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Published on March 7, 2014 @ 05:02 am
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Well, this certainly doesn't happen very often! In a strange turn of events, the official Kingdom Hearts Facebook page posted a link to a players survey. If you can spare a few minutes and are interested in filling out the form, you'll be able to answer questions based on your opinion of the Kingdom Hearts series, general taste in games, wishes for preorder bonuses, etc.

The survey will only remain active until March 14, 2014 at 11:59 PM PST.

No doubt the community has been waiting for a chance to be able to contribute and send in some great feedback, so be sure to take advantage of the opportunity!

What suggestions did you leave in the survey? Are you excited to see that your answers could potentially have an effect on the future of the Kingdom Hearts series? Share your thoughts with us!

Thanks to forum member axel95 for the heads up!

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Launchpad

March 7, 2014 @ 05:14 amOffline

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"What is your favorite TV Show?"
Uhh... LOST?
"Favorite Music Artist?"
.. Keane?
"When was the last time you called your grandmother?"

Sign

March 7, 2014 @ 05:22 amOffline

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Yeah, those were weird.

"Ehhh, I'll amuse you guys for now," was my reaction at those questions.

Dandelion

March 7, 2014 @ 05:25 amOffline

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Currently taking, but I screamed like a small child when I saw them mention wayfinders as a bonus.

kuraudoVII

March 7, 2014 @ 05:27 amOffline

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I don't even watch much television anymore aside from the news and maybe a couple of sports games. I just put in "Bleach" since it was one of the last shows I watched religiously until the end of the Hueco Mundo arc.

Launchpad

March 7, 2014 @ 05:36 amOffline

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So, how will you all feel when every one of the Facebook fans choose KHII as their favorite game, and KHIII runs on the KHII engine?

Sign

March 7, 2014 @ 05:41 amOffline

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Tinny
Currently taking, but I screamed like a small child when I saw them mention wayfinders as a bonus.


All of the options in that question seemed as though they just sapped them from my deepest desires ;A;

kupo1121

March 7, 2014 @ 05:43 amOffline

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LaunchpadMcQuack
So, how will you all feel when every one of the Facebook fans choose KHII as their favorite game, and KHIII runs on the KHII engine?


I'll be really upset :( That's the first thing I thought of when I saw that question...in the "Anything else you would like to tell us" I wrote:

"I think this survey should be done again after Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD Remix comes out and people get to play Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep because I think it'll be unfair with all the fans who call Birth by Sleep a 'side game' biasing themselves and picking Kingdom Hearts 2 over Birth by Sleep, which among most people I know who have played both, believe is superior."

I know they won't read that but I needed to rant. Also, I really hope people don't just choose every option for that "What would you like in CE's?" question because I would much rather have Figures, WAYFINDERS (probably won't even know what this is without BbS), etc. than Posters, Keychains, and things like that <_<

The_Echo

March 7, 2014 @ 05:44 amOffline

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Posting this to Facebook worries the hell out of me.

I foresee a lot of "GIB SOKAI PLS" and other such nonsense in the final question.

Hopefully the most this survey affects the franchise is what we get in special editions.

Tinny
Currently taking, but I screamed like a small child when I saw them mention wayfinders as a bonus.

I got really hyped too.

A Wayfinder replica would be possibly the greatest thing for 2.5's LE. It'd certainly show up 1.5's paltry artbook and dynamic theme.

Solo

March 7, 2014 @ 05:45 amOffline

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They don't include Chi in the list of games... probably because either not many Westerners know about it, or it's non-canon.

It's great though that they conducted a survey like this. There's a chance that our voices will be heard, and if enough big-time fans of the series participate, they might actually do something that has never been done before. That question about CE in particular interested me the most; hopefully they will come up with CE release for KH3.

And pins and Wayfinders HAVE TO HAPPEN. I hope I'm not the only one who ticked almost every single check box in the bonus section.

Sign

March 7, 2014 @ 05:49 amOffline

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I asked for an increase in news flow at the very end because I seem to have completely forgotten about more important things. Oops.

Solosis
They don't include Chi in the list of games... probably because either not many Westerners know about it, or it's non-canon.


They should visit our KHx section then! Everyone could certainly teach them a thing or two about that game~

kupo1121

March 7, 2014 @ 05:50 amOffline

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"What is your favorite website to go on?"

I put KHInsider and Kingdom Hearts X[Chi] ;D

"Where do you go to learn more about the video games you're interest in?"

Why was KHInsider NOT an option? I had to write it in "Other" myself <_<

Solosis
And pins and Wayfinders HAVE TO HAPPEN.


I agree, there are only 7 official Kingdom Hearts pins out and I think there is room for potential, case and point:

Sign

March 7, 2014 @ 05:52 amOffline

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kupo1121
"Where do you go to learn more about the video games you're interest in?"

Why was KHInsider NOT an option? I had to write it in "Other" myself <_<


Right? I was kind of offended that even Neogaf was an option, but then again I use gaf for my non-KH news anyway lol. I'm going to assume they didn't want to be biased and include a specific fansite.

Solo

March 7, 2014 @ 05:52 amOffline

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Sign
They should visit our KHx section then! Everyone could certainly teach them a thing or two about that game~


Which is why I put KHI as the website that I often visit. Hopefully they will learn a thing or two about the hopes and dreams of people! [strike]Chi localisation to happen soon please[/strike]

kupo1121

March 7, 2014 @ 05:55 amOffline

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Sign
Right? I was kind of offended that even Neogaf was an option, but then again I use gaf for my non-KH news anyway lol. I'm going to assume they didn't want to be biased and include a specific fansite.


You're probably right, but I hope everyone who goes here puts it in "Other" cause I swear that I don't go ANYWHERE else for KH news but here and that's because nobody else has ALL KH news. Kotaku and IGN (the main ones I peruse) only put up stuff for trailers (which you guys have up hours before them anyways)...anyways, let me stop ranting lol I wouldn't be here if I didn't like the site after all :P You guys done good work (yes, "done" lol)

Zephyr

March 7, 2014 @ 05:56 amOffline

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I putted that I wanted to see Birth by Sleep Play Arts. Aqua would look so pretty.

kupo1121

March 7, 2014 @ 05:59 amOffline

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Zephyr
I putted that I wanted to see Birth by Sleep Play Arts. Aqua would look so pretty.




I LITERALLY PUT THE SAME THING! I said "I want to see more BbS merchandise" and then I went on to talk about the lack of it and what I want to see and I put TAV Play Arts (can't just be biased to Aqua even if she's my #1 wanted one."

Solo

March 7, 2014 @ 06:02 amOffline

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For the final question, I let them know that there are many KH fans scattered around the globe, and that it would be great if they could reach to said demographics. Hopefully this will prompt them to at least consider the possibility of distributing their merchandise to more countries or allowing anyone from any country preorder directly from their store.

I'm still sad that I wasn't able to preorder 1.5 from where I live, and thus I didn't get the dynamic theme.

Zephyr
I putted that I wanted to see Birth by Sleep Play Arts. Aqua would look so pretty.


I shall pray that this wish will be made true.

Launchpad

March 7, 2014 @ 06:02 amOffline

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I understand why 4chan wasn't an option, but Kingdom Hearts threads are amazing on 4chan.

makine

March 7, 2014 @ 06:09 amOffline

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Remember to ask for chi in English and say the KH3 is a game you're looking forward too.

Blackdrazon

March 7, 2014 @ 06:11 amOffline

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Remember to prod them about KHX[chi] if you're interested in seeing the game in english!

EDIT: whoops, ninja'd.

The_Echo

March 7, 2014 @ 06:15 amOffline

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LaunchpadMcQuack
I understand why 4chan wasn't an option, but Kingdom Hearts threads are amazing on 4chan.

Well... they can be. There's quite a few people there that can't accept we might want to have a nice thread.

Solo

March 7, 2014 @ 06:16 amOffline

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The plan to localise Chi already exists, but yes, it's our time to let them know that we English-speaking players are also aware of Chi and would so much love to enjoy it without linguistic barriers. Hopefully, knowing this, they can coordinate with the Japan team and put the plan into mobilisation sooner.

The_Echo

March 7, 2014 @ 06:28 amOffline

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If Chi does get localized, I hope I don't have to restart the whole game... I'd like for it to be a language option rather than a separate release.

Sign

March 7, 2014 @ 06:30 amOffline

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The_Echo
If Chi does get localized, I hope I don't have to restart the whole game... I'd like for it to be a language option rather than a separate release.


Same. At this point, it certainly seems like they're working on in-game language options rather than a completely different build. We'll see if and when it happens.

But back to the survey.

Oracle Spockanort

March 7, 2014 @ 06:34 amOffline

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This survey was crazy long. I don't know why they want to know our favorite shows and music but I hope somebody at Square Enix is using this as a rec list to get some new shows to watch and music to listen to.

Sign

March 7, 2014 @ 06:39 amOffline

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In that case:

Dear Square Enix,

One Ok Rock.

You'll thank me later.

<3

Wehrmacht

March 7, 2014 @ 06:43 amOffline

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Sign
In that case:

Dear Square Enix,

One Ok Rock.

You'll thank me later.

<3


they made me actually want to play dmc.

that's some magic right there.

Chaser

March 7, 2014 @ 06:44 amOffline

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[strike]I already have a wayfinder so I don't want that[/strike]
Apart from the really odd questions, this was nice. I hope they take lots of people's requests into consideration. If they see that people want stackable trophies, they should make the trophies stack. If they see people would prefer the characters to remain all friends instead of relationships, they should keep them friends.

I personally hope scrapping gummi ships is a popular option. I just want to get straight into the action, I don't have time to try and get an SSS score.

makine

March 7, 2014 @ 06:49 amOffline

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Blackdrazon
Remember to prod them about KHX[chi] if you're interested in seeing the game in english!

EDIT: whoops, ninja'd.


I've been playing a lot of Senran Kagura Burst, after all.

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Bogeta24

March 7, 2014 @ 07:49 amOffline

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Took the survey. Asked some interesting questions. This was a great post. Even though I got knocked off a previous discussion for voicing my negative opinion on the news, I will still follow kh insider because I have for years. Posting stuff like this keeps me coming back.

Dandelion

March 7, 2014 @ 08:18 amOffline

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If I had to guess, I'd guess they're trying to figure out their advertizing plan for 2.5 and that was the main (but not necessarily the only) purpose of it. Seeing what we're interested in as far as bonuses go, where we buy our games from, seeing if we preorder. The music/shows thing was probably to see what radio streams/tv channels they could look into for advertisement. Before you shoot me a cocked eyebrow, they're not above advertizing anywhere. When Birth by Sleep came out they had ads on AIM.

I'm not kidding.

Chaser

March 7, 2014 @ 08:20 amOffline

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Tinny
The music/shows thing was probably to see what radio streams/tv channels they could look into for advertisement.

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I see you driving round town round town with the girl I love and I'm like, Kingdom Hearts is coming out get your preorder now.

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Sephiroth0812

March 7, 2014 @ 10:49 amOffline

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38. How would you describe KINGDOM HEARTS to a friend in one sentence or less?



This one was clearly the best question, lolz.

I wonder how many struggle with that one.

It was certainly an interesting thing to fill out, now it remains to wait if anything of that has really an impact on how they handle KH.

Vanitas666

March 7, 2014 @ 12:40 pmOffline

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Is 11 the best or the worst?

Solo

March 7, 2014 @ 12:50 pmOffline

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When it comes to preference, the lower the number means the more preferred the item is.

Vanitas666

March 7, 2014 @ 01:46 pmOffline

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Solosis
When it comes to preference, the lower the number means the more preferred the item is.

thanks .

Sign

March 7, 2014 @ 04:16 pmOffline

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Sephiroth0812
This one was clearly the best question, lolz.

I wonder how many struggle with that one.

It was certainly an interesting thing to fill out, now it remains to wait if anything of that has really an impact on how they handle KH.


I think most of us didn't try very hard and just threw out whatever.

makine

March 7, 2014 @ 04:23 pmOffline

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Sephiroth0812
This one was clearly the best question, lolz.

I wonder how many struggle with that one.

It was certainly an interesting thing to fill out, now it remains to wait if anything of that has really an impact on how they handle KH.


All the Disney magic you remember with super fun gameplay.

Sephiroth0812

March 7, 2014 @ 04:37 pmOffline

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Sign
I think most of us didn't try very hard and just threw out whatever.


Figured as much, I just threw a very generalized overview like "a bunch of anime-looking teens team up with several Disney characters to beat up some dark creatures and stop an old madman who wants to start the apocalypse" in there...*gggg*.

Oracle Spockanort

March 7, 2014 @ 04:44 pmOffline

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I said something like "Pain, sadness, and confusion wrapped in friendship"

Solo

March 7, 2014 @ 04:46 pmOffline

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Sephiroth0812
Figured as much, I just threw a very generalized overview like "a bunch of anime-looking teens team up with several Disney characters to beat up some dark creatures and stop an old madman who wants to start the apocalypse" in there...*gggg*.


I'd hazard a guess that among those who took the survey, there are more who don't even know who that old madman is.

Oracle Spockanort

March 7, 2014 @ 04:52 pmOffline

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Solosis
I'd hazard a guess that among those who took the survey, there are more who don't even know who that old madman is.


Well they will soon. And they will know about his band of vessels, too.

rawpower

March 7, 2014 @ 05:27 pmOffline

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I'm pretty sure the majority of the people who are taking/taken the survey are from this website. That's a good thing because most of us are of good taste. Pretty much every question got me hyped. Favorite current TV show I thought was hard because most of my favorite shows aren't "current" anymore. As in they're no longer airing. LOST is done. Young Justice is done. Seinfeld is done. So I put Arrow. I hope they make the soundtrack a preorder bonus though that would make my life.

Shogo-Kun

March 7, 2014 @ 05:31 pmOffline

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For the last question, I asked if they would ever hold a character design contest. I would leap for joy if they did.

As for summarizing the series in one sentence, I put: "Enchanting, but exhausting".

LightUpTheSky452

March 7, 2014 @ 05:37 pmOffline

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Well, this was the best thing to ever happen. I mean, I did that one KH survey last time, but I don't think they even meant for people outside of Japan to be able to take it (even though we did anyway).

Anyway, I had a lot of fun with this! It was fun answering all the questions in-depth, and I really REALLY hope that we get the wayfinders now. LOL. I sort of wish they'd had an option for something that explains the entire KH story as a preorder bonus, but I suppose it makes sense that they wouldn't. (That's more like something you'd have to buy at full price, like the Zelda Historia thing.)

I did ask for the Ultimanias, though! I explained that there are a lot of important plot details in those that people won't be able to understand unless they have them. Here's hoping they'll listen and we'll get them now. Eep!

Anyway, I wonder just what the purpose of this survey is, and how it'll affect the future. I really hope we don't get games that are a lot like II now, though, like you guys all are saying. Ugh.

And high-five, rawpower. I also put Young Justice as a favorite TV show.

And, of course, I listed KHInsider as where I get my KH news. Maybe next time (if there is a next time) they'll even have it as an option!

...How did I describe the series? Let me try and remember... I think I said something like, "A mysterious series that delves into matters of the heart, and how we're all connected," or something like that. LOL. I think that sentence is just as corny as KH sometimes is. LOL.

The_Echo

March 7, 2014 @ 05:45 pmOffline

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rawpower
I'm pretty sure the majority of the people who are taking/taken the survey are from this website.

Nah man. It got posted on Facebook, and there was a pretty big thread on 4chan/v/ where the OP linked it too.

It got around.

kuraudoVII

March 7, 2014 @ 05:53 pmOffline

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LightUpTheSky452
Well, this was the best thing to ever happen. I mean, I did that one KH survey last time, but I don't think they even meant for people outside of Japan to be able to take it (even though we did anyway).

Anyway, I had a lot of fun with this! It was fun answering all the questions in-depth, and I really REALLY hope that we get the wayfinders now. LOL. I sort of wish they'd had an option for something that explains the entire KH story as a preorder bonus, but I suppose it makes sense that they wouldn't. (That's more like something you'd have to buy at full price, like the Zelda Historia thing.)

I did ask for the Ultimanias, though! I explained that there are a lot of important plot details in those that people won't be able to understand unless they have them. Here's hoping they'll listen and we'll get them now. Eep!

Anyway, I wonder just what the purpose of this survey is, and how it'll affect the future. I really hope we don't get games that are a lot like II now, though, like you guys all are saying. Ugh.

And high-five, rawpower. I also put Young Justice as a favorite TV show.

And, of course, I listed KHInsider as where I get my KH news. Maybe next time (if there is a next time) they'll even have it as an option!

...How did I describe the series? Let me try and remember... I think I said something like, "A mysterious series that delves into matters of the heart, and how we're all connected," or something like that. LOL. I think that sentence is just as corny as KH sometimes is. LOL.


Crap! I completely forgot to ask for those! I should have remembered that... T_T

At any rate, I'd love for the Ultimanias to come out, but yeah I agree that it'll probably be sold separately so people will pay full-price for it. I remember paying roughly $40 for Hyrule Historia (granted, I bought it at Disneyworld where EVERYTHING is more expensive inside than out).

Max

March 7, 2014 @ 06:12 pmOffline

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Hey, thanks for giving the option to say that I currently play my Vita :/

kuraudoVII

March 7, 2014 @ 07:45 pmOffline

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Max
Hey, thanks for giving the option to say that I currently play my Vita :/


Yeah. I really wished they gave a much more expansive list. I could have put in all of my old Nintendo consoles, for one.

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Flobby_G

March 7, 2014 @ 07:49 pmOffline

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Does anyone think that they will ever put out the results of the survey? I think that would be an interesting thing to check out.

EvidenceLawl

March 7, 2014 @ 07:50 pmOffline

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Kingdom Hearts Facebook Survey

Woops, how'd I miss this big thread?

Maybe they'll be a follow up survey with more in depth info on what preorder bonuses they're considering, specifically the ones that were most popular in this survey.

Zephyr

March 7, 2014 @ 07:54 pmOffline

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Flobby_G
Does anyone think that they will ever put out the results of the survey? I think that would be an interesting thing to check out.


It would be neat if they gave us a chart of the results and told us what preorder bonuses they will consider.

Oracle Spockanort

March 7, 2014 @ 08:06 pmOffline

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Flobby_G
Does anyone think that they will ever put out the results of the survey? I think that would be an interesting thing to check out.


I find it unlikely for it to happen since this is definitely meant for company use only to figure out what we want from them.

Though...I wouldn't be surprised if they made a fun info-graph later on in the future on the stuff related to how people got into the series, what game they started with, and what their favorite is.

That'd be the extent of what we might ever see from this survey.

Launchpad

March 7, 2014 @ 08:36 pmOffline

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My one sentence was "Enjoy the super tight gameplay and shield your eyes during cutscenes"

Mirby

March 7, 2014 @ 09:00 pmOffline

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I asked for a Wii U version of KH3. Also Darkwing Duck world.

Also hardest question was my favorite world.

Oh and I wonder if including Curtain Call in this survey is a hint that it's coming here maybe? Please?

Oracle Spockanort

March 7, 2014 @ 09:13 pmOffline

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Mirby
Oh and I wonder if including Curtain Call in this survey is a hint that it's coming here maybe? Please?


Trademarked in North America and Europe a few months ago. Believe.

FudgemintGuardian

March 7, 2014 @ 09:17 pmOffline

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LightUpTheSky452
I did ask for the Ultimanias, though! I explained that there are a lot of important plot details in those that people won't be able to understand unless they have them. Here's hoping they'll listen and we'll get them now. Eep!
Ah, crap! I forgot to mention that!

Max
Hey, thanks for giving the option to say that I currently play my Vita :/
I was bummed that they didn't list the PS2.

Anyway, for favorite show I listed Project Runway and I was also going to say Syfy's Face-Off but I forgot. I kinda hate it when I'm asked what my favorite fill-in-the-blank is because I love so many things.
I described the series as "A game with great gameplay, and while the story can be kinda stupid it's always charming, fun, and heart-wrenching." At the end I mentioned I'd like for the minor original characters to have more screentime, especially Kairi.

kupo1121

March 7, 2014 @ 09:22 pmOffline

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I think my one sentence was "The best crossover since peanut butter met jelly" or something like that <_< I didn't put too much effort into since I thought that they were originally gonna use the sentences as hype material (like on commercials or ads and stuff) but IDK what I could put :P

ajmrowland

March 7, 2014 @ 10:01 pmOffline

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LaunchpadMcQuack
"What is your favorite TV Show?"
Uhh... LOST?
"Favorite Music Artist?"
.. Keane?
"When was the last time you called your grandmother?"


it it said *current* TV show, but yeah those were weird. Almost as if they were looking for ideas for the stories.


I pretty much put 3/4 of the CE bonuses down as something I'd want. All physical too. They really are considering a genuine CE that I've been waiting for.

i also put "Action Adventure" as favorite genre.

Hardest questions were favorite world and favorite game, so I just put Timeless River(for uniqueness) and KH2

And for the sentence, I was realistic. Both what I liked and some polite criticism. Also asked for important details to be divulged in the games whenever possible instead of making them exclusive to outside media like Ultimanias.

blksabbath74

March 7, 2014 @ 10:14 pmOffline

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ajmrowland
it it said *current* TV show, but yeah those were weird. Almost as if they were looking for ideas for the stories.


I pretty much put 3/4 of the CE bonuses down as something I'd want. All physical too. They really are considering a genuine CE that I've been waiting for.

i also put "Action Adventure" as favorite genre.

Hardest questions were favorite world and favorite game, so I just put Timeless River(for uniqueness) and KH2

And for the sentence, I was realistic. Both what I liked and some polite criticism. Also asked for important details to be divulged in the games whenever possible instead of making them exclusive to outside media like Ultimanias.


Yeah, I was like, Walking Dead, Rolling Stones...

I'm not exactly in their target demographic...

Max

March 7, 2014 @ 10:50 pmOffline

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Chaser
[strike]I personally hope scrapping gummi ships is a popular option. I just want to get straight into the action, I don't have time to try and get an SSS score.


When asked about the most frustrating aspects of the games, I said it was the Gummi Ships and their missions. I brought them up a couple of times actually, and how I did not enjoy them at all. I much prefer Dropping in DDD, and even that wasn't really that great after the third or so time.

kuraudoVII
Yeah. I really wished they gave a much more expansive list. I could have put in all of my old Nintendo consoles, for one.

FudgemintGuardian
I was bummed that they didn't list the PS2.


Yeah, I mean it would have been cool to have a more expansive list, but I do understand them mainly wanting to focus on the more current systems. Because they included the 3DS though, I was disappointed to not see the Vita. They even still had the Wii on there, but no Vita? I understand many people's responses may just be "Well the Vita isn't doing well" or "Nomura doesn't seem fond of the Vita", but they didn't even give an optional "other" section for me to mention that I play it all of the time. I much prefer my RPG's on the go. FFTactics, Disgaea, Persona, there are so many fantastic handheld RPG's. Not to mention my disappointment that I couldn't digitally download BBS to my Vita since it isn't even on psn.

Rant (be warned): You know what? Most of Square's psp titles aren't on psn. BBS, neither Star Ocean, Crisis Core, Valkyrie Profile Lenneth, the fantastic FF1 and FF2 remakes. Seriously, I want to express to them how much I play my Vita and how much more I would if they freaking made games available for it or made games for it in general. You know, maybe a reason it doesn't do so hot is because of the fact that not many games are made for it. "We don't want to release those "Tales of" games for Vita outside of Japan, too big of a risk! Lets not make our game for Vita, not many people own them- Well maybe people would buy them if games were produced for them!!!

Sorry about that. I am happy this survey was made available to us, and I really do help we are heard about what we want from the future of the series

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aqualta

March 7, 2014 @ 11:16 pmOffline

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I can't access it, neither from the link in the news article, or on the actual FB page (https://www.facebook.com/KingdomHearts). Have they taken it down, or is this an NA-only thing? (I'm in the UK!)

Tbh if I could take it I would squee so much about Wayfinders and Curtain Call that they might just take it down

Chaser

March 7, 2014 @ 11:17 pmOffline

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The survey isn't restricted to NA. I'm in Australia and can access it just fine. Not sure why it isn't working for you.

FudgemintGuardian

March 7, 2014 @ 11:25 pmOffline

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ajmrowland
it it said *current* TV show, but yeah those were weird. Almost as if they were looking for ideas for the stories.
I'm frightened on how they could use Project Runway as a story idea...
I didn't notice that it said "current" when I was doing the survey, so when it asked for my favorite singer/band/music whatever I said Queen. Now I'm expecting the opening movie for KHIII to play We are the Champions.XD

king_mickey rule

March 7, 2014 @ 11:34 pmOffline

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Yeah, definitely not exclusive to US. I'm from Europe and it worked for me so.

Anyways, really great to see that they're doing this!

Sign

March 8, 2014 @ 12:05 amOffline

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FudgemintGuardian
I'm frightened on how they could use Project Runway as a story idea...
I didn't notice that it said "current" when I was doing the survey, so when it asked for my favorite singer/band/music whatever I said Queen. Now I'm expecting the opening movie for KHIII to play We are the Champions.XD


Them asking about current favorite shows is probably about getting a general idea of the best places to purchase ad space.

Taochan

March 8, 2014 @ 12:05 amOffline

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"Favorite current television show?"

Game of Thrones. Bring on a Kingdom Hearts Red Wedding.



I nagged about Birth by Sleep volume 2 (never giving up the good fight) and about continuing to have playable characters other than Sora.

Hopefully they're taking these answers to heart. c:


BUT DID ANYONE NOTICE THE VITA WASN'T A CONSOLE OPTION??? Does that mean SENA really doesn't give a shit about the Vita?

Chaser

March 8, 2014 @ 12:16 amOffline

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Taochan

BUT DID ANYONE NOTICE THE VITA WASN'T A CONSOLE OPTION??? Does that mean SENA really doesn't give a shit about the Vita?

That was very disappointing. Square Enix would make amazing games for the Vita.

Taochan

March 8, 2014 @ 12:20 amOffline

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Chaser
That was very disappointing. Square Enix would make amazing games for the Vita.

I really hope that's just because they haven't developed many things for it yet and not that they're just uninterested. :c

Chaser

March 8, 2014 @ 12:25 amOffline

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Hopefully the numbers for X|X-2 on vita will be good and that might influence them to test the Vita with more games (*Cough*Type-0*/cough*)

FudgemintGuardian

March 8, 2014 @ 12:25 amOffline

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My only guess as to why they didn't list the Vita is that they currently consider it a lost cause. I think they should have just listed every console ever.

Oracle Spockanort

March 8, 2014 @ 12:32 amOffline

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aqualta
I can't access it, neither from the link in the news article, or on the actual FB page (https://www.facebook.com/KingdomHearts). Have they taken it down, or is this an NA-only thing? (I'm in the UK!)

Tbh if I could take it I would squee so much about Wayfinders and Curtain Call that they might just take it down


You must be logged in to Facebook to view the post.

Chaser

March 8, 2014 @ 12:35 amOffline

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Master Spockanort
You must be logged in to Facebook to view the post.

The facebook post is only viewable by NA. The survey is worldwide.

Oracle Spockanort

March 8, 2014 @ 12:35 amOffline

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Chaser
The facebook post is only viewable by NA. The survey is worldwide.


And you have to be logged in! Jeez!

Chaser

March 8, 2014 @ 12:36 amOffline

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I can access the survey without being logged in to Facebook.

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Xagzan

March 8, 2014 @ 12:39 amOffline

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In the "frustrating" box I jotted down a little something regarding Kairi's screentime, empty worlds and Billy Zane :3

D'oh, forgot to say I hoped for a Frozen world in KH3 though!

Elysium

March 8, 2014 @ 12:54 amOffline

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I mostly just complained about how they haven't treated the Disney characters seriously since the first game and how I would like if they made the worlds larger and more explorable (and that BbS and DDD were a huge improvement on that point). Plus, I mentioned how much that the command board was the only new feature they've added over the years that I've liked and how the series has been way too easy since the first game. Oh, and that I want the games to always have Sora and/or Riku as the main characters.

I doubt they read all of these, but it's worth giving them the feedback on the off-chance that it makes a difference.

Sign

March 8, 2014 @ 12:59 amOffline

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oh god i should have asked for online mirage arena

gonna take the survey again

Chaser

March 8, 2014 @ 01:00 amOffline

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Ask for Pixar worlds as well!!!

Sign

March 8, 2014 @ 01:01 amOffline

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you do it!!!

Chaser

March 8, 2014 @ 01:03 amOffline

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You're already doing the survey again!!!
Plus I'm a busy person, hello Square Enix yes this is chaser i am ready for the meeting to discuss the future of your gaming series

Max

March 8, 2014 @ 01:07 amOffline

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Taochan
"Favorite current television show?"

Game of Thrones. Bring on a Kingdom Hearts Red Wedding.


That's what I said also, I'm like "I dare you to put Game of Thrones in my Kingdom Hearts, DO IT!!!"

Taochan
BUT DID ANYONE NOTICE THE VITA WASN'T A CONSOLE OPTION??? Does that mean SENA really doesn't give a shit about the Vita?


Chaser
That was very disappointing. Square Enix would make amazing games for the Vita.


Sometimes I feel so unloved:

Max
Hey, thanks for giving the option to say that I currently play my Vita :/

Max
Yeah, I mean it would have been cool to have a more expansive list, but I do understand them mainly wanting to focus on the more current systems. Because they included the 3DS though, I was disappointed to not see the Vita. They even still had the Wii on there, but no Vita? I understand many people's responses may just be "Well the Vita isn't doing well" or "Nomura doesn't seem fond of the Vita", but they didn't even give an optional "other" section for me to mention that I play it all of the time. I much prefer my RPG's on the go. FFTactics, Disgaea, Persona, there are so many fantastic handheld RPG's. Not to mention my disappointment that I couldn't digitally download BBS to my Vita since it isn't even on psn.

Rant (be warned): You know what? Most of Square's psp titles aren't on psn. BBS, neither Star Ocean, Crisis Core, Valkyrie Profile Lenneth, the fantastic FF1 and FF2 remakes. Seriously, I want to express to them how much I play my Vita and how much more I would if they freaking made games available for it or made games for it in general. You know, maybe a reason it doesn't do so hot is because of the fact that not many games are made for it. "We don't want to release those "Tales of" games for Vita outside of Japan, too big of a risk! Lets not make our game for Vita, not many people own them- Well maybe people would buy them if games were produced for them!!!


It's like everybody was like "Look, Max is ranting, EWWWWW!!!!!!!"

Taochan

March 8, 2014 @ 01:13 amOffline

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Sign
oh god i should have asked for online mirage arena

gonna take the survey again

Oh crap... I forgot too. :C

Max
It's like everybody was like "Look, Max is ranting, EWWWWW!!!!!!!"

I won't lie to you... I didn't read anything other than the first page before I took the survey and posted. xD

Max

March 8, 2014 @ 01:17 amOffline

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Taochan
Oh crap... I forgot too. :C


I won't lie to you... I didn't read anything other than the first page before I took the survey and posted. xD


Haha it's all good, I actually figured as much. I just wanted to slip my two cents in there once you guys actually began discussing it

kuraudoVII

March 8, 2014 @ 02:14 amOffline

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FudgemintGuardian
I'm frightened on how they could use Project Runway as a story idea...
I didn't notice that it said "current" when I was doing the survey, so when it asked for my favorite singer/band/music whatever I said Queen. Now I'm expecting the opening movie for KHIII to play We are the Champions.XD


Project Runway is most likely going to inspire another minigame involving fashion or something over in Shibuya.

Also, I wasn't sure what to put in favorite band since there were so many from Queen to Crush 40 to Disturbed. I just put in Avenged Sevenfold since I was busy listening to "This Means War" while doing the survey. I'd be fine with "We Are the Champions" in III, though. THAT would be epic.

Taochan
"Favorite current television show?"

Game of Thrones. Bring on a Kingdom Hearts Red Wedding.



I nagged about Birth by Sleep volume 2 (never giving up the good fight) and about continuing to have playable characters other than Sora.

Hopefully they're taking these answers to heart. c:


BUT DID ANYONE NOTICE THE VITA WASN'T A CONSOLE OPTION??? Does that mean SENA really doesn't give a shit about the Vita?


And yet another thing that I completely forgot to ask: Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep: Volume II.

I'm pretty sure the Red Wedding is happening regardless. The battle between the seven Guardians of Light and the thirteen Seekers of Darkness will happen while Exdeath and the Cloud of Darkness are getting married in THE VOID. XD

Tartarus
I mostly just complained about how they haven't treated the Disney characters seriously since the first game and how I would like if they made the worlds larger and more explorable (and that BbS and DDD were a huge improvement on that point). Plus, I mentioned how much that the command board was the only new feature they've added over the years that I've liked and how the series has been way too easy since the first game. Oh, and that I want the games to always have Sora and/or Riku as the main characters.

I doubt they read all of these, but it's worth giving them the feedback on the off-chance that it makes a difference.


Completely agree with the exploration aspect. That and the platforming are just some of the reasons why I love Birth by Sleep so much (I don't have a 3DS, so I have yet to play 3D T_T).

LightUpTheSky452

March 8, 2014 @ 03:41 amOffline

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Project Runway, huh? Maybe the Sora Florida and Roxas Texas thing will happen, after all. JK.

Also, I mentioned liking Game of Thrones, too. This should be interesting, I think.

Anyway, I'm glad about all the Kairi support being given (I mentioned wanting to see her more, too). Hopefully they'll listen and, you know, not have her only be an object, rather than an actual character.

Anyway, did anyone think to ask for the novels? I didn't. I thought about the Ultimanias, but not them. Drat!

Y'know, I betcha some people asked for an anime or movie. Once again, the results of this will be very interesting., indeed

And yay for KH Chi and BbSV2 being mentioned by people. Someone also should have mentioned DDD for the PS3...

...I think I might take the survey again. Maybe I could comment on how I'd like to know more about the characters, like how the novels say Aqua likes to bake and whatnot. Flashbacks and more SRK trio-ness would also be nice. I also wonder if someone mentioned the treatment of female characters in the series...

kuraudoVII

March 8, 2014 @ 03:43 amOffline

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LightUpTheSky452
Project Runway, huh? Maybe the Sora Florida and Roxas Texas thing will happen, after all. JK.

Also, I mentioned liking Game of Thrones, too. This should be interesting, I think.

Anyway, I'm glad about all the Kairi support being given (I mentioned wanting to see her more, too). Hopefully they'll listen and, you know, not have her only be an object, rather than an actual character.

Anyway, did anyone think to ask for the novels? I didn't. I thought about the Ultimanias, but not them. Drat!

Y'know, I betcha some people asked for an anime or movie. Once again, the results of this will be very interesting., indeed

And yay for KH Chi and BbSV2 being mentioned by people. Someone also should have mentioned DDD for the PS3...

...I think I might take the survey again. Maybe I could comment on how I'd like to know more about the characters, like how the novels say Aqua likes to bake and whatnot. Flashbacks and more SRK trio-ness would also be nice. I also wonder if someone mentioned the treatment of female characters in the series...


I may end up taking the survey again, too. There was just way too much that I should have asked for, but didn't.

sonickenshin

March 8, 2014 @ 03:47 amOffline

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I pretty much nagged them about how the games aren't available digitally. 3D was sold out everywhere in Christmas, and for a guy planning on getting a PS4, it not being able to play PS3 games unless they're on PSN (which KH isn't) is a huge inconvenience. Though, again, politics may stop them from doing such things again. : /

Max

March 8, 2014 @ 03:51 amOffline

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sonickenshin
I pretty much nagged them about how the games aren't available digitally. 3D was sold out everywhere in Christmas, and for a guy planning on getting a PS4, it not being able to play PS3 games unless they're on PSN (which KH isn't) is a huge inconvenience. Though, again, politics may stop them from doing such things again. : /


Again, I am still upset with the lack of availability of Birth by Sleep on PSN. I upgraded to a Vita, and while it is a major improvement on the PsP, giving up that game library was something awful considering half of my games that I had aren't available on PSN. That right analogue stick would have been so amazing, but just going to have to wait until 2.5 unfortunately.

Also, didn't BBS come out around the time of the PsP Go? Why wouldn't they want to make more games available digitally for crying out loud? I understand hackers were a big reason they avoided digital releases, but geez it's like they think 50% of players stole their games

Taochan

March 8, 2014 @ 03:55 amOffline

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Max
Again, I am still upset with the lack of availability of Birth by Sleep on PSN. I upgraded to a Vita, and while it is a major improvement on the PsP, giving up that game library was something awful considering half of my games that I had aren't available on PSN. That right analogue stick would have been so amazing, but just going to have to wait until 2.5 unfortunately.

Also, didn't BBS come out around the time of the PsP Go? Why wouldn't they want to make more games available digitally for crying out loud? I understand hackers were a big reason they avoided digital releases, but geez it's like they think 50% of players stole their games

It's possible they did, lol.

Though I totally understand where you're coming from. Since I just got a Vita, which is such a nicer gaming experience, I really want to play Birth by Sleep on it but alas... :c

I think ESPECIALLY with KH3 releasing for the PS4 and 1.5/2.5 releasing for the PS3, they need to get on the PSN bandwagon.

Dark Drive

March 8, 2014 @ 04:01 amOffline

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I just completed the survey, but it kinda amused me that the UK and other places weren't listed as an option for location. I still entered Australia anyway.

I'd also really love a KH poster, I need one next to my Halo 4 one...

( ps shoutout to rooster teeth that redirected me to it in their news video xD )

Taochan

March 8, 2014 @ 04:04 amOffline

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I think some of the locations they gave over the UK and Australia are definitely odd.

Dark Drive

March 8, 2014 @ 04:25 amOffline

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Yep, I saw Chile and Argentina on that list.

Taochan

March 8, 2014 @ 04:31 amOffline

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It's not that they aren't viable choices, I just don't see why they would leave out two extremely large places in favor of them lol. Oh, SENA.

ajmrowland

March 8, 2014 @ 04:57 amOffline

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FudgemintGuardian
I'm frightened on how they could use Project Runway as a story idea...
I didn't notice that it said "current" when I was doing the survey, so when it asked for my favorite singer/band/music whatever I said Queen. Now I'm expecting the opening movie for KHIII to play We are the Champions.XD

It only said that for TV show.

I gave them Game of Thrones and Once Upon A Time.

Don't even have a favorite Band. Put "none" there.

Taochan
It's possible they did, lol.


Though I totally understand where you're coming from. Since I just got a Vita, which is such a nicer gaming experience, I really want to play Birth by Sleep on it but alas... :c


I think ESPECIALLY with KH3 releasing for the PS4 and 1.5/2.5 releasing for the PS3, they need to get on the PSN bandwagon.



I have been trying to find out how to hack my Vita to read PSP games I transferred myself from UMD to digital without having to use PSP firmware. All because my Favorite Square games are not on PSN.

Max

March 8, 2014 @ 05:46 amOffline

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Taochan
It's possible they did, lol.

Though I totally understand where you're coming from. Since I just got a Vita, which is such a nicer gaming experience, I really want to play Birth by Sleep on it but alas... :c

I think ESPECIALLY with KH3 releasing for the PS4 and 1.5/2.5 releasing for the PS3, they need to get on the PSN bandwagon.


Honestly, I think PSN is getting huge on the digital gaming, and there are crazy sales galore all of the time. I honestly think Square could benefit from more digital releases now. Atlus has started making a great deal of their games available digitally, and I'm pretty certain they are making decent money off of it considering they continue to push those digital games out there. And you know how many Vita's it seemed like Persona 4 Golden moved alone? Imagine if they made a game for the FF7 Compilation, or released Type-0 for Vita. Even if they were digital only/subbed only I guarantee they would make their money.

Noahfay

March 8, 2014 @ 05:47 amOffline

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Man oh this survey was a way to let me vent out a lot of idea's out of my head. I swear the last question I wrote a whole essay just on suggestions and idea's for both KH 2.5 ( since it isn't out yet) and KH3. I would post it, but it is way too long.

Alpha Sonix

March 8, 2014 @ 09:22 amOffline

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In before someone else put True Detective as their favourite current TV show. I also chose Katy Perry as my favourite singer for some reason O.o Don't know why but it was the first thing that came to my head, probably because I was listening to fireworks at some point in the day.

Also asked for the novels to hit Europe so I have no doubt in my mind that they'll ignore this because SE hate money.

Nazo

March 8, 2014 @ 04:26 pmOffline

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I was really excited for all the questions about Collector's Editions. Not only did they ask about that, but they also were talking about pre-order incentives for 2.5 and whatnot. So, hopefully, they'll announce all of that soon.

My guess, since the survey ends just before FFX/X-2 HD comes out, is that they'll release FFX/X-2 and then probably some time in April they'll pull back the curtain on all the 2.5 news they've been hiding, including pre-order incentives and the lot which they will take into consideration based on the survey.

And it seems pretty obvious that they're strongly considering a KH3 CE. Which is a dream come true. Did you SEE those options? Artbook, soundtrack, Sora figure, keychains, pins, wayfinders, etc? I mean holy shit I was throwing my money at the survey screen.

drumstickwielder

March 8, 2014 @ 05:45 pmOffline

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I think one of the more interesting questions on this survey was what type of games do you play, such as action/adventure, MOBA, strategy, etc. In so far as games after KHIII, it seems like this question is tailored toward the slight possibility that this series may or may not branch out into other genres. Since I play League of Legends a lot, I got really excited at the idea of a kingdom hearts MOBA, which could work given the amount of original characters in this series and be so totally awesome. But aside from that, it would be interesting to see this series branch out, like as in Re:Coded but as a whole game rather than one sequence or world.

Elysium

March 8, 2014 @ 05:53 pmOffline

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Yeah, I ended up selecting all the incentives, but I hope they didn't take that as "Oh, they'll be satisfied just with a keychain then," since a soundtrack would be awesome.

I put Once Upon a Time and Kelly Clarkson as my favorite show/singer.

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Silent hero_

March 8, 2014 @ 06:11 pmOffline

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I know it's a long shot, but I put Utada as my favorite musician and also asked them to consider (along with bringing the Ultimania books overseas) to have her come back and sing a new main theme song. But I guess the problem lies more with Utada not wanting to come back.

Oracle Spockanort

March 8, 2014 @ 06:12 pmOffline

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drumstickwielder
I think one of the more interesting questions on this survey was what type of games do you play, such as action/adventure, MOBA, strategy, etc. In so far as games after KHIII, it seems like this question is tailored toward the slight possibility that this series may or may not branch out into other genres. Since I play League of Legends a lot, I got really excited at the idea of a kingdom hearts MOBA, which could work given the amount of original characters in this series and be so totally awesome. But aside from that, it would be interesting to see this series branch out, like as in Re:Coded but as a whole game rather than one sequence or world.


Then this might interest you

Pleasants Hints at Kingdom Hearts Online - News - Kingdom Hearts Insider

(Not exactly the MOBA you'd want but it sounds close enough)

drumstickwielder

March 8, 2014 @ 06:48 pmOffline

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Master Spockanort
Then this might interest you

Pleasants Hints at Kingdom Hearts Online - News - Kingdom Hearts Insider

(Not exactly the MOBA you'd want but it sounds close enough)


You just made my day :D I completely forgot about this news.

Javelin434

March 8, 2014 @ 07:13 pmOffline

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Any place where I can mention about having moar Kairi, Xion and Namine, I did.
I think they'll get the message xD

vitxras

March 8, 2014 @ 09:04 pmOffline

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did anyone else leave them a messages to ad much more npc's to kingdom heats 3.

Oracle Spockanort

March 8, 2014 @ 09:09 pmOffline

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Damn I forgot that. With the PS4 and XB1 I think it should be expected to see a bunch of NPCs because they don't have to worry about processing and space issues anymore.

Now I'm tempted to take the survey over...

FudgemintGuardian

March 8, 2014 @ 09:15 pmOffline

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vitxras
did anyone else leave them a messages to ad much more npc's to kingdom heats 3.
No... And I just did again, too... I really don't want to take the survey again, but maybe I'll do it again tomorrow.
Anyway, this time at the end I told them "No "shocking twists". There's nothing wrong with the story going the way we think it will."

KHRULER

March 8, 2014 @ 09:19 pmOffline

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vitxras
did anyone else leave them a messages to ad much more npc's to kingdom heats 3.

Nope

Some of the questions the survey asked were rather odd.

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JonesDerHammer

March 8, 2014 @ 10:03 pmOffline

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First off - Hi new here to this forum!
Just did the survey, don't think they've done one before, hope after the 2.5 HD release they do another one.

Oracle Spockanort

March 8, 2014 @ 10:27 pmOffline

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JonesDerHammer
First off - Hi new here to this forum!
Just did the survey, don't think they've done one before, hope after the 2.5 HD release they do another one.


Welcome to KHInsider!

Yeah, hopefully they do another one. It's a great way to gauge fan interest in the series. If they do another one, I would hope it'd be more...elaborate. Not to say this one wasn't elaborate but it could have been thought over a bit more. They didn't have Vita as an option for the games, so they failed to gauge fan interest in that specific system; they could have made a character list to poll what character fans are interested in rather than just asking is to say which one; and the Square Enix vs Disney question is definitely full of inaccurate answers because they did not include a "both" option.

Sorry. I'm a bit of a research nut so seeing poor surveys like this makes me sad xD

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JonesDerHammer

March 8, 2014 @ 11:31 pmOffline

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Thanks!
I agree, it's a great idea that could have easily had more thought and allowed fans to express other views and more opinions. I guess we will find out more from what the survey tells them, maybe even a release date for the HD remix xD (doubt it though).

Solo

March 8, 2014 @ 11:52 pmOffline

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The more I think and look at this thread, the more I realise that I have neglected to voice out many of the concerns that we have in mind. I guess I was still hyped out by the pin and Wayfinder options to think clearly that time.

Sign

March 9, 2014 @ 12:17 amOffline

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Solosis
The more I think and look at this thread, the more I realise that I have neglected to voice out many of the concerns that we have in mind. I guess I was still hyped out by the pin and Wayfinder options to think clearly that time.


I think most of us are guilty of that, for living in the now.

KHRULER

March 9, 2014 @ 12:30 amOffline

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I'm kinda interested on what you guys put for "Are you more of a SE or Disney fan?"

Sign

March 9, 2014 @ 12:32 amOffline

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KHRULER
I'm kinda interested on what you guys put for "Are you more of a SE or Disney fan?"


I'm a little peeved at SE right now for a number of reasons so I put Disney. It's what I grew up on anyways~

Chaser

March 9, 2014 @ 12:35 amOffline

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I put Square Enix/Final Fantasy, because I want them to know they need to hurry up and release some more info for their games lol

Oracle Spockanort

March 9, 2014 @ 02:01 amOffline

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I put Disney because I'd sooner mourn the loss of Disney than I would Square Enix. I love both, but I can honestly say I've been let down a lot less by Disney than by Square Enix.

kupo1121

March 9, 2014 @ 02:54 amOffline

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Tartarus
Yeah, I ended up selecting all the incentives, but I hope they didn't take that as "Oh, they'll be satisfied just with a keychain then," since a soundtrack would be awesome.


lol That is the exact reason I did NOT put certain things like "posters, keychains, etc." because I do NOT want them getting the idea that they can put a poster and a keychain inside of a box instead of a Wayfinder and Sora figure and call it a "CE."

Master Spockanort
Now I'm tempted to take the survey over...


Can we just make a list in the OP of "things you should remember to put while you're taking the survey (if you so choose)" since it seems a lot of people forgot a lot of stuff (myself included) and it would serve as a reminder lol, I know a lot of people forgot (from what I've read on various sites including this one):

- NPCs
- BbS Online
- Ultimanias
- BbSv2
- Disney being more integral to the plot
- Less reaction commands
- More expansive worlds
- No more singing mini-games
- Chi localization (in case)
- Kairi's development
- TAV Play Arts
- More merchandise

[/sarcasm] (kind of, part of me wants to go retake it lol)

KHRULER
I'm kinda interested on what you guys put for "Are you more of a SE or Disney fan?"


I put Disney. While SE I feel like has been kind of steady and just okay in recent years with the new FF's (that I've played) and the new games they release, I feel like Disney has only been getting better with Princess and the Frog, Tangled, Wreck-It-Ralph, now Frozen.

LightUpTheSky452

March 9, 2014 @ 02:56 amOffline

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Ugh. I really didn't like the Disney or Square question. I chose Square, because I'm more a part of those fandoms, but now I'm worried this will affect how much/how well the Disney's implemented in the future:/

Sign

March 9, 2014 @ 03:14 amOffline

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LightUpTheSky452
Ugh. I really didn't like the Disney or Square question. I chose Square, because I'm more a part of those fandoms, but now I'm worried this will affect how much/how well the Disney's implemented in the future:/


Don't worry about it, they won't go that far.

C.C.

March 9, 2014 @ 07:03 amOffline

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LightUpTheSky452
Ugh. I really didn't like the Disney or Square question. I chose Square, because I'm more a part of those fandoms, but now I'm worried this will affect how much/how well the Disney's implemented in the future:/


I had to log in just to say the same thing. The way they worded the question makes it sound like I want more of one thing and less of the other. In any case I'll just go with Disney for the sake of balance ^^

Oracle Spockanort

March 9, 2014 @ 07:08 amOffline

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C.C.
I had to log in just to say the same thing. The way they worded the question makes it sound like I want more of one thing and less of the other. In any case I'll just go with Disney for the sake of balance ^^


It is odd, yeah...it needed a "Both" or "Neither" to get an accurate answer from fans...but it is definitely not for story use. It is most likely meant to be used for marketing purpose. "What side are we failing to attract and where should we focus our marketing efforts? How do we plug this game? "Featuring popular Disney movies" or "Featuring popular Final Fantasy characters"?" Stuff like that.

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Xagzan

March 9, 2014 @ 04:01 pmOffline

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Javelin434
Any place where I can mention about having moar Kairi, Xion and Namine, I did.
I think they'll get the message xD


*Saix voice* You've done well.

vitxras
did anyone else leave them a messages to ad much more npc's to kingdom heats 3.


Yep. Although I truly hope we're not tempting fate, and the result isn't like what we got in FF13-2, where everyone's just standing around and shouting out the most insipid babble you could imagine as you passed them by. "I like ice cream!" How bloody amazing for you, I'm trying to save the universe. "I like ice cream!" Yes, I ****ing heard you.

Sign
I think most of us are guilty of that, for living in the now.


Me too. I took it twice to try to include some stuff I forgot the first time, but now I'm thinking of even more stuff. Like how out of place time travel felt, and how it piled even more confusion on theretofore unresolved questions, for the option about frustration.

The first time though, I did include something about Xemnas being a more interesting character when we had the ambiguity about how much of him was Xehanort, vs how much was Terra. Before 3D basically threw that out the window and made him evil, unconflicted Xehanort, like Ansem and MX.

Rydgea

March 9, 2014 @ 04:28 pmOffline

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LightUpTheSky452
Ugh. I really didn't like the Disney or Square question. I chose Square, because I'm more a part of those fandoms, but now I'm worried this will affect how much/how well the Disney's implemented in the future:/


Master Spockanort
It is odd, yeah...it needed a "Both" or "Neither" to get an accurate answer from fans...but it is definitely not for story use. It is most likely meant to be used for marketing purpose. "What side are we failing to attract and where should we focus our marketing efforts? How do we plug this game? "Featuring popular Disney movies" or "Featuring popular Final Fantasy characters"?" Stuff like that.


In addition, I think I only chose Square because of its recent drought in the series. I want it to be more saturated in the series than it is. Disney is prevalent (however poorly implemented or not), and I don't think that's going to change.

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CRIMSON-XIII

March 9, 2014 @ 04:29 pmOffline

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I wrote in the survery about..how they should definitely not make kh3 open world like how ff15 is going to be. I want to see for example like kh2 paths but far far more detailed. imagine like a jungle book level/tarzan/lion king,, the forest and jungles will look amazing, maybe the area paths can be a little bigger and expanded but nothing open world because the game would take forever to make, just slightly better than whats come before no need for a huge world everytime you visit a different disney location

Ruran

March 9, 2014 @ 10:43 pmOffline

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The survey thing certainly is odd. I'm only at the part were it's asking for game platform preference and I don't know why they made the list that way. Currently, the only platforms I'm using are my PC and tablet. The other ones I don't touch at all ssoooo.....

AndrewJP

March 9, 2014 @ 10:54 pmOffline

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UTADA <3
She must be on the third title!

KHRULER

March 9, 2014 @ 11:47 pmOffline

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AndrewJP
UTADA <3
She must be on the third title!


Hopefully.

Just filled out the survey again for the 3rd time.

Chaser

March 10, 2014 @ 12:12 amOffline

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Xagzan

Yep. Although I truly hope we're not tempting fate, and the result isn't like what we got in FF13-2, where everyone's just standing around and shouting out the most insipid babble you could imagine as you passed them by. "I like ice cream!" How bloody amazing for you, I'm trying to save the universe. "I like ice cream!" Yes, I ****ing heard you.

It's actually amusing in Lightning Returns. I ran past a woman in Luxerion yesterday who shouted "You mean there are two train stations!?" and I'm just like "Silly woman, you've only lived in this city for 500 years".

KHRULER

March 10, 2014 @ 12:27 amOffline

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Chaser
It's actually amusing in Lightning Returns. I ran past a woman in Luxerion yesterday who shouted "You mean there are two train stations!?" and I'm just like "Silly woman, you've only lived in this city for 500 years".


She's either not very observant or she is just playing dumb.She has been trapped in a middle-aged woman's body for 500 years.She's gotta at least noticed that by now.

Oracle Spockanort

March 10, 2014 @ 12:35 amOffline

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KHRULER
She's either not very observant or she is just playing dumb.She has been trapped in a middle-aged woman's body for 500 years.She's gotta at least noticed that by now.


Well...ignoring the joke, the people of the city haven't felt the time pass. They know it has been a long time, but it doesn't really register to them that it's been 500 years.

LightUpTheSky452

March 10, 2014 @ 12:41 amOffline

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I really need to take this survey again. Now I want to suggest out of the box world suggestions, like Gargoyles. LOL.

KHRULER

March 10, 2014 @ 12:46 amOffline

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Master Spockanort
Well...ignoring the joke, the people of the city haven't felt the time pass. They know it has been a long time, but it doesn't really register to them that it's been 500 years.


Oh, I meant she has to at least noticed that there are two train stations by now.When I read over my comment,I realized I wasn't very clear on what I was referring to,sorry.

Oracle Spockanort

March 10, 2014 @ 12:49 amOffline

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See, I put Tangled, Frozen, Atlantis, Pocahontas, Gargoyles, Gravity Falls, and my weakness...Motorcity...But I forgot Kim Possible and Darkwing Duck. I think I def need to retake this survey.

KHRULER
Oh, I meant she has to at least noticed that there are two train stations by now.When I read over my comment,I realized I wasn't very clear on what I was referring to,sorry.


She doesn't get around. She's too busy staring at the one station.

gosoxtim

March 10, 2014 @ 12:53 amOffline

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hey masterspockanort what did check for check for collector edition?

KHRULER

March 10, 2014 @ 12:56 amOffline

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Master Spockanort
See, I put Tangled, Frozen, Atlantis, Pocahontas, Gargoyles, Gravity Falls, and my weakness...Motorcity...But I forgot Kim Possible and Darkwing Duck. I think I def need to retake this survey.


You also forgot Nova Crystallis. Your welcome, no need to thank me.

Master Spockanort

She doesn't get around. She's too busy staring at the one station.


That explains it, mystery solved.

kuraudoVII

March 10, 2014 @ 01:05 amOffline

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KHRULER
You also forgot Nova Crystallis. Your welcome, no need to thank me.



That explains it, mystery solved.


By Nova Crystallis, I hope you mean XV and Type-0. Ah well, the XIII trilogy can work if they find a way.

Also, apparently she is one of those NPCs. Kind of like the lifeless ones in Sonic '06.

KHRULER

March 10, 2014 @ 01:10 amOffline

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kuraudoVII
By Nova Crystallis, I hope you mean XV and Type-0. Ah well, the XIII trilogy can work if they find a way.


I feel as if you are sadly mistaken if you mean XV and Type-0.

Taochan

March 10, 2014 @ 01:15 amOffline

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KHRULER
I feel as if you are sadly mistaken if you mean XV and Type-0.

???

They are both part of the Fabula Nova Crystallis series.

KeybladeGuy

March 10, 2014 @ 01:16 amOffline

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three guesses what i put as my favorite show - go.

Chaser

March 10, 2014 @ 01:17 amOffline

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To clear up confusion; Fabula Nova Crystallis are the mythologies that XIII, XV and Type-0 have, and thus what connects them.
Nova Chrysalia is the name of the world of Lightning Returns.

KHRULER

March 10, 2014 @ 01:23 amOffline

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Yea I meant Nova Chrysalia.... this is an awkward derp moment for me.

Oracle Spockanort

March 10, 2014 @ 02:03 amOffline

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Oh well if we're talking about Nova Chrysallia, then that won't happen ever. We won't ever get a Final Fantasy world. Original worlds serve that purpose.

Sign

March 10, 2014 @ 02:10 amOffline

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Besides, Ivalice would be a far superior world than Nova Chrysallia.

KeybladeGuy

March 10, 2014 @ 02:26 amOffline

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I would just say Midgar for FF and be done with it - but Final Fantasy won't get a world and HERE's WHY:

Almost all FF characters originate from either Radiant Garden or Olympus Coliseum.

Now let the hype die.

Sign

March 10, 2014 @ 02:29 amOffline

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KeybladeGuy
I would just say Midgar for FF and be done with it - but Final Fantasy won't get a world and HERE's WHY:

Almost all FF characters originate from either Radiant Garden or Olympus Coliseum.

Now let the hype die.


That would imply any of us had hype to begin with and weren't just fooling around 8D

KHRULER

March 10, 2014 @ 02:32 amOffline

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Sign
Besides, Ivalice would be a far superior world than Nova Chrysallia.


That's the spirit!

On a side note,does anyone know why they asked what genres we play and what video games we played on the list,and what we are looking forward to?

KeybladeGuy

March 10, 2014 @ 02:32 amOffline

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just pointing out why FF will not get a world - it already has one, to be technical.

Chaser

March 10, 2014 @ 02:34 amOffline

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KHRULER
That's the spirit!

On a side note,does anyone know why they asked what genres we play and what video games we played on the list?

I guess they might be looking to see if people would prefer an action adventure game with Sora, or if they should include some sort of FPS (Better than what they had with Chicken Little).

Really, it's hard to pinpoint why they asked all those general questions.

Oracle Spockanort

March 10, 2014 @ 02:38 amOffline

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KHRULER
That's the spirit!

On a side note,does anyone know why they asked what genres we play and what video games we played on the list?


Understanding their demographic. They want to know who the Kingdom Hearts series is appealing to. Is the series drawing in more than just JRPG/action game fans? Are they also getting people who like shooters, racing, sports, etc.? What games are their western fans playing?

Just basic marketing research because they have no clue where their fans are.

KHRULER

March 10, 2014 @ 02:42 amOffline

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I was just wondering if they were going to include some elements from those games.Like guns (like real ones though Disney may be one of the things stopping them),fighting like mortal combat (Disney may disapprove),or may make Kingdom Hearts 3 an open world game or somthin'.Who knows.

Dandelion

March 10, 2014 @ 02:52 amOffline

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KHRULER
I was just wondering if they were going to include some elements from those games.Like guns (like real ones though Disney may be one of the things stopping them)

Good sense and ESRB is stopping them from doing that. Sora's getting small guns in the form of a Keyblade transformation, but other than that? Why on earth.

Not to mention, whenever guns have been too aggressive in KH they've censored them. Not because of Disney but because of the ESRB's rating system.

KeybladeGuy

March 10, 2014 @ 03:44 amOffline

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See: Port Royal's Undead Pirates.

Solo

March 10, 2014 @ 03:51 amOffline

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In which case the guns (or muskets, whatever you call them) were replaced with crossbows... although they still make that firearms-characteristic "bang" noise. :P

Oracle Spockanort

March 10, 2014 @ 04:10 amOffline

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Guys, that was 2006 with a conservative ESRB board. We are in 2014 with a slightly less conservative board and a target audience that is in their 20+ rather than 10-15. E10+ allows "cartoon, fantasy or mild violence, mild language and/or minimal suggestive themes." which means guns if depicted in a fantasy manner are fine. You aren't going to see any AK-47s and heavy barrel arms, though.

VagueSimplicity

March 10, 2014 @ 07:17 amOffline

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I wouldn't be surprised if they used my answer for "38. How would you describe KINGDOM HEARTS to a friend in one sentence or less?" in one of their future ads:

"Kingdom Hearts is a masterpiece in video gaming history, and a classic for the ages."

I also asked for them to bring back Billy Zane and Brittany Snow as Ansem, SoD, and Namine, respectively. Oh, and to pitch to JP SE to make an HD bundle of Dream Drop Distance, 358/2 Days and Re:coded (all playable) for PS3/PS4, in the future. Basically, every impossible thing you could imagine. I know I sound crazy and deluded, but when is another opportunity like this going to come along?!

FudgemintGuardian

March 10, 2014 @ 08:06 pmOffline

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Welp, took it again and mentioned things like more NPCs, more screen time for Kairi(again), and a few other stuff I forgot to mention the other times. I wonder if we'll ever get to see the results. I'd love to see what weird stuff other people have said.

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Xagzan

March 11, 2014 @ 12:42 amOffline

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Chaser
It's actually amusing in Lightning Returns. I ran past a woman in Luxerion yesterday who shouted "You mean there are two train stations!?" and I'm just like "Silly woman, you've only lived in this city for 500 years".


Mmmmhm. That's what I'm talking about. I'm wondering if the English translators' fault for doing a shoddy job, or if they're actually good at their job, and that's just the least tin-eared they can make the original script.

VagueSimplicity

I also asked for them to bring back Billy Zane and Brittany Snow as Ansem, SoD, and Namine, respectively.


Lea

March 11, 2014 @ 05:53 amOffline

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I'm very nervous that they posted this to Facebook. They should have reached out to fan pages like KHI and such to post the surveys, aka a demographic of people who take the game seriously. I took a peek in the dark side, and it ain't pretty.


Square Enix Taking Player Feedback for Kingdom Hearts 3 - PlayStation 4 Message Board for PlayStation 4 - GameFAQs
See: Last five comments

Oracle Spockanort

March 11, 2014 @ 06:06 amOffline

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Lea
I'm very nervous that they posted this to Facebook. They should have reached out to fan pages like KHI and such to post the surveys, aka a demographic of people who take the game seriously. I took a peek in the dark side, and it ain't pretty.


Square Enix Taking Player Feedback for Kingdom Hearts 3 - PlayStation 4 Message Board for PlayStation 4 - GameFAQs
See: Last five comments


Sadly we are the minority. I still fear that KH3 will cater to the lowest common denominator like KH2 did, but this survey will influence little when it comes to them developing 2.5 and KH3...hopefully.

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Rolands

March 11, 2014 @ 10:50 amOffline

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Master Spockanort
Sadly we are the minority. I still fear that KH3 will cater to the lowest common denominator like KH2 did, but this survey will influence little when it comes to them developing 2.5 and KH3...hopefully.
Not that I'm disagreeing. Just wondering if you might explain your reasoning about KH2?

Ruran

March 11, 2014 @ 12:24 pmOffline

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Rolands
Not that I'm disagreeing. Just wondering if you might explain your reasoning about KH2?


After many complaints that KH1 was too difficult they dramatically turned it down in KH2, the story was more like a shonen action series and applied many known manga tropes instead of being its own thing, relied on the instant gratification of spectacular looking moves, the female characters were relegated to fan service, and Sora was made a snarker who always had some sort of comeback, just to name a few.

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March 11, 2014 @ 01:03 pmOffline

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KHRULER
I was just wondering if they were going to include some elements from those games.Like guns (like real ones though Disney may be one of the things stopping them),fighting like mortal combat


I have to disagree with this one. Last gen has forced so much FPS and just shooter games down my throat that I never wanna play a shooter ever again sometimes. I realize KH3 added some kind of gun mechanic, and that's fine, but not only do I find it impossible to see Sora running around with a sniper rifle picking off heartless one by one while on the clock tower in Twilight Town, but I doubt they'd change the weapon of choice lol. Same goes with Mortal Combat fighting, he's got a keyblade and I don't see Sora dealing any effective fatalities lol.

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Rolands

March 11, 2014 @ 01:12 pmOffline

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Ruran
After many complaints that KH1 was too difficult they dramatically turned it down in KH2, the story was more like a shonen action series and applied many known manga tropes instead of being its own thing, relied on the instant gratification of spectacular looking moves, the female characters were relegated to fan service, and Sora was made a snarker who always had some sort of comeback, just to name a few.


Female...relegated...that's largely a fault of the entire series, first game included. I'm well aware of the gameplay changes of course. It never stuck out to me as particularly "tropey," but then again I'm not the most familiar with such things. It certainly has a different feel to it from the first though, and Sora's surface traits do seem to have shifted somewhat.

I certainly have my issues with the plot, but it didn't seem to be built for morons or anything like that.

Ruran

March 11, 2014 @ 03:29 pmOffline

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Rolands
Female...relegated...that's largely a fault of the entire series, first game included. I'm well aware of the gameplay changes of course. It never stuck out to me as particularly "tropey," but then again I'm not the most familiar with such things. It certainly has a different feel to it from the first though, and Sora's surface traits do seem to have shifted somewhat.

I certainly have my issues with the plot, but it didn't seem to be built for morons or anything like that.


The series is pretty low in regarding female fan service all things considering, but I found that KH2 leaned on it slightly more than other games. I'm mostly referring to OCs by the way, the other characters (FF and Disney) already had their designs pre-established. Kairi suffered from it the most, suddenly going from a tomboyish, beach ready style, to a super mini tube dress that was loose fit and looked about ready to fall off. Not to mention, the game gave the player the option of looking up her dress so you can see her surprisingly (not really) detailed panties. That. Sort of thing doesn't happen by accident. It's apprent that Kairi was meant as eye candy in that game, and to an extent, Naminé as well. None of the games is the series thus far have been that shameless.

KH2 was a product of its time. Shonen action series were very popular at the time (they still kind of are, but not to the extent of the early/mid 2000s) and it had the feel of one.

Idk, as a whole, it felt played down to me. The ease of gameplay, the reaction commands, the Disney storylines being watered down versions of their respective movies, Sora all of a sudden being a hot blooded hero even though he was a fairly chilaxed person before, the easily identifiable villains, the exposition dumps, etc. It just felt like it was built to be much more easily digestable than its predecessors.

Wehrmacht

March 11, 2014 @ 03:42 pmOffline

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KH2 also had the "comedic relief" villains common to many shounen series in the form of Pete and Maleficent. Except instead of actually being funny, they were terrible and took away precious screen time from the villains people actually wanted to see.

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Rolands

March 11, 2014 @ 03:52 pmOffline

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Ruran
the Disney storylines being watered down versions of their respective movies
I don't think that was a matter of appealing to the least common denominator as much as general incompetence.



Sora all of a sudden being a hot blooded hero even though he was a fairly chilaxed person before

That is rather inexplicable, yes.



the easily identifiable villains

There has never been a villain in this series that wasn't easily identifiable.



It just felt like it was built to be much more easily digestable than its predecessors.

I still don't think it's nearly enough to say either way, but I can understand where you're coming from.

blksabbath74

March 11, 2014 @ 03:54 pmOffline

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Ruran
The series is pretty low in regarding female fan service all things considering, but I found that KH2 leaned on it slightly more than other games. I'm mostly referring to OCs by the way, the other characters (FF and Disney) already had their designs pre-established. Kairi suffered from it the most, suddenly going from a tomboyish, beach ready style, to a super mini tube dress that was lose fit and looked about ready to fall off. Not to mention, the game gave the player the option of looking up her dress so you can see her surprisingly (not really) detailed panties. That. Sort of thing doesn't happen by accident. It's apprent that Kairi was meant as eye candy in that game, and to an extent, Naminé as well. None of the games is the series thus far have been that shameless.

KH2 was a product of its time. Shonen action series were very popular at the time (they still kind of are, but not to the extent of the early/mid 2000s) and it had the feel of one.

Idk, as a whole, it felt played down to me. The ease of gameplay, the reaction commands, the Disney storylines being watered down versions of their respective movies, Sora all of a sudden being a hot blooded hero even though he was a fairly chilaxed person before, the easily identifiable villains, the exposition dumps, etc. It just felt like it was built to be much more easily digestable than its predecessors.


Totally agree...

I much preferred the beach Kairi of KH1. I'm not a fan of the latter day pink dress look at all. I hadn't really noticed the difference until you piuinted it out, but the post KH1 Kair just sort of sits there, with little personality, and you're talking about vs a character who was comotose for most of KH1. Both Kair and Namine's skirts were a bit short for me. I was unaware of the panty thing, and I think that's pretty tacky.

As a whole KH2 was more, but less artfully done. More Disney worlds, and more time to spend in them, but less of an emotional impact. You are forced to revisit them, rather than them being so beautifully built that you WANT to revisit them. There are more original villains, but they all sort of look and act alike. The game takes longer to play, and has a ton of back story, but it's less fun (still fun) than the original.

I am sincerely hoping that they have learned their collective lesson from the problems of KH2 and will rectify them in KH3.

blksabbath74

March 11, 2014 @ 04:00 pmOffline

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Chaser
I guess they might be looking to see if people would prefer an action adventure game with Sora, or if they should include some sort of FPS (Better than what they had with Chicken Little).

Really, it's hard to pinpoint why they asked all those general questions.


Honestly, I didn't feel like they were looking for input on the game, so much as "How can we get you to pre-order."

Sign

March 11, 2014 @ 04:05 pmOffline

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blksabbath74
Honestly, I didn't feel like they were looking for input on the game, so much as "How can we get you to pre-order."


Well, that much is clear, definitely, but they've left it open-ended enough that we can actually hold a 12-page discussion about it.

Solo

March 11, 2014 @ 04:05 pmOffline

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Rolands
There has never been a villain in this series that wasn't easily identifiable.


Ansem in KH1 wasn't. For the majority of the game, we were led to mistakenly believe that Maleficent is the big boss of the villains, but it turned out that the Robed Figure had been working in secret behind the scenes, manipulating Maleficent to gather the PoH for him.

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Rolands

March 11, 2014 @ 04:13 pmOffline

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Solosis
Ansem in KH1 wasn't. For the majority of the game, we were led to mistakenly believe that Maleficent is the big boss of the villains, but it turned out that the Robed Figure had been working in secret behind the scenes, manipulating Maleficent to gather the PoH for him.
I'll grant you that his robed self doesn't give much away, but his actual appearance just screams evil.

blksabbath74

More Disney worlds, and more time to spend in them, but less of an emotional impact. You are forced to revisit them, rather than them being so beautifully built that you WANT to revisit them
I agree. They often don't play out that well dramatically, or have very much to say. And I can't help but feel that the whole revisiting thing was quite unnecessary. Only Land of Dragons, Olympus Colloseum and Radiant Garden took proper advantage of it. All the other worlds only had one story, could've had their stories condensed to one visit easily (Beast's Castle, Agrabah) or only had one story worth telling (the second visits of Halloweentown, Port Royal and Pride Lands being were worthwhile, while the first visits were largely retreads of the movies).



There are more original villains, but they all sort of look and act alike.

It occurs to me that for the sake of KH2 there didn't even need to be an organization. Xemnas, Axel, Roxas: those are all the nobodies you need. You could cut out all the rest with minimal effort. Heck, if you wanted to you could also do Chain of Memories with just Marluxia, Axel and Vexen. Marluxia can take Larxene's role on top of his own easily enough. Lexaeus does nothing of value but fight Riku, and Vexen can easily take Zexion's role as a schemer on top of the role he already had.

Ruran

March 11, 2014 @ 04:22 pmOffline

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Rolands
I don't think that was a matter of appealing to the least common denominator as much as general incompetence.


I reckon it's a little of both. Lifting the plots straight from the movies makes it easier for the writers, but it also makes it easier for the players to know what's going assuming that most of them have seen the movies at least once.


Rolands
There has never been a villain in this series that wasn't easily identifiable.


I meant in regards to both the players and the characters. SDG's interactions with the villains was very straight forward and formulaic. In comparison to KH1 for instance, Sora didn't know who the villains were and they used that to there advatage to try and trick him, e.g. Hades. KH2 sort of goes "hey Sora, see those dudes in the black coats? Yeah they're evil, don't trust them" limiting the interactions and making them stagnent. As blksabbath74 said, they kind of blend together and don't give the player much to ponder about. Granted, in KH1, you knew who the majority of the villains were, but part of the fun was seeing how Sora would react to them, especially since a lot of them had distinct and bombastic personalities. KH2 takes that away making the transactions very black and white.

Rolands
I still don't think it's nearly enough to say either way, but I can understand where you're coming from.


I suppose we should agree to disagree. I think KH2 was way too played down for my taste and hope they don't follow the same route for 3.

Oracle Spockanort

March 11, 2014 @ 05:01 pmOffline

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We are neglecting to forget that KH2 brought back characters because of their popularity. Axel was given a larger role because people loved him in CoM. Maleficent was brought back because people loved her as a villain. Cloud, Tifa, and Sephiroth's storyline was purely promotion for Advent Children...they added little to the game in my opinion. Anyways, I won't travel down that road. I really disliked KH2 for the reasons Ruran gave and it felt pretty obvious to me that it was meant to appeal to the audience of the time rather than trying to be its own thing.

SO YEAH. You know, I kind of feel bad for Mat and whoever else who has to read the replies to this survey. This probably has tens of thousands of replies.

Wehrmacht

March 11, 2014 @ 05:04 pmOffline

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It occurs to me that for the sake of KH2 there didn't even need to be an organization. Xemnas, Axel, Roxas: those are all the nobodies you need. You could cut out all the rest with minimal effort. Heck, if you wanted to you could also do Chain of Memories with just Marluxia, Axel and Vexen. Marluxia can take Larxene's role on top of his own easily enough. Lexaeus does nothing of value but fight Riku, and Vexen can easily take Zexion's role as a schemer on top of the role he already had.



To me it was moreso the fact that the KH2 members didn't show up much at all in the grand scheme of things (instead we often just got to see Pete and Maleficent's short bus antics). Your interactions with them weren't really that interesting either. This made pretty much all the KH2 members (except Axel, maybe) very flat and uninteresting. They're mostly just plot devices with paper thin personalities (demyx being a slacker, luxord being fixated on gambling, etc). Those traits COULD have been fleshed out and made interesting, but that didn't happen because the story in KH2 was a mess and WAY too busy. In CoM you got to see the inner politics between all of them and almost every member had a distinct personality and role to play, so they were much more compelling villains imo.

blksabbath74

March 11, 2014 @ 06:13 pmOffline

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Wehrmacht
To me it was moreso the fact that the KH2 members didn't show up much at all in the grand scheme of things (instead we often just got to see Pete and Maleficent's short bus antics). Your interactions with them weren't really that interesting either. This made pretty much all the KH2 members (except Axel, maybe) very flat and uninteresting. They're mostly just plot devices with paper thin personalities (demyx being a slacker, luxord being fixated on gambling, etc). Those traits COULD have been fleshed out and made interesting, but that didn't happen because the story in KH2 was a mess and WAY too busy. In CoM you got to see the inner politics between all of them and almost every member had a distinct personality and role to play, so they were much more compelling villains imo.


Very good point. They really utilized the Organization well in CoM, but in KH2 they were just seemed like incongruous boss battles, for the most part. They COULD have fleshed them out much more, and conversely, made the Disney worlds much more central, had they written new plots for the Disney worlds around each of the XIII members, that really matched the member with an appropriate world/scheme and possibly an appropriate partner Disney villain. It would hjave made the Disney worlds feel more like part of the whole, and also have allowed the XIII members to be fleshed out more as characters.

Alot of potential squandered in my opinion.

I mean, in CoM, you had:

Vexen - Lecturing douchebag
Larxene - mean bitch
Axel - joker/wild card
Marluxia - Scheming Diva
+ the bamement duo...

Other than Lexaeus and Zexion, they were all really well developed and even though they all dressed similarly, you had a sense of them as individuals.


In KH2 you had

Xemnas - Big Bad
Saix - Berserker, minor development through Axel's story
Xigbar - Shooter
Xaldin - Wind Spear Guy
Luxord - Gambling Guy
Demyx - Music Guy

Really, other than Saix, the remainder of the Organization are defined by their hair color/style, facial features and combat styles, more than any real personality.

Xaldin and Luxord were a little cooler because there were actually used in Disney worlds; respectively Luxord's curse on Jack and Xaldin's experiments on Beast.

I guess I wish they had recruited back up the 13 members by KH2, and utlilized the mebers the way they did Luxord and Xaldin, but really incorporated them into the different Disney worlds and fleshed them out.

Ah well.

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Genocide

March 11, 2014 @ 07:23 pmOffline

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Same. At this point, it certainly seems like they're working on in-game language options rather than a completely different build. We'll see if and when it happens.

But back to the survey.


I haven't checked. Is English available yet? The only thing stopping me from playing is language.
It's not like Pokemon where it's so formulaic, you don't really have to read it.

Solosis
Ansem in KH1 wasn't. For the majority of the game, we were led to mistakenly believe that Maleficent is the big boss of the villains, but it turned out that the Robed Figure had been working in secret behind the scenes, manipulating Maleficent to gather the PoH for him.


Oh yeah. I forgot about him for most of the game. I got to Hollow Bastion like "Let's go get this bitch, save the day and go home."

Then it wasn't until the cutscene where he's all "Need some help?" That I was like "who the fuck is this dude? Oh yeah yeah, it's the guy from the islands. What is he doing here?"

"It is I - Ansem!"

Motherfucker, I've been looking for you. Where you been?

That was truly a left field play.

blksabbath74
Very good point. They really utilized the Organization well in CoM


I have to disagree. I feel that these are characters who (some of which) died pointlessly.

We know the series is being written as it goes along. The least they could have done is make us like these characters through genuine development, not:

Creepy old dude: kill
psychotic fire guy: let's keep him
sadistic bitch: evil, kill
flowery bishounen: CLEARLY evil. Let;s make her a man, THEN kill him.

We barely got any reason to bother to care. Repliku was WHOLLY under utilized and the whole Replica program could have been played up more. A lot more references to other members, including Roxas could have been made.



Alot of potential squandered in my opinion.



The whole series after CoM.



I mean, in CoM, you had:

Vexen - Lecturing douchebag
Larxene - mean bitch
Axel - joker/wild card
Marluxia - Scheming Diva



On top of that, they were shown with these personalities briefly and had no real indication of that outside of those few moments.

Which is why I took the opportunity to rewrite CoM a bit, cut some of the lesser content, add foreshadowing and played up their personalities a bit more.

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March 11, 2014 @ 08:23 pmOffline

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Genocide
I haven't checked. Is English available yet? The only thing stopping me from playing is language.
It's not like Pokemon where it's so formulaic, you don't really have to read it.


Not yet. If you're okay with referring to a translation guide, we have all the missions, objectives and dialogue available already, but in-gane language options aren't available yet.

kupo1121

March 12, 2014 @ 03:09 amOffline

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lol I feel like a whole thread could just become KH2 bashing (which it could since this thread partially devolved into that :P) but that is partially why this survey is a good and bad thing. While it does allow us to voice our opinions on KH2, and we know it was used to have them figure out how to make us pre-order the game (which I think all of us here are already doing anyways), it's sad this wasn't done after 2.5 came out since then a lot of people would have the chance to play BbS. Due to that, I'm assuming KH2 will (and even if 2.5 came out, most people would still have chosen KH2) have a resounding popularity among that poll and they'll continue making games like that because it caters to the large audience.

The sad thing is, I see so many people complain that KH2 was too easy (even casual fans) but I never even knew that people complained KH1 was hard. I honestly never thought KH1 was considered a "hard" game. I mean, sure it had it's hard parts, but it wasn't "hard" overall in my opinion (and let me tell you, I'm a wimp when it comes to challenges, I don't like them...)

blksabbath74
Vexen - Lecturing *********
Larxene - mean *****
Axel - joker/wild card
Marluxia - Scheming Diva
+ the bamement duo...


I'm not trying to "be a mod" and if anybody thinks I am, I apologize, I'm just confused since I thought those kind of words would be "kupo'd" out since I'm not sure if they're necessary appropriate for a kid-friendly forum. Even if they're terms that do have other meanings, those meanings clearly were not implied in those posts :P

Oracle Spockanort

March 12, 2014 @ 03:23 amOffline

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kupo1121
I'm not trying to "be a mod" and if anybody thinks I am, I apologize, I'm just confused since I thought those kind of words would be "kupo'd" out since I'm not sure if they're necessary appropriate for a kid-friendly forum. Even if they're terms that do have other meanings, those meanings clearly were not implied in those posts :P


The words are fine. Just don't try to get around the censors for the words we do have censored and don't spam shit and it's all cool.

kuraudoVII

March 12, 2014 @ 07:14 pmOffline

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The sad thing is, I see so many people complain that KH2 was too easy (even casual fans) but I never even knew that people complained KH1 was hard. I honestly never thought KH1 was considered a "hard" game. I mean, sure it had it's hard parts, but it wasn't "hard" overall in my opinion (and let me tell you, I'm a wimp when it comes to challenges, I don't like them...)


To be fair, I've noticed that most complaints about I being hard were only after II was released and was considered a lot easier in comparison.

Solo

March 12, 2014 @ 09:58 pmOffline

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Well, there's your answer. That just shows that it's not that KH1 was hard, it's that KH2 was way too easy. The gameplay had devolved into mash-X-to-win kind and very little strategy was required, what with all those fancy, flashy Hollywood-esque abilities that will execute no matter what just by equipping them.

That's even just naming one of the reasons why KH2 was considered to have catered to the "lowest common denominator", borrowing Spock's words; fortunately it just wasn't easy enough as to insult intelligence.

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Xagzan

March 12, 2014 @ 10:48 pmOffline

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Sooo...I'm guessing no one's yet played KH2FM's Critical Mode?

Sora's Heart

March 12, 2014 @ 10:54 pmOffline

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Took the survey a few days ago. Anyone bugged them for a Toy Story world yet? cus I forgot. lol I made sure they knew I was looking forward to KH3 and KH2.5. In fact, I couldn't wait any longer so today I hooked up my PS2 and am now replaying KH2. lol

Oracle Spockanort

March 12, 2014 @ 11:02 pmOffline

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Sora's Heart
Took the survey a few days ago. Anyone bugged them for a Toy Story world yet? cus I forgot. lol I made sure they knew I was looking forward to KH3 and KH2.5. In fact, I couldn't wait any longer so today I hooked up my PS2 and am now replaying KH2. lol


I don't think that is anything we need to ask for. Nomura wants Pixar worlds desperately, Nomura knows fans want it too because we've cried about it for years, so the decision would fall to Disney.

Ruran

March 12, 2014 @ 11:21 pmOffline

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Xagzan
Sooo...I'm guessing no one's yet played KH2FM's Critical Mode?


KH2FM was an upgrade in almost every single way. Vanilla KH2 is still crap and that's what everyone outside of Japan got unless they were willing to import, mod, etc. I reckon the majority of KH fans haven't played KH2FM.

Mirby

March 12, 2014 @ 11:46 pmOffline

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I played KH2FM. Softmodded my PS2 to play the burnt disc with the English translation on it and everything.

I'm excited to be able to play that in full HD. Still need to take out those damn Mushroom XIII anyways haha

Oracle Spockanort

March 13, 2014 @ 12:15 amOffline

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Xagzan
Sooo...I'm guessing no one's yet played KH2FM's Critical Mode?


We're discussing the original KH2, though. Critical was definitely an improvement and about 8 years late for those who never imported, which, like Ruran said, is probably most KH fans. That's about over a million people who never played KH2FM.

If we were talking about KH2FM, though, then it'd be no argument that the game was made harder and took a great step forward. The fact stands that the original KH2 was watered down in comparison to the first game.

Blackdrazon

March 13, 2014 @ 01:18 amOffline

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Regarding the discussion on the previous page, one thing I did like about the Org in 2 was that I could look forward to the "incongruent boss battles." Moreover, I knew the Org boss battles would be way more impressive and memorable than the rest (and memorable compared to one another), and that's generally true. I remember keeping a checklist in my MSN screenname at the time, I was that eager to track them all down. But could they have been built up better as characters and villains on top of that? Absolutely.

That they did such an awful job building most of the Org up in Days as well makes me wonder if they were really capable of building up that many characters to begin with. (imho, the only characters that were well used in Days were the leads and Saix. Xigbar's okay now thanks to Braig in BBS.) That's partially why I'm in the camp hoping the True Org members are established characters - from the KH, Disney, Final Fantasy or TWEWY rosters. That's when the series is at its best: when someone else has kickstarted the writing for them. Hell! How many writers can crank out 10+ great characters a single game?

kupo1121
The sad thing is, I see so many people complain that KH2 was too easy (even casual fans) but I never even knew that people complained KH1 was hard. I honestly never thought KH1 was considered a "hard" game. I mean, sure it had it's hard parts, but it wasn't "hard" overall in my opinion (and let me tell you, I'm a wimp when it comes to challenges, I don't like them...)


I do want to say that while I don't feel KH1 is "hard," I do feel it's the hardest game in the series prior to DDD, which I waffle on (DDD has some clearly harder moments, but 1 is harder evenly...). Though when it comes to post-game challenges, BBS wins for being... just unfair.

Critical Path Only: KH1, DDD, CoM, Days, BBS, KH2, coded.

Challenges Included: BBS, Days (points for Challenge Mode being so long), KH1:FM, DDD, KH2, CoM, coded.

I haven't played the other Final Mixes, though I could make a few guesses based on what I've heard.

LightUpTheSky452

March 13, 2014 @ 06:13 pmOffline

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Welp, I finally got around to taking the survey again, and I think I touched on everything that people were asking for here, as well as other things I thought of.

But, yeah. I asked for Kairi character development, more females and better handling of said females, BbS merchandise, BbSV2, KH Chi, 3D for the PS3. Oh! And of course the novels and Ultimanias. I suggested world ideas (such as Gargoyles), and made sure to ask nicely for awesome preorder bonuses and collector's editions, like the wayfinders.

Heck, I even asked for them to lean towards pretty much any game in the series except for II, as far as Sora's character development is concerned (and that they should focus on BbS for gameplay). I also suggested that they focus a little less on Keyblade wielders, so we can see more of Donald and Goofy again. (And to that end, I asked for the Disney to be important again and integrated into the main plot).

I am spent (who knew that a survey could tire you out so much?!), but I'm satisfied. These surveys probably won't affect much at all, but at least we tried, right? Go, KHI!

...Though I really do feel bad for the people who have to read all of these. Especially this second survey I just took. Yikes. Sorry, guys! But I love you, SE NA, and truly appreciate all of you. And I thank you for giving us this opportunity to voice our opinions.

Keveo

March 13, 2014 @ 07:24 pmOffline

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blksabbath74

March 13, 2014 @ 07:35 pmOffline

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LightUpTheSky452
Welp, I finally got around to taking the survey again, and I think I touched on everything that people were asking for here, as well as other things I thought of.

But, yeah. I asked for Kairi character development, more females and better handling of said females, BbS merchandise, BbSV2, KH Chi, 3D for the PS3. Oh! And of course the novels and Ultimanias. I suggested world ideas (such as Gargoyles), and made sure to ask nicely for awesome preorder bonuses and collector's editions, like the wayfinders.

Heck, I even asked for them to lean towards pretty much any game in the series except for II, as far as Sora's character development is concerned (and that they should focus on BbS for gameplay). I also suggested that they focus a little less on Keyblade wielders, so we can see more of Donald and Goofy again. (And to that end, I asked for the Disney to be important again and integrated into the main plot).

I am spent (who knew that a survey could tire you out so much?!), but I'm satisfied. These surveys probably won't affect much at all, but at least we tried, right? Go, KHI!

...Though I really do feel bad for the people who have to read all of these. Especially this second survey I just took. Yikes. Sorry, guys! But I love you, SE NA, and truly appreciate all of you. And I thank you for giving us this opportunity to voice our opinions.


I want minifigs...

Heck, I'd settle for action figures that didn't cost $60+...

Ruran

March 13, 2014 @ 07:45 pmOffline

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^That remindes me.

This was something I was thinking of a while back, but I'm surprised they never put out monster minifigs (Heartless, Unversed, Nobodies, Dream Eaters). I don't know how many breeds there are, but they have plenty, enough to make an extended collection.

Perhaps I'll take the survey again and suggest them. I need something to keep my Pokèman and future MLP and Adveture Time minifigures company. P:

blksabbath74

March 13, 2014 @ 07:53 pmOffline

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Ruran
^That remindes me.

This was something I was thinking of a while back, but I'm surprised they never put out monster minifigs (Heartless, Unversed, Nobodies, Dream Eaters). I don't know how many breeds there are, but they have plenty, enough to make an extended collection.

Perhaps I'll take the survey again and suggest them. I need something to keep my Pokèman and future MLP and Adveture Time minifigures company. P:


Yeah, from a minifig perspective, there is suprisingly little available. You can by some KH action figures in no particular scale for about $60 each, and there is a minifig set of Cloud, Axel, Sora and Riku by Trading Arts for arounf $50+, but jeeze, have mercy on us mere mortals who have to buy daipers and pay mortgages.

Amazon.com : Square-Enix - Kingdom Hearts Avatar Trading Arts Vol. 1 pack 4 figurines 5 cm : Action Figures : Toys & Games

Oracle Spockanort

March 13, 2014 @ 09:07 pmOffline

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My friend bought those for me for $25. Way overpriced, now xD

The closest thing we have to minifigs for enemies is the character straps.

kupo1121

March 14, 2014 @ 01:28 amOffline

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Master Spockanort
The words are fine. Just don't try to get around the censors for the words we do have censored and don't spam shit and it's all cool.


Ah, okay, just didn't know ^_^ I'll make sure to not post anything too obscene, if those words are fine, IDK what words (besides those that are racially derogatory) would be "kupo'd" out...

kuraudoVII
To be fair, I've noticed that most complaints about I being hard were only after II was released and was considered a lot easier in comparison.


That...make me so sad. Does anyone recall that guy who did a segment on BbS at a convention where they had BbS demos (way before it came back) and he spent the entire segment making fun of how KH was a simple button masher and when I read the comments everyone agreed. KH just can't win with that fanbase I guess.

I can't even get into the merchandise discussion, I could speak for days on that alone haha xD

LightUpTheSky452

March 14, 2014 @ 02:48 amOffline

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I've taken this survey five times now, and I forgot to mention how I miss Kairi's tomboy side, and how I want her to dress more like that in III. Dang it.

I'm not taking it again for that, though. However, if someone else wants to mention that, I'd love you for life:) (You really don't have to, though. I'm going overboard, I know, and I feel really bad for how difficult I'm making SENA's lives.)

Oracle Spockanort

March 14, 2014 @ 03:02 amOffline

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We should have made an award for people who took this survey 3 or more times. I really, truly do feel bad for Square Enix staff now.

This is reminding me of when all of us western fans bombarded Famitsu's survey with English responses and when Famitsu & Nomura were discussing the results, they were like "Shockingly, there was an overwhelming amount of overseas responses!"

Though this time I'm sure this time with NA staff this is less funny since it's not just a handful of people sending in responses but...tens of thousands.

Ruran

March 14, 2014 @ 03:58 amOffline

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blksabbath74
Yeah, from a minifig perspective, there is suprisingly little available. You can by some KH action figures in no particular scale for about $60 each, and there is a minifig set of Cloud, Axel, Sora and Riku by Trading Arts for arounf $50+, but jeeze, have mercy on us mere mortals who have to buy daipers and pay mortgages.

Amazon.com : Square-Enix - Kingdom Hearts Avatar Trading Arts Vol. 1 pack 4 figurines 5 cm : Action Figures : Toys & Games


Dammit Square! I need to grow my Heartless army (on a budget because I'm in school and jobless...).

I'd love if they put out a series of small enemy firgures that were affordable, like the toys in the MLP blid bags. Although, I reckon they wouldn't be as cheap if only because they would have to make so many moldes. Regardless, it's definitely magable.

LightUpTheSky452
I've taken this survey five times now, and I forgot to mention how I miss Kairi's tomboy side, and how I want her to dress more like that in III. Dang it.

I'm not taking it again for that, though. However, if someone else wants to mention that, I'd love you for life:) (You really don't have to, though. I'm going overboard, I know, and I feel really bad for how difficult I'm making SENA's lives.)


I feel the issue of Kairi's dress would be futile I'm afraid. If I know this fandom the way I think I do, if anyone commented on her attaire (as well as those for the other female characters for that matter), I think the common response would be to make her sexier.

If most people are using KH2 as a standard like we fear they might, I don't think her personality would stand much of a chance either. People love how much more "mature" she became (there's this thing where "serious" = "mature" and I wish they'd stahp) even though all they did was neuter her and took away what little personality she had before and gave her that of a brick.

kuraudoVII

March 14, 2014 @ 04:08 amOffline

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Dammit Square! I need to grow my Heartless army (on a budget because I'm in school and jobless...).


This is basically me in a nutshell.

I kind of miss Kairi's more tomboyish side myself. While I was somewhat OK with her design in II (although seriously, what the diddly was she thinking when she thought to wear a dress that makes it impossible for her to preserve her modesty), I do hope for something more practical come III when she is expected to fight. It'll be interesting to see if Square Enix thinks about this...

Ruran

March 14, 2014 @ 04:15 amOffline

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kuraudoVII
This is basically me in a nutshell.

I kind of miss Kairi's more tomboyish side myself. While I was somewhat OK with her design in II (although seriously, what the diddly was she thinking when she thought to wear a dress that makes it impossible for her to preserve her modesty), I do hope for something more practical come III when she is expected to fight. It'll be interesting to see if Square Enix thinks about this...


I'm expecting short-short-short-shorts and a sleevless crop-top that's way to tight.

Which I'm...half joking about. I'm sure they'll give her something practical, but there's a certain "rythem" to Kairi's clothing and they wouldn't miss an opportunity to make her sexy in the process.

kuraudoVII

March 14, 2014 @ 04:25 amOffline

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Ruran
I'm expecting short-short-short-shorts and a sleevless crop-top that's way to tight.

Which I'm...half joking about. I'm sure they'll give her something practical, but there's a certain "rythem" to Kairi's clothing and they wouldn't miss an opportunity to make her sexy in the process.


I don't mind if they make her look nice. I just don't want her to look like an underage floozy. Character designers can fall into that trap quite a bit no matter what side of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans they hail from.

FudgemintGuardian

March 14, 2014 @ 09:31 pmOffline

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Funny how we're suddenly talking about Kairi's clothes. The first thing I thought when I got up this morning was "What's Kairi gonna where in KHIII!?" I even doodled a bit on some tiny pieces of scrap paper. I'll show them here later when it's done pending on FanartCentral.

blksabbath74

March 14, 2014 @ 09:50 pmOffline

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Ruran
I'm expecting short-short-short-shorts and a sleevless crop-top that's way to tight.

Which I'm...half joking about. I'm sure they'll give her something practical, but there's a certain "rythem" to Kairi's clothing and they wouldn't miss an opportunity to make her sexy in the process.


Sadly, that would actually be an improvement.

Part of the problem is her age. In KH1, even with her short skorts and sleeveless shirt, Kairi was too young to really come off as sexualized. Instead, she came of as sporty and tomboyish, even while wearing pink.

Now she is at least old enough to be a sex object, and the dress was, IMO, a horrible choice, and Ruran only recently pointed out to me the panty thing.

Quite frankly, even if she's dressed like a hooters girl, shorts would be preferable to a skirt, and I'd really like to see a more sporty look.

A ton of it would be attitude. But yeah, I'd prefer to see her return to a sportier, less sexualized tomboy who can hang with and challenge Riku and Sora the way she did back on Destiny Islands.

Ruran

March 14, 2014 @ 10:23 pmOffline

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blksabbath74
Sadly, that would actually be an improvement.

Part of the problem is her age. In KH1, even with her short skorts and sleeveless shirt, Kairi was too young to really come off as sexualized. Instead, she came of as sporty and tomboyish, even while wearing pink.

Now she is at least old enough to be a sex object, and the dress was, IMO, a horrible choice, and Ruran only recently pointed out to me the panty thing.

Quite frankly, even if she's dressed like a hooters girl, shorts would be preferable to a skirt, and I'd really like to see a more sporty look.

A ton of it would be attitude. But yeah, I'd prefer to see her return to a sportier, less sexualized tomboy who can hang with and challenge Riku and Sora the way she did back on Destiny Islands.


I was just reminded of something I had forgotten about, but you can also see Selphie's panties in KH1. She's was thirteen. It was a bit more discrete though.

It's probably best not to dwell on the perversion of the developers too much longer and all just agree that we'd rather see Kairi keep her dignity/go back to the way she was in KH1 in personality and attire and hope they don't use KH2 as a base for what they should do for KH3. Either story, character, or design wise.

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Rolands

March 14, 2014 @ 11:29 pmOffline

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blksabbath74
who can hang with and challenge Riku and Sora the way she did back on Destiny Islands.
I don't think she ever had a problem "hanging" with them. And she never challenged either of them in any way, as far as we know.

Ruran

March 14, 2014 @ 11:39 pmOffline

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Rolands
I don't think she ever had a problem "hanging" with them. And she never challenged either of them in any way, as far as we know.


I think he meant that Kairi could "be one of the boys" referring to her tomboyishness. She challenged them to a race (and lost badly, but gets a gold star for trying).

In regards to Kairi's chickification...I never noticed much to be honest. She wasn't much of a tomboy even in KH1. She had really short hair and somewhat sporty clothes, but she always came off as pretty girly to me anyway (the concept art contributes to this).

Sign

March 15, 2014 @ 02:45 amOffline

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Just took the survey again. I only remembered three things that I wanted to say, so hopefully another one doesn't randomly surface later on after the survey closes lol

My main three were:

1. Better development staff-->community connection. Specifically I was thinking about something along the lines of Final Fantasy XIV's Letters from the Producer/Director. Obviously that may not be possible, but wouldn't it be glorious if it would happen?

(I'd like Letters from the Co-Director though, because Nomura doesn't like doing these things and Yasue is incredibly nice and personable.)

2. Fix the weird-ass promotion. Seriously wtf. KH barely compares to the promotion for the XIII trilogy, which gets constant trailers and screenshots (even if the quality is awful). Whereas with KH, we only get promotional media closer to release, screenshot quality is all over the place, and the screens themselves are laden with all sorts of technical issues (pieces of the HUD missing, models clipping through each other, Sora having a Keyblade when it's impossible for him to have a Keyblade at that point in the game). Also false advertising. No more artwork in trailers that actually isn't included in the artbook please, because hey, we noticed.

3. ONLINE MIRAGE ARENA. RELEASE THE POTENTIAL.

Oracle Spockanort

March 15, 2014 @ 03:02 amOffline

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Just took the survey again. I only remembered three things that I wanted to say, so hopefully another one doesn't randomly surface later on after the survey closes lol


OH SHIT. Tonight is the last day! I need to do it again...This survey is really bad for people like *ushers at the internet* us.



My main three were:

1. Better development staff-->community connection. Specifically I was thinking about something along the lines of Final Fantasy XIV's Letters from the Producer/Director. Obviously that may not be possible, but wouldn't it be glorious if it would happen?

(I'd like Letters from the Co-Director though, because Nomura doesn't like doing these things and Yasue is incredibly nice and personable.)



Bless you. And now I just remembered I didn't include this and makes my need to do the survey again most important.



2. Fix the weird-ass promotion. Seriously wtf. KH barely compares to the promotion for the XIII trilogy, which gets constant trailers and screenshots (even if the quality is awful). Whereas with KH, we only get promotional media closer to release, screenshot quality is all over the place, and the screens themselves are laden with all sorts of technical issues (pieces of the HUD missing, models clipping through each other, Sora having a Keyblade when it's impossible for him to have a Keyblade at that point in the game). Also false advertising. No more artwork in trailers that actually isn't included in the artbook please, because hey, we noticed.



Those glitched screenshots were hilarious and extremely unprofessional. I wonder why they thought it was a good idea to release those and who approved it...Still crying at the one where Sora's keyblade went through the hole in Goofy's shield when it never does that in-game.

kuraudoVII

March 15, 2014 @ 03:02 amOffline

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2. Fix the weird-ass promotion. Seriously wtf. KH barely compares to the promotion for the XIII trilogy, which gets constant trailers and screenshots (even if the quality is awful). Whereas with KH, we only get promotional media closer to release, screenshot quality is all over the place, and the screens themselves are laden with all sorts of technical issues (pieces of the HUD missing, models clipping through each other, Sora having a Keyblade when it's impossible for him to have a Keyblade at that point in the game). Also false advertising. No more artwork in trailers that actually isn't included in the artbook please, because hey, we noticed.


I haven't even thought about this, but now that I think about it, the quality has been all over the place. I've also only just remembered the screenshots where it showed the characters having less fish faces, yet when I played the games, the fish faces were still there.

Now I have to go take the survey again...

Sign

March 15, 2014 @ 03:09 amOffline

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kuraudoVII
I haven't even thought about this, but now that I think about it, the quality has been all over the place. I've also only just remembered the screenshots where it showed the characters having less fish faces, yet when I played the games, the fish faces were still there.

Now I have to go take the survey again...


One of the screens you're referring to is probably the one with Riku and Maleficent watching Sora and co. in Traverse Town, isn't it? xD That one made me SO SAD.

kuraudoVII

March 15, 2014 @ 03:26 amOffline

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One of the screens you're referring to is probably the one with Riku and Maleficent watching Sora and co. in Traverse Town, isn't it? xD That one made me SO SAD.


Yeah. The other one that I remember was the shot of Sora in Castle Oblivion where it looked like he was looking at Axel but in the game, he still has that blank expression on his face. I almost facepalmed when I saw that. T-T

Sign

March 15, 2014 @ 03:28 amOffline

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Yeah, the decisions they make can be so weird sometimes.

Jeez, remember in BBS, how Lea had a fully rigged high-poly face and Isa was stuck with those animated facial textures? Just... why?

kuraudoVII

March 15, 2014 @ 03:40 amOffline

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Yup. I would have accepted that somewhat if it were were Saix since he rarely emotes except when tapping into his lunar powers, but this was back when he was Isa, who emotes quite a bit and is even a bit of a snarker that was able to laugh. Hopefully, they'll do a better job of getting rid of those idle facial animations for II.5 and III.

And now I realize that's yet ANOTHER thing that I forgot to put in the survey...

FudgemintGuardian

March 15, 2014 @ 07:58 pmOffline

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Poor Isa. He seems to be the biggest sufferer of blah blah face. So many things I forget to say on the survey...

Here are those clothing sketches for Kairi that I mentioned yesterday.
[Spoiler=Kairi Clothing Design]
[/Spoiler]I'll be redrawing these eventually. I can't leave these ideas as tiny doodles.

Ruran

March 15, 2014 @ 08:09 pmOffline

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FudgemintGuardian
Poor Isa. He seems to be the biggest sufferer of blah blah face. So many things I forget to say on the survey...

Here are those clothing sketches for Kairi that I mentioned yesterday.
I can't get the image to show here and I've tried everything. :( What can I be doing wrong?
Kairi clothing ideas by FudgemintGuardian - Fanart Central

[Spoiler=Kairi Clothing Design]
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I'll be redrawing these eventually. I can't leave these ideas as tiny doodles.


There they should be showing up now. :)

I got lazy and only took the survey one. :p
Bah, I'm sure the thousands of people already said everything that needed to be said.

FudgemintGuardian

March 15, 2014 @ 08:50 pmOffline

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Ruran
There they should be showing up now. :)
Thanks, but... I already fixed it right after I posted. I even edited my comment to get rid of the "I can't get the image to show here and I've tried everything. :( What can I be doing wrong?" part. I don't know how my comment got un-edited. Oh! Unless you started editing it at the same time I was! *laughs* Anyway, thanks. I'll re-edit to how I had it before. *still laughing*

kupo1121

March 16, 2014 @ 01:45 amOffline

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Ruran
There they should be showing up now. :)

I got lazy and only took the survey one. :p
Bah, I'm sure the thousands of people already said everything that needed to be said.


Yeah, I took the survey once, but I for the most part included most of what I'd like to say. I know I hope my voice gets heard but I know the opinions of most of us who want more dignity of Kairi are going to get swallowed by the sheer number of people wanting a makeout session between Kairi and Aqua.

On that note, I think, since Kairi is going to be oversexualized in KH3 no matter what, just giving her shorts is a step in the right direction. I mean, Aqua's outfit was pretty darn skimpy in BbS but having her wear shorts instead of a skirt or a dress just made it better since I feel like out of all the possible things you could put on a person who wields a sword-like object, a skirt is probably one of the worst things besides heels...

Sign

March 16, 2014 @ 06:42 amOffline

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THINGS I FORGOT TO INCLUDE:

- DUAL AUDIO
- REGION-FREE SAVES

;~~~~~~;

Chaser

March 16, 2014 @ 06:44 amOffline

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Sign
THINGS I FORGOT TO INCLUDE:

- DUAL AUDIO
- REGION-FREE SAVES

;~~~~~~;

*laughs maniacally*

Ruran

March 16, 2014 @ 02:02 pmOffline

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I forgot to ask for shirtless Riku and Terra.

*forever regret*

FudgemintGuardian

March 16, 2014 @ 05:48 pmOffline

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Eh? Didn't the survey end yesterday or something? Because I can still do it.

Ruran

March 16, 2014 @ 05:57 pmOffline

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It was supposed to have ended Friday. Perhaps they pushed back the date because it was so popular.

The Facebook page is down though. Or maybe they're just not receiving/looking at anymore even though the survey is still active.

Oracle Spockanort

March 16, 2014 @ 06:04 pmOffline

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Keep doing the survey until it does close, I'd say.

Sign

March 16, 2014 @ 06:06 pmOffline

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I did it again last night to ask for dual audio and region-free saves~

Ruran

March 16, 2014 @ 06:13 pmOffline

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"Dear Square. If Kingdom Hearts is going to have three dozen male characters, can we have more man bewbs? That aren't Sora's or a variation of Sora? Please and thank you~"

The only things I really asked for was the Ultimanias and I think evolving Keyblades like in Re:Coded. I might add what Sign suggested on top of some other things. I need to make a list. :P

blksabbath74

March 17, 2014 @ 08:23 pmOffline

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Ruran
I think he meant that Kairi could "be one of the boys" referring to her tomboyishness. She challenged them to a race (and lost badly, but gets a gold star for trying).

In regards to Kairi's chickification...I never noticed much to be honest. She wasn't much of a tomboy even in KH1. She had really short hair and somewhat sporty clothes, but she always came off as pretty girly to me anyway (the concept art contributes to this).


Also, while on the topic, who needs to unzip a dress three times?

Seriously though, I didn't mean challenge Sora & Riku in terms of physical contests, but just challenge them with her personality, which, even for the brief amount of screen time she recieved in KH1. She was presented as being self-confidant and capable, quite the opposite of Selphie. She was one of the boys.

Ruran
Dammit Square! I need to grow my Heartless army (on a budget because I'm in school and jobless...).

I'd love if they put out a series of small enemy firgures that were affordable, like the toys in the MLP blid bags. Although, I reckon they wouldn't be as cheap if only because they would have to make so many moldes. Regardless, it's definitely magable.




There are ways to produce cheaper models, and there is really no excuse for the pricing of their current toys, other than the fact that they are collectibles, so they produce only a few and price them high.

Which is all well and good, but I would like to actually use them for purposes of gaming.

FudgemintGuardian

March 18, 2014 @ 06:23 pmOffline

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The survey has finally closed.

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