Apparently The world that never was is back in the real world. Why then, does Riku (and sora too, in a lesser extent) still look like his Dream appearence? (Young)

 

When they started their ''journey'' i kinda assumed they went assleep, leaving their physical bodies at the Mysterious Tower. Can i assume that that isnt true? (Rescuing Sora and all that)

Edited April 10, 201510 yr by Dotmore

Yen Sid's magic. Those aren't their dream appearances. Those are their past selves controlled by their current selves.

Basically their hearts jumped out of the bodies they have now and into the bodies they had a year ago. You are right about one thing though, their present-day bodies are basically comatose in Yen Sid's tower while all this is going on.

Yeah basically what the others said.  They were in the real world but they were still dreaming and using their past forms (which also explains why the dream eaters are still able to help them).  Their current selves were still asleep in Yen Sid's tower.

Edited April 10, 201510 yr by khoathkeeper13

Not to mention that Riku was still technically in a dream - Sora's dream, specifically.

Actually no- Yen Sid straight up sent them back in time - bodies and all....It's why they were able to attempt to use Sora's body as a vessel in the first place- they needed his body not his heart for a vessel ...They don't make it clear in the game but in the interviews they give it away. Example: When they arrive in TWTNW:

 

— I want to ask more about the World That Never Was. Is that world a part of reality? Or is also a world of sleep?

Nomura: When that world’s logo appears, it indicates the boundary between the dream and reality. When Sora arrives, it’s reality and then goes into a world of sleep. Riku arrives in the sleeping world, and as you progress and the world logo appears, that’s when it becomes reality.

— When both of them are in the reality parts, they don’t return to their original bodies. Why is that?

Nomura: It’s because of Yen Sid’s magic that they’ve taken their old forms. If they didn’t return to Yen Sid’s place, their bodies wouldn’t return back to normal. Incidentally, their new outfits were thanks to Yen Sid’s magic as Sora suspected.

 

In the latter half of The World That Never Was, despite returning to the real world, why do Sora and co. stay in that form and why do Dream Eaters appear etc?

Nomura: Sora and co.’s form is due to Yen Sid’s magic, so the way it works is that they can’t turn back until they return to the Mysterious Tower, and Dream Eaters were appearing because Sora was still asleep. Also, ever since Organisation XIII was defeated in KH2, the The World That Never Was’ existence as a world has become uncertain. In the first place, the worlds in the rift between darkness and light have different rules than other worlds. The Mysterious Tower isn’t always standing in a fixed place. Traverse Town too reforms its shape every time, which is why the version that appears in this title is clearly different than the version in KH1.

 

 

 

 

Sora arrives awake while leaving asleep. Riku arrives asleep but leaves awake.This just proves they were actually physically present. Yen Sid just used a different method of time travel than Xehanort did just being who he is -a wizard...Just like Timeless River is another different form of time travel used. Yen Sid cast magic that gave them new clothes and a younger body so that they could relearn to use the keyblade the 'proper way" from scratch ( instead of them using their self taught way)

Edited April 11, 201510 yr by Flaming Lea

Actually no- Yen Sid straight up sent them back in time - bodies and all....It's why they were able to attempt to use Sora's body as a vessel in the first place- they needed his body not his heart for a vessel ...They don't make it clear in the game but in the interviews they give it away. Example: When they arrive in TWTNW:

 

— I want to ask more about the World That Never Was. Is that world a part of reality? Or is also a world of sleep?

Nomura: When that world’s logo appears, it indicates the boundary between the dream and reality. When Sora arrives, it’s reality and then goes into a world of sleep. Riku arrives in the sleeping world, and as you progress and the world logo appears, that’s when it becomes reality.

— When both of them are in the reality parts, they don’t return to their original bodies. Why is that?

Nomura: It’s because of Yen Sid’s magic that they’ve taken their old forms. If they didn’t return to Yen Sid’s place, their bodies wouldn’t return back to normal. Incidentally, their new outfits were thanks to Yen Sid’s magic as Sora suspected.

 

In the latter half of The World That Never Was, despite returning to the real world, why do Sora and co. stay in that form and why do Dream Eaters appear etc?

Nomura: Sora and co.’s form is due to Yen Sid’s magic, so the way it works is that they can’t turn back until they return to the Mysterious Tower, and Dream Eaters were appearing because Sora was still asleep. Also, ever since Organisation XIII was defeated in KH2, the The World That Never Was’ existence as a world has become uncertain. In the first place, the worlds in the rift between darkness and light have different rules than other worlds. The Mysterious Tower isn’t always standing in a fixed place. Traverse Town too reforms its shape every time, which is why the version that appears in this title is clearly different than the version in KH1.

 

 

 

 

Sora arrives awake while leaving asleep. Riku arrives asleep but leaves awake.This just proves they were actually physically present. Yen Sid just used a different method of time travel than Xehanort did just being who he is -a wizard...Just like Timeless River is another different form of time travel used. Yen Sid cast magic that gave them new clothes and a younger body so that they could relearn to use the keyblade the 'proper way" from scratch ( instead of them using their self taught way)

This

 

Yen Sid directly says he is sending the two back Destiny Islands just before it became a sleeping world. Once they entered the Realm of Sleep they were to awaken the Sleeping Keyholes and the return to Yen Sid's tower.

 

 

Xigbar explains it in further detail in this cutscene. Sora and Riku were able to jump through time because a past version of themselves existed at that point in time. Xigbar explained that Sora retaining his form had nothing to do with him being asleep and that it was the result the Organization leading Sora astray. Riku having been trapped inside Sora's dream was stuck there and was forced into Sora's two fold nighmare. This is why Riku was also dragged along to TWTNW. In short because the Organization led the two of them off the assigned path they were unable to return to their original forms until after they rescued Sora.

Edited April 11, 201510 yr by Ultima Rob