I make a small tribute to one of the most successful partnerships Enix SquareSoft and Disney in one of the most charming games one franchise that perpetuates.
Shortly after announcing the HD version of "Kingdom Hearts II" ( Now Available) game action RPG that combines Disney characters with the universe of Square Enix, released a video of next game, "Kingdom Hearts III" .
The images show the protagonist Sora with Donald Duck and Goofy's facing enemies in various combat scenes, including a pirate ship and illuminated train stroller coaster.
"Kingdom Hearts III" is being developed for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
The series starts with Kingdom Hearts キングダムハーツ showing how a young boy named Sora is separated from his friends Riku and Kairi when their world, Destiny Islands, is invaded by creatures known as the Heartless. During the invasion, Sora obtains a weapon called the Keyblade that allows him to fight the Heartless. He soon arrives in another world, Traverse Town, where he meets Donald Duck and Goofy, 2 emissaries from Disney Castle sent by King Mickey (Weel Donald is the King in Gakiland :) to find the wielder of the Keyblade.
The three band together and travel to different Disney-themed worlds, sealing the hearts of the worlds to prevent more Heartless invasions, and to find Riku and Kairi. Along the way, they encounter a group of Disney villains led by Maleficent, who are controlling the Heartless to capture seven maidens called the "Princesses of Heart", and use their power to open the door to "Kingdom Hearts" and rule over all the worlds. Though they eventually defeat Maleficent, the three discover that Ansem (Xehanort's Heartless) who has been controlling Riku's body, using Maleficent and plans to attain eternal darkness by opening Kingdom Hearts himself. Sora, Donald, and Goofy defeat Ansem and seal the door to Kingdom Hearts with the help of Riku and King Mickey on the other side of the door. Kairi remains back home to await her friends' return.
In Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Sora and his two friends begin searching for Riku and King Mickey. They arrive at a fortress called Castle Oblivion, where they encounter members of a mysterious group called Organization XIII, which is made up of non-existent beings called the Nobodies. While in the castle, the three's memories are manipulated by a girl named Naminé (Kairi's Nobody) who is being forced to do so by the Organization's Marluxia. After defeating the Organization members controlling the castle, the three are put to sleep for a year by Naminé to allow them to regain their memories, though they must lose the memories of their experience in Castle Oblivion. Meanwhile, Riku appears in the basement of the castle and begins traveling to the first floor with the aid of King Mickey.
Riku fights both the Organization's members and the darkness in his heart, learning to accept his dual nature between light and darkness. Allying himself with DiZ, Riku aids him in keeping Sora and Naminé safe until the former is awoken. However in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, a snag in the plan over the year forces Riku to capture Roxas, the thirteenth member of the Organization and Sora's Nobody (after Roxas' defeat of Xion, Sora's Replica) and is successful reintegrating Roxas with Sora, enabling Sora's reawakening.
At the end of the year in Kingdom Hearts II, Sora and friends awaken from their sleep and resume their search for Riku and King Mickey, passing through Twilight Town and meeting Yen Sid, learning of the Nobodies and becoming re-familiarized with Organization XIII.
Sora once again travels to many Disney-themed worlds; Final Fantasy, and resolves the troubles caused by the Heartless and Nobodies, and Maleficent's servant Pete. They eventually reunite with King Mickey learning the true nature of Ansem, and encounter Xemnas, the Nobody of Xehanort and the leader of Organization XIII. The Organization's plan is also revealed they seek the power of "Kingdom Hearts", the sum of all the hearts that Sora released by destroying the Heartless with his Keyblade, to regain their lost hearts. With the aid of Axel, a rogue member of the Organization who was Roxas' friend, the three arrive at The World That Never Was (the headquarters of Organization XIII) and team up with their friends, and Kairi who went to find Sora earlier, while defeating the Organization's Xigbar and Saïx.
Ansem the Wise (who turns to be DiZ after his apprentice Xehanort banished him) uses a device that dissipates some of Kingdom Hearts' power, but a system overload causes the device to self-destruct, engulfing Ansem. At the top of the Castle that Never Was, Sora and his friends battle Xemnas, who uses what remains of Kingdom Hearts to power his multiple forms. After Sora and Riku destroy Xemnas, they get wrap into the Realm of Darkness, though a letter from Kairi summons a gateway for them and the two are reunited with their friends at their home.
Another year later, Sora, Riku and Kairi receive a letter from King Mickey's detailing how the three became who they are now, that Naminé learned of while restoring Sora's memory and left a message in Jiminy Cricket's journal that Mickey discovered during the events of Kingdom Hearts coded. As they read the letter, learn of the exploits of the three Keyblade wielders' fates during the events of Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (a decade before Kingdom Hearts) by the hands of Master Xehanort (the true Xehanort and an old Keyblade Master) trying to recreate the legendary χ-Blade which all Keyblades are modeled after and plunge the worlds into chaos: Terra was converted into Xehanort's new vessel whose experiments later turned his heart into "Ansem" and his body into Xemnas, Ventus sacrificed himself to defeat his dark doppelganger Vanitas to stop Xehanort's plan to obtain the χ-Blade to which his body was placed somewhere within Castle Oblivion while his heart ended up with the body of Sora himself, and new Keyblade Master Aqua ended up in the Realm of Darkness.
King Mickey and Yen Sid also discover that the destruction of "Ansem" and Xemnas has led to the reconstruction of Master Xehanort. To combat the new threat Xehanort poses, Yen Sid has Sora and Riku take an exam to attain the Mark of Mastery that will allow them to become Keyblade Masters themselves.
During the test in Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance, Sora and Riku enter into the Realm of Sleep, traveling theme worlds of The World Ends with You where they encounter a young version of Xehanort with the ability to travel through time. The 2 Keyblade wielders also learn of Xehanort's true goal: creating thirteen replicas of himself by placing a piece of his own heart in each "host", thus infecting the body's original heart and taking it over then will pit them against seven hearts of pure light in an ultimate battle to recreate the χ-Blade once more.
Though the Organization was defeated, Xehanort expected it and became "Ansem" for the purpose of giving his younger self the ability to travel through time and gather other versions of Xehanort together to form the true Organization XIII, the Thirteen Seekers of Darknesses. Though Sora is narrowly saved from becoming Xehanort's final vessel with the aid of Lea, Axel's original self, Riku entered Sora's body to wake him from the nightmare Xehanort placed him in. In the process, meeting Roxas, Ventus, and Xion within Sora's heart, Riku learned from a digital copy of Ansem the Wise that reveals the data he implanted in Sora and how he may be able to save both those who are lost and those that ceased to be. At the end of the exam, only Riku is declared a Keyblade Master while Sora embarks on a new journey by himself to train. In the meantime, left with no other option as he feared the Princesses of Heart would be dragged into the conflict, Yen Sid resolves to form the Seven Guardians of Light from any available Keyblade user (including Kairi) to combat the Thirteen Darknesses in the upcoming final battle.
The origin of Keyblade
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It's a mystery . The legend of the Keyblade is divided into 2 parts: One states that the Keyblade created chaos and destruction , while another says she brought peace and harmony to the universe . However , this legend is shrouded in mysteries and little is known about which part of the legend is true .
The Keyblade is a special weapon because she chooses her master . A chosen , since the master is the only person able to handle it . If someone else try to do the same , the Keyblade will teleport instantly to the hand of their master .
Later , it is discovered that Sora's Keyblade is not the only one. King Mickey has his own Keyblade , and Riku and Purple are also masters of the Keyblade . The Kingdom Key ( Key to the Kingdom ) is the main form of Sora's Keyblade . Can be improved by keychains , each with their appearance and powers . During your adventure , Sora can collect some keychains, altering the shape of the Keyblade and add new powers to it .
Despite the Keyblade's mastery of light have been transferred from Riku to Sora, Riku continues with a Keyblade, Way to the Dawn. While possessed by Ansem, Riku wore an artificial Keyblade, instead of locking the doors of the worlds, unlock allowed the darkness in people's hearts. This made them much more powerful, but ran almost certain risk of being consumed by the darkness. King Mickey uses the Keyblade that has the inverse colors of The Kingdom Key Keyblade King Mickey is the keyblade "the other side" of the door, ie, the keyblade is the "dark side", from within the Kingdom Hearts (Kingdom of Hearts), where he locks himself with Riku at the End of the first game. Different than it looks, this is not an evil keyblade keyblade, she is the light in the darkness that exists in the hearts of the worlds.
Purple is the one to use 2 Keyblades at once (Sora gains this ability in a special outfit, after uniting with Purple). These are the Oathkeeper (a white Keyblade) and the other is Oblivion (a black Keyblade, both can be achieved in the first 2 games).
Curiosities
The story of Kingdom Hearts started when the producer, Shinji Hashimoto met a Disney executive in an elevator. Japanese branch of Square and Disney had worked in the same office in Tokyo.
So they decided to "mount" the game Kingdom Hearts, involving characters of these 2 companies.
Many fans of the series (and even executive producer Hironobu Sakaguchi) were immediately dissatisfied with the idea of a Final Fantasy game to children. Other players, however, who were fans of Disney, waited in expectation for the game.
After the release of the original Kingdom Hearts, although fans of older video games still sense the infant series, the game was praised by critics due to its simple gameplay, the new idea and unique history.
As the show gained popularity, the notion that it was very childish began to be less common among several players and is now a well-recognized award.
Kingdom Hearts is the first game of the series, and was released on March 28, 2002 in Japan for the PlayStation 2.
Despite the series contain unique gaming sites, the worlds of Disney films are heavily explored. Sora must visit these worlds and interact with popular Disney characters to protect them from enemies. Several times, the actions of Sora in these worlds closely follow the history of Disney films.
Basically, Disney characters (not counting Mickey, Donald, Goofy, villains and summons) a movie never interact with other Disney characters (with the exception of Beast, which helps Sora fighting Maleficent). For example, can interact with Tarzan Jane (because both inhabit the world of the movie Tarzan), but he can not interact with Aladdin, which is a different world. This was one of the limitations that Disney made to the Square.
However , more often in Kingdom Hearts II , certain Disney characters know that there are other ( Merlin knows Winnie the Pooh exist) .
Characters from different Final Fantasy games and they interact with Disney characters . In fact , comparing with the Disney characters included in the game Kingdom Hearts , Final Fantasy 's characters are less similar to the original version . Many of them have changed in appearance and history , some are even younger than his original version ( such as Tidus , Wakka and Selphie ) . Also none of the worlds of Final Fantasy is present in the series ( and never will , according to Nomura himself) . The history of other Final Fantasy titles is almost never mentioned , even though they give little clues , but very lightly . Apart from that , the personalities of the characters in Final Fantasy are still equal, ie excluding Squall Leonhart ( Leon called in the game ) , which is less communicative and more somber than in their game of origin .
Music
The high standards of Square continue this series. The background music was composed by Yoko Shimomura. While some of Disney worlds have their original songs, many are presented with new musical scores. In addition to each world having its theme, each also has its own battle theme rather than just be a song for every battle, that theme being involved with the environment of each world. The subjects of bosses, however, are limited and they are used many times, regardless of the world. The theme of the boss usually reflects their difficulty.
The main themes (Hikari / Simple and Clean for KH and CoM and Passion / Sanctuary for KH2 and KH 358/2 Days) are composed and chanted by singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada. Due to the high popularity of Hikaru in Japan, both songs had great reception by the Japanese public (Hikari reached # 1 in 2002 and the Passion # 4 in 2005 in the ranking of the Oricon weekly sales).
KH Lui Toi A por glauxberg
Alizée - Lui Ou Toi
Où est 'IL'
Quand il m' abandonne
Toute la vie
Est loin
Où est 'LUI'
J' aime sa voix d' homme
Sans lui 'IL' n' est rien
'Lui' est plus vieux
Je porte son pull marine
L' eau de ses yeux
Est bleue, d' un blue des mers de Chine
'IL' est mystérieux
Dans sa stratosphère
Entre les 2, je voulais
Les 2
Chorus
J' ai dans le coeur comme un poids
Dans la gorge une épine
De n' avoir fait le choix
'LUI' ou 'TOI'
Les fenêtres sont en bois
Et ces pluies assassines
Qui coulent au fond de moi
'LUI' ou 'TOI'
Où est 'IL'?
Quand il n' y personne
Toute la ville s' éteint
'TOI' et 'LUI'
Mes 2 moitiés d' homme
Sans eux je n'
Suis rien
'LUI' est si fort
Je ris quand il s' ennuis
Quand il a tort
Là, je l' aime mieux encore, il dit:
Qu' 'IL', est amoureux
Comme l' eau aime la vague
Moi, sans les 2, j' ai du vague
A l' âme
J' ai dans le coeur comme un poids
Des larmes d' encre de chine
Qui me montrent du doigt
'LUI' ou 'TOI'
Retrouver au fond de moi
Des rondes enfantines
Mais les chevaux de bois
Sont froids
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