Hello,
Alright, this is something I've been thinking about for a while now. We all remember how important she was in the beginning of KH 1 as the red herring of the story. How the fight against her hinted that in enchanted dominion, Prince Philip didn't manage to slay her, so Sora and co. have to finish the job. I always liked that aspect of KH, filling the role of an established disney hero and fighting the good fight. Trouncing her league of villains was satisfying to cripple as the second half of the game rolled around. But now? she's just a throwaway villain, someone who barely has any control over the story and when she does, it's being tricked by KH original villains into searching for things like princesses and boxes. Mind you, this is a character that controls green fire and can move around in the form of a GALAXY and she gets snuffed for lead villain continuously. And remember, in KH 3D she couldn't even pull off a hostage situation, a crime that (to my knowledge) requires very little forethought/control as long as you've got your hostage and know your demands. Which leads me to the question of would anything have changed if she was removed from the story? Sure it would change KH 2 and coded drastically as her presence is more important there than anywhere else these days, but games where she takes a back seat probably wouldn't change.
Alright, this is something I've been thinking about for a while now. We all remember how important she was in the beginning of KH 1 as the red herring of the story. How the fight against her hinted that in enchanted dominion, Prince Philip didn't manage to slay her, so Sora and co. have to finish the job. I always liked that aspect of KH, filling the role of an established disney hero and fighting the good fight. Trouncing her league of villains was satisfying to cripple as the second half of the game rolled around. But now? she's just a throwaway villain, someone who barely has any control over the story and when she does, it's being tricked by KH original villains into searching for things like princesses and boxes. Mind you, this is a character that controls green fire and can move around in the form of a GALAXY and she gets snuffed for lead villain continuously. And remember, in KH 3D she couldn't even pull off a hostage situation, a crime that (to my knowledge) requires very little forethought/control as long as you've got your hostage and know your demands. Which leads me to the question of would anything have changed if she was removed from the story? Sure it would change KH 2 and coded drastically as her presence is more important there than anywhere else these days, but games where she takes a back seat probably wouldn't change.