Kingdom Hearts III All Around Want List

[RedXIII]

What do you want from KHIII? It doesn't have to be a world of choice, but any kind of plot element/detail being brought up at all.
My list goes like this:
1)Parents/Random Citizens
So I just replayed 1.5 and it got me thinking...Why haven't Sora, Riku, and Kairi's parents been brought back in some way?
And when Sora released the worlds from darkness, what happened to all the residents?
In KHII you see Kairi walking with Selphie, but that's about it. Anyone care to explain why Sora has been gone for a year or two and we have not seen one scene with his mother freaking out? She only has 1 scene I'm aware of in the series, and its just her calling Sora for dinner. Please explain Square. Also an older, more FFX-like Tidus would be cool. Which brings me to my next point.
2)More Final Fantasy Influence/Worlds
I'm going to shy away from the world aspect of this, seeing as they have a forum for that, but for real. There are maybe 20 Final Fantasy Characters in the whole series thus far? I think its time for some to make an appearance, or at least make them more prevalent to the plot. They could essentially make a sub-plot around FFXIII, perhaps you go on a mission to find Lightning, and then she joins your party for some awesome times. Or a more mature(or even older, since you know, time travel is possible now) version of Tidus rocking his FFX moveset and sword. How cool would it be to have Tidus, Lightning, Cloud, Squall, or even Vincent Valentine in your party all with their own AMAZING limits?! Heck, I'd settle for a blitz ball mini-game! Or even a nerfed Final Fantasy summon, or an intense bossfight against a summon!
3) Less Happy, More Tragic
I want to see KHIII have something to motivate Sora, or at least remind us of his more serious dimensions. Remember when he offed Marluxia and just looked pissed off afterwards? More of THAT. Maybe Xehanort kills/takes over a new body, one of Sora's close friends/fellow keyblade users (here's looking at you Riku). Maybe Sora is messing around like usual and he loses one of his closest friends. I want to see Sora HATE Xehanort for more reason than "He's the bad guy". I mean, Riku and Kairi have more of a reason to hate him than Sora. Riku lost his body thanks to being possessed by "Ansem", and Xehanort has kept Kairi away from her boyfriend for like 2 years! And i understand this is a family friendly series but COME ON. Gimme something to work with.
4) BBS Style Story Line
This one is self explanatory. We know have multiple warriors of light, all with keyblades. 3-5 different playable characters would be much more enticing then playing as Sora forever.
5) An Irresponsible Amount of Optional Bosses
Since this is the end of the Xehanort Saga, I want to see a plethora of super challenging bosses that would make Sephiroth seem like old news. Seymour Guado, Hyped Up Maleficent Dragon, The Horned King, Fujin and Raijin, the 3 dudes from Advent Children who were like mini Sephiroths, or even Full Power 6 Winged Sephiroth!
6) I WANT BAHAMUT TO FINALLY BE IN A KH GAME
Anyways, If you have any ideas you would think are cool post them here. And if you disagree with me, post that too. Should be fun.


- XIII

 

[BigBubba]

1) A long story mode
2) A lot of secondary missions
3) Challenging secret bosses that you can actually fight, and not just dodge dodge dodge dodge dodge wait for their combo to finish attack dodge dodge dodge
4) Some platforming
5) Multiple playable characters (Hopefully someone on the dark side also!)
6) Online PvP mode
7) Command deck/Something similar but with more complexity/diversity of commands
8) Decent summons (e.g Bahamut, Gilgamesh...)
9) Agree on less happy more tragic
10) A true hub world
11) A f*cking ton of keyblades. Like 50-100 is OK for me.
12) Keyblades changing the fight style as in 358/2 days (but well done lol), this is an important point for me since in almost every KH game the keyblades are getting better and better as the story goes on so in the end you don't use the first keyblades even if they had a cool design so... Why don't make diferent keyblades for diferent styles of fighting instead of stronger/weaker keyblades?
13) A lot of BIG worlds with a lot of exploring to be done

 

[wolfshadow]

1. Bigger world exploration/interaction (with more character)
2. Replay bosses that would normally be a one time thing.
3. definitely co-op of some form. (but not mirage arena)
4. a hub world where other players that are playing meet up at (like Destiny's hub world)
5. (i think it's been confirmed, unsure) but multiple characters to play as. (i only say i think it's been confirmed because supposedly gameplay will be like that with DDD. I guess a sort of drop out from character, drop in to another sort of deal.)

 

[BEASTENDER]

1. A long story mode (40+ Hours, not including things like level grinding)
2. More bosses than have ever appeared before in a KH game.
3 For all bosses to have stronger versions that you can fight later on post game.
4. NO FROZEN OR MARVEL... ---They're both going to be in it aren't they... ---
5. Dual Wielding and perhaps multiple wielding, like Ventus with Wingblade.
6. Multiple playable characters, and for them all to have at least one exclusive Command Style (Ghost Drive, Wavesurfer, etc.).
7. Beautiful and cinematic reaction command sequences for bosses (Looks like it's returning)
8.TRADITIONAL SUMMONING! Words cannot express how much I miss fighting alongside summoned characters. (I'm so afraid it's been completely replaced with this weird ride summoning thing. Rides can't work everywhere as was stated, but Disney, and potentially FF characters this go round, can. I'd also like to see you summon Square Enix characters like Chrono or something.
9. Speaking of Summonings, I want limits back (Collaboration Attacks with partners) And to have Limits with all Disney and FF characters. (KH ones too like Session from KH2 with Sora and Riku.)
10. More worlds than any other KH game (Mostly new too)
11. Over 100 Deck Commands
12. An AP like system, so I can give Sora and friends lots of abilities.
13. The reason I like KH2 is partly because it has long, and fast paced combos. I want them to at least be satisfying in KH3.
14. Many new Kelyblades
15. For Treasure Planet or Atlantis the Lost Empire to make an appearance in some form.
16. To fight alongside Neku in a real Shibuya, and Neku's attacks are stylized like they are in TWEWY, as opposed to using the typical KH magic effects (I think the art style they use for Pins would look amazing in HD)
17. A co-op mission mode like 365/2 Days (Making the organization playable again!!?)
18. A Mirage Arena like mode where you take on special bosses with friends (and you can chose from most keyblade wielders.)
19 For Sora, Riku , Aqua, Terra, and Ventus to all be playable at some point in the Story Mode (Or just multiplayer) With Axel, Kairi, Mickey, and KH1 Sora as "Maybe's".
20. DLC costumes like KH2 or Halloween Town Sora, and new ones of course. Maybe even Kingdom Sora lol (The original concept design with the ears and the tail).
21. For Noctis and Lightning to make an appearance as allies or rivals (Can you imagine fighting a regular Lightning or Noctis or even a YOUNG version of them like Zack, Tidus, etc. in Olympus Coliseum??) Also characters like Vincent, as well as recurring FF character like Cloud and Leon.
22. Speaking of, since it appears to be returning, surprising fighters (Disney and Square) and bosses in Olympus Coliseum. Sephiroth could make a return, maybe there could be an old boss rush (Bosses from previous games) and other cool Easter Eggs like maybe a FF summon/enemies or FF boss/recurring character like Gliagmesh.
23. Plenty of Secret Boss fights, and very rewarding rewards.
24. Massive replayability with missions and post story events and secrets.
25. A bit controversial, but I want it to where if you play the game normally, you'll be at a high level before you face the final boss, grinding or not (Of course you still have things like Zero XP if you want. To me, it's a reflection that the game wasn't long enough. When I'm at the Final Boss at level 42 and you can be level 99, I feel the game didn't do a good enough job in helping me see all the cool new abilities and such, and now I have to level grind (which isn't always fun ahem..BBS...) in order to get certain things, which sometimes takes away from the fun.
26. The final boss is very impressive and fairly difficult.
27. For Yoko Shimomura to make me fall in love with her music again --this will happen either way --
28. Speaking of, I want a few returning songs, aside from Dearly Beloved ,character themes, and old locations like Hollow Bastion/Traverse Town to return. Ooo, especially if you do fight some form of old boss/bosses or something at some point. It would make for beautiful nostalgia
29. For them to truly deliver on the framerate, resolution, and flashy effects.
30. It was stated that the AI would be drastically improved, so I hope they are smarter. With the PS4's power, can we have Sora vs. 10,000 heartless this time? Or just more than 1,000. 1,000 was possible on PS2 in some form, so I imagine that number has increased dramatically from about 10 years ago.
31. For their to be some returning heartless and Nobodies, along with many new heartless and nobodies (Heartless lifting up the building with you in it, and Sora riding a giant wave of heartless coming after him, Impressive air battles without even touching the ground?? I really hope they don't cut the things theyve revealed, because it looks and sounds amazing.
32. They mentioned destructible environments and things like individual strands of Sora's hair moving. If he jumps in the water, I want his clothes to get wet, and things like that.
33. Speaking of, I want Rain back. I hope Rain can potentially make an appearance in most worlds or at least some. It'd be amazing to fight epic battles in a thunder storm again, or perhaps in heavy snow/blizzards if we return to something like the Land of Dragons or if......Frozen...becomes a world. The latter will definitely happen unfortunately.....but at least I get my heavy snow.
34. A day and night system would be cool too, if it doesn't clash with their Kingdom Shader art style.
35. Surprises that are not on this long but not so unrealistic list.


36. Pipe Dream: For Chrono trigger to be implemented somehow. I really want to fight Lavos lol




I realize I may get only half that (or less even), but that is everything I could want from a KH game, along with the engaging story of course. I can only imagine what the cutscenes will look like.

 

[Gram]

All I want, like really the only thing, is new game+ modes. I want a reason to collect all dem neat keychains or armor other than for last boss. TnT

 

[Gray Aria]

All I want, like really the only thing, is new game+ modes. I want a reason to collect all dem neat keychains or armor other than for last boss. TnT

This, so much! I'm tired of going through all the trouble of 100%ing the games just to have nothing to do with all the weapons and equipment I gathered.

Throw in a multiplayer co-op mode with some side missions for you and some friends to take on. Add a lot more secret bosses than usual. Actually show your character wearing whatever equipment you have equipped over their clothes. Much larger and more lively worlds and areas with more npc's and things to interact with.

Make Anti-Sora more relevant. It seemed like they were hinting at this in Recoded and I was expecting them to touch on it in 3D but they didn't.

 

[Zipporahss]

Wow I must say I read most of each person's list. And I agree. But for the heck of it I will make my own list. Here goes nothin'!

1. Square Enix, for the love of your fans, don't make the game Kingdom Hearts II easy. Make it challenging!

2. Civilians would be nice. I love this game, more than any other game I've ever played but I still find it strange how empty the worlds are. Add some civilians. Enough to make the worlds look less deserted

3. Long story! I'm talking just to complete story a gameplay of 30 hours plus! I mean long!!! Maybe that's too long but eh, I just finished KHI and I beat the game less than 40 hours. That's with grinding to beat whatever boss beat me too easily and not trying to do all the extras like beating extra/hidden bosses and stuff. So I guess it's not long.... Ok 50 hours, if that's even possible to to have on one cd but u guys get my point.

4. Keep non-story related worlds to a minimum or none at all. For example, in KHII we had the horror show of Atlantica. The song-a-long world that was a requirement to see the end of the story. Ugh. Makes me sick just thinking about. The other worlds in the game however though the Organization was involved it didn't feel as serious as in CoM. The worlds in KHII just felt like "hey let's stop here" while in CoM it was like "well idk what's going on but I want to know. These people claim to have something I need. I don't like it but we better check it out." Or in KH "I want to find my friends" (layer 1) "woah this mystical weapon kills off these things trying to hurt me. Oh, keyholes, let's lock them! Oh I gotta lock every hole? Kool lets travel and find them while looking for my friends" (layer 2). KHIII needs worlds that have some form of importance. Not just "let's stop here!" Worlds.

5. BBS story line. Ok to be clear I love Riku, and Lea and I honestly would love to play them over Sora. Sora's lovable but I'd like to play other people even if it's only for a short story. At least it'll be something. And I think it'd be awesome if KH would get into the online multiplayer thing. For example, there are 7 protectors of light so 7 players on their own consoles and all playing the same story line but they don't have to play together it would be an option. And at any given time people can sign in and join the game for the story. It may be too much to ask but you know it's a wish list for KHIII.

6. Make it tragic without the the SRK trio meeting the axe. Or any Disney characters PLZ

7. Make it so we can fight a boss at any time we want only after we beat the game. Wouldn't it be awesome to instead of playing the game again just to get to your favorite boss you would just hit the replay button and play the boss again and again? I think so. Like in KHI I loved fighting Riku in Hollow Bastion but alas I would have to play the whole game or save in a different slot after I kicked him. But it's not as fun doing it that way.

8. Treasure planet, Nothingham, the world of Brave, New Orleans from Princess and the Frog and the Great Mouse Detective must be worlds! These places are awesome on the big screen! Now it's time to see SRK-trio and others enter the scene and make it even more awesome through our TVs from our consoles

9. Allow us to change outfits at any point (long shot i knw but still)

10. No more xehorts! We finish them in this game!

11. Correct Mickey's ears! They're supposed to be round no matter what angle we see them in. But if not whatever still gonna buy the game lol

12. More mature Sora, yes in an interview they said a "mature" Sora. But I mean mature like, he's a hero. Heroes make tough decisions and not everything is happy-go-lucky. And mature like "I actually want a girl." Puberty has got to make some sort of appearance

13. Make this game T. You heard me right! T that way we get some more volience, some more drama, it won't harm the story, it shouldn't. It should only add a layer to how they tell the story.

Done

 

[Zipporahss]

Oh goodness, I forgot other wish list item

1. Make KH3 KH3.5 and the third item be a movie of all the previous games. That way 3Ds isn't left out of the HD .5 series and it should give the team more time to work on game.

2. New opening! I love the openings. But as it is the last game in the saga give us a top notch new song by utada and no other!

3. No more changing consoles and what-not. Keep it with Xbox and PS-whatever. Money is tight!

That's all!

 

[Launchpad]

I just want enemies to flinch when I hit them..

 

[Davidsawr]

1- No command deck. That takes away from the game - there is nothing wrong with the good old smack of the keyblade
2- No Frozen no marvel no star wars
3 - Winne the Pooh world and TWEWY characters
4 - Longer storys and more worlds
5- Sora and Kairi need to make out. Hopefully thatll squash all dat nasty Sora and Riku lemons >_>
Thats all I need and Im a happy camper

 

[ClicheofDestiny]

As I recently replayed the Remixes, there's been one criticism that I never agreed with until I really experienced it this time around. Perhaps it's because I'm getting older and am always noticing more and more flaws in the series. Here, the glaring problem is the cutscenes. Too long and too many. I recall reviews criticising BBS's cut-scene overuse when it came out, and a lot of us angrily responded "Well you can skip them, you know!". You really can't skip them if you're playing for the first time. I refuse to skip them simply because I'm a die-hard fan and love to scour every nook and cranny of the series, even in cut-scenes.

Now KH3 can still have cut-scenes, and cut-scenes will probably be here to stay. But the inclusion of some events in real-time, and perhaps even interactivity during important events (not necessarily quick time events), can make a world of difference, and make KH that much more immersive. Even if it were just the AI characters that had some real-time dialogue (I'm talking one or two lines!) before or during a battle, it'd be so much more refreshing. At the moment, cut-scenes are often a jarring distraction from the enthralling gameplay.

 

[wolfshadow]

7. Make it so we can fight a boss at any time we want only after we beat the game. Wouldn't it be awesome to instead of playing the game again just to get to your favorite boss you would just hit the replay button and play the boss again and again? I think so. Like in KHI I loved fighting Riku in Hollow Bastion but alas I would have to play the whole game or save in a different slot after I kicked him. But it's not as fun doing it that way.

That's what I'm saying, maybe like how there is a theater mode for cutscenes, there should be a boss mode for bosses inside the game file you want to battle them against. After your first boss/mini-boss it unlocks under the start menu or you access it in the hub world or something. (And maybe have it to where you can fight bosses/mini-bosses from past games?

Also, maybe have real time notifications that you can turn on or off for when there's special deals for items or something like that. And for when there's a horde of heartless that drop uncommon items in worlds you've already completed.

Edit: I would also love at the end of the game, the final cutscene is that Sora finally goes to dinner and they show his parent(s)/guardian(s). (although I kinda picture Sora being a pokemon trainer and only having a mom that he lives with.) Actually this is something that needs to be addressed to Tetsuya or whomever. Seriously I think this is the biggest story arc that needs a resolution, will Sora ever make it to dinner?

 

[Zipporahss]

Edit: I would also love at the end of the game, the final cutscene is that Sora finally goes to dinner and they show his parent(s)/guardian(s). (although I kinda picture Sora being a pokemon trainer and only having a mom that he lives with.) Actually this is something that needs to be addressed to Tetsuya or whomever. Seriously I think this is the biggest story arc that needs a resolution, will Sora ever make it to dinner?

Heck yeah! In fact the whole SRK trio need to have dinner with their parents! We need to see their family life because SRK-trio brought it up in the beginning. We should at least see them!

 

[BigBubba]

I agree on the new game+ and the boss fight mode. It's kinda frustrating when you finally get all the best weapons just to notice that you can't do sh*t with it... Also I agree on Sora with different outfits or accessories that change Sora's appearance when equipped (Sora with cat ears where?).

...Also, in KH and KH2 there's a gummi ship creation mode... Do you think it would be possible to implement a keyblade creation mode? It could be based on blocks like the gummi ship or bigger modules maybe... Wat do you think about it ?

 

[Chuman]

• arena multiplayer world
• dual audio
• come with 3DHD
• command deck option (that's my bread and butter)
• original secret bosses tl;dr more of what DDD had
• flowmotion please oh please god
• birth by sleep story that answers all previous questions of the saga
• better worlds and characters (DDD seems to be the frontrunner for inspiration)
• throwback option for menus and controls
• instead of these 3 hour FMVs, i vote for a 10-30 FMV at the beginning that sums up what's happened so far
• with a new song by utada hikaru

 

[MATGSY]

1. Coherent storyline (fat chance)
2. Playable Mickey mini-campaign
3. Local Co-Op (Use the Vita as a player 2 screen or something)
4. Sexy baddass a year older keyblade warrior Kairi
5. Toy Story world
6. Frozen
7. Command Deck
8. Princess & the Frog
9. Robin Hood
10. Sword in the Stone as new tournament world
11. Epic final Maleficent showdown that goes above & beyond previous fights
12. ALL bosses replayable
13. World specific art designs for Command Deck a la KH2
14. Less Flowmotion, more actual platforming
15. Gargoyles world
16. Don Karnage as a gummiship boss

 

[Chuman]

1. Coherent storyline

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[DoctahFaz]

I'm going to quote myself from an older thread as my only wishes can really be summarized in the 3 points I listed.

I. If this is truly the end to a saga, there should be a definitive end that allows us to play as Sora in the universe post-ending. In every KH game up until this point, the farthest we could ever be is at the final save point before the final battle.

II. Going off the idea mentioned above about a New Game+, I like the idea of a mission select or "rewind/mission select" feature that would allow us to re-fight bosses within the same game file.

III. Finally and most important, however, I hope Square Enix provides fan service and realizes that the fanbase that will predominantly be playing Kingdom Hearts III are the ones who have been with the series from the start. I imagine most people were around 10 or 11, like myself, when the original KH came out and will likely be playing KH3 as adults either in our early or even mid-to-late 20s. With that said, I would like to see them push (to the extent Disney will allow, of course) for this to be a mature conclusion to the saga. No, of course, I'm not expecting anything over the top like language, immense violence, heavy romance, or anything, but just have the writing geared towards the likely majority demographic of the game. I do recall a few years ago seeing an article of a Nomura interview where he said the game will, indeed, grow with its fans. Hopefully, that still ends up being the case.

 

[Taochan]

Playable Riku (will be so insulted if he isn't, after he was the protagonist of DDD)
Playable Aqua (though this is slim to none)
An actual explanation for Namine
Kairi to be proactive
Foretellers to be involved

 

[Smithee]

1. MX & co. stop their @$$ Pull shoehorning.

2. Sora & co. stop their Nice Job Breaking It, Hero moments.

3. We finally learn what Terra's and Eraqus's Hearts have been up to.

4. We finally get sufficient Dark Is Not Evil and Light Is Not Good examples. (The current "7 Lights = good, 13 Darknesses = evil" setup only makes Eraqus's "absolutes" seem justified.)