Eric Recchia

I know I can try to figure out this intro. Okay, let me try: Sora questioning the reality of what's happening. The end of the clip signifies the start of Sora entering his Awakening. So we can assume what's happening in the beggining to the end is some process in which Sora has to go through in order for the Awakening to initiate. Perhaps it takes the right magic and a few days, and so seemingly odd, supernatural things have been happening to Sora in the process. In fact at this point in the story the player is suppose to question whether or not the Awakneing was a dream (until the creatures inside it show up in reality and we know for a fact it's not). As it initiates, Sora is gazing into his own Heart, but the Heart is too complex so internal emotions and feelings are conceptulaized into tangible, knowable imagery. Of course it's meaning would be shrowded in mystery. The ocean, more specifically water, symbolizes Darkness. Water is something we need to live, but can drown, and tear apart families. It's a necessary evil. It tears Sora and Riku apart. When Riku offer him his hand, Sora's Heart refuses the invitation to join Darkness, so the current seperates them. Hard as he tries he can't grab onto Riku's hand. Riku can breath underwater, but Sora can't. He has to see the light of the world for air. Of course he sees Kairi. Kairi's voice is guide and motivation for escape out of the suffocating dark ocean. This all symbolizes his rejection from the "reality" of darkness. His essense and the essense of Darkness are not on the same plane. This is Heart telling him that he must reject Darkness for him to survive his journey. When he sees himself falling from the sky, he's falling with the meteors. His Heart percieves the danger that his world is in. Connected to the Heart of his dimension. Because he can hear that Heart suffering, Sora knows deep down on some metaphysical morso than mental level that his world is tearing apart and he'll become part of that World's debris. Now Darkness is the only way to enter his own Heart. And so he has to be able to enter it. Water of the ocean transforms into reality and sky, and he falls through to inside the Darkness of his Heart. It's a necessary evil. So the innocence of the princess that his Heart manifests, transform into doves to absolve him off his sin and fly off. Dio mio that was geeky.

GTFO. That's the best scene in the game.

Just seeing this remade in HD is alone worth the purchase. A lot of gaming purists like to mock the idea of placing importance on graphics, but games are a visible medium. And a visually beautiful world is one I can immerse myself into, and immersion is as important to me as gameplay when it comes to story driven games. Iconic Disney worlds in HD? Hallow Bastion in HD? The ending/opening of KH in HD? Here's my hard earned money Square. So... HD graphics and updated character models Final Mix Content - Critical Mode - New Abilities - Ability to skip cut-scenes - Heartless re-colors - Xemnas Fight - New Cut-Scenes fleshing out the story Zero EXP and Combo Master Trophy Support KH2 style menu and camera control This isn't a tiny improvement. Worth the money if you ask me.