[SPOILER] KH2.8 discussion

[Muke]

I did it.
I got all the Trophies in 0.2.

Those of you looking for a challenge, Critical Mode doesn't disappoint.
Another thing I noticed, is that Heartless give less EXP on this mode.

Overall the trip to 100% challenges (which will net you all Trophies) is pretty easygoing. You have to grind to LV80 though, which is lame. The toughest part is EASILY Critical.

Total playtime: ~14 hours over 3 save files not counting the hours I didn't save because they were just failed boss attempts on Critical ;_;

This makes me so excited to play on Critical! I never really got the chance, so I'm really hyped! xD

 

[Kaurudim]

This means they still overlooked it, lol, as I can tell it is not supposed to look like this.

The Terra & Ven 0.2 Version medal from Unchained X does show Ven's jacket in the correct coloration:

Pretty sure the front of his jacket has always been alright--it's just the back that's messed up in-game.

Given the patch even edited in a small flashback and his jacket is alright in the opening, I'm starting to wonder if the coloration on Ven's jacket is actually intentional...

 

[Zettaflare]

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Sora's problem was not about the where but the how.
He knew fully well that in order to see Hercules they would need to go to Olympus Coliseum, but as Goofy points out the old highways that connected the worlds during KH 2 are gone/no longer accessible so they sit there and think about how they can fly over to Olympus in the first place.

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something that confused me about that. If the old highways were gone, how were Mickey, Donald, and Goofy able to fly the gummi ship from DC to DI in order to pick Sora and Riku up for the exam? Or how they flew from Mysterious Tower back to Disney Castle to confront Maleficent?

 

[Sephiroth0812]

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something that confused me about that. If the old highways were gone, how were Mickey, Donald, and Goofy able to fly the gummi ship from DC to DI in order to pick Sora and Riku up for the exam? Or how they flew from Mysterious Tower back to Disney Castle to confront Maleficent?

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Pretty easy actually, they either do it the same way Sora, Donald and Goofy are doing it in that scene with Mickey using his Keyblade to open a path or they travel via Star Shard/Yen Sid's magic.
This correlates actually pretty well with one of the reasons Nomura gave in the DDD Ultimania as to why Lea wants to be a Keyblade Wielder: Keyblade Wielders have the ability to freely travel between different worlds.

 

[Beamer]

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So I found yet another clip in english, this time it seems to cover the entire ending of 0.2. It was posted by Prosaicheeseaming on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Brr9ue6L4Q

Kinda a shame they didn't reuse Wayne Allwine's voice clip from KH1, Bret Iwan's version (while a fair attempt at mimicking the intonations of the original) kinda feels flatter to me. Everyone else sounds great as always, but I'm still kinda mixed on Haley's performance, feels like he really nails it or really misses it for a lot of lines.

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Seems he went so far as to post everything in english: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Cs7RE5--IM

I'm not really sure if I should be posting this, there aren't any rules about posting leaks like this early is there? If there is, let me know and I'll edit the post.

 

[horto12485]

Has there been any Gameplay of the Three New Dream Eaters(Catanuki, Yuagarai Penguin and Sudo Beat) on Youtube anywhere all i saw was the ones on then Stream website Twitch

 

[DoctahFaz]

So I was actually lucky enough to get an early English copy of 2.8. I have many thoughts on it, but here's one theory to throw around for others who have beat 0.2 and watched Back Cover in English.

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You'll notice that "May your hearts be your guiding key" is a frequently said phrase in Back Cover. At the end of 0.2 when Sora is trying to open up a pathway to Olympus Coliseum, Goofy says to him "May your heart be your guiding key." Sora questions him on the phrase and Goofy explains how he recalls that they were taught this in his and Donald's training, but Donald says he does not recall that phrase ever being said. Do you think it's possible Donald and Goofy might have been one of Ava's dandelions reincarnated?

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[gosoxtim]

So I was actually lucky enough to get an early English copy of 2.8. I have many thoughts on it, but here's one theory to throw around for others who have beat 0.2 and watched Back Cover in English.

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You'll notice that "May your hearts be your guiding key" is a frequently said phrase in Back Cover. At the end of 0.2 when Sora is trying to open up a pathway to Olympus Coliseum, Goofy says to him "May your heart be your guiding key." Sora questions him on the phrase and Goofy explains how he recalls that they were taught this in his and Donald's training, but Donald says he does not recall that phrase ever being said. Do you think it's possible Donald and Goofy might have been one of Ava's dandelions reincarnated?

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no that doesn't make sense at all maybe goofy heard it from mickey who heard from master yensid i mean that phrase been pased on to century from centuy

 

[Pacrolash]

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no that doesn't make sense at all maybe goofy heard it from mickey who heard from master yensid i mean that phrase been pased on to century from centuy

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He actually heard it from Yen Sid as he stated in the ending

 

[gosoxtim]

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He actually heard it from Yen Sid as he stated in the ending

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yeah okay but i don't think goofy and donald are one of ava dandlions recatened though

 

[The_Echo]

So I was actually lucky enough to get an early English copy of 2.8. I have many thoughts on it, but here's one theory to throw around for others who have beat 0.2 and watched Back Cover in English.

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You'll notice that "May your hearts be your guiding key" is a frequently said phrase in Back Cover. At the end of 0.2 when Sora is trying to open up a pathway to Olympus Coliseum, Goofy says to him "May your heart be your guiding key." Sora questions him on the phrase and Goofy explains how he recalls that they were taught this in his and Donald's training, but Donald says he does not recall that phrase ever being said. Do you think it's possible Donald and Goofy might have been one of Ava's dandelions reincarnated?

Nah. It's just an excuse to get Sora in on the phrase, since they're pushing it as a motto for the Keyblade wielders. I don't think it's supposed to hint at anything more.

 

[Sephiroth0812]

Nah. It's just an excuse to get Sora in on the phrase, since they're pushing it as a motto for the Keyblade wielders. I don't think it's supposed to hint at anything more.

It's yet again the Star Wars-nerd in Nomura surfacing as "May your heart be your guiding key" or "May my heart be my guiding key" is clearly an expy of "May the force be with you". ;P

 

[rokudamia2]

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I am Shocked at how bad Bret Ivan's Mickey is. It's not Mena Suvari level bad but it's really really really bad.

 

[Seighart]

I have a theory...and il post it once i figure out this spoiler tag

 

[Oracle Spockanort]

It's yet again the Star Wars-nerd in Nomura surfacing as "May your heart be your guiding key" or "May my heart be my guiding key" is clearly an expy of "May the force be with you". ;P

That line was specifically made up by scenario writer Masaru Oka, not Nomura xD

Nomura liked it, so they ran with it.

 

[Sephiroth0812]

That line was specifically made up by scenario writer Masaru Oka, not Nomura xD

Nomura liked it, so they ran with it.

I see, well, that only proves that Nomura himself is not the only Star Wars-nerd within the staff. ;P

 

[Hirokey123]

Has there been any Gameplay of the Three New Dream Eaters(Catanuki, Yuagarai Penguin and Sudo Beat) on Youtube anywhere all i saw was the ones on then Stream website Twitch

I second this question, we have 4 new dream eaters and I've yet to hear a peep about them or what is on their grids. I'm wondering if they took to the change to spread out some of the commands better (vanish and dark firaga are ones that come to mind) or add some new commands. As well as what kind of abilities these dream eaters give since generally speaking the commands and abilities line up with what the dream eater itself can do. Also I wanna see Sora's Link's, Riku's are a given what they will be because he just cares about their attribute. Sora however uses the dream eater's natural abilities and so I wanna see if Sora got a few more new links as a result. I'd assume not at least for catnuki but given the elephant is on a skateboard I wanna see how that kind of thing translates.

 

[SkeithTheTerror]

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So, can anyone explain which version of Xehanort Aqua told about the Chamber of Waking? Is it Terra-Xehanort? I'm assuming not because this happens right after Aqua beats those darksides, who were gather hearts of worlds, which means that Ansem SoD was already an acting force and Terra-Xehanort wasn't a thing. One other thing to keep mind of is that "Terra" says that Aqua's heart is playing tricks on her and making her see him as she remembers him

Is It Ansem SoD? That would make some sense, Since he's in the realm of darkness (Not an easy place to get to) and the fact that Terra was able to fight back against him implies that Terra's heart was there. (I'm assuming that Ansem SoD has both Xehanort's and Terra's hearts, correct me is I'm wrong). Another point is that he says "Become one with the Darkness" admittedly that isn't a very uncommon thing for a KH villain to say, but it is very heartlessly. Unfortunately, it being Ansem SoD brings up another problem. The one who actually knew about the Chamber of Waking, Xemnas.

Is it Xemnas? That seems to also make sense at first glace, since Xemnas both knew about the Chamber of Waking and knows about Aqua. "It's been too long, friend", but it being Xemnas also doesn't make sense, because Xemnas doesn't have Terra's heart! So Terra wouldn't even be in this scene if it was Xemnas, much less be able to fight back.

Am I missing something? Anyone have any explanations?

 

[Master_Aqua]

I really like Willa's take on Aqua here. It's very quite and sad which fits her.

I agree with this. I felt as though Willa Holland portrayed her emotions of sorrow, anger, hope, etc.... fairly well and stood out to me. Plus her monologues felt as though you can feel the despair weighing down on Aqua

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(the whole introduction with with the Castle of Dreams Episode, seeing Ventus in the Dwarf Woodlands Episode and her dark voice in Mirror Aqua is pretty good, and when she's chasing the illusions of Ventus and Terra and her anger at the thorns and the Darksides)

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Also, I love how she says "I am Master Aqua." It's simply how she says her title with pride (similar to how she said during her fight with Terranort) and how 0.2 basically ends the way Blanks points did in BbS and KH1 and then transitions back to the present time.

Also I just have a minor problem, how did Riku not hear all that noise behind him while he was running and Aqua was defending him from the group of hearrtless not too far behind lmfao. Did anyone notice this XD?

 

[Master_Aqua]

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So, can anyone explain which version of Xehanort Aqua told about the Chamber of Waking? Is it Terra-Xehanort? I'm assuming not because this happens right after Aqua beats those darksides, who were gather hearts of worlds, which means that Ansem SoD was already an acting force and Terra-Xehanort wasn't a thing. One other thing to keep mind of is that "Terra" says that Aqua's heart is playing tricks on her and making her see him as she remembers him

Is It Ansem SoD? That would make some sense, Since he's in the realm of darkness (Not an easy place to get to) and the fact that Terra was able to fight back against him implies that Terra's heart was there. (I'm assuming that Ansem SoD has both Xehanort's and Terra's hearts, correct me is I'm wrong). Another point is that he says "Become one with the Darkness" admittedly that isn't a very uncommon thing for a KH villain to say, but it is very heartlessly. Unfortunately, it being Ansem SoD brings up another problem. The one who actually knew about the Chamber of Waking, Xemnas.

Is it Xemnas? That seems to also make sense at first glace, since Xemnas both knew about the Chamber of Waking and knows about Aqua. "It's been too long, friend", but it being Xemnas also doesn't make sense, because Xemnas doesn't have Terra's heart! So Terra wouldn't even be in this scene if it was Xemnas, much less be able to fight back.

Am I missing something? Anyone have any explanations?

This basically sums up my questions for that scene, can any enlighten us on this?