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[FedoraChar]

Huh, interesting. Nomura is such an odd duck...but at least he puts it to good use?

They behave in much the same manner as they did before--sisterly, with Anya as the tougher and more warrior-like of the two, with I people skills, while Rayna is all charm and kindness, as well as the protector/healer. While Terra did click with her (due to the fact she is the kind "sister" and he rescued Anya, he was not slated to as attached to her in Abode as he is in Second Chances, for reasons you will soon see... Kind of. Glad someone is, I'm looking forward to writing them, as well as their interactions with the slated villains.

Well, KH3 is just supposed to be the end of the Xehanort saga, so there's no telling how it will endothermic than with the obvious good-triumphs-over-evil, but there is no telling how many twists and turns and knots Nomura is gonna put in there. It's pretty much been spelled out that it'll happen, but I want Terra, Aqua, and Ven back. Aqua is likely the easiest, and will probably come first, followed by Ven (at her direction), then possibly Terra after some epic battle against Xehanort to get him back. There will prolly be some shenanigans in regards to training Kairi and Lea, and part of me wonders if we'll be teaming up with the former Organization members this time around...maybe employ the scientists' help in figuring out how to get Terra back?

Excuse my just randomly throwing stuff out there. XD

Which reminds me, I need to add your story to the Fan Feature section on the first page xD

You know, its seems like all the fans are expecting that--Aqua first and then Ven, which makes sense because Aqua's the only one who can navigate Castle Oblivion to the Chamber of Awakening. But it makes me suspicious that Nomura will go and do something no one expects. Or maybe I'm just getting that mixed up with the Pokemon developers. IDK xD I do want all of them to come back to, though, for sure.

Char's Theory

I got this one theory going about the game's plot, guys. I'm thinking that Sora is going to go on a quest to find the keyblades that belonged to the lost 7 masters. Why do I think this? A lot of the teasers seem to center around keyblades:

1--In the first teaser for KH3, Sora was seen holding Eraqus' keyblade.

2--In the E3 (I think?) Teaser, we hear Young Xehanort talking with presumably Young Eraqus, and here they mention the lost keyblade masters.

3--In the secret ending for KH:reCoded (2.5 remix), Young Xehanort says that the keyblade he has was one of the originals carried through from the Keyblade War (or something to that effect). I'm not sure if it is one of the 7 keyblades, but it could point to it. Because of the previous conversation, I'm thinking that Eraqus' keyblade might also be one of the seven. I imagine we're going to see some insight on Xehanort's past, and by extention, Eraqus' as well, and at this point I'm wondering if they once worked together to uncover the secrets of the Keyblade War

4--At the teaser shown at the 2.5 launch event in Disneyland--the one that wasn't released to the public, Sora was reported to be holding a new keyblade. Could it possibly be one of the seven?

However the plots actually going to go, I imagine there's gonna be a slew of new keyblade lore that will be unearthed (with lots of new mechanics sure to spring up--keyblade guns, keyblade gliders, it's a fun world out there), and I'm really looking forward to seeing it all :D

Nickname: Shen

Interests: Fan art (looking, I can't draw yet), fan fiction, making videos (Let's Play, etc.), and discussion of games, canon, theories, and headcanon.

Wayfinder Name: Resilient Optimist

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Sabi would never forgive me if I didn't sign up to the eventually. And I had to make a choice, to be Number VII, or Number XIII. But time was a-wastin', I suppose, and Sabi was getting antsy for me to join. So I settled to be Number VII!

So...I suppose I should add something to this thread as a contribution, an offering upon joining, if you will. Well, if you would direct your attention to this link, I have several videos of me playing Kingdom Hearts 1.5 you may find interesting! It's a series about...well, the bane of my existence in Kingdom Hearts, those Secret Bosses, and my efforts to take them down, while being silly during the fights. They aren't very high quality, but I hope you all find them entertaining!

FINALLY xD Welcome to the group! Obligatory intro question: what is your favorite KH Boss? ;D

(also, just gotta say, I really like the editing you did on the training montage xD The song choice was perfect) Everyone, go watch his vids right naow)

Well guys, sad news. Leonard Neemoy has died today. That makes both Japanese and English VA's of Maser Xehanort now moved on from this world, and within months of each other as well. [2015 reset button anyone?]

Apparently real life sought to take the end of the Xehanort saga into it's own hands and beat down those who voiced the villain in real life. Seriously reality. You really suck right now.

Man... I'm really bugged out by this D: I really hope that one rumor about KH3 being recorded was right, because I can't picture anyone else doing Xehanort so well. But... Live long and prosper, Spockanort... Dx

[Saraibre Ryu]

SO PEOPLE ARE USING PSYCHICS TO DETERMINE WHEN KH3 IS COMING OUT.

I know it's not Wednesday but seriously. Seriously.

[Winter]

Lol, meanwhile a Google search says Square says it's not happening this year.

[FedoraChar]

... *snort*

IT"S GONNA HAPPEN GUYS. JUST YOU WATCH 8D

I'll just stick to khinsider or kh13

[Sanctus]

Finally updated the third post of this club to include KHIII news... of which we're lacking at present, so it has nothing more than an exasperating summary of what's happened so far, which I imagine most in this club are already familiar with.

Now I have that behind me and I can move on to other writings.

[Winter]

As someone who doesn't actually seek out game info much (which is something I need to correct, I'm going to college for game design), that was an interesting read, particularly the fact that they're using Unreal 4 (UE4) as their engine. I'm currently using it for a class, and want to rip my hair out. I'm almost curious as to what engine they've used for past games, now... Oh well, at least Using UE4 means they're capable of making KHIII fairly pretty.

[Sanctus]

Sweet! That's exactly why I wrote it. Glad it was helpful. :)

They previously used an in-house engine called Luminous. This is a solid debriefing of what we actually know concerning that shift, and it talks about the Kingdom Shader which I neglected. I personally believe Yasue when he says there were no problems with the previous multi-million dollar engine. Unless there's been a change I'm unfamiliar with Luminous is being used for FFXV and it looks great.

I've seen people dis KHIII's graphics as though it still looks like a ps2 game. To quote one of our favorite Organization XIII members, as if. It looks far more smooth, vibrant, and richly textured. It still looks like a Disney cartoon because this isn't Call of Duty. It's for a completely different audience and we love how our game looks.

[Saraibre Ryu]

I've seen people dis KHIII's graphics as though it still looks like a ps2 game. To quote one of our favorite Organization XIII members, as if. It looks far more smooth, vibrant, and richly textured. It still looks like a Disney cartoon because this isn't Call of Duty. It's for a completely different audience and we love how our game looks.

I'm gonna punch the scrubs and anyone else who says it looks bad. It's called being stylized. KH has its own style that, even if you take away the Disney, all the original KH characters have their own style. I would absolutely hate it if they changed it. The KH style fits with everything else and all the other varying styles of all the animated 2D/Stop motion Disney movies used thus far. PotC was a bit weird but they made it work to some degree. The way the game looks is great. The 3D models for all the different Disney worlds didn't look the same like the sole 3D Disney movies do now, and I like it that way.

They have something good, and they don't need to change it. The formula works, nothing needs to be botched. I don't want my Kingdom Hearts looking like real life, I want my Kingdom Hearts games to look like Kingdom Hearts games.

[Winter]

I've seen people dis KHIII's graphics as though it still looks like a ps2 game. To quote one of our favorite Organization XIII members, as if. It looks far more smooth, vibrant, and richly textured. It still looks like a Disney cartoon because this isn't Call of Duty. It's for a completely different audience and we love how our game looks.

It looks like a PS2 game? Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat? Are these people morons? It kinda looks like a step down from the really nice rendered animations from the PS2 games, but ah, we're talking the really nice rendered animation, not the actual game models, which means they've seriously improved, though there is something funny going on with the graphics. I'm not sure if maybe it's because they were using stuff from production that hasn't totally been finished up or what, but looking over that E3 trailer, I kept going "...The lighting is off. There's got to be something up with the lighting. Or maybe it's the rendering?" I even showed my boyfriend (same major, same school), and he can't seem to pin it down, but he agrees with me--something is off, and I'm praying it gets tweaked or added in or fixed, because I like everything else, but that is going to drive me insane.

And for those who may think I'm crazy, lighting makes all the difference, I was amazed at results when we started playing with lighting in class, and here's a side by side comparison: Left side is totally lit (and rendered), right side is totally unlit (default window for working stuff in Autodesk Maya):

See what I mean?

IMO, the E3 trailer and the gameplay trailer I've seen suggest that maybe they're currently only partway lit, or not totally rendered, or the shader or whatever, but something is not right here.

[Sanctus]

I'm gonna punch the scrubs and anyone else who says it looks bad. It's called being stylized. KH has its own style that, even if you take away the Disney, all the original KH characters have their own style. I would absolutely hate it if they changed it. The KH style fits with everything else and all the other varying styles of all the animated 2D/Stop motion Disney movies used thus far. PotC was a bit weird but they made it work to some degree. The way the game looks is great. The 3D models for all the different Disney worlds didn't look the same like the sole 3D Disney movies do now, and I like it that way.

They have something good, and they don't need to change it. The formula works, nothing needs to be botched. I don't want my Kingdom Hearts looking like real life, I want my Kingdom Hearts games to look like Kingdom Hearts games.

^ well said

It looks like a PS2 game? Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat? Are these people morons? It kinda looks like a step down from the really nice rendered animations from the PS2 games, but ah, we're talking the really nice rendered animation, not the actual game models, which means they've seriously improved, though there is something funny going on with the graphics. I'm not sure if maybe it's because they were using stuff from production that hasn't totally been finished up or what, but looking over that E3 trailer, I kept going "...The lighting is off. There's got to be something up with the lighting. Or maybe it's the rendering?" I even showed my boyfriend (same major, same school), and he can't seem to pin it down, but he agrees with me--something is off, and I'm praying it gets tweaked or added in or fixed, because I like everything else, but that is going to drive me insane.

And for those who may think I'm crazy, lighting makes all the difference, I was amazed at results when we started playing with lighting in class, and here's a side by side comparison: Left side is totally lit (and rendered), right side is totally unlit (default window for working stuff in Autodesk Maya):

See what I mean?

IMO, the E3 trailer and the gameplay trailer I've seen suggest that maybe they're currently only partway lit, or not totally rendered, or the shader or whatever, but something is not right here.

You would definitely be the expert here, and I'll defer to your judgment. I definitely see the difference in the pic you've posted. To me, the trailer had a matured, more acutely pastel look than any of the other games. Maybe you'd agree and add there's still something awry with the lighting. The KHI staff remarked on the yet-to-be released trailer (still raw and unfinished) that the lighting was gorgeous. I suppose those of us who lack your training don't have the perception to notice it and are just glad to see it with main console graphics again. It's definitely possible the rendering is unfinished though, especially in that first trailer. The D23 trailer is probably a closer example of what they want it to look like, but I think even then when you consider that it was being developed on the Luminous engine, they only had Luminous 1.5 and to my knowledge they were going to switch it over to 2.0 eventually (same with FFXV).