It's 21:15 here now.
I enjoyed them quite a bit in both CoM/Re:CoM, as well as in Days. In CoM it had a foreshadowing and foretelling of Sora and Namine's story basically in its entirety. Oogie Boogie fearing his "True Memories" as a warning? Pinnochio and Geppeto not minding being trapped so long as they're together, displaying Sora's feelings? Peter Pan and Wendy, wanting to stay in the dream despite preferring reality, all the while with their relationship hanging in the balance? And the Beast's desperate attempts to reach Belle, only to have her turn him down for his own good.
As for Days, I think it really did help Roxas flesh out some as a character as well as grow up, and gave us a nice setting for his interaction with the other Organization members - which is basically what everyone were so hyped up for in this game, only as what seemed natural to me - we got it with noticably less plot impact since lo and behold, KH is Sora's story and the Org has little to do with Sora in the long run like that. So.
Nomura's also to blame for the Mirage Arena so I'm going with him.
I'm not that sure. I personally consider Aqua to have played quite a big role in Terra's descent into Darkness, seeing what happened in Radiant Garden. Granted, that gives her importance, but with how things were constructed before it? When all she had was Maleficent's words, making her disregard years of being with Terra? Years that we're told were peaceful and quiet? With Terra questioning where the Darkness even came from to make me think that up to then, no, Terra wasn't really Darkness-infested so why the hell doubt him?
Blechs. BLECHS. I really don't mind her role in Terra's descent but with how her story and her growth were portrayed I can't help but wanna slap her.
I'll give you he's underused. He was so underused it was like he didn't play half as important a role in Ven's own scenario as I feel he should've. Instead, he kept popping up a lot more in Aqua's scenario, but even then it felt more like they ran out of excuses for mandatory boss fights since the girl lacked essance to such a degree than to serve any true purpose.
That's why I said it was retcon, and I'll explain further - Riku wasn't supposed to be playable. So I kind of doubt that his limit technique with Sora was supposed to be something Ven used. But they forced it on Ven to make sense, thus retconning their Limit tech's origin. Same with Riku. It makes sense, sure, but it feels redundant and forced.
I liked Riku and Sora a lot better when not everything they did or said was done and said by TAV before, and they did it BECAUSE of TAV.
DEBUGGING 8D XD;;;
I didn't mind buying the PS2 because the series alone gave me 3 games for it, and I have a lot others.
I didn't mind buying the DS because I had whole other series for it.
Now the PSP... I did mind a bit and I mind even more seeing my disappointment in BBS. But I'm managing.
I doubt I'll mind the 3DS because 1) OMFG SORA AND RIKU <3 2) got, like, again - a gazzilion other titles to play on it xD
But the PS3 or any other major console? Thanks, but... nah-uh :x