How would you make Kingdom Hearts more "Disney like"

[GothicSlenderman 173]

The entire idea of the series to be a crossover of Disney's history and Final Fantasy. Yet I feel as if they could do more with Disney's assets in the series. I think Kingdom Hearts has a lot of potential to use Disney's charm for the future of the series. I'm interested in hearing what you guys would want but here's what I would do.

1. Instead of original ground and battle themes we make orchestral instrumental arrangements of songs from those films. Imagine walking in Olympus while hearing this version of "God the Distance" in the background. 

2. I'm not sure how possible this is technically but I would love to see them fully recreate the style of Disney films in 3D. Alter the artstyle depending on the world Sora is in. Sort of like what they did for "The Caribbean" but ever further. For 3D animated films keep the artstyle the same as in KH3. For 2D animated films add an outline like the game becomes cellshaded but the color of the outline will depend on the world. If it's something like "The Black Cauldron" then the outline will be black and appear as sketchy. If it's "The Lion King" then the outline will be colored depending on the character's inner colors. If it's something like "Nightmare Before Christmas" make the characters look more clay-like or as if they're figures and lower the frame-rate of the character animations. If it's Live-action then give Sora more detail. Small things that could add to the overall experience. They sort of did this in KH3 with both "100 Wood Acre" and "The Caribbean" but I think that should be the basis for future worlds

3. Disney mainly uses their library of assets to define themselves these dats. You've seen it in Disney Infinity, ads for Disney+, ect. Allow for the series to reflect what Disney is now. I know that stuff like Star Wars and Marvel is a controversial topic for this fandom but I think it's time we start experimenting with these elements. We have a new saga coming, Disney has their own versions and has accepted them as their own and I think these new worlds could breathe a breath of fresh air into the series. I know the famous argument is "It wouldn't fit" but we're talking about a series where Donald Duck talks to Cloud Strife. The idea of a Disney and FF crossover on paper shouldn't "fit" yet it does. The series itself is a weird idea that shouldn't work so why not let ti experiment with these new assets? Smash Bros was just a Nintendo Allstar game but now it's more of a Gaming Allstar title. And that's because we gave the idea of guest characters a chance. Keep in mind; Sora is highly requested for Smash as well.I think it's time to allow the developers to experiment with these ideas and see how they will work.

4.I personally don't want the story to become even more complex. And it seems like this new saga is going to be riding off of the last one very heavily with the info we know so far. I think we should let the next saga be not only shorter but simpler as well. But make up for it but giving more of a Disney animated film like story this time. In other words, exchange the size and scope or the story in favor of a theatrical one.

5. Make the main protagonist of the film be treated as the main character of the world Sora is going and have him more tag along rather than take the spotlight. Each level should be treated as their story. Still give Sora a purpose and attention of course but I feel we could make worlds far more memorable if we allowed their stories to unfold naturally with Sora only making sure the order of the world is kept safe by fighting Heartless or whatever threat is in that world. If there is another threat like an Organization member then let Sora fight them primarily in gameplay as the main character of that world takes them on in cutscenes and the world's story. Imagine if instead of Xaldin just disappearing as soon as the cutscene begins after his boss is over (KH2) we see him knock down and/or restrain Sora as the Beast unleashes the final blow.

6. Have more music for cutscenes. Not just general themes like Xehanort's theme or the Orgnization XIII's theme but scores made specifically for that one scene. Think like how a movie score is made and implementing into the film. It goes with scene as each note corresponds with a different action. In many scenes of Kingdom Hearts (especially in the main line games) moments where there was originally a score that went with that scene are now either music-less or instead use one of the game's reusable tracks. The scores were there for a reason to begin with. I'm not saying use the same score but I'd say give us more of a theatrical like experience.

Well, that's all I got for now. I'd love to hear your ideas in the comments below!

 

[KeybladeSpyMaster 6]

It sounds more like what you want isn't Kingdom Hearts, it's Disney Infinity: The Movie.

[ocean's rage 772]

sounds more like you want a movie rather than a game

[ienzo628 548]

15 hours ago, ocean's rage said:

sounds more like you want a movie rather than a game

Weren't we going to have a Kingdom Hearts television series?  Wouldn't that basically be the same thing?

[ocean's rage 772]

8 hours ago, ienzo628 said:

Weren't we going to have a Kingdom Hearts television series?  Wouldn't that basically be the same thing?

more or less

[ienzo628 548]

On 12/23/2019 at 12:40 PM, ocean's rage said:

more or less

Alright.  I don't know if Disney can handle it properly.

[2 quid is good 2,209]

KH3 is already 98% Disney as is. While I do agree that the implementation of Disney could be better, I would never want KH to lose it's unique status in a bid to become even more of a Disney game. Why do you think KH3 was so controversial? In fact this whole topic is the thing that inspired me to write that huge essay XD