About our Playable Riku...

[Chasm 108]

What are you guys hoping to see/able to do?

I'm hoping Riku brings back that Dark Mode as as a Situation command. I also hope he isn't limited to just the Realm of Darkness. In the latest footage we didn't see him with Mickey so i'm hoping we party up with him at some point. 

 

In an early synopsis we were treated with knowing that Riku and Mickey were tasked with finding the other Keyblade Wielders. I'm assuming that's the BBS trio. I'm hoping we can see Riku interact with each of them so they can all understand darkness isnt all bad in the right hands.

[Tyranto Rex 277]

3 hours ago, Chasm said:

What are you guys hoping to see/able to do?

I'm hoping Riku brings back that Dark Mode as as a Situation command. I also hope he isn't limited to just the Realm of Darkness. In the latest footage we didn't see him with Mickey so i'm hoping we party up with him at some point. 

 

In an early synopsis we were treated with knowing that Riku and Mickey were tasked with finding the other Keyblade Wielders. I'm assuming that's the BBS trio. I'm hoping we can see Riku interact with each of them so they can all understand darkness isnt all bad in the right hands.

Due to recent trailers, I don't think we are gonna be able to play as him for long.  Not saying he's gonna die but I feel like Sora's gonna be by himself for awhile.

It all depends on how long we play as Riku. It might only be an hour long campaign . And it already looks like he's having a hard time with Aqua so who knows how successful he will be.

[Potato head harvey 70]

I doubt he'll have his dark mode since he would need a new design and all that. Would be rad though.

[PrinceNoctis 1,011]

I don't think Dark Mode is going to return. I do think he'll be playable for a good amount of time, like 2-3 hours, but for the most part I think we'll be playing as Sora. And Riku will mostly be playable in the RoD and maybe a little in the Keyblade Graveyard as well.

Edited December 21, 2018 by PrinceNoctis

[ienzo628 548]

3 hours ago, Potato head harvey said:

I doubt he'll have his dark mode since he would need a new design and all that. Would be rad though.

Maybe Nomura already has one for him that we won't get to see till the game is out.

[clatter411 75]

     Yeah I get the feeling we won't be playing as him for too long. The story is Sora's after all which I do prefer. Though it is nice to play as others from time to time. 

     I also don't see Dark Mode ever returning. It wouldn't make sense story wise since Riku conquered his inner darkness. 

[Allwil13 754]

17 minutes ago, clatter411 said:

     Yeah I get the feeling we won't be playing as him for too long. The story is Sora's after all which I do prefer. Though it is nice to play as others from time to time. 

     I also don't see Dark Mode ever returning. It wouldn't make sense story wise since Riku conquered his inner darkness. 

I agree that Riku probably won't be nearly as playable as he was in 3D, but at the same time I hope we're both wrong (no offense). Playing through the game with multiple characters allows the player to see the story through multiple perspectives, which I find really adds a lot to the experience. Plus I bet Riku's play style will be different from Sora's, which I think would make the gameplay nice and refreshing. Bringing Dark mode back would add to this as well, so I would love to see that return as well. But like I said before, you're probably right on both counts.

[Potato head harvey 70]

1 hour ago, clatter411 said:

 

     I also don't see Dark Mode ever returning. It wouldn't make sense story wise since Riku conquered his inner darkness. 

What about a dawn mode? Make it happen nomura.

[ienzo628 548]

55 minutes ago, Allwil13 said:

I agree that Riku probably won't be nearly as playable as he was in 3D, but at the same time I hope we're both wrong (no offense). Playing through the game with multiple characters allows the player to see the story through multiple perspectives, which I find really adds a lot to the experience. Plus I bet Riku's play style will be different from Sora's, which I think would make the gameplay nice and refreshing. Bringing Dark mode back would add to this as well, so I would love to see that return as well. But like I said before, you're probably right on both counts.

I hope we do get a third perspective or at least something similar to Mission mode.

[Allwil13 754]

7 minutes ago, ienzo628 said:

I hope we do get a third perspective or at least something similar to Mission mode.

Me too. I'm praying for Lea/Axel to be playable. Kairi would be interesting to play as too, mainly because she's gotten an infuriatingly small amount of screen time and development. But since Lea/Axel is my favourite character and I'm super biased towards him, I would rather have him be a potential third playable character.

[ienzo628 548]

2 minutes ago, Allwil13 said:

Me too. I'm praying for Lea/Axel to be playable. Kairi would be interesting to play as too, mainly because she's gotten an infuriatingly small amount of screen time and development. But since Lea/Axel is my favourite character and I'm super biased towards him, I would rather have him be a potential third playable character.

I'd like to probably play as Kairi and see what her battle style is.  Hopefully she isn't a copy of Xion's or Aqua's battle styles.

Edited December 21, 2018 by ienzo628

[Potato head harvey 70]

9 minutes ago, ienzo628 said:

I'd like to probably play as Kairi and see what her battle style is.  Hopefully she isn't a copy of Xion's or Aqua's battle styles.

From the looks of it, she's just a copy of sora, which is kinda lame.

[ienzo628 548]

1 minute ago, Potato head harvey said:

From the looks of it, she's just a copy of sora, which is kinda lame.

Do you mean Kairi? 

[Potato head harvey 70]

Just now, ienzo628 said:

Do you mean Kairi? 

Yeah, from that brief battle stance we see of her i mean.

[clatter411 75]

23 minutes ago, ienzo628 said:

I'd like to probably play as Kairi and see what her battle style is.  Hopefully she isn't a copy of Xion's or Aqua's battle styles.

I agree. Kairi should playable. She's been around since the beginning and needs to be more of a central focus. At least on par with Sora and Riku. I'd like to see her character develop as well. 

Edited December 21, 2018 by clatter411

[ienzo628 548]

14 minutes ago, Potato head harvey said:

Yeah, from that brief battle stance we see of her i mean.

I hear ya.  It would be kind of insulting to give her the same stance and battle style as the main character.  We already have enough Sora clones.

 

5 minutes ago, clatter411 said:

I agree. Kairi should playable. She's been around since the beginning and needs to be more of a central focus. At least on par with Sora and Riku. I'd like to see her character develop as well. 

She deserves more than to be the typical Damsel in Distress that waits for her Prince Charming to return.

[Tyranto Rex 277]

1 hour ago, ienzo628 said:

I hear ya.  It would be kind of insulting to give her the same stance and battle style as the main character.  We already have enough Sora clones.

 

She deserves more than to be the typical Damsel in Distress that waits for her Prince Charming to return.

It's for this reason at first that I got a little angry when I saw her get dragged away in the Final Battle Trailer. I was like "come on, let her have her moment!" But then I had to remind myself that tha'ts happening to literally everyone except Sora. But still, they better do something with her and not have that be her biggest moment.

[ienzo628 548]

6 minutes ago, Tyranto Rex said:

It's for this reason at first that I got a little angry when I saw her get dragged away in the Final Battle Trailer. I was like "come on, let her have her moment!" But then I had to remind myself that that's happening to literally everyone except Sora. But still, they better do something with her and not have that be her biggest moment.

I want to at least see her put up a decent fight than the ones we've seen with her.  She basically didn't even put up a fight against Axel and neither did Hayner and Pence. 

[ITzDarthLordRevan 291]

8 minutes ago, ienzo628 said:

I want to at least see her put up a decent fight than the ones we've seen with her.  She basically didn't even put up a fight against Axel and neither did Hayner and Pence. 

I know she isn't that trained in using the Keyblade, but yeah. I agree I'd like to see her put up some sort of fight this time around. It would look pretty bad if they wouldn't have her at least do a lot more than what she did in KH 2. Kairi is stubborn, so It's hard to believe that she wouldn't try to protect Riku and Sora even if they probably wouldn't want her to. 

Edited December 22, 2018 by ITzDarthLordRevan

[Potato head harvey 70]

I also want to see lea fighting with his keyblade. I don't think we actually seen him use it yet(?)

[ienzo628 548]

17 minutes ago, ITzDarthLordRevan said:

I know she isn't that trained in using the Keyblade, but yeah. I agree I'd like to see her put up some sort of fight this time around. It would look pretty bad if they wouldn't have her at least do a lot more than what she did in KH 2. Kairi is stubborn, so It's hard to believe that she wouldn't try to protect Riku and Sora even if they probably wouldn't want her to. 

It's time we got to see her pull her own weight.

[ITzDarthLordRevan 291]

15 minutes ago, Potato head harvey said:

I also want to see lea fighting with his keyblade. I don't think we actually seen him use it yet(?)

We've seen him wield it. I don't think we saw him slash at anything with it in the trailer.  So, we haven't seen him actually use it. I would like to see him use it too, especially since the design of his Keyblade is really cool. I don't doubt we'll probably see him use it a few times within the game.

Edited December 22, 2018 by ITzDarthLordRevan

[Potato head harvey 70]

3 minutes ago, ITzDarthLordRevan said:

We've seen him wield it. I don't think we saw him slash at anything with it in the trailer.  So, we haven't seen him actually use it. I would like to see him use it too, especially since the design of his Keyblade is really cool. 

Speaking of, it would be cool if he could transform his keyblade into chakrams like sora does with his keyblade transformations. Hell, give everyone keyblade transformations haha.

[ITzDarthLordRevan 291]

5 minutes ago, Potato head harvey said:

Speaking of, it would be cool if he could transform his keyblade into chakrams like sora does with his keyblade transformations. Hell, give everyone keyblade transformations haha.

Having them turn into flaming chackrams would be cool. I saw Nijukoo draw some fan art of what she thought Lea and Kairi's Keyblade transformations would be and I thought they fit the characters pretty well. She drew Lea with a giant flaming chackram or two smaller ones and she gave Kairi a giant fan that matches her Keyblade. 

Edited December 22, 2018 by ITzDarthLordRevan

[Potato head harvey 70]

2 minutes ago, ITzDarthLordRevan said:

Having them turn into flaming chackrams would be cool. I saw Nijukoo draw some fan art of what she thought Lea and Kairi's Keyblade transformations would be and I thought they fit the characters pretty well. She drew Lea with a giant flaming chackram or two smaller ones and she gave Kairi a giant fan that matches her Keyblade. 

I'd say link them, but we're probably getting a little off track haha.