It's been confusing to decipher as to whether the Riku that has sided with Xehanort is Replica Riku or Data Riku. A lot of people have fairly assumed it's Data Riku because of the Bug Blox present in San Fransokyo. Bug Blox were Heartless introduced in Coded, and so having a Re: Coded representative makes sense, right?
Except it doesn't. For those who don't know, Data Riku was a personification of Jiminy's Journal. He was an avatar used to help Mickey and Data Sora solve the mysteries planted by Data Namine in Jiminy's Journal, so to have Xehanort makes Jiminy's Journal a Seeker of Darkness in Kingdom Hearts just seems weird. Also, Data Riku was never directly associated with the bug blox, they were associated with Data Namine and Data Sora's Heartless. At best, Pete infected Data Riku with Bug Blox, but even then, he was cured.
So now we go onto Replica Riku. Narratively speaking, he makes more sense to be a Seeker of Darkness. Replica Riku was a character introduced in Chain of Memories, a creation of Vexen. He assumed that he was superior to Riku because he's not afraid of the darkness. And he's far easier to possess than Data Riku because Vexen cloned Riku whilst Ansem, Seeker of Darkness was lingering in his heart, thus potentially leaving remnants of Xehanort within the Replica.
But most people would argue that Replica Riku has nothing to do with the Bug Blox. Well, I assumed that too, until I looked at Re: Chain of Memories cutscenes for Replica Riku, and stumbled into this subtle revelation.
Riku Replica is made out of data. San Fransokyo is the world that is data and technology orientated. Riku Replica is a Replica just like Hiro's Baymax is a Replica of Tadashi's Baymax. The parallels just make too much sense, and in regards to the Bug Blox, who's to say that Replica Riku could not be control of them? he is made out of data.
So, what's everybody's thoughts on this?
Except it doesn't. For those who don't know, Data Riku was a personification of Jiminy's Journal. He was an avatar used to help Mickey and Data Sora solve the mysteries planted by Data Namine in Jiminy's Journal, so to have Xehanort makes Jiminy's Journal a Seeker of Darkness in Kingdom Hearts just seems weird. Also, Data Riku was never directly associated with the bug blox, they were associated with Data Namine and Data Sora's Heartless. At best, Pete infected Data Riku with Bug Blox, but even then, he was cured.
So now we go onto Replica Riku. Narratively speaking, he makes more sense to be a Seeker of Darkness. Replica Riku was a character introduced in Chain of Memories, a creation of Vexen. He assumed that he was superior to Riku because he's not afraid of the darkness. And he's far easier to possess than Data Riku because Vexen cloned Riku whilst Ansem, Seeker of Darkness was lingering in his heart, thus potentially leaving remnants of Xehanort within the Replica.
But most people would argue that Replica Riku has nothing to do with the Bug Blox. Well, I assumed that too, until I looked at Re: Chain of Memories cutscenes for Replica Riku, and stumbled into this subtle revelation.
Riku Replica is made out of data. San Fransokyo is the world that is data and technology orientated. Riku Replica is a Replica just like Hiro's Baymax is a Replica of Tadashi's Baymax. The parallels just make too much sense, and in regards to the Bug Blox, who's to say that Replica Riku could not be control of them? he is made out of data.
So, what's everybody's thoughts on this?