Why is this popular?

>Naruto level story
>Disney nostalgia
>massive marketing
Mostly just the last one.

>>385672019
why not?
Ps2 era CHECK
Disney CHECK
Belts n' zippers CHECK
fun gameplay CHECK

just like ff7 the fanbase can be cancer but its a great game to play.

>>385672019
>see KH1 commercials on t.v. when younger
>looks interesting and the music is catchy as fuck
>decide to pick it up
>blown away at the cutscenes, at the time they were great and the voice acting was on point
>find out there are final fantasy characters in it, and the story is pretty good so far
>beat it, can't wait to find out what happens next


Skip 3 years
>KH2 comes out
>played CoM, and thought the story wouldn't be that important since it was just some spin-off GBA game
>realize the story went full retard intentionally
>beat KH2
>gameplay was amazing, but story is starting to get stupid
>need to know how Sora, Riku, and Kairis story ends
>keep having to buy all this side shit to have even a miniscule understanding of this unnecessarily expanded story

I just want to see it through. The Final Fantasy part doesn't even matter anymore because I know they're going to include XIII and XV characters which are the worst final fantasies. At least the gameplay is still fun.

I hope KH3 fails as hard as FFXV did. Teach SquareEnix that waiting 10 years for an overpriced game isn't working, no matter how much hype it has.

>>385674371
It won't. Everything we've seen from KH3 looks competent as fuck, and 0.2 played great. The devs know what they're doing. All signs pointed towards XV being shit years out from it being release, people were just in denial

>>385675058

>It won't. Everything we've seen from KH3 looks competent as fuck
Ah typical FF fan goggles. People were saying this same thing for FFXIII and XV for years until actual gameplay videos and solid info surfaced. And KH3 isn't anywhere near that stage yet.

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this is my older sister :3

>>385672019
why is axel there what the fuck

>>385675582
He's Lea now and a good guy

He gets a keyblade too

>>385675315
what the fuck? KH3 has two recent gameplay trailers and a consumer demo and all look/play great. And its coming out next year. XV was called out for looking like shit the minute Duscae surfaced 2 years before release

>>385675864

Yeah, because trailers never hide the flaws of a game.

You need to see actual gameplay. As in some guy who has the game playing it for hours and showing everything. Not two minutes of well edited footage that only shows the best parts.

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Because the KH games are the definition of fun. The gameplay is orgasmic. The music is literally some of the greatest music in video game history. The characters are likable and you actually get invested into them. And the story, while being full fucking retarded, is entertaining as fuck. It's a trainwreck and makes zero sense but that's the beauty of it. You just want to see how much more retarded Nomura can make it.

That pretty much sums it up

>>385675582
Sora made him his new best friend

Why do I see a KH thread asking why people like the series almost everyday?

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>>385675534
No joke, I cannot actually play CoM because her voice gives me such an intense boner that I have to stop and fap. Her Wendy's commercial did the same thing to me, so now I can never eat there.

>>385676192

I smell the next FFXV Kun in the making.

>>385676778
No? I fucking hate that faggot. I hope XV-kun gets cancer and dies

>easy to play arpg
>literally fanfiction plot
>good ost
that's about all it takes

>>385672019
It's simple and clean.

>>385676192
>gameplay is orgasmic
I mean, it's fast, kinda, but I wish it was more strategic and deep. Every Final Fantasy game has layered systems that make you able to break the game. In KH all you have to do attack and see stylish scenes.
Would be cool if it was more RPG-like in that sense. Dream Drop Distance almost went there, but it was also garbage, so

>>385676101
Maybe we need to see the worst, but what's been shown looks pretty damn fine, even if it should be the best.

>>385672019
Why is Riku so swole?

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>>385678915
Because he's carrying this series on his back

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>>385676620
>Wendy's commercial

Explain.

>>385679751
Larxene's VA was at a time the doing voice work for Wendy's commercials

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>>385675534
This is my older brother and his 「Stand」.

>>385679856
Which ones? Was it the ones with the 9/10 girl, who is only a 9/10 for not being a real redhead?

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>>385675534
When I was younger, I didn't understand why Larxene was such a bitch and always in a foul mood. But being an adult, I totally understand. She's sexual frustrated. She was even hitting on Axel but of course Axel being the faggot that he is, didn't fuck her. She just wants to get some dick

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>>385679946
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7QeX1MsvRQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsuAY74B6UE

I think these are from the mid to late 00's. Also, fun fact, Larxene's VA is actually the older sister of Ariel Winter

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>They brought back stun impact

What are some forgotten moves you want back for KH3?

>>385681504
lethal frame
mine square

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>>385672868
>Fun gameplay

>>385682216
he's not wrong fag muffin

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>>385680683
Oh dear fucking god I didn't know she did two commercials, I only saw the one

>>385678623
Ots clear you dont understand the complexities of the battle system.

Yes you can mash X through easy/normal. Just like devil may cry 3/4

>>385676778
If he was he would go nuts and insult everyone in this thread and wouldn't mention retarded or trainwreck in combiniation with the game.

>>385684710
How do I report this?

>>385685146
You hit report

People played it when they were kids, and back when Square was THE name in JRPGs.

It's a franchise that exists solely on nostalgia.

>>385676101
>>You need to see actual gameplay.
What the fuck did you think the point of 0.2 was?

>>385685631
yeah it's not like they're fun video games to play

fucking retard

>>385672019
honestly if you play this shit with fuckign pussy baby disney characters and you aren't under 10 you should proabbaly be hanged

>>385684031
and when did anybody say dmc was good?

>>385680683
mmmmmmm cellulite!

>>385672019
I wanna play the first two games. Is the anime exposition really THAT bad?

>>385682216
>he didn't fight against data Org.XIII
pls

desu I kinda loathe Axel/Lea because Vexen was my favorite character back when I played CoM on GBA and Axel FUCKING KILLED HIM

>>385682216
>I dont find it fun so it isnt

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>>385672019
Children and autistic weebs

>>385686281
You can't JUST play the first two games since Chain of Memories takes place before 3 and is important to the plot of 2. You'd be lost if you went from from 1 to 2. That being said the PS4 Collection is fantastic.

Am I the only one that postponed my life for KH3 for the past 10+ years or so? Like not going to University/College, getting a job etc. just because I started KH1 as a kid and KH2 as a teen and then watnting to play KH3 and wait for it to play it with my young mindset before being flooded by the expectations of the real world.

Like would I really enjoy KH3 if I was a grown up adult with taxes and mortgage to pay? no.
I kept thinking LH3 is going to be out next year or in 2 years and then it just went on and on and on and everyone else in my life like friends are now married with kids and a job and I'm still in a 15 year old mindset waiting for KH3 in order to say goodbye to my childhood and become an adult and then start living my life.

Its weird I know but the KH series is important to me so I have decided to do this.
And yes I know it completely stupid and crazy but I weird like that. If KH3 had come out in like 2008 or 2010 or something there wouldn't have been any problems but the fact that it went this long and I refused to grow up and become an adult made me want to continue waiting it out.

I guess I was scared of outgrowing KH or not loving KH3 as much as I would if I were in an adult mentality. Many of my fellow KH fans from highschool now dislike the series and won't even talk about the games anymore so I was afraid of becoming like them.

Imagine if my parents knew the reason I refused to become an adult was because I needed to play KH3 before I could move on with my life >_< (Shhhh don't tell them hopefully they never find out)

Any other KH fans can you relate to me in my wait for KH3?

>>385686438
Why the fuck would anyone like Vexen? He was lame as shit.

>>385672019
>disney fanservice
>polished gameplay
>huge production values
>marketed well, so it appeals to people who don't typically like JRPGs

Even if the plot is stupid fanfiction tier nonsense it doesn't take away from the fact that the games are really well made.

>>385672019

Do you not remember what the mid-2000s was like or what?

>>385672868
>fun gameplay

Quick time events and "press X to win" isn't "fun" you retarded manchild.

>>385672019
Everyone wants to fuck Sora.

>>385672890
You must know by now that Lightning will be an extremely important character in the next game. How does that make you feel, huh?

>>385687065
t. Didnt play the game.

>>385678915
because he's like 16 years old an in anime logic you start to get swole at that age.

>>385687065
This sounds like someone who didn't play Kingdom Hearts 2. The gameplay is pretty good outside of the "press triangle to survive" situations.

>>385686528
I have a preference toward water/ice-based elemental abilities
plus I remember him as being cool
I was like 8, okay?

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>>385687083
damn right

>>385687227
You're gay aren't you

>>385687065
>Quick time events and "press X to win" isn't "fun" you retarded manchild.

at least it's not an action game that can be beaten by holding down one button

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>>385678915
He used the power of darkness to improve his gains.

>>385687276
no
I'll make a special exception for you though, babe

>>385687065
>press buttons to win game
wow
That said people always have to exaggerate when it come to KH. The RCs were great imo and 99% of them were optional and just gave every enemy and bossfight more variety and options.

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reminder that KH3 is fueled by Nomura's rage

>>385687431
Im still fucking pissed at the XV that we didn't get. The game looked a thousand times better when it was a KH clone. I fucking hate the way XV plays. Plus being limited to 1 character is fucking retarded.

>>385687178
KHII is no different faggot.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VXJHxIjBlq0
KHfags need to fucking kill themselves ASAP.

>>385687545
>Im still fucking pissed at the XV that we didn't get.

and more mad at the one we got.

>>385687554
Oh wow, an exploit. NO other game ever has had something like that, wow.

>>385687554
Oh boy here we go again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ifM5DAGYa0
Why do people like you even come into these threads
>inb4 muh speedrunner
Yeah i'm sure if an autist like that can't do it everyone else can easily do it

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>>385687554
>that video
Can i use this against every other boss in the game?, or would i die even against story Roxas o even disney world bosses?

The aesthetic of Kingdom Hearts combat making you still feel cool while using whacky and cartoonish effects is pretty neat. A real nice counterbalance to Final Fantasy and most other rpgs I think.

>>385687554
That's an exploit

>>385687669
Yeah thats my point

XIII Versus/XV had all the halmarks of what I would want in my idea of a perfect game(a setting where everything may as we modern day but there is still monsters and magic all around) but then they shit it all up. Every single JRPG always tried to go full fantasy, or sci-fi and I just want a modern fantasy game.

>>385687690
>>385687726
>>385687847
>>385687907
>HURR IT'S AN EXPLOIT

That's exactly why Kingdom Hearts is so fucking shit. This wouldn't fucking happen in a game like Final Fantasy XV. Cucksuckers.

>>385688038
>Every single JRPG always tried to go full fantasy, or sci-fi and I just want a modern fantasy game.

some questionable mechanics aside, FF8 is like that

>>385688098
Shitposter-kun you'll be hard pressed to find a game that doesn't have at least one exploit.
>This wouldn't fucking happen in a game like Final Fantasy XV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28kzrXfCQtM
I haven't even played XV so I have no opinions on it other then "it wasnt the game I wanted" but even a quick look on youtube finds exploits.

>>385688104
FF8 is too much on the fantasy side. Plus I hate every single character, the combat system, and the story. The only good thing about 8 is the music.

>>385688257
plus there is a video out there of a guy beating Areana Highwind in like a minute at level 1 using an exploit

>>385688038
>I just want a modern fantasy game.
Is there anything like this outside a handful of the SMT games?

>>385688312
I'd say it also has the best optional content, summons, mini game, towns and was the visually most impressive FF for its time

>>385688392
Isn't it more like 2 seconds?
Good recipes are so broken in XV_ It's like they just forgot to put any kind of balance into the game.

>>385688415
>the best optional content
>mini game
Triple Triad sucks
>summons
That you couldn't skip
>was the visually most impressive FF for its time
9 looked way better. 8 never really looked great, people's faces always looked terrible.

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>>385688521
>people's faces always looked terrible

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>>385688656

>>385688038
uhhh Shadowrun is cyberpunk/near future. But that's pretty close to modern/fantasy setting and handles it pretty well.

>>385688976
Not cyberpunk, but completely modern.

>>385688521
Not that guy, but while the faces looked weird, FF8 was overall really impressive visually especially all the realtime fmv gameplay mix it did.
The rest is up to opinions, but as we all know FF "fans" only know hate and love nothing between that

>>385688487
>Isn't it more like 2 seconds?

from start to end is like a minute but the actual fight is like 5 seconds.

>>385689152
>>385688415
I really dont understand how anyone could like the story and characters of 8. Im not going to play a 60 hour+ jrpg if I can't stand the characters or the plot.

>>385672154

Even Naruto has a better story than KH.

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>>385688656
fucking consoles stop ruining sqalls face!

>>385689623
He looks like a caveman

>>385672154
>massive marketing
there weren't any trailer commercials like it did in KH and mostly everything died around KHCOM. Now is just one of the many games they are released. Not even disney acknowledges it that much unless it only involved their characters

>>385672154
>>massive marketing
Ever since KH2 there were never even TV commercials for the most part. All the games really got every since then were 2-3 trailers on the internet, only no KH3 is slowly getting bigger marketing again

>>385690436
I at least remember a commercial for 358/2 days that made me even more confused on its name

>>385690171
Well pretty much all the KH games after 2 were hand held spinoffs/prequels. Square marketed FFXV pretty hard, KH will likely get a similar treatment.

Also considering the second Disney renaissance we're going through, I expect KH to get alot of attention, especially if they add more of the newer movies as worlds. Also a Starwars world would be rad as long as it's OT

>>385687431
Does Axel really deserve that spot in the cover?

>>385691086
Yes.

>>385687554
wew lad rage any harder and that impending heart stroke visits you tomorrow

>>385691086
His XV counterpart is Cor. Makes sense since they both really aren't part of their respective groups.

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Will 2.0 Aquas Passage be in kingdom hearts 3 do you guys think? I don't want to keep playing if it will be, it's awesome and looks insane but I want a full KH3 experience

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>Halloween Town won't be in KH3
>Fucking Agrabah probably will

>>385692676
Almost all the worlds are supposed to be new.

>>385692808
But why?

>>385692808
>>385692676
Good I am tired of Agrabah and Halloween Town. They are in every fucking game and it is old.

>>385692896
Its reused old ones more than enough times already

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>Every Japanese girl (and some men) love Disney
>Put Final Fantasy characters in the game
>Appeal to Action RPG fans with dumb down combat for normies

It basically prints money, even if it's been delayed for years.

>>385692676
What would they even do with HT a third time?

I wished to toy story world was a buzz lightyear of star command world instead

>>385693368
Go to other holiday towns?

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>>385693368
I don't know, I just want to see Jack again. Also, HT Sora and Steamboat Willie Sora are his best designs.

Okay niggas, what new worlds you want to see in 3?

>new version of space paranoids based on Tron Legacy
>Zootopia world complete with furry sora
>Wreck it Ralph world that gets meta as fuck
>Emperor's New Groove world
>Atlantis world

>>385689541
You better be joking. The story of Naruto is the worst possible story ever created for a Shounen.

It's the story of a dignity lacking beta loser male who gets treated like garbage by most people and he decides to please said assholes because he's a masochist who loves being crapped upon. Especially when it's Sakura and Sasuke who are treating him like a punching bag.

Naruto is the Shounen Lead that NO little boy growing up will say "Totally want to be this loser! See he's such a loser that he nonsensically achieves everything in life like becoming a leader and getting a hot girlfriend that realistically wouldn't want his beta ass."

>>385694198
>wanting realism in a shounen
I really fucking hope this is some low bait.

You could at least argue that part 1 was really fucking good and part 2 fucked it over.

>>385694198
>>385689541
KH's story is so overly complicated and stupid its charming. None of it makes sense.

But it doesn't frustrate me off like FF or MGS.

>>385694198

>The story of Naruto is the worst possible story ever created for a Shounen.

I agree with this not because Naruto is a beta but because literally everything in the series comes down to genetics. Despite the main character and everyone else stating otherwise, hard work alone is not enough.

>>385694448
Naruto went wrong when Sasuke became a jealous little bitch and went off to join Orochimaru without a second thought. It could have made for some interesting character drama if he was training with him in secret while still being part of the Leaf Village, but instead he went full emo and we got the garbage Shippuden ended up being. Fuck Kishimoto, he has no passion for storytelling.

>>385672154
Wrongo. It is popular because it is good.

>>385692416
no

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>>385694512
>None of it makes sense.

>>385672019
Gameplay, mostly

>>385686509
Holy fuck, please tell me this is bait. I've been waiting since two, and I cry at the trailers, for fucks sake, but postpone my life? Jesus. Get a fucking job and grow up.

>>385675582
Because he's been FRIENDSHIPPED

>>385672890
>realize the story went full retard intentionally
I hate that a lot of people never realized this after all these years. They think KH2 started at full retard because of CoM when KH2 fucked everything up by the time the Xehanort reveal happens. CoM has the best story in the series. I barely even consider KH1/CoM Sora the same character from what we got afterwards.

>>385692676
>>385693064
>not wanting King of Theives in KH3