'll be there for when you get to kh2
@@thatonecaster6501Thursday is gonna be great. I'm so excited. 😁🥳
@@JaharaJaydeGamesI'm not disappointed. I'm glad you reacted. We all are. I'm just excited to see your reaction to the opening of the next game. That's all I'll say because I don't want to spoil it. Quoting the first game's old commercials, "You never know who you'll run into next."
I am going to watch my notifications like. A. *HAWK!* on Thursday.
Yeah I get that for Sora's part but Riku plays more easy and his story is pretty short
Most KH fans did this for the whole game, not just Riku's side, so you did more than most haha
No kidding. Played this series for 20+ years, and I only actually _played & beat_ Chain of Memories like 3-4 years back. Albeit with an absolutely cheesy deck loadout lmao. Just couldn't gel with those dang cards, dude!
so glad to see you showing your reaction to it! I was afraid you might look at these cutscenes on your own
Lol I almost did!! But I do like having these moments immortalized in video so lol
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:18 Beginning Riku's Story Reaction
4:58 Hollow Bastion
15:00 Back in Castle Oblivion
20:32 New Characters Revealed
31:06 Learning More About Riku's Replica
44:03 Lexaeus and Zexion Get Involved
54:44 Destiny Islands
1:07:43 Mickey Comes Through and Heading to Twilight Town
1:17:53 Making a Choice with Namine
1:25:27 Riku Faces Ansem
1:33:45 Credits and Jahara's Thoughts
1:37:38 Credit and Post Credit Cutscenes
So glad you decided to watch the cutscenes, a very easy and efficient way to get through Riku's story.
Can't wait for you to start KH2 😁
It was like a fun dlc reward at the end of some hard fought gameplay lol
@@JaharaJaydeGames definitely deserved it after your struggles 😅
@@JaharaJaydeGamesI beat the same time u did Sora story for the first time and I’m glad you reacted instead this game is hard because u take the same damage you would on any difficulty even on beginner
Zexion, the emo guy, tricked Riku with the illusion of Sora, in the gba version, there was no fight with him after riku accepted his own darkness, zexion just fled like he did in this version after the fight, so for many years, it was completely unknown what his weapon was until this game came to the ps2 coupled with kh2 final mix. It was one of those fan mysteries that drove members of the community insane trying to figure it out.
Did the devs even know what they were going to give him? Is it possible to make something of the damaged part of the floor of that one room in Kingdom Hearts 2 as long as you know what you're looking at? I don't remember if there's anything identifiable there in the Final Mix version, and I certainly don't remember if it's any different in the Final Mix version compared to the original version. Maybe the HD graphics make it easier to see something that was too blurry by design in the original?
Thank god you did the cutscenes because gurlllll. I don't blame you. That card game was good as a single run. In our defense when it came out we had to wait so long for the other games to come out. We had nothing else to do.
Lol I’m glad I Played soras story too! I just felt like more gameplay would’ve pushed me pass the limit and turned my experience with the game a bit negative. I wanna protect my positive experience so this was my compromise before moving on to 2! 😆
Glad you liked Riku's side! Playing his story is so lonely. I was so happy when Mickey came through. He had so much growth from the first game and you can see how much he cares for Sora
okay period! this was exactly what i was hoping you’d do after that last stream. the campaign IS shorter than Sora’s but playing thru that entire game again with the Riku specific combat elements to boot…ya good on u for doing that!
This is a good way to go about it. You'll probably end up doing a similar cutscene-only thing for some other games. Unfortunately, Kingdom Hearts is one of those series where there really aren't any "optional" stories. The series only gets more lore-heavy and convoluted with each passing title, and missing only one can profoundly confuse you going forward.
Super glad you decided to see Riku's story. The context it offers around Repliku hurts me emotionally and I loved seeing Mickey here, so you getting to see it was great! Also 'that's a sentence' what a huge KH mood.
1:29 Soriku is also my favorite Kingdom Hearts character lol, I’m so glad you’re enjoying their incredible dynamic!
cant wait for your KH 2 gameplay queen💜
It’s gonna be so fun!
I'm so glad to see your reactions to it ! Riku is one of my favorite character so it's actually good to see his perspective of the story ! Can't wait to see your KH2 playthrough too but so far, you're doing so well with the serie !
YEEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!! Omg this side of the story is new to me as well so I'm excited to see what goes down!!
I'll be sure to set my headphones to max volume because I don't think I'll regret that
LOL don’t make fun!! I’m excited too though. Maybe it’s cause the story is a bit convoluted lol but I have no idea where any of it’s going and I LOVE that
SO happy to see this. Thank you for reacting to this!
Thank you for watching and commenting!
I love Riku as a character, i'm glad you have seen his cutscenes
So fun facts about this game
As you know this was originally released on the Game Boy Advance. This version the “Re:” in “Re:Chain of Memories” means Remake. The version you played is the HD port of the 1.5 version.
The GBA version had a lot of typos and misspelling in the English releases. There also wasn’t a second phase for Marluxia’s fight, so the Lord of the Castle OST was new for Re:Com.
This remake was originally released after KH2, hence why Sora’s voice is deeper in this. The GBA version has his KH1 voice.
There’s actually some differences between the PS2 version and the HD version of this game believe it or not. The HD version fixes a few grammar issues with the texts, but the biggest differences were the Treasure Rooms in Sora’s campaign.
On the PS2 version if you have save Data from KH2 the treasure rooms will have cards of the KH2 keyblades, but when this game came out on PS3 KH2 wasn’t ported until 2.5. Instead in 1.5 if you watched all the cutscenes for Days and read the reports you will get Keyblade cards from that game instead since you can’t actually play Days on modern consoles.
Also this is the last KH game where Mickey’s VA voiced in the series. As he was recording this game he was battling cancer at that time, but he wanted to voice Mickey on his own accord.
So glad you ended up at least reacting to this! Absolutely stoked for you to start 2! Your mind is gonna' be blown!
Now we are ready for KH2!!!!
Lessssgoooo
So many people just watch the cutscenes of the entire game and never play it. I’m just glad you at least played the first 3/4 of it (I might be exaggerating, but Riku’s story takes considerably less time than Sora’s so it’s not a 50/50 split). Glad you’re enjoying the series.
In my mind I feel like I played the whole game, just not to dlc ☺️ I’m more than satisfied and am very excited for 2!
Only in Kingdom Hearts can you have breakdown analyses of what characters smell like lol.
Congrats again on beating Sora's story and glad you got to experience Riku's story the same way I did, and your narrations are always fun to watch. Thank you for the video. Can't wait for Kingdom Hearts 2!
YAY I'm so happy you shared your reaction to Riku's side! I loved watching along with you (the smelling thing gets me every time 😂) Beyond excited for your KH2 journey! See you Thursday 💕
So glad you got to see Riku’s side and can’t wait for the KH2 streams!
I’m so excited 😁
Yay I caught up on your Re:COM VODs so I'm ready to watch the rest of your KH2 livestreams!!
Huge congrats again for getting through COM's gameplay, thats definitely something very few people have done so you more than earned the right to just watch Riku's side. Despite the smelly metaphors, I do really love his story in this game and I'm glad you did too!!
kh cutscene movie night is a time-honoured tradition of blind playthroughs 🙏 you're carrying the torch
your reactions to the story are SO good, i'm really glad you decided to record it even though you (justifiably) didn't want to play it!
LOVEEE THIS WAY OF VIEWING RIKUS SIDE PROPS
Glad you at least got to experience the story! I’ve been going through my own play though alongside you and even playing them pretty fast, playing both sora and Riku back to back is tiring so I totally understand just watching
Ahhhhh!! This is so exciting to watch someone starting thissss!! I love your theories
Ayy im glad you watched the cutscenes! :3
Awww thank you so much for sharing your reactions while watching Riku's side! ♡ ︎You did not have to do this at all, though I appreciate you gifting this segment. I'm also just so relieved for your sanity that you decided to watch these cutscenes instead lol. You fought hard and strong in Sora's route, you deserved a reprieve after all that you accomplished ᕙ( •̀ ᗜ •́)ᕗ
I also love and adore how emotional you got when Mickey decided to show up for Riku when he really needed someone, poor boy has been alone for so long he definitely needs all the hugs!
1:05:27 - "He's finally accepted that he plays for both sides ◉‿◉.......we knew that" I choked on my air intake! Deceased! Love!
Again, thank you for all you do! The way you get so excited and pause to give us your analytical understanding/possible theories on where things are going, is all just so enjoyable to watch ♡ ︎You are so skilled and talented in engaging with your audience while showing the love you have for these emotional story driven games just makes it so fun to experience ♡♡ ︎I hope you had an amazing time at TwitchCon and you're able to rest up from all merriment! I am so excited for you to experience KH2 and hope you enjoy it! ♡♡♡
I remember feeling the exact same after finishing Sora’s story. I did play Riku’s but I just wanted to be DONE with it and doing rikus story straight after Sora’s just felt like the biggest slog in the world and really demotivated me, so totally respect watching the cutscenes.
I haven't finished the video just yet but i'm so glad that you're having fun watching this on your own time! I love hearing your little comments and theories about everything going on :]
Thank you for recording this for us so quickly! So exciting and ready for the new playthrough too!
I’m glad you chose this route!
I’m so glad you were able to enjoy Riku’s story after the chaos that was the last stream. Literally so excited for KH2 and getting to watch you experience it. See you on thursday. In the mean time, I’m gonna go ahead and pretend I’m just commenting on a stream while you watch this LOL:
- The “WHAT?!” in Hallow Bastion was so good. You sounded just like Riku.
- “Boss music starting” okay gonna start saying that every time I play a game.
- Welcome to Riku being like “uh oh stinky” to everyone in this game including himself lol.
- "Oh it is Ansem…Why are you alive” got him!
- Your reaction to Vexen is so funny. I can’t believe he is your mortal enemy.
- “All I can think is Zexy” As a girl who lived in the KH fandom of the 2000s I remember the nickname of ‘sexy zexy’ like a war flashback.
- Obligatory “HY HUSBAND” comment to Axel.
- “What makes you real? What does being alive even mean?” Existential questions with Riku ft. Jahara.
- “Light casts shadows after all” Bars Jahara.
- You don’t really see it in the video, but Lexeaus is one of the hardest enemies in the game and the one I had the most trouble with so thankfully you didn’t have to do it lol.
- “He finally accepted that he plays for both sides” BE WHO YOU ARE WITH YOUR PRIDE!
- “I’m you” “no I’m me” “I’m me he says.” Welcome to one of the best memes of the game.
- Being sad over Riku Replica is a rite of passage. He’s such an interesting character.
- I love your joy when Mickey and Riku interact. It’s so nostalgic to me.
- Riku’s voice actor is so good. He really kills it every time.
1:38:15 "He's wearing main character clothes" is such a funny way of putting it, I'm definitely stealing that one for myself lol
gurl you are comedic treasure. the sarcasm and jokes throughout were hilariiioouuusss
Omg yeeeeessssss!!!!!!!! ❤❤ I’m so, so glad you decided to watch the Riku part of the game 😁 It’s one of my favorite parts of the Kingdom Hearts series as a whole, Riku’s character development in Re:CoM is so good imo 😊 And your reactions were great as always, I loved it ☺️ Now I’m excited to see you reactions to KH2 next 😁 (oh, and side note, I love when you do voice acting for when the cutscenes aren’t dubbed, you’re doing a great job at making different voices for each characters 😌)
Thanks for the wonderful reaction for Riku's side!! Can't wait to see you start KH2!! 🥰
Thank you for uploading this portion of the game! I felt like you would’ve enjoyed Riki’s gameplay but I’m just glad you’re experiencing the story to the fullest extent despite the bumpy road it took to get here! Your KH journey thus far has been entertaining to watch!
Thanks for recording your reactions! I was afraid we wouldn’t get to see it. You da best!
*YESSSS* I was waiting to see your reaction to Riku having a story mode, but I can understand not wanting to play through it, thanks for doing this ❤️❤️❤️
ok but riku and mickey in those robes ATE 😍😍😍
Literally just finished your streams and so happy to see this got uploaded while catching up! Fantastic play through and I totally understand your reaction to the second portion of the game. Excited to watch your reaction to the cutscenes (I literally only watched the cutscenes for the entire CoM)
And can’t wait for you to get to KH2!
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Oh my gosh, I was SO excited to see this in my subscription feed, I'm so happy you chose to film it!! Your reactions make me laugh so hard every time (the "....oKAY???" when you first saw DiZ is easily top 5 LMAO) I've never been more excited for you to play KH2, eeeeee 😄
Great reaction video!!! Sooo excited to watch you play KH2!!!!
So glad you made this! I'm so excited for youu
I'm glad you viewed the cut scenes! Riku's gameplay is a very different experience and honestly if you thought the gameplay of Sora was kinda rough, Riku's is proably even more rough with set decks. Seeing you feel bad for Repliku (the name folks give Riku Replica) was so heart warming! ☺ I can't wait to see you get started on KH2!! You're going to have a blast on it I just know it!
Btw, the fandom tends to refer to the fake Riku as "Repliku" since he is a replica of Riku. I think it's a cute name
It was a joy to watch you go through this. Very chill experience and I for one like when you pause to give commentary cuz I do the same thing lol 😂
Can’t wait to see you next stream!❤
Baby don’t feel bad I did the exact same years ago I couldn’t wait for this game to end
1:05:26 Jahara got the factual media analysis skills
You can't mention soriku in less than 2 minutes, that's cheating! I can't believe I'll have to give a like to the video this soon! 😂
WHAT A TREAT BEFORE BED I AM SO EXCITED TO WATCH THIS!!!!! Thank you for watching these cutscenes I really enjoy seeing someone new put the pieces together for this series. Thank you for sharing🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
In my head, I always just replaced smell/scent with aura or presence. Smell is just to silly for me, haha. Anyway, I'm glad you experienced Riku's story. I'm off to catch up with your latest streams!
To be fair, "stench" is even an item we're able to physically obtain in the first game. Its a piece of evidence during the trial in wonderland! That stinky darkness stench!
New viewer. Loving the content. Although this game isn't as well received, it has my favorite line in all of the Kingdom hearts games. Just hearing the way Riku delivers that final line, the road to Dawn. That line held significance for me at my lowest point in life. And it still gives me chills to this day every time he delivered it.
Allegedly the reason Riku and Zexion go around sniffing things, is because our sense of smell tends to be pretty heavily associated with memory. We've all had that experience where you get a whiff of a particular scent, only to be flooded with buried memories from _waaaaaay_ back. As far as what darkness might smell like? Who knows! I've always imagined the smell of over-ripened fruit, or maybe some old meat. Marluxia's no rose, he's one of those corpse flowers!
Poor Riku really goes through it in this one, huh? So excited to see you start KH2! Glad you're enjoying the series! :D
I love this. I woulda did the same girl (with both Sora and Riku’s side tbh). Still loving the content and so ready for to play KH2 along with you
I am so excited for your kh2 play through!!!
this came out just in time for my shift! and i got some snacks lets goooo!
also can i just say, i remember when chat agreed you should be able to cash in previous game achievements to skip stuff in later games. (you were saying to skip boss battles lmao) so all im saying is i think beating COM as well as you did more than earned you just getting to watch the cut scenes lmaoooo thanks for sharing your reactions with us!
Actually had a roleplay going where Riku (me) and Repliku were twin brothers~ ;D (It was an AU setting, obviously)
Ansume is giving Diddy
Glad you decided to just do the cutscenes cause I’m ready for you to start playing KH2! Haha. I also feel like you would have been more annoyed than entertained having to get through it all after thinking you beat the game. This is the best decision imo. Thank you!
I was so tempted to play Riku's story but changed my mind. I'll just watch this for the first time with you. Cannot wait for Kingdom Hearts 2. My favorite of the titles. Also like the fact that shadow is watching, lol
Not Jahara making fun of Zexion in the first second 💀
KH2 LESSS GOOOO!!!
nice can’t wait for your next stream
Me neither!!
LMAO yes ive heard people say zexy before. I wanted to he a scene kid so bad growing up but my mom never let me do anything to my hair. I loved and still love zexions crazy hair
In my opinion, Riku's gameplay in Chain of Memories is so much easier than Sora's. It's actually more bearable and easier to understand. I don't mind you watching Riku's Story cutscenes because it's understandable.
Yea I did some research and saw the consensus that it was easier. But I still didn’t WANT to play any more unfortunately. Since I don’t have to wait in between playthrough, doing it all at once can feel a bit much and dampen the overall experience if I’m not careful. Just trying to honor that feeling so I can keep enjoying stuff, without taking super long breaks between games ☺️
@@JaharaJaydeGames Nothing wrong with that. 😁
So excited for kh2! Ik youre gonna love it. 😁
Lmao I forgot this is the first time you hear the new Ansem voice
I don't blame you for only watching the cutscenes of Riku's part. It is a lot shorter than Sora's since there's no deckbuilding and a lot less dialogue (there's no story in any of the worlds except Hollow Bastion, Destiny Islands, Twilight Town, and Castle Oblivion), but it still is a pretty big ask after you put 40+ hours into Sora's story. I like that you realized you never used zero cards; those are your best way of stopping big enemy boss attacks because zeroes will break any card or sleight no matter how high the number is, so long as you play the zero AFTER the enemy has played their card(s). Bosses like Vexen did that to your sleights a lot. It's impressive that you beat the game without using zeroes.
It's funny that you call Zexion "Zexy" because Axel does that in the GBA version of CoM! On that note, Zexion's boss fight is exclusive to Re: CoM. The GBA version had Riku defeat him in a cutscene.
I love how psyched you are to meet blonde boy with protagonist clothes... whenever that happens
Maleficent giving Riku a room is SO JUICY I love that detail so much. Maleficent playing Riku's evil step mother... so good!!! >o
I am SOOOO hype to see you play Kh2 it's going to be epic! I can not wait there are going to be some new wilde meme about to pop off.
I'm just glad you came back for this. I was so worried when you logged off after Sora lol
EDIT: I also apologize if I was backseat gaming trying to make sure you found out that this existed! 🙏🏿
As a kh novice (played each entry growing up multiple times) there are just some games I would rather watch the cs for as part of my reruns. And to people I recommend playing the series (if I know they won’t like the gameplay mechanics) i always refer them to simply watching the cutscenes! Like somebody else said, each game is simply too lore heavy to skip but we as a fan base shouldn’t expect someone new to kh to play every single game
Genius! Such a smart compromise
This is exactly how i played Re:COM. I was so happy and proud of myself for finishing Sora but I had nothing left in the tank for riku's side so I watched all the cutscenes 💙 so excited for KH2!!!
I am SEATED!
Solid choice! Absolutely don’t want you to feel burnt out. Maybe even take a long break after KH2 if you feel like it!
Tonoighht will be the noight that I will fawl fer yewww 🎶
A lot of KH fans call the replica “Repliku” or “Rikuplica” hahahaha
Ayyyy Gaara mention! 🥰
Thanks for sharing!
This is a good reminder on what’s going on. I forgot how good the old side games are
In my head canon, Darkness smells intoxicating like cigars or gasoline while Light smells fragrant like cinnamon or lavender.
The introduction of detecting beings of Light or Dark by "Scents" was explained a bit better in the GBA.
My only problem with the remake is they couldn't animate the English Dub on the characters so they could only make do with the original models that animated their mouths to speak in Japanese and the English VAs voice over that.
That's why the characters in this game sound off and weird.
7:39 That's one big ass bed though.
Honestly, anything to get you to KH2 faster, that game is a masterpiece
Sad fact: this was Wayne allwine’s final performance as Mickey in 2008, because at the time he was suffering from diabetes and struggled to do Mickey’s voice and he would eventually pass a year later in 2009 😢😢 RIP
Actually, 358/2 Days is Wayne Allwine's final performance as Mickey before he passed away. He died just a couple weeks before the game came out in Japan in May 2009, and the international versions have a spot in the credits memorializing him. Granted, Mickey only had voice clips for his appearance in the multiplayer mode, but it's still notable.
@@ClefairyRox yeah that’s true
I am glad you did what was best for you. You can't please everyone. I am still learning that lesson. I can't wait to see you play KH2. 🎉
HOLY PRODUCTION VALUE BATMAN!
Thank GOD! She’s not playing it again. That card system is a bane to humanity 😂
Kingdom Hearts drinking game: Every time someone says "darkness." ☠️
And one can wonder: what if Marluxia smelled like spoiled milk 😩🥛
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Yesss movie time!!
I am so excited for Thursday!
hii jayde, wanted to tell you that i understand why you didnt play riku's side. even as a CoM fan, this game is a lot to handle. Glad to see you liked the cutscenes and let's see what kh2 holds for you!
Can we talk about your Secondhand Serenade opening? Haha Brava
will you be doing KH2 first or watch the 358/2 Days movie first? Either way, i’m just happy with how much you’re enjoying the series :)
LET’S GOOOOOOOO KINGDOM HEARTS 2 HYPEEEEEEEEEEE👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
What’s really funny is I keeping getting sonic x shadow adds on this video, like the dark rival vibes are off the charts.
This was a great idea for you😊👏