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Will that confirm which ending is the real one? Which is it!?
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It's entirely dependent on what Nomura decides to choose in the games.
Kanemaki went with Sora being crystalized as the ending, but included the bit with the driver from the ending where Sora wins and you can hear him say "I've been having these weird thoughts lately." which was also only from the Sora winning ending.
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According to datamining, the Sora Wins ending is the canon ending, as it's labeled as "TrueEnding". But then again, as Oracle Spockanort said, it will depend on if that's the direction Nomura wants to go with it.
That said, Kanemaki's decision on how to present the ending is probably better for a book, and as I mentioned in my thread (which of course, the mention of brought me here
), it also ties into how the original scene is something of a dream, thus how the events actually play out is something of a mystery for us.
I purchased a couple more KH novels today (I had the KH1 novel for a while but never followed up on it until now).
I’m surprised at how much the first KH2 volume leaves out from the games. I’m also surprised they decided to include Olympus even though it wasn’t in the KH1 novel.
Out of curiosity, what worlds are featured in the second volume?
I’m surprised at how much the first KH2 volume leaves out from the games. I’m also surprised they decided to include Olympus even though it wasn’t in the KH1 novel.
Out of curiosity, what worlds are featured in the second volume?
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The second volume of KH2? I believe the worlds as a whole are Beast Castle, Port Royal, Space Paranoids, Land of Dragons, Disney Castle/Timeless River, and you already named Olympus. They mention Agrabah in the briefest of mentions. Someone correct me if I missed a world.
I also skimmed the second KH3 volume and saw a Halloween Town mention (comparing how they look in Monstropolis to their HT costumes). Surely that must be in KH2 since it wasn’t in KH1?
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OMG I was hoping that Sora would have made this reference in Monstropolis. I wish he had asked "is this Halloween Town?"
Yeah them being freaked out made no sense. Especially since their Monstropolis forms are noticably more tamer then their Halloween Town onesI just played through Monstropolis again and thought to myself "why are they surprised / scared by being monsters, they've been in Halloween town before"
Seeing the new tweet made me think “hey, maybe the novel rectified this”.
It did not.
It did not.
That's weird, since I don't believe Sora ever went to Halloween town in the novels. Or is it one of those passing mentions in KH2, like Agrabah?
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Sora doesn't go to Halloween Town in the novels. In fact the world only appears in the Days Novel which Sora is not a part of. Starting with the Birth By Sleep Novel, they start really becoming more faithful to the games events rather than just their own. In DDD Ursula and Atlantica are brought up during the Ursula tutorial but in the Novel-verse Sora never went or met Ariel or Ursula. The KH3 Novel's are full of moments like this too. Mentioning worlds Sora didn't visit in the Novels but did in the game versions. Sometimes they go out of their way to mention something when a better example is available. I actually made a list of these when reading the KH3 Novels because they have the most of them.
The novels skipping over worlds and storylines pre-KH3 was one of the most disappointing things I realised when reading. DDD wound up with the Disney worlds being very basic and only a handful of pages long, and I kept thinking "why is it this short and disjointed?"
KH3 having three novels and each one dedicating 20+ pages to each world was a breath of fresh air. I'm picking up my copy of the final novel tomorrow at the post office but I'm expecting it to be similar to the first two novels. I hope that continues on with whatever novel comes next (not MoM, that is so not worth a novel. Make that a prologue to whatever bigger game gets a novel.)
KH3 having three novels and each one dedicating 20+ pages to each world was a breath of fresh air. I'm picking up my copy of the final novel tomorrow at the post office but I'm expecting it to be similar to the first two novels. I hope that continues on with whatever novel comes next (not MoM, that is so not worth a novel. Make that a prologue to whatever bigger game gets a novel.)
Aren’t the English KH1, CoM, KH2, Days, BbS, and DDD novels just omnibus versions of the shorter Japanese novels?
Like, with KH2, the second half of the first English novel is the second Japanese one, and literally the only Disney world they used in that one is Olympus Coliseum.
In the novel’s defence, the Olympus visit is partially rewritten to be Sora’s first time there.
Like, with KH2, the second half of the first English novel is the second Japanese one, and literally the only Disney world they used in that one is Olympus Coliseum.
In the novel’s defence, the Olympus visit is partially rewritten to be Sora’s first time there.
True, but that's why it doesn't make sense that there's a chapter about Olympus in Re:Coded (or a Hundred Acre Woods one in CoM).
The novels skipping worlds in KH1, CoM and KH2 is the only thing I don't like about them, as I really do love them. Good thing that from Days/BbS on they include all the worlds.
I really hope we get a Union X novel soon (as UX seems to be ending relatively soon), that covers the rest of the game. I could see Melody of Memory being an epilogue in that, for instance.
I’ve bought a couple more novels. I was a bit disappointed that the BbS one didn’t have illustrations for some reason (besides the coloured ones at the beginning and end).
An aspect of BbS I did appreciate was that the canonical ending to Disney Town was Terra’s one. With the negative stuff that tended to happen in his Disney world visits, it was nice to see him be embraced by a world for a change.
An aspect of BbS I did appreciate was that the canonical ending to Disney Town was Terra’s one. With the negative stuff that tended to happen in his Disney world visits, it was nice to see him be embraced by a world for a change.
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1. I can totally see MOM becoming a prologue like 0.2
2. I also think that the 3rd instalment had too much of a page gap compared to the other 2.
2. I also think that the 3rd instalment had too much of a page gap compared to the other 2.
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So what's the deal with the novels. I always play the games and I used to enjoy the Kh1 and Kh2 manga for the pictures. I'm not calling them dumb or anything, but what's the point of the novels? Are they just there if you dont feel like playing the game, or do they do something the games dont? Like in some of the old manga, there were some cute characterization moments you couldnt find in the games (Aerith making salty lemonade in Kh1 or Kairi giving Axel the finger (basically) in Kh2), do you get that out of the novels as well?
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Well, like the manga, it’s a different take on the games. Plus in the early novels, there are some events that are rearranged or merged together, like Sora reuniting with Riku during the second Guard Armor boss fight in KH1. It also gives readers a chance to see what the author might think is going in a character’s head, and in some cases, include scenes not in the original games, like Axel briefly training during Dream Drop Distance.