Okay, baconbits, first off careful what you post, because flaming happens to those who don't know kh forwards backwards and sideways. But seriously, c'mon everyone, be nice, they just joined. just cuz they don't know everything...
Although bb u are being a little harsh. not everything needs a reason afterall. just give them a little slack. i mean we have to give the makers a little bit of the benefit of the doubt. if we overanalyzed everything, then we cud probably take apart the entire game.
So Ven is... well, I would just suggest looking up Birth By Sleep. That's the game that's coming up eventually, that supposedly takes place ten years before KH1. No one really knows too much about it, so don't worry about being spoiled.
Roxas has oathkeeper and oblivion because they represent Sora's memories of Riku and Kairi.
If I were you, and you're as obsessed as I am (lol) I'd either play the games again, or look stuff up on khwiki. it's really informative. Or just wander around the forums. That's how I learned stuff
And yeah, 358/2 days didn't have LOADS of significance to the original KH story, basically it was just there to give Roxas a story line, and to delve deeper into the Organization. I personally loved it haha, although I do wish it had as much significance as COM. But still, it had a great story line, and I loved Xion
And for an fyi for everybody who's complaining that they just used this game to make money, OF COURSE THEY DID! that was the point of making kh in the first place! It's a video game. That's why people make video games. To make money. I'm glad they wanted to make money. Otherwise we wouldn't have KH