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I haven't played Melody of Memory and don't yet know the lore implications of it, and i feel like that will show through in this so keep that in mind.
With that said, Melody of Memory has me... intrigued.
It seems like the closest thing to the 'follow-up' to KH3's secret ending, which shoves a bit of a wrench in my previous theory.
For context; my 'previous theory' was essentially that the next game was going to incorporate Nomura's Vs. XIII bs into it somehow. I believed this for a few reasons. Essentially the thing holding the theory together was 'The Final World'- which i say for a few reasons.
If i remember correctly, Chirithy says the final world is a 'place between death and sleep' of sorts? Though it's been a while, so i may have forgotten. Now, Sora isn’t explicitly told the Dives to the Heart are in this same realm- but it’s clearly heavily implied given the inclusion of the sea of clouds in the Dive to the Heart in Kingdom Hearts 3 alone.
Knowing this, going back to Yozora to talk a little bit about his side around this time- I personally think that, despite Yozora’s words before the fight- he’s actually not there. Upon defeating Sora, and successfully putting him into Crystal Sleep, he reawakens from being asleep in a car. And I think that’s a big deal. I don’t think he just appears there, either. I think he’s literally waking up, from a dream, the entire fight and what happened within was literally a dream.
The prevalence of death and sleep intertwined like this in Kingdom Hearts 3 almost exclusively is no coincidence. This was the same game Yozora was introduced and the DLC was probably planned from the start- meaning within the planning for Kingdom Hearts 3, these things had to have some kind of consideration and thought put into them in the same room at the same time- the fact these line up so flawlessly not only with each other but with the concepts in what we know of FF Versus XIII literally cannot be a coincidence.
I could go into a lot more detail about that- but i'll save it. That's not my main point here. If you want more info... Check my Reddit post on the theory.
Point is- whatever's happening in Melody of Memory proves that Yozora isn't going to be the only factor in reawakening Sora. [Again for more info on that read in that link.] Kairi, Riku and friends clearly are doing their best to help him as well, so that just begs the question- what's gonna happen with these future games?
There's no doubt that Melody of Memory- or a similar game in its spinoff role- was inevitable before the next release [whether it be the KH version of Vs XIII or whatever it may be], however, now we're left with somewhat of a race to save Sora. Is it really going to be that simple, or was i just wrong about whatever Yozora's involvement could be? And if so... where is it going to leave his story?
Of course, we have a whole, painful year to speculate on all this since we're only going to start getting announcements in 2022.
All i can say is- I hope i'm right about Yozora and Verum Rex. Because i REALLY wanna see Vs XIII come to fruition in some form, and hell, seeing it combine with Kingdom Hearts, a series typically known- from the outside, at least- for its lightheartedness is going to be fascinating to say the least.
With that said, Melody of Memory has me... intrigued.
It seems like the closest thing to the 'follow-up' to KH3's secret ending, which shoves a bit of a wrench in my previous theory.
For context; my 'previous theory' was essentially that the next game was going to incorporate Nomura's Vs. XIII bs into it somehow. I believed this for a few reasons. Essentially the thing holding the theory together was 'The Final World'- which i say for a few reasons.
If i remember correctly, Chirithy says the final world is a 'place between death and sleep' of sorts? Though it's been a while, so i may have forgotten. Now, Sora isn’t explicitly told the Dives to the Heart are in this same realm- but it’s clearly heavily implied given the inclusion of the sea of clouds in the Dive to the Heart in Kingdom Hearts 3 alone.
Knowing this, going back to Yozora to talk a little bit about his side around this time- I personally think that, despite Yozora’s words before the fight- he’s actually not there. Upon defeating Sora, and successfully putting him into Crystal Sleep, he reawakens from being asleep in a car. And I think that’s a big deal. I don’t think he just appears there, either. I think he’s literally waking up, from a dream, the entire fight and what happened within was literally a dream.
The prevalence of death and sleep intertwined like this in Kingdom Hearts 3 almost exclusively is no coincidence. This was the same game Yozora was introduced and the DLC was probably planned from the start- meaning within the planning for Kingdom Hearts 3, these things had to have some kind of consideration and thought put into them in the same room at the same time- the fact these line up so flawlessly not only with each other but with the concepts in what we know of FF Versus XIII literally cannot be a coincidence.
I could go into a lot more detail about that- but i'll save it. That's not my main point here. If you want more info... Check my Reddit post on the theory.
Point is- whatever's happening in Melody of Memory proves that Yozora isn't going to be the only factor in reawakening Sora. [Again for more info on that read in that link.] Kairi, Riku and friends clearly are doing their best to help him as well, so that just begs the question- what's gonna happen with these future games?
There's no doubt that Melody of Memory- or a similar game in its spinoff role- was inevitable before the next release [whether it be the KH version of Vs XIII or whatever it may be], however, now we're left with somewhat of a race to save Sora. Is it really going to be that simple, or was i just wrong about whatever Yozora's involvement could be? And if so... where is it going to leave his story?
Of course, we have a whole, painful year to speculate on all this since we're only going to start getting announcements in 2022.
All i can say is- I hope i'm right about Yozora and Verum Rex. Because i REALLY wanna see Vs XIII come to fruition in some form, and hell, seeing it combine with Kingdom Hearts, a series typically known- from the outside, at least- for its lightheartedness is going to be fascinating to say the least.
