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No, but the removal of original worlds and FF characters make the game feel unfinished.
The Final Fantasy characters were also selected for their popularity and their game's recent release. I seriously doubt that if KH1 were released now that Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie would be the characters on Destiny Islands. Or if KH2 were released now that Yuna, Rikku, and Paine would be featured. It's kind of weird that newer players can actually play KH1 and not have any clue who any of the Final Fantasy characters are because of how old those games are. Even if they featured Lightning, some people might be lost and confused.I think the true ramifications of Kingdom Hearts III relevance will be felt after the next Kingdom Hearts entry is released. Right now, this is the most recent game, and DLC updates are coming so we have yet to see the full potential of this game.
I don't get the Final Fantasy character demand. The only notable Final Fantasy characters in Kingdom Hearts were Leon and Cloud (and Joshua if you're looking at Square Enix characters in general).
Nomura said in an interview that the appeal of crossing Disney with Final Fantasy at the time was that there wasn't really any Final Fantasy game that was a crossover for the franchise. Now, we live in a world where Dissidia, Theatrerhythm and World of Final Fantasy are a thing. I would have loved a Leon and Rinoa cameo, but the exclusion of Final Fantasy characters isn't what most people hate about his game.
I don't get the Final Fantasy character demand. The only notable Final Fantasy characters in Kingdom Hearts were Leon and Cloud (and Joshua if you're looking at Square Enix characters in general).
Nomura said in an interview that the appeal of crossing Disney with Final Fantasy at the time was that there wasn't really any Final Fantasy game that was a crossover for the franchise. Now, we live in a world where Dissidia, Theatrerhythm and World of Final Fantasy are a thing. I would have loved a Leon and Rinoa cameo, but the exclusion of Final Fantasy characters isn't what most people hate about his game.
Haha, probably the best way to describe it, in summary.Morally, yes.
Whether or not KH3 is a failure may have a subjective basis in rationalizing and defining that term, but sure, KH3 can easily be described as a failed effort, simply because there are so many things it fails to do (well, if at all). If the idea is that we're each looking for a good story and/or a quality gameplay experience, and the result is that it wasn't delivered to us, then there's no reason to mince words. KH3 can be said to fail to deliver in many regards, and if those areas of failure are pertinent enough, then it may be that its shortcomings prevent it from fulfilling its intended or necessary functions-- so the endeavor, on the whole, would be a failure, even if certain aspects of it are not as notably problematic as others.
Here's the other thing. Leon and the Restoration Committee are part of the main plot. They are not fan service. Their bizarre absence in KH3 left a very large hole and makes the scenes involving Radiant Garden painful. They were in charge. They were using the castle. You can't tell me the apprentices being able to do things while somehow never bumping into them works. You can't tell me Ansem the Wise taking back his position as leader just like that works.
You can't tell me Sora forgetting his first new friend upon leaving his world and never once asking Ienzo about the Committee works.
Because it doesn't.
Main plot? Leon and the gang were the Exposition Committee in KH -- that's it.Here's the thing. The existence of those titles should in no way affect FF's involvement in Kingdom Hearts. Oh, we have other games now where these characters cross over. That's nice. Do they also have Disney? Is it part of KH? No and no. Those other games are also in no way a substitute to KH. They are completely different experiences with different appeals.
Here's the other thing. Leon and the Restoration Committee are part of the main plot. They are not fan service. Their bizarre absence in KH3 left a very large hole and makes the scenes involving Radiant Garden painful. They were in charge. They were using the castle. You can't tell me the apprentices being able to do things while somehow never bumping into them works. You can't tell me Ansem the Wise taking back his position as leader just like that works.
You can't tell me Sora forgetting his first new friend upon leaving his world and never once asking Ienzo about the Committee works.
Because it doesn't.
It was clear a LONG time ago that Leon and the gang are not part of the main plot and nothing more than fan service. If they were relevant to the main plot, why have they never reappeared after KH2 except as a memory-data thing in reCoded? If they were important, why didn't they appear in BbS? They didn't even show up as NPCs you could talk to in the town.
Not much better, no. It would be better than nothing at all, I suppose.Would it have made it better that Ienzo told them that he talked to Leon and others and informed them about it and have Sora asked how they are doing? Would that talk be enough?
Mickey has a great deal to do with them. He informs Squall (and the others) about the Keyblade Master, Ansem, and everything else in KH1, which is why Donald & Goofy seek them out and why Sora doesn’t run around like a chicken with its head cut off for the first half of the game. Mickey also appears as familiar with Squall and co. in KH2 as SDG are.Maybe they owned stuff there and simply could come back and conducted their research in secret. The only ones that went to radiant Garden were Riku and Mickey who had barely anything to do with them.
Because BbS sucks as a prologue in almost every way? Why don't we see the downfall of Hollow Bastion or the experiments or the first Heartless or the world's walls being broken in BbS? Why don't we see a callback to Triton learning about the Keywielders in Atlantica or Genie having heard of the Keyholes before in Agrabah or Xehanort's offscreen interaction with Maleficent where she apparently learned everything? I’ve never had the same expectations for the crappy side games as the main titles.If they were important, why didn't they appear in BbS?
Answering my question asking for evidence that the Final Fantasy characters are part of the main plot with the above basically confirms that they are not a part of the main plot.Because BbS sucks as a prologue in almost every way? Why don't we see the downfall of Hollow Bastion or the experiments or the first Heartless or the world's walls being broken in BbS? Why don't we see a callback to Triton learning about the Keywielders in Atlantica or Genie having heard of the Keyholes before in Agrabah or Xehanort's offscreen interaction with Maleficent where she apparently learned everything? I’ve never had the same expectations for the crappy side games as the main titles.
So essentially confirmed that Final Fantasy characters are not a part of the main plot.In BBS's case, it was basically the same reason they weren't in KH3. Even though they planned on including the young RG gang, they didn't want to distract from the main story and decided to leave them out. It wasn't like they weren't even considered to begin with.
The game is very divisive among fans, though, which is normal for a new entry to a long-running franchise. The game disappoints on various levels for a game meant to close out a saga, and there are a lot of narrative missteps taken that definitely weaken the game...like every other game in the series. But this is just personal opinion and personal opinions are a dime a dozen.
By time a new game releases, KH3 will likely be remembered more fondly by fans but still have it’s flaws.
This x10. Most fans tend to consider KHII the best in the franchise (myself included), but at the time of its release, it was incredibly divisive among the fanbase. Many people were calling it a disappointment at the time; many outright hated it. If one had searched on the various message boards in 2010, KHII was considered one of the weaker entries in the series. Over the last five years however, its reputation has improved tremendously (I think mainly due the the Final Mix HD rerelease, which fixed many of the issues that a lot of people had with the base version of the game).
Trying to put down and minimize the characters isn’t going to make the criticism go away, if that’s what you were hoping. I hope Nomura will still be getting raked over the coals for the decision for years to come!Answering my question asking for evidence that the Final Fantasy characters are part of the main plot with the above basically confirms that they are not a part of the main plot.