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Kingdom Hearts III: What Do You Want To See?

I'm still fanboying over the reveal of Final Fantasy XV and Kingdom Hearts III. Today, I just want to talk about Kingdom Hearts III. Both KH3 and FF15 will be released on the PS4 and XB1 (I'm getting it on PS4). So I want to talk about story and gameplay primarily. Spoiler alert if you don't know what happens in Birth By Sleep and Dream Drop Distance!

Story and link to the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
So let's start off with story. In the beginning of the trailer, we see Sora walking on Destiny Islands, only to find the Master Keeper, a Keyblade once used by Master Eraqus and passed onto Aqua, which she used to create Castle Oblivion on a destroyed Land of Departure. That Keyblade has only been used by Keyblade Masters however and we know Sora failed the Mark of Mastery Exam, as Riku passed. So how and why is the Master Keeper appearing before Sora? My theory is Aqua sent it to him and you might not need to be a Keyblade Master to use it. Maybe you just need to reach a certain level of skill?
Also speaking of Aqua, do you think her, Ventus and maybe even Terra will return? At the end of DDD, we see Ventus sitting in a chair in Castle Oblivion and smiling while keeping his eyes closed. Is he slowly getting the pieces of his heart back? How if he is? I definitely think the 3 protagonists of BBS will return even Terra in some way shape or form.

'Having learned that all the conflicts surrounding "Kingdom Hearts" were a part of Master Xehanort's master plan to cause a Keyblade War, Sora and his friends search for the seven guardians of light to combat the darkness.

While King Mickey and Riku set off in search of previous Keyblade wielders, Sora, Donald and Goofy visit various Disney worlds in search of the "Key to Return Hearts."'

How will the story play out? I think Riku and King Mickey will find Terra and Aqua, but I expect Sora, Donald and Goofy to find Ventus, as in the trailer, they're seen in Twilight Town, which has a path to get to Castle Oblivion. Also will Roxas have a key role here? I think he'll have quite a strange but bonded relationship with Ventus. I'm almost picturing Ventus and Roxas having their own travelling together. How? Maybe they'll try to search for Terra, or maybe try to fight off heartless from places Sora, Donald and Goofy have previously been to in the game. And afterwards, catch up with Sora and the gang and keep in a party with them. What do you think?
Kairi also needs to be a key part in the story. At the end of DDD, she was said to be trained by the Riku as he is now a Keyblade Master. So if she is a part of the story, how will she be implemented? My guess is, once Riku and Mickey find Aqua, they'll escort her to Yen Sid's Castle, where Kairi would probably be residing. Maybe when Aqua is fully informed on what she missed and debriefed on her experiences, Yen Sid will send her and Kairi on some sort of mission. Maybe to prepare for the bigger fights later on in the game by collecting weapons and maybe even rounding up the characters from Disney and Square Enix. Also, I think Aqua and Kairi will be mostly affiliated with the Final Fantasy characters, apart from the ones in FF15 like Noctis and Prompto, which I think will end up meeting Sora as Noctis and Sora have a lot in common. I expect to see Kairi and Aqua travel through Disney worlds in order to collect info. Maybe even Lea will join them eventually. Thoughts?
As for how I think King Mickey and Riku will travel, I think they'll round up the previous Keyblade users and afterwards fight important battles and finish certain tasks under the command of Yen Sid (Did anyone else notice Yen Sid is Disney backwards?), halfway through the game.
Sora Donald and Goofy should be visiting the most Disney worlds and meet up with the TWEWY gang in Shibuya as well as meeting up with Noctis in maybe Lucis?

Gameplay:
We know the gameplay is going to expand on the Kingdom Hearts 2 system, but it's taking elements from the handheld games. Flowmotion is definitely returning as in the trailer, we see Sora bounce off a wall in Twilight Town to evade a swarm of Shadows. This will result in a lot more faster and more aerial gameplay. So it's technically a faster enhancement on the gameplay from KH2. I hope Flowmotion takes more skill than it did in DDD, so that early on into the game, you'll only be able to do simple acrobatics and as you progress more and get more and more used to the physics of the game, you'll be able to chain jumps and flips easier and more fluidly. Same goes for the combat. In both KH3 and FF15, it seems combat will be more complicated. So maybe in Kingdom Hearts 3, the attack command will be using 2 face buttons, with the Triangle button used for things like reversals and other reactive commands? And also, we see the EX gauge so will drive forms return?
As for playable characters, I think Sora and Riku are a given. Kairi, King Mickey, Terra, Aqua, Ventus and Roxas should be playable as well. I think that with the way the story might be structured, all these character should be playable. However Sora and Riku will be the ones with the most effort put into. Characters like Roxas and Ventus will probably only be able to access 3-5 different weapons, Mickey and Kairi, only 1 or 2. Like with Roxas, maybe we'll probably see the Kingdom Key and his dual blades and people like Mickey, his Gold version of the Kingdom Key and maybe an evolved version of the Keyblade he used in BBS? As for worlds, I'm almost expecting no Star Wars world, but definitely characters. Same goes for Marvel. I think this time I'd like to see stuff like Monsters Inc. and The Incredibles. What worlds would you like to see. Also the Gummi Ship will most likely return as the way to travel between worlds. Sora's new outfit and stuff is still yet to be revealed. What would you like it to look like?

Thanks for reading and I hope you like it. Be prepared for Kingdom Hearts III guys!

Sora VS the Shadows.

BillytheBarbarian3969d ago

I'm just impatiently waiting to see how awesome this game will be with Kinect.

EXVirtual3969d ago

No... I dread to think of that...

TuxedoMoon3969d ago

I'd want to see them add Gargoyles into the mix. It could be an opening to have some marvel characters show up since Gargoyles takes place in NYC.

rickmodus3969d ago

just want it to see running on the WiiU.

EXVirtual3968d ago

I don't think that's ever gonna happen. The Wii U, for all the great thing it's getting, really doesn't have the specs to run this and especially FFXV. Yes it utilizes DirectX features, but not to the extent that the PS4 even the Xbox One do.

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