I'm sorry dude, but Dodge Roll is perfectly serviceable. If it doesn't work for you in KH1, that means you need to GIT GUD! Fucking deal with the fact that you suck at the game and get better.
I think the story is great! The story will eventually unTangled however it will be an adventure. The whole point is for the players to come up with THEIR OWN VERSION OF WHAT THEY THINK IS THE TRUE STORY. Just think it’s like a game of chest on a 50 sided broad. You are playing against the creator
I disagree with the Kairi stuff. She’s obviously being set up for a big role later. Sure she was a damsel in distress in KH1. But her will to change fate blossomed in KH2 only to get captured again. But even getting a Keyblade didn’t help. In KH3 she was captured and killed being forced to rely on others to save her. Being force to be something you not had to be traumatic big time. There is clear evidence that Kairi is in a mental crisis. Her battle cries clearly prove that: KH2: I can fight now. Let’s do this! KH3: let’s do Our best. Remind: I think I can. I hope this works. Please work! It’s not working! I believe Kairi’s heart is shattered at the lost of Sora. One of my friends told me this: you have to fully complete KH3 and remind on critical mode and do 100% of everything. There is a picture of Kairi with yellow eyes. That everything in the game. Max level, max mummy, all maps completed and every challenge completed including a no damage on any of the bosses. I believe Kairi is the next villain of the series. That’s right a princess of heart becoming a villain
@@alchemistofsteel8099 here's the thing. Timeless River was an isolated incident. The time travel was more incidental and circumstantial. If you remove TR from KH2 you don't really lose anything. Heck, that all could have taken place in Disney Castle present day. But time travel became integral to Xehanort's machinations despite the fact that it wasn't a major component of the narrative until DDD.
The name "Heartless" was a missleading misnomer from the start. In the original lore Heartless ARE the heart, corrupted by darkness. The vessel/body that formerly uncorrupted heart resided in now has no Heart and is not classified as a "Heartless" but a "Nobody". They were different and explained in the story but the misleading names complicated the issue needlessly.
@@lilboygthorns7373 first, that's a really weird way to see it. Second, no the reports confirm that Xehanort called them heartless because he thought they lacked a heart at first and the name just stuck.
You deserve praise for fixing Kairi alone. OFCOURSE Kairi gives a f**k about Radiant Garden. Makes so much sense. Why wouldn't she care about her past? Just brilliant. Fixing Kairi and making her likeable and important, is an instant praise from me.
Additional props for leading off that she was "done dirty" rather than just bashing her as a character! Characters were written, edited, drawn, edited, animated, and edited again by real actual humans with real actual free will, but sometimes even series fans with valid criticism can't see past holding the obligatory bland damsel girl responsible for her "own" "actions" (or lack thereof).
To clarify something; heartless are what happens to the heart when it is consumed by darkness. Nobodies are the husk that's left behind. Since hearts in the series are treated as a different and higher substance than a soul, and are more like the "idea" of a person (think platonism) a nobody is what happens when the physical host is deprived of even the "idea" of what they were. They dont physically exist, and can do crazy wonky shit like steal the idea of a word (like picture) from a world, which makes people physically incapable of speaking it. It's needlessly complex but if you're aware of their physiology it makes a lot more sense.
Because of how hearts work in Chain of Memories, where their connections to other hearts changes and makes them grow, Organization 13 grow their own hearts over time through a sort of osmosis with various people, like Sora (probably why Axel gets a keyblade later, because his heart was altered by interacting with Sora)
So basically Heartless do have hearts, but they're consumed by darkness? Which explains how when a Keyblade hits a Heartless, the heart from them usually float up and disappear
@@phantom-X2086 the way ive thought of it is that the balance is their heart of shifted wayyy towards darkness being more and that turns them into heartless.
I think the reason the writers added in the 'stolen name' plot twist in KH2 is because Nomura thought Xehanort made for a better villain name than Ansem. "Oh crap, Xehanort sounds like a better villain name, but our series villain is already named Ansem......unless......"
He aculy thought that its weard how Ansem the wise Was named that way,but then we met Ansem Seeker of Darkness. He also thought isnt it wesrd that Ansem SoD looks so young, but Ansem the Wise sounds like a old mN Name. Thats wher he got the idea of Xehanort.
Looking forward to your part 2! Really like the adjustments to the plot, especially the part about Kairi cause yeah, she got done dirty. Kairi kind of imitating Sora in canon is cute, yeah, but the idea of her really leaning into that goofball/trickster persona and being distinct from Sora and Riku is really interesting, especially since it gives her a more distinct vibe than, say, Aqua as the other resident girl.
Kairi was done dirty so bad, that Namine's actions in one whole game, made her more relevant and important than Kairi, the main female protagonist. Then there's Xion. I like Kairi, but she's s real character study at this point.
What I like a lot about this change, at hollow bastion castle doors, is that this would be the exact moment sora realizes that just as helped his friends in their time of need, his “meddling”. They have his back in the same way. This is how sora’s words to riku would hold weight. “My friends are my power.” Would be quite literal as they would be the only reason he is able to even say that to riku in that moment. It wouldn’t just be some dumbass comment he said because whatever.
I feel that all keyblade's base forms should be, for light based keyblades, the kingdom key, and for darkness based keyblades, the kingdom key d. As the user pours a bit of their heart into their keyblade, they change shape to reflect their user or experiences. However, there are only one of each TRUE kingdom keys, and Sora is chosen by the light as its quote unquote 'champion', so he gets the REAL Kingdom Key, and no one thinks to investigate because the Kingdom keys have been lost to time, while Xehanort is chosen by the darkness as its quote unquote 'champion', so he receives the REAL Kingdom Key of Darkness, but hides this fact until the opportune moment.
I wholeheartedly enjoyed pretty much every single change made except for the way Sora frees Kairi's heart from within himself. I feel like making it an "accident" from Donald's part removes the dramatic weight of Sora's sacrifice, which was one of the best scenes in the original game. I think a comfortable solution would be: Sora and the others weaken Ansem enough to make him flee. Sora, now aware that Kairi's heart is inside of him, is willing to sacrifice himself to free it and pretty much uses his own Keyblade on himself, unaware if that will even work. Thats why it ends up causing a mess, splitting Sora's heart into different parts that will become Roxas, Xion and Naminé.
I like how this games lore is so convoluted your forced to spend the first third of the video establishing some, basic, solid story structure. Great video. Thanks
Yeah. Maybe Riku could've been one for Monstro up until he and Sora have their spat towards the end leaving Sora and the others to fight the Parasite Cage again, and Kairi joins with Sora for Traverse Town, the end of Hollow Bastion, and End of the World. Though I am still overall iffy about Kairi being a party member in KH1 with the way the story went down. Perhaps if Kairi picked up on fighting thanks to her being within Sora, then that could work.
@@superlombax1561 About that, I would have Kairi briefly train with Merlin. He would learn of Kairi’s potential to wield the Keyblade. This would be foreshadowing for Aqua’s existence.
First of all, I wanna say I am loving your concept so far, you are doing a great job! And second, I also want to share some ideas I had for the rewrite: I always thought that the way narrative always focused in friendship and stuff just missed something, and that was showing different kinds of friendship and a more “realistic” focus on it. Let me explain: Sora, Riku and Kairi have this friendship have the typical friendship that can overcome any obstacle and always manage to be together no matter what, I think this dynamic is awesome and shouldn’t be changed at all! However, I noticed on and on how this friendship dynamic and status was repeated and repeated over and over again with all the groups (aka Roxas, Axel, Xion and Terra, Ventus, Aqua) which made some of the plot points like Xion dying, or Roxas drifting apart of Axel being pointless, since they all just go back together in KH3. So here is my take: Use each friend group to give a different focus on friendship. Sora Riku and Kairi could stay the same. Terra Ventus and Aqua could be the friendship that even with all the pain and problems behind it, they will always deeply care about each other. Roxas, Ventus, and Axel would be the one I would change the most. 1.- Xion would be dead, like, really dead, no coming back. 2.- Roxas and Axel really drift apart, like, no friends anymore. 3.- Roxas does not come back, since his ark in KH2 was basically perfect. I would use this as a chance to make Axel’s character go through a situation some people could relate to: Friendships don’t last forever. However, this isn’t a sad ending for him, in KH3 we see him starting to develop a friendship with Kairi, this could be a chance to give a bittersweet message, and maybe, a realization for Axel: Even if some friends leave us along the way, some new ones will get there with us. Idk, just a rough draft, but I think something like this could expand on the friendship message in a more realistic and bittersweet way! That’s it, have a nice day!
Now this is a story with some backbone! I definitely want to play around with the Wayfinder Trio a lot because I'm rewriting their characters pretty significantly. If I had balls, I would definitely have no problem with characters staying dead. However, I'm trying to stick closely to the atmosphere of the Kingdom Hearts we know, which has the thematic maturity of a Disney kids movie in order to slot it in with all the Disney happy fun times. If Kingdom Hearts was a Final Fantasy game, it would be no problem, but the narrative contrast between Disney princesses playing with magic frogs and having a happy ending to permanent on-screen death of main characters is something I don't believe Square-Enix and Disney themselves would be willing to do.
@@cryptonix02 so basically while wanting to do what Cristian Daniel Martínez Rodiles suggest you still need to bring back Roxas and Xion so the overall story can be relatively the same as the original story of KH.
@@marshallseldon4200 I think there's good opportunity for an unresolved conflict between Axel and Roxas, yes, and a heavily reimagined Wayfinder Trio. But I foresee Axel and Roxas eventually settling their differences.
@@cryptonix02 well disney had some characters die permanently like Ray from princess and the frog Tadashi in big hero six mufasa lion king Kerchak from tarazan so I don't think killing off a character is too dark for disney I think as long as it's not a gritty brutal death it'd be fine
As much as I love Xion I think having her stay dead would work story wise for representing friendships don't always last and you have to move on and forge new friendships but you can still remember your old ones
I don’t think SoD or Riku-Ansem should have the Kingdom Key D, maybe have Riku get it in KH2 when he’s mastered the darkness and at peace. But the Keyblade of Hearts being a shitty fake was actually cool for riku and ansem to make since their plan didn’t actually result in KH being formed. Also love that Kairi is related to Ansem the Wise. Only thing that makes sense for her in the current form of the series. I just love this rewrite! This would make for a good reboot. (:
I found this video on Reddit and I just had to comment. Well done, dude. I am a huge fan of KH and have been for most of its existence. Along with my passion for the series comes my frustration as to why a lot of things were not executed properly. As a result, I too am writing my own Kingdom Hearts Re:Write series where I want to explain, and properly execute the story of Kingdom Hearts as a whole to make the plot flow better. I look forward to the next video!
Getting major Shadowbringers vibes from this with balancing light and darkness, such an amazing story! Really makes me wish FFXIV and Kingdom Hearts do a crossover 😭
Another one I liked about ansem being kairi's grandfather I liked that that ansem is kairi's grandfather you could be something like the anastasia movie which is already owned by disney if in your plans you include kairi having his own trip you could make him visit that world
I'd say sora and riku could used some revisions for their characters as well(although not to the extent of Kairi in this video). All of them pretty much had their characters written with only kh1 in mind. This has lead to them either only getting so far in their development before they start rehashing old plot points(riku), just going along for the ride without much change or internal struggle(sora), or being a plot device (kairi). For the keyblade bros, it would help them greatly if they had a bit more details surrounding their daily lifes; like sora being an artistic person who thinks about his place in the world, or riku believing every relationship he has is built on people's idea of him rather than who actually is. This allows for their stories in kh1 to remain the same, while also giving them other aspects to their personalities to be explored later.
what, how dare thee say such! KH IS SUCH A "LITERARY MASTAHPIECE"! like the part where Sora is being tracked by a X on his clothing because the X in all nobadies also do this because everyone asked to know why they had Xs in their name. or how kairi is a princess of light and the princesses of light change in kh3 and are essential in kh1 but are legit only the lay up plan in case the 7 light heros decided to not fight the 13 dark heros....but wait if the 7 PRONcesses are a viable and easier way to create the X blade why did organization 13 just speed blitz them and say fuck it to Sora squad.........literary masterpiece
I also thought of this since Kingdom Hearts is a crossover of Disney and Final Fantasy i think it would've been interesting where Disney and FF villains team up. Like we have like Disney and FF heroes meet and team up so why not the villain. Like have it where Sephiroth (and not make where he would be the dark part of Cloud's heart or whatever) team up with Maleficent and not a optional boss but be part of the main story. Although i'm not saying a lot a FF villains if they don't want to go overboard but probably like maybe two in KH1 like maybe Sephiroth from FF7 and probably Kefka (i think another popular FF villain) from FF6 unless if there are better FF villains and they would team up with the Disney villains.
I like the idea of the beings of darkness not being mindless Heartless but actual sentient creatures whose realm is being slowly condensed by the ever-expanding light wielded by the Keybearers.
I like a lot of the lore ideas you presented but I just want to clarify something. Heartless and Nobodies are actually named as a pun of what they really are. Heartless are hearts that have been consumed by the darkness. The darkness creates a sort of vessel for these corrupted hearts. I’ll admit that there is that one scene in KH1 that contradicts this because an NPC loses his heart and the leftover body becomes the Heartless, so maybe originally Heartless were intended on being literally those without hearts, but they are actually the heart itself in a corrupted state.
Actually the npc just fades away and the darkness surrounds the heart making it a heartless. We see nobody’s can come into existence any where even place’s their original selves have never been. I’d hypothesize that his body broke down and then became a weak willed ghostly nobody somewhere else. If he was even capable of becoming a nobody at all.
Hmm, the way you describe the darkness really explains the mushroom, vender, and flan heartless and any other harmless heartless there are since there doesn't seem to be any in-game explanation for it.
You should have kept the plots till Dream drop distance the same because that game caused the most problems cause the heartless have hearts but don't have bodies the nobodies until dream drop had bodies but no hearts and they had memories of their lives
The thing with nobodys Was thad no ura planwd this since years. He is multiple games ahead. When he plotet out kh 2 he plotet kh 3 aswell. Nomura also planed bbs recoded and ddd around that time. In 2007 the ideas for the X Saga startet fester,ideas he did have since kh 1.
This really inspires me to write the rewrite of the Kingdom Hearts franchise. (I know that may sounds cringe and weeby. Sorry.) It just really addresses all of the questions and thoughts I've had on how to make the franchise make more sense and how it can be improved. I also love how you explored more kn the balance of light and darkness. It's something I wish was explored more aside from how the game uses it. Kairi as well as the other Disney characters helping fight in the final battle of KH1 is great. Poor Kairi was wasted throughout the series so her being more prominent and your ideas for her would really help her alot. One thing I did wish was that the princesses of hearts would not necessarily be princesses but those with strong pure hearts, mainly the main characters of franchise, like for example Pinocchio. I know it may sound silly but it's just an idea. I'll be watching part 2 and hopefully 3.
I can agree with some of the changes(like the change in Kairi's importance and Zexion being sorta like the final obstacle for Riku), but I heavily disagree with the Heartless and Nobody changes as that is probably the most basic thing in Kingdom Hearts(Heartless are formed based on the Darkness in one's Heart and Nobodies are born based on the strength of the person's Will) as well as boo the No Time Travel Change.
When you said no time travel, I felt so happy to hear that. Now, I do agree with what you're saying. But, I'd have the heartless and nobodies be creatures and also have monsters that used to be people who abused the power of light and darkness too much.
Thank you so much for this! I’ve been playing the kingdom heart series since i was in 9th grade, yes I’m old lol. The story has never made sense until this retelling! Even if you changed a lot of story elements, I’m gonna move forward believing this is how the story was intended to be understood.
No time travel and Kairi gets characterization? Well, sign me up! Have to admit, I like the idea of CoM being just a dlc for KH1, since... that's pretty much all it actually was, the story itself evens comes off as an OVA or Movie of a anime series. But I have to say, one thing I never really liked about CoM and, by proxy, KH2 onwards, is how Sora forgot his experience in Castle Oblivion and all his hatred towards the Org. After all, they did some messed up things with him in the Castle and could pretty much help his characterization in KH2 (and the rest of the series).
That's actually something I added to the next part! In general I never really cared for them making memories be all weird because it always seems to be an awkward copout for when Nomura wanted to add some jarring new story element that would mess up the continuity. In CoM I think they did it so that the people who didn't play the GBA spinoff game wouldn't be confused about about these massive character moments for Sora coming into KH2. When it comes to later things like Xion, it's just to explain away a potential continuity error with her having never been mentioned by Axel, Roxas, or the Org in KH2. Since I have the benefit of hindsight when it comes to rewriting, I'm going to incorporate them more naturally. Thanks for the nice comment!
I like all changes so far. The only gripes I have are: * Maleficient getting stronger because of the hearts. There is nothing wrong but this means we will have to scrap the dragon fight in BBS since she can't get that many hearts there. * The ending with the gate, riku on the other side (how did he get there?) and mickey getting the KK D like in the original. I don't know, it just feels off. Some additional gameplay changes: * Boss rush and be able to fight bosses individually once they are beated. * Be able to power up the base kingdom key with materials like in KH3 and key chains only add minor stats variations and one or two specific abilities. That way all key chains never gets obsolete. * Additional AI customization like in KH3. Be able to tell goofy or donald to only use items on Sora. * Open moguri store at the start, not mid game. * Be able to restock items automatically like in KH2. * Add 4 quick access commands, like in KH2 or 12 like in KH3. * Level 1 Critical like in KH2 with all important abilities given through story (BLOCK). Class abilities (sword, staff and shield) should be like in KH2, only minor passive buffs. * Ars Arcanum, Ragnarock, etc should be a command like magic, accesible by quick access. * Add reaction commands? I think they provide a nice gimmick to boss fights. They could solve the triangle spam problem and tone down the damage they provide. * Improve under water controls like in KH3. * Rework some boss battles that are awfull, like Ursula and Chernabog among many others. * Key chain change on the fly like in KH3. * Be able to completely configure command menu to allow to sort or remove commands you are not gonna use. Be able to save and restore commands menus. For example you could keep 4 quick access commands for Fire, Cure, Aero and Ether and then leave the command menu like: 1.- Attack, 2.- Bambi. Of course that means you can only use thos commands in battle but if you are an expert and know exactly what you are gonna need, there is no need to have the full meu with all commands. * Be able to assign all commands to quick access commands. * Be able to choose what combo finishers you are gonna use. You might need to press square to change them like in KH2 or they may be casted on demand like magic, costing MP (in case you want to allow block or dodge to be used mid combo). * The Chain of Memories integration is exaclty like I would like. It would be like RE:Mind with KH1 story bosses turned into Super Bosses (and chain of memories story with Super Boss Axel, Larxene, etc). It really is like RE:Mind but done well.
Voice over is something I've always tinkered with as a hobby. I'm only using a Blue Snowball Ice, which I bought for like $40. I think it helps that I have a small closet with a lot of clothes and a recliner chair to record in. Then you just add a tiny bit of noise reduction, and some EQ and compression in Adobe Audition.
There's a reason why you don't have to change much about KH1. It's because it's the best game of the franchise! Or at the very least has the best storytelling.
Another detail I should point out: the Castle Oblivion arc became kinda bland with the exclusion of the Riku Replica. I'd fix it with the inclusion of Strelitzia. Since THERE WILL BE NOOOOO TIME TRAVEL!!! Strelitzia should age well around 24 since Ventus is around 14 in Birth by Sleep. Basically, Strelitzia grew up in the Land of Departure with Lauriam and Elrena, the original versions of Marluxia and Larxene, and the three of them are Keyblade apprentinces. Strelitzia is a big fan of Terra and Aqua, and she particularly wants to be just like the latter. She even managed to meet them through Ventus, who she was a close friend of. Strelitzia would supposedly be the only survivor of the destruction of the Land of Departure (though Lauriam and Elrena are still alive, as seen in Chain of Memories and 3), so when Aqua turns the land into Castle Oblivion and go to Free Terra from Xehanort's possession and find a way to awake Ventus, Strelitzia stayed behind to guard Ven and feed him his oatmeal. During Sora and Riku's journey through Castle Oblivion, Strelitzia would pretty much replace the Riku Replica. She first encounters Riku, and she attacks him because of his darkness, since she was afraid Riku would try to hurt Ventus. She loses, and rins away. She then encounters Sora, who was looking for Riku, and attacks him just for that. After she wins once and loses in a rematch, she learns Lauriam and Elrena are alive, as Marluxia and Larxene, albeit in an unfavorable circumstance: she catches them abusing Namine. She gets mad, and attemts to kill Sora and Riku, blaming the Kingdom Key for the situation, calling it a curse. However, she stops when Namine casts a spell that makes Strelitzia briefly see Sora as Ventus, causing her to have regrets. I'll also going to change Marluxia's motive behind ordering Axel to destroy Vexen into doing it for Strelitzia's safety and to prove her he still cares.
I should start by saying this video constantly had me watching it, anyway here’s a list of complaints that don’t really matter, that are on a personal level kind of bother me - The whole two Keyblades is all right in paper until you said that those two are the ones that exclusively can lock and unlock worlds I feel that ability should be inherent to all keyblades not just the two special ones -ansem shouldn’t be the leader of the Disney villains he should be a bit more into the story but I feel like he shouldn’t really be maleficent leader -this one’s a bit of a personal and petty complaint well all these are petty but I really dislike that heartless are now just dark beings like I know that they are that it’s just that give them an actual name that isn’t just dark beings you were willing to give ansem the wise A different name but you can’t come up with a different name for the things that you’re fighting against all the time -And this one is also pretty petty as well but I feel like having Sora just get hit by a an unstable dark spell instead of him performing an action of sacrifice is kind of lame -and this one is also kind of a bit of a weird one I don’t mind that “kingdom hearts” The life force thingy have it’s own world but Scala ad Caelum is translated to stairway to heaven it just kind of makes a little less sense that if you’re already on heaven then why are you in the place that is called the stairway to heaven. These are just really lame and pretty petty complaints I don’t think your rewrite is bad if anything I’m very interested in seeing what you do next
Thank you for the critique! Sorry it took so long to respond. 😅 1. Really the purpose of having the Kingdom Keys the only ones that can unlock Keyholes in worlds and bridge the two realms was to make Sora and Mickey "the chosen ones", and to simplify the inner workings of the X-blade (Key of Hearts). It makes the whole sentiment about Sora gaining the Kingdom Key in KH1 that much more impactful and stand out from all the other Keyblades in the series, and also give greater purpose to Xehanort's plan in Birth by Sleep with Vanitas and Ventus. 2. I did retcon the Heartless/Nobody thing in the next part. You're definitely right about that one. 3. I now realize that the act of sacrificing himself to restore Kairi's heart had a huge impact. I didn't consider that aspect before. The idea of getting hit with the unstable spell had its purpose in keeping a consistent explanation for creating fragmented hearts, but if I could, I would go back and rewrite the circumstance to be more sacrificial on Sora's part. Oh well, I'll save that for another time. 4. I don't consider Kingdom Hearts being "heaven", I guess. Maybe Nomura does, but I don't know. The name Scala ad Caelum is more so metaphorical for me.
@@mylesschutte6257 Good examples of time travel of the top of my head are: Madoka Magica; Steins Gate & The Muv-Luv Trilogy. As Cryptonix said: It works if it was intended from the beginning (and the writers are at least somewhat competent).
The problem was that time-travel focused on itself rather than created something for the story. Having Xehanort's different versions during his life-line interact would have been perfect characterization moment and way to see his development. But only thing we got was monotonous explanation how "magic" worked.
So i think the 13 darkness and 7 light thing is a cool aesthetic thing i like about kh. it adds to its wackiness, its reminiscent of the asymmetry of some of the enemy designs [of Keys]. i think the wackyniess is also a part of kh and would like for it to be retained. further there's also thematic connections you can make with the uneven split. darkness is wide, encroaching, fast spreading, almost endless. where as Light is the center, its small but bright and strong. this is highlighted by how there's a ton of org members vs sora/D/G how the org members are bigger, how sora is younger/smaller/fewer than the enemies he faces. fits with your own rewrite, with how there's a ton of creatures of darkness[heartless], compared to the fewer but stronger creatures of light [nobodies]. i think similarly, i wouldn't do away with the Ansem name twist. its such a kingdom heartsy twist. i think a rewrite should fundamentally make sense at its core, i.e. removing plot holes. but crazy convoluted stuff *thats still makes sense* where you gotta think through mental hoops with no holes is IDEAL peak Kingdom hearts. its that good cheesy KHness
Well the last thing and I think it's too late but it would be great that just as the disney villains organized you could make An organization of good disneys who can serve as a guide to sora and company I can think of names like yensid neptune the witch of beauty and the beast merlin the godmother ada etc this organization could be absent in the first game because some of its members stood by their worlds in the dark It could be that this organization is the reason why yensid resigned from being master of the sword key in order to indulge in his current task
Everything's great so far. I'm really liking all the ideas. Only thing is I would personally rename Ansem the Wise to Bartimaeus or Nicodemus, just to give him a "wise"-sounding name, but that's just me.
I attempted this on my own after replaying all the games (not the phone game) leading up to the release of kh3. My biggest changes were mostly adding more screen time for kairi in general, namine in kh2, riku in kh2 and days, and honestly scrapping most of DDD and 3. In my perfect world though, Sora's story would have ended at kh2, and future games would follow different characters. Maybe have a trilogy for Sora, one for Terra, one for whatever they're doing in the phone game. whatever.
The idea Nomura had where Sora would always be the protagonist is fine the way it is. It obviously doesn’t mean we won’t get new characters or protagonists in new games but keeping Sora in the picture helps connect them all.
@@ChangedMyNameFinally69 BBS was in the planning stages while KH2 was being developed. That’s why we got a cliffhanger ending hinting at a new adventure for Sora, Riku, and Kairi. And a teaser showing TAV in armor. Originally what was BBS was going to be KH3 and a new Sora adventure but it was then changed to be a prequel and moved to the psp.
Excellent rewrite. I've already rewatched this series 5 times. On my sixth now. One thing i would change however is giving Sora a more clear motive to leave Destiny Islands, one that isn't necesary evident at first but which can be developed at the same time as Kairi's and Riku's Journeys. Just to give the spiky boi actual narrative weight. What if he actually doesn't like to live in his world? What if his super-friendly, adventure seeking behavior is Rejected and frowned upon by the people in Destiny Islands, to the point of bullying and rejection? And his Friends are the only ones who get him? Maybe the myth of the fall of the Land of Departure was enough to put the idea of world travelling in a tabuu, alongside his quirks being seen as obnoxious, a flaw to be fixed for his "well being", a story he could well share with the only persons he sees as friends. This can give his reckless behavior and need to make Friends a deeper meaning, as well as the loss of Kairi and Riku, as well as his growing darkness a heavier emotional weight. This can even paralell Xehanort, both as a mirror of the protagonist's struggles and flaws as well as being indirectly responsible for his plight, and overall creating a stronger Hero-Villain dynamic between the two. Nothing wrong with your take, i LOVE the focus on Kairi, but the main character of the series should also have a strong basis for his motives and actions, like any other character. Those are just my 2 cents. Excited to see what the future holds. :)
I spent a lot of time on the Destiny Islands segment of KH1 as a kid, so I was always fond of how Kairi was portrayed there. I absolutely *love* your idea of Kairi's desire to rediscover her past being the main motivator for the kids to travel to other worlds! I was also a fan of her spunky, goofball personality in the first game so I like how you chose to lean into that. I also love the idea of playable KH1 Kairi.
I love the video but I feel the keyblade loses its significance if all the heroes can wield them and if there are so many of them. I prefer the Idea of just having two keyblades and the others just being different weapons. It takes away from the significance of sora being the chosen one if there are hundreds of other keyblades and everyone else can also wield them. But that would probably fuck up BBS's storyline so it's a tough one. Instead I think the keyblades are just normal weapons people make just like a sword and the magical things it can do like casting spells and summons are explained in a scientific way(kinda like materia in ff7). so terra, aqua and ven just wield normal keyblades. same with eraqus and Xehanort. However in the past(the chi days), keyblades could be enchanted by the key of hearts giving them the ability to choose their master, and them being a lot more powerful. after that whole ordeal there were only two enchanted keyblades left, in the realm of darkness and realm of light like you said, but other characters can still wield regular unenchanted keyblades. Maybe the regular ones could just be swords, but more magical. for the sake of simplicity and not getting confused with the enchanted ones. So yeah thats what I think.
I definitely saw that a lot of people felt the whole "chosen wielder" ordeal in KH1 was cheapened by all the other Keyblades introduced later, whilst still acknowledging that all the different Keyblade wielders are way too integral to the overall story. So me making the Kingdom Keys prophetic and integral to the whole X-blade thing versus "regular Keyblades" played a big factor in that decision, while also helping tie into my plans for Birth by Sleep.
The game should have ended once you beat Ansem after you fight your darkside. That whole entire last fight with the world of chaos or whatever that bullshit was had me literally saying... "This makes no fucking sense."
I may not agree with all the changes made, but my love for Kingdom Hearts (plus my hatred of how some plotpoints were handled later on) and the mere ambition and scope of this project has my FULL attention. So hyped to see this project finished.
Love the video, setting some actual rules and clearing up confusing plot elements cant be easy with Kingdom Hearts but I like what you're doing so far. I wanted to ask how the Keyblade juggling stuff works in your version of the plot. You mentioned the Kingdom Key juggled over to Sora because he would protect the world. Would then the Keyblade juggle over to Riku in Hollow Bastion because it just got confused who was stronger or what? Oh also I like Ansem having the Kingdom Key D cause it works for the Light vs Dark clash thing you got going on before the plot evolves into gray area. What would be some in plot reasons that Ansem has the Kingdom Key D?
I'll admit, my logic behind who can wield the Kingdom Keys is a little less set-in-stone. Yes, it's supposed to be about willpower and balance, but with the way I've set it up so far (and have continued to do so in Part 2 as well), they pretty much just end up with the protagonists. The idea was to have them end up in the hands of those who diametrically oppose one another, as an extension of the duality of light and darkness, and I definitely have a plan with that later down the line, but King Mickey sort of complicated things with that idea so he's just holding on to the Kingdom Key D for now. Not my strongest change, in all fairness. You'll kind of see what I mean when Part 2 comes out (soon!!!)
I would kill to play a KH1 mod with these exact changes. It's not a huge amount of stuff, but being able to fight alongside everyone at hollow bastion would be so ridiculously cool
Maybe is a good idea become xeanort into A zarkon the villian of voltron From the netflix rebot To be more specific That original villain mind what he wanted was to allude to his people and resorted to an energy that ended up dominating him and made him the villain who is
Im rewatching rn, so I can understand part 3. A quick tidbit, you should have changed the “worlds” to “multiverses” the name doesn’t matter so much but it’s purpose does. It would explain why worlds that are capable of space travel are unable to travel to other worlds. It would explain why you visit so many different versions of earth. It’s just a much cleaner explanation than “worlds” and it would function the same for the plot.
Also for the Final Fantasy side, with Cloud have it were he's from Radiant Garden and part of the FF gang that is trying to reclaim their home, and also Tifa that appeared in KH2 have her appear in KH1 and also part of the FF gang. And i guess also have where they lose contact with Cloud and they want Sora to let them know if they find him and when you get to Hollow Bastion instead of the Beast that shows up and face off against Riku it would be Cloud although he would still lose to Riku just like Beast but he would become your party member as he would recognize Sora as the keyblade master and would tell Sora he's here to settle the score with someone (which is Sephiroth) for ruining his home and whatnot and not make him a emo.
34:27 The only part I’m going to throw my two cents on is about Cloud should be portrayed like he was in the original FFVII. Maybe you’ll get more into it in KH2/BbS with Zack (I only now discovered this video from a KH3 mod video that recommended this so if any of what I’m saying is addressed in another video feel free to disregard it) but it was always my assumption that this was around the point of the revelation of Cloud’s SOLDIER/Zack Persona was a lie and that’s why he was always in hiding, hence why he didn’t want Aerith or Tifa (his light) to confront his darkness (Sephiroth). It would explain the similar angst seen in the Compliations such as AC and DoC and of course the “looking for someone” like he said. I know Jimmy’s Journal identifies him as a SOLDIER but I always chalked that up to them just basing that off face value like Avalanche did in the original game. Maybe instead of Tifa and Sephiroth being Cloud’s literal Light and Darkness, they could serve as a parallel to Sora Riku and Kairi where the person they looked up to goes down a dark path while the other tries to keep them on the light and Cloud could serve as a hint to what might happen to Sora if he becomes hellbent on destroying the darkness and ignoring the “light.” Plus, I know the original plan was for Tifa to show up at Olympus Colosseum looking for Cloud like she was doing in KH2 which I think could tie into the Cloud wanting to find Sephiroth ASAP before anyone he cares about finding him. If anything, maybe a compromise like how he was portrayed in the remake would be good with some snark but a pinch of angst. I’d also say maybe Vincent could be tied into his hunt for Sephiroth considering it’s implied that he’s the reason why he looks like that in KH1 but since he hasn’t officially appeared in The Dark Seeker Saga, maybe just more explicit references would work instead. Other than that, not a bad reinterpretation of the lore.
Here’s what I agree with as a KH fan: GENERAL STORY STUFF - Voice Acting: 50/50 (I think it’s alright for the most part. None of the actors are bad but it’s definitely the delivery and direction that seems to put people off.) - Kingdom Hearts Itself: No (So the idea of what it is source of powerful light. The moon is it manifesting a physical form when summoned by the XBlade. This moon is surrounded by an aura of darkness; representing how the true light sleeps within the dark. Since all hearts come from Kingdom Hearts and return there after a natural death, you can supposedly summon or make a portal to it by collecting enough hearts together. The “Door” at the end of kh1 is a fake made from the hearts of worlds; if you look closely in the cutscenes with the brightness turned up you can see the shape of the heart shaped moon behind the door. The Moon in kh2 was a fake made from the hearts of man. Walking about in Kingdom Hearts is what the appearance of Scala ad Calem was in 3 and even that final fight with Xemnas in 2. It takes the form of a special place to the person who enters it.) - Light and Darkness: 100% Agree. (Even though it tends to say Darkness is not evil we don’t often see that in KH. We can make villains that use light and hero’s that use darkness.) - Darkness is extinguishing: Yes yes yes. (I really don’t think it should work 100% the way you say but it’s supposed to be the case according to Xehanort in the canon. Let’s. See. That. Ourselves.) - Keyblades & XBlade: 50/50 (I know you may hate the name but Xblade is still better then your alternative; design should stay the same too. Sorry not sorry. I do think that the 7 light 13 dark pieces can be changed to the two keys tho like you said. We can still use those number themes though because they are just RAD;lol I’m kidding there but yeah we can still use them. Honestly the only reason we though the Keyblade was special in the early games was bad translation. So I don’t think it needs to change all that much. But the two keys can be special cases.) - Keyholes: I’m half on this again. (The ideas sounds pretty cool but I think we can keep it close to canon. Keyholes can indeed open portals between worlds but only temporary so it make sense not anyone can go anywhere. And there are special Keyholes in each world that leads to its Heart. They keyblade can seal or unseal it but it is in our hero’s interest to keep them sealed.) - Hearts: This is pretty much canon. (This is pretty much exactly how hearts work already. The only things different are ideas of fragments and Soul worlds; we see similar instances with Ven and Sora. I say we can definitely go with these.) - Heartless & Nobodies: Big Fat No. (Heartless and Nobodies work just fine as they are, the only thing that makes it confusing is the Heartless are called heartless, when all they are, are hearts overwhelmed and corrupted by darkness. Nobodies are empty shells that’s why they can be almost ghostly and wiggly. They need a heart with memory to give their body it’s shape. Which is why humanoid nobodies seem to have memories. And the longer they exist the more likely they grow their own hearts; at least the human ones.) - Disney Worlds: I mean you’re not changing anything if at all so… Yay 🎉 - Meddling: Definitely like this. (Supposedly I think Nomura wanted it to be a rule so they don’t mess too much and piss off disney. I’m probably more on a 50/50 line I mean there are obviously worlds and leaders that seem to know about other worlds. Maybe do something like Star Trek where some one comes in and invites them to learn about everything. I don’t know maybe “Hey I’m from another world, there are hundreds of them, we keep it s secret and try not to interfere unless it’s absolutely necessary. You can now choose to tell your people or keep it under wraps. Ok cool.” This way we can have our cake and it too.) - Final Fantasy Characters: Yes! This is just how they are in KH. (Appearance and personality lifted from their game but that’s it. That is why we have characters at vastly different ages. And even shy some FF characters live in different worlds.) - Time Travel: meh. (I really don’t have s problem with the time travel. I think the only ones who do are the ones that hate the concept of time travel in general but if you can make it work without it by all means.) - Xehanort: NO. (This is again s problem with translation. Yes he uses the darkness. And he thinks the light and dark are out of balance. He wants to restore the balance. KH3 DID NOT CHANGE MOTIVE. He wants to end all worlds and begin again in a world that is pure. The way they translated the game in English made it seem like he was on the side of light when he really wanted balance. You are effectively going “I shall change this story aspect by making it the exact same thing.” Except for his backstory as we don’t know his entire backstory yet; Dark Road stuff. However I do think we can have his backstory actually be told to us during the story saga where he’s the arc villain you know.) KINGDOM HEARTS 1 - Ansem Seeker of Darkness: Nah my man. (I already explained heartless and nobodies are fine. And so is his status as a heartless at the moment. Also we don’t need to give him KKD. That’s probably best saved for later villains or just keeping it in Mickey’s hands. You plot of him causing world’s to fall to darkness is basically what he wanted in KH 1.) - Kairi: YES and no. (I think her being motivated is great. It definitely helps show why each of them want to when leaving the island. But she really doesn’t need to rush to being a fighter. I know people hate the idea of her being a damsel but it’s fine for now. They want to go on an explorers journey not an adventure to slay monsters as kids.) - Destiny Island’s Destruction: We can leave this me as well. (I mean you really don’t change much anyway other then Riku doesn’t open the keyhole. It should stay the same since not much is even different. This goes for the Keyblade choosing Sora over Riku too) - Squall: LEON. (His name is Leon. It comes from his last name and his backstory makes sense as for why he changed it. He was given the name Leon so it would be a surprise to see him. If Mickey said Squall in the letter we would know he was gonna show up. They want each FF character to be a surprise cus they are meant to be.) - Ansem Name Twist: No, no, no, no. (The name twist is fine. It’s a twist for later on because it’s a twist later on. Nobody who ever could have met Ansem and known it was an imposter actually saw him in this game. And it’s not gonna trash any naming thing when you gotta explain how Ansem and Xemnes are actually Xehanort, but not the real Xehanort but Terra possessed by Xehanort.) - Kairi’s Grandfather: This is cool. (It definitely doesn’t wreck anything and yeah like you say it really helps Kairi and possibly Ansem the wise/not Gnosis’s character.) - Darkness: 50/50 (while I do agree darkness shouldn’t be wholly evil. It definitely can’t be innocent. Heartless and those that let darkness take hold of them are for the most part evil or at least only want more darkness. Darkness can be stinger when fueled by evil and negative thought; light being the opposite. But if you can control these powers you can use the darkness for good or light for evil.) - Maleficent and the Disney villains: Nah fam. (Maleficent should stay the major villain of the game. With Ansem appearing as the true antagonist at the end. No it didn’t come out of nowhere, it’s not misleading there is plenty of foreshadowing the twist.) - Princesses: No this is fine. (There is no problem with these as the princesses being pure light is already abnormal. Especially since 3 establishes that that pure light can be passed on to another princess. Also he just makes a Keyblade out of the six hearts, notice he still needed Kairi’s to even summon the Keyhole. Plus trying to get rid of that Keyblade of peoples hearts do badly also robs us of that rad scene where Ansem/Riku stabbed Maleficent in the chest man. That crap probably scared a lot of kids. It’s staying in.) - Cloud: KINDOM HEARTS DIDNT WREAK CLOUD. (He is fine being moody as shit and a bit of a broken hero. It’s always been obvious to me his personality it reflecting he already knows his Zack persona was a fake and he’s a failure.)
- Riku chosen status: this needs to stay the same. (It really makes no sense for Riku to have a stronger desire to save Kairi; considering Sora’s actions and motivation throughout most of the game. And thus suddenly be able to use the KK. Being that he was actually chosen to use it first and it went to Sora still makes since if it’s supposed to be a Key of Light. He pulls it away because his heart is stronger and he’s it’s chosen hero. Sora later proves not only is he more light aligned but his heart is stronger makes it chose him again.) - Here Comes Back Up!: RADICAL (Whst can I say that you haven’t already said it be a great scene. But the only problem I see is game play wise is you can totally skip most of the worlds. But where just talking lore here.) - Sora’s sacrifice: wow where to begin with this one… (Not only is it less of an impactful scene. It just really cheap way of getting Kairi’s heart out just so you can have an explanation of where Roxas and co came from. That moment is too important for Sora’s character to replace.) - Final World: Cool but unnecessary. (I think it’s prefect the way it is in the game. Disney characters can be home. Final Fantasy characters can be in their home and Sora’s group tackle the end of the world.) - Ending: Pretty much ok. (And sorry but that punch of having Sora declare Kingdom Hearts to be light and then the bright light finishing him off is FIRE.) GAMPLAY - wait why are we discussing this. I thought this was about the story? These games are pretty much perfect considering the time and systems they where made on. This is like just wishing everything was made with the capability of the here and now. Wow though pal trust me you’re gonna love the hell out of the kingdom hearts modding community. CHAIN OF MEMORIES - DLC?: ?????? (I get what you mean but waaaa….) - Castle Oblivion: I think this is good. (While I wouldn’t scrap the idea of the different worlds being each floors, I’d try something different. Make Sora question if this is how things really happened in the worlds he went to. But the castle itself doesn’t need memory magic; just Naminé. The organization are meant to be there to find the room Ven is in, but it can be just such a maze and maybe a magic that makes you feel lost to distract you instead of memory magic.) - Repliku: How dare you… (Seriously though this character is perfect for making Sora questions his memories farther seeing as they are given the same false memories. Plus he acts as a way for Riku to confront his past sins in a physical senses; since Repliku is basically him if he didn’t give a damn about what happened to his loved ones and craved power. Edit: also helps with the Riku X Namine ship bro just saying.) - Naminé: Cool. (I like it but she should definitely still be removing Sora’s memories as well, I mean those unchained memories already migrated over to Roxas and Xion any way.) - Marluxia & Larxcene: I kinda like it but it doesn’t make sense. (If they are secretly good guys then why do they not only use Naminé in an abusive and exploitive way, but act like extremely evil individuals especially miss canonical sadist Larxcene?) - Riku Segment: I think it’s cool (I think that it is a good go decent alternative on Riku’s story; just keep Repliku. That being said I like the Riku-Ansem form aspect in KH2 because it explains Riku’s actions and why he avoids Sora the whole game so I wonder what that’s gonna be like. - The Title: Chain of Memories is fine. (It fits the themes and I really don’t know if that quote should be taken literally. Because I highly doubt Nomura’s goal was for every subtitle to be an internet jargon acronym. Just that he realized it by the time he worked on BBS.) Woooooow dude this video was fun to watch I can’t wait to go through the next one. While I didn’t agree with a lot of these changes. I can’t wait to see where your going with this!
Glad to see I'm not the only one calling bullshit on the balance thing. All I can say is that I like Eli's rewrite better (though it's not without its flaws).
Honestly, I didn't think KH1 needed a rewrite because I think it's still one of the strongest games in the series (and arguably the most cohesive), but you made a lot good points.
Love your work man, you did a great job streamling the series. Especially by giving straight forward answers to what happens in the story. Especially how Sora got split up into multiple individuals. Also glad you recovered from your channel being hacked. Best of luck with the next part of the series.
9:41 I’m curious, if the other keyblades that people wield have no connection to Kingdom Hearts, or either of the Kingdom Keys, then what exactly would make wielding a keyblade any better or more practical than using any other weapon? I think something I would suggest for this is that a keyblade is (for lack of a better term) the key to a person’s heart. Sort of like how the Key of Hearts is the key to Kingdom Hearts, a normal keyblade can be the key to a person’s heart, where only the person to whom the keyblade belongs can summon it. They’re also more powerful than other weapons, which would make them better all around. The Kingdom Keys however are anomalies that chose their wielders, specifically those with the strongest hearts. It wouldn’t change anything you’ve already established (as I’m rewatching the series after having already seen all the currently released parts), but I’d think it’d add a bit more context as to why keyblades aside from the Kingdom Keys are still significant.
I LOVE these ideas! So glad I found these videos, def going to spend my day watching them all! There's a good chance you're ideas will help me reconcile all my problems with KH! I'm torn between your ideas for the Heartless and Nobodies and how they actually are in the games, since I find the original concept fitting enough for the games setup but your suggestion of them being creatures on their own who originate from the realms of light and dark actually sounds really cool. I find it hard to see Maleficent ever being a "second in command" to anybody, she is the Mistress of all Evil after all. I think it would fit a bit better if Ansem was presenting himself more as a advisor of sorts to her, letting her think she was in charge but was secretly using her to get things the way he wanted them to be. Fun fact: originally there was no Ansem when making KH, the final boss after Maleficent was going to just be Chernabog. Who would be introduced as the embodiment of Darkness. I kinda wish they had done that when they made the game since Ansem as a character became so convoluted and ended up bringing further confusion into the franchise going forward.
Yeah, I think the Council of Disney Villains should be renamed to the Syndicate of Darkness, Basically the same as the Original Council of Disney Villains, But with more Members.
Hmmm, I'd say there's a line between fixing Kingdom Hearts, and recreating it. I'm not sure you've crossed it, but you're at least close enough to make it worth pointing out.
I agree. I feel less confident in the "how to fix" aspect of it, especially now that I'm working on Part 3 and it really is a "recreation" at this point.
During some changes, I thought about the idea of having Atlantica's story change a bit. By adding some plot events from KH2's Atlantica, a Giant Ursula boss be similar to the film. But then Ariel would later turned into a human and would later be taken by Maleficent offscreen, and have Prince Eric be a party member at Hollow Bastion to assist our heroes. I also thought about making Hades the last seed of the Hades cup, while Rock Titan became a super boss as a silver match (despite him being weaker than Hades himself)
Or how about this, Maybe Aladdin does come with Sora, Donald and Goofy and they go through other worlds together, Monstro would crash land in Atalntica and Ursula would try an take control of him, Than after the Ursula boss fight in her lair, We'd get a Boss fight with Monstro and save Atalntica!
@@watershipfalls5520 Ehhh...I'd have Aladdin meet up with Sora at Hollow Bastion alongside the party members (Jack Skellington, Peter Pan and Tarzan), plus Prince Eric and Hercules As for Monstro, best to leave him as he should be
I would love to see Chain Of Memories as DLC and shortened but I still have a question *Would it be in the base game or added to final mix because hearing Older Sora in com was to jarring for me at least*
Like KH3 Re Mind, it would be DLC you purchase after the fact. Technically still KH1 in that sense, but the save file from KH1 after beating Ansem rolls over and you play the story of Castle Oblivion. Hearing older Sora right after hearing younger Sora would definitely pull you out of it, but I'm not really concerned about the logistics of the voice acting.
Great video, I really like your ideas for the changes, make the story simpler and cleaner, it would make more people interested in KH since it would be easier to follow. The story I thought is kinda the same, but Kingdom Hearts actually used to be all Light, but then it became all darkness, the darkness is destroying the worlds near Kingdom Hearts, and all the worlds (after they were separated) are trying to put themselves back together, like what happens in our universe, with the planets distancing themselves, but reversed, so Sora thinks darkness is bad and light is good, and he goes save the worlds from darkness, this is why you go to the Disney worlds, I also think some Disney characters should be more important, and by the time or KH3 some should already know about the overall story, and they should travel to other world eith you. When Riku is consumed by darkness, Sora asumes he's just a completly bad person now, and gives up on him, but Riku goes on a journey of his own, where he discovers that balance between light and dark can make someone more powerful (just like in real life, someone who went trough tough moments in life but is still a good person, can help others be better people aswell), that changed Sora's perspective and at the end is what saves the Universe. 16:58 and I thought exactly the same, that would be awesome! Lol
"Nobodies and heartless are the same thing" look i get most other changes but did you play the games? Heartless are creatures made of a heart consumed by darkness without it being "their" heart. Nobodies are the husks left behind by the heartless that consumed by darkness becomes creatures How is that confusing?
Kingdom hearts story is honestly pretty simple I do agree that it's stretched out but no the story is fantastic but you did better than so many others who tried this Kh rewrite and the voice acting they just need a better voice director in English because the Japanese voice acting is really well done alot of people misunderstand the the themes of the series such as connection. But honestly I think the changes are honestly just overall completely unnecessary but I can understand where your coming from but by doing this I feel kingdom hearts would lose the charm and dream like feeling many fans have come to love also I'd recommend you check out the manga
I see what you're saying. I made this video mostly just as an easy creative outlet, and because I really enjoy Kingdom Hearts. I also made a few videos "fixing" the Naruto series, and had similar ideas floating around in my head about Kingdom Hearts. Obviously nothing I say in these videos could ever replace the original Kingdom Hearts we all know and love. Plus I love the discussion! When I made the Naruto videos, there were so many great discussions and personal changes that commenters made that was really interesting and creative. So in a way, these videos are an homage to the Kingdom Hearts fandom and I look forward to any other creative ideas people have. ♥
I just discovered this video today, I've been working on a Kingdom hearts series on TikTok which will eventually come here to RU-vid. I was not expecting you and I to have drastically similar plot lines going on. And your inspiring me with new ideas for it! You and several others will be getting tagged when it's finished.
Hey, I want to point out something. What you said about the fragmentation of the hearts makes a plot detail from the games make more sense: the reveal in Dream Drop Distance that Nobodies can regrow hearts. You said that heart fragmentation works like a combination between mythosis and how, when a hemispherectomy is performed, the leftover side of the brain learns to do the things the extracte half does. The Nobodies of the games go themselves through hemispherectomy, only that it's their hearts that's taken out, not half of the brain, and what Xemnas thought it was Nobodies regrowing hearts was, in fact, their bodies taking the heart's functions. It's still pretty messed up though, but it does make more sense. It still doesn't make sense for Xion, though, so having her being created the same way Roxas and Namine were still makes more sense.
Funny enough, Castle Oblivion isn't about memories like you said (understandable considering the lore of this series is so convoluted to begin with) The whole memory angle was a lie from the organization to cover up that they were just using Namine to mess with Sora.
How does this not have more views? I genuinely love your proposed edits. Especially the part where disney characters can leave their worlds to help out. This is coming from someone who desperately wanted KH3 to be revolutionary in its ability to switch party members and maybe even the controllable character around. I used to daydream in middle school about rocking up on Xehenort with a party of Sora, Kairi, and Riku and doing sick as hell three way limit commands or something
Commenting as I start this, so I don't know if you cover it, but MX stole Terra's body, then Terranort became Ansem, SoD and Xemnas. Then when they get defeated, I'm supposed to believe they became MX again?
