The unfortunate problem with this series is the length it has spanned and the amount of story that has been covered in that time..or rather the gaps that made retconning necessary (most of the time). It’s crazy to think I was 18 when the original came out, 23 (or 24) when the 2nd came out and 36 (or 37) when the 3rd came out. They should’ve committed more to these games and the release of them in a timely manner. PS2 was new when the first was released too, just nuts.
It will never stop being insane that they managed to get Sir Christopher Lee for this game and we got to hear the legend utter the words "King Mickey my friend"
I feel for Ansem the Wise. This is a man who lost everything. He lost his world, he lost his pupils, lost his research, and worst of all, he lost his identity. He was filled with anger and vengeance, but in the end, he realized he lost his own heart.
This is easily the darkest story in Kingdom Hearts. This is the opposite of Re:Coded. The gameplay absolutely sucks, but the story is ridiculously good! One of the best in the series. Re:COM is a solid C, while COM on the GBA is a B, just because it feels good.
Somehow, this is what imagine Sparda’s character would be like, if Devil May Cry 6 reveals that he fake his death, prior to his wife’s death, & when their sons turned against each other. Like the reason he disappeared from his family & the world he had protected from the one he came from, was that he was told that Mundus is returning. Before his departure. He told Eva, that their sons must never know what happened to their father, while he was gone. He would travel to Mallet Island, where he had defeated Mundus. It was then that he came face to face with an evil alchemist who Eva once dated, before he married her. Without his powers that he sealed in the Force Edge sword. Sparda was easily defeated by the man who was his wife’s ex-boyfriend. After Mundus was resurrected. He was forced to watch his family die in the wrath of Mundus’s minions. After escaping from his prison. All he could do was watch his sons grow up as orphans, that would later fight for his power. It was then, that not only he failed as a hero. But as a father, who was post to keep his family safe. Over the years. His failure began to affect others, whose lives were ruined. Which makes sense that the Alchemist who took everything from him, was the reason all the friends that Dante has made, were forced to put up with their deadbeat dads. Lady, who’s father became a Demon, after murdering her mother, just to used her & Sparda’s sons to go for the Force Edge. Trish, whose father created her to look like Eva, just to gain Dante’s trust, so that Mundus can lure him into a trap. Patty being abandoned by her mother, despite the Demon CID wanting their family’s powers to resurrect an ancient Demon. Lucia being made as a pawn for Arius, while trying to sacrifice her to resurrect Argosax. Nico, who along her mother, being abandoned by her father, who would help Sanctus to create the Savor. As well Nero growing up all alone as a kid, until Kyrie’s family took him into their home, watching both the parents & Credo died because of Sanctus’s mistakes, & Nero having his right arm torn off by his father, just so that Vergil can kill Dante. Not only Sparda blames the alchemist for what his sons, grandson, & the friends that both Dante & Nero had made over the years, had to go through. But mostly himself. For me, I don’t blame Sparda. He was unaware of what was going to happen. Hopefully for this next game. Nero finds out that his grandfather is alive, while asking him about everything. The two of them would work together to face the same alchemist who drove their family apart, who is now the leader of a cult that worships Mundus, & wants to resurrect him to start another war with the Humans. And Nero is the only hope humanity has left, now that he’s in charge of the trust Dante promised him in the last game. Which is what Riku would do for Sora if anything happens to him.
He sounds a lot younger in Japanese. I like both versions a lot but generally prefer English for him, I like the more clipped and enunciated tone he has, feels like it fits his character better
One of my favorite details involving Vexen is how he recieves a Destiny Isles card from Axel, but gives Sora the Twilight Town card instead. That's a subtle sign of rebellion from Vexen and an indication that not everything is as it seems
