And they breathe underwater... how, exactly?They don't have to be merpeople. They may change into their armor forms and ride around on their keyblades underwater, like whats happening in Neverland and Deep Space, rather than swim around.
Still doesn't say anything of the curse which has yet to be explained in-game.Also it was implied that Belle only stays at Beasts Castle for about a year. BBS is ten years before KH1 and lets face it a Beasts Castle without Belle would just be dull.
I suppose it makes sense. I haven't played KH1 in a while, so I had forgotten this line. ^^;Technically, there is a reason. Triton's knowledge of the keyblade and him believing it will only cause trouble. It's been said a lot of times as well that it could be nicely tied to that prequel they did.
Belle doesn't necessarily have to be captured for her to appear in the game.It couldn't be 10 years before KH1, because the Beast was travesing the dark corridors for months at most. And Maleficent's lines implied Riku was present when they kidnapped Belle.
Always seemed that way to me, too.Time is universal in the KH universe.
To everyone with their whole PoH thing not being too big, from all I've seen, Terra seems to be hellbent on gathering the seven princesses for something. That being said, there's nearly no way they can get around including all seven in the game in some regard, be it a simple mention or what, they should all be there. I'm thinking we might see something along the lines of two Princesses of Heart who existed before Jasmine and Alice and who both end up dying, passing their powers on unintentionally to a new child. It's unlikely, but possible. Also throws a bit towards Atlantica being included, as Ariel's mother could be one of those. =X
Yah, speculation, but meh.
Also, you gotta wonder... Do you think this Master is really on the good side and Xehanort really on the bad side? I mean, to US it may seem that way, but what if Xehanort's intentions are pure and not meant to hurt people whereas Erauqs may be trying to do something more nefarious... Would be an interesting plot twist, though I doubt the developers would make the Square-based character evil. >>;