kairi as a playable character

[Keyblade101 526]

kairi needs to become a playable character and use the Destiny's Embrace keyblade as her default weapon.

Maybe before she leaves Destiny islands to go on her own journey she could have little boss fights like every other kh game.

And maybe Aqua could be her Master for training like Eraqus was to TAV.

On a seperate note does anyone remember the BbS FM secret episode?

kairi was at the Twilight Town mansion with Hayner Pence and Olette?

Maybe she'l start her playable character journey there.

[_The Door To Light_ 1,507]

Maybe as an unlockable character.

But I really think that Kairi is best at providing support for Sora and Riku.

[Kinode 3,056]

That would suck.

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[Junko 2,815]

ehhhh, aqua is stuck in the realm of darkness and kairi can't summon the keyblade on her own. plus if that did happen, wouldn't that mean a whole new side story=whole new game in development= loonger wait for KH3?? in that case, no

[Always 309]

Yeah, I'd like her to be playable, but only for a little bit. I was disappointed when she wasn't playable in KH2 when she got her Keyblade and started whipping some Heartless tail. It would've been cool if she was playable for like a mini boss or something. But as a main character with her own journey? Nah.

[King Demise 2,359]

ehhhh, aqua is stuck in the realm of darkness and kairi can't summon the keyblade on her own. plus if that did happen, wouldn't that mean a whole new side story=whole new game in development= loonger wait for KH3?? in that case, no

 

Don't different teams make the games?

[Keyblade101 526]

ehhhh, aqua is stuck in the realm of darkness and kairi can't summon the keyblade on her own. plus if that did happen, wouldn't that mean a whole new side story=whole new game in development= loonger wait for KH3?? in that case, no

 

Trains with Aqua AFTER the Xehanort Saga.

[deathrebirthsenshi 279]

Oh, it will happen eventually. I just don't think the time is quite ripe yet. I could see having some time being Kairi in like an opening of KH3 or something, I don't know. It depends on how they're going to do games from now on. Nomura's said that numbered games star Sora, but at the same time, more and more main characters are being gathered, and it seems like they're all going to be coming together one way or another in KH3. In the past, the other characters have simply played minor, back-seat roles to be further discovered later. We'll just have to see if this is how the series is going to continue, or if KH3 is the first major game to feature multiple main characters.

[flaire 25]

Hey, she'd be useful for once

[VentusRoxas 73]

Oh, it will happen eventually. I just don't think the time is quite ripe yet. I could see having some time being Kairi in like an opening of KH3 or something, I don't know. It depends on how they're going to do games from now on. Nomura's said that numbered games star Sora, but at the same time, more and more main characters are being gathered, and it seems like they're all going to be coming together one way or another in KH3. In the past, the other characters have simply played minor, back-seat roles to be further discovered later. We'll just have to see if this is how the series is going to continue, or if KH3 is the first major game to feature multiple main characters.

 

didn't bbs have multiple main characters? (aqua, ven, terra)

[Keyblade101 526]

I was disappointed when she wasn't playable in KH2 when she got her Keyblade and started whipping some Heartless tail.

 

i was too. http://kh13.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/dry.png

[J. Severe 1,137]

I'm kinda disappointed that Kairi's been put on the backburner for the past few games. I thought she, Sora, and Riku were supposed to be a trio, but now it seems like those two are getting all the screentime and she's just sittin' on the Destiny Islands doin' nothin'. I'm hoping she has a more significant role in KH3 - perhaps if Aqua is saved at the end of KH3D, she could bond with Kairi, maybe like a older-younger-sisterly thing and teach her a thing or two about whoopin' arse - but that all depends on what Nomura wants to do.

[Junko 2,815]

Trains with Aqua AFTER the Xehanort Saga.

 

but after the Xehanort saga, wouldn't kingdom hearts be over??

[Keyblade101 526]

but after the Xehanort saga, wouldn't kingdom hearts be over??

 

Nope.

kh3 ends Xehanort's saga but not the series.

 

I'm kinda disappointed that Kairi's been put on the backburner for the past few games. I thought she, Sora, and Riku were supposed to be a trio, but now it seems like those two are getting all the screentime and she's just sittin' on the Destiny Islands doin' nothin'. I'm hoping she has a more significant role in KH3 - perhaps if Aqua is saved at the end of KH3D, she could bond with Kairi, maybe like a older-younger-sisterly thing and teach her a thing or two about whoopin' arse - but that all depends on what Nomura wants to do.

 

i totally agree.

[deathrebirthsenshi 279]

didn't bbs have multiple main characters? (aqua, ven, terra)

 

It wasn't really a numbered one though, and it was on a handheld console rather than a main console (ie playstation 2 or 3). And BBS...had some flaws as far as plot goes in my opinion. Not that I didn't love it, but still. I see the biggest thing Kairi getting may be small parts where you play as her during a boss battle or something, like RIku at teh end of KH2. So far, they've found reasons for other characters to not be involved, I'm not sure how much longer that can continue.

[AnHeiressofaSOLDIER 358]

YES! Oh my gosh, that's the thing that bothers me the most about Kingdom Hearts. Especially the games as of late. Like J. Severe said, they're supposed to be a trio. Not a duo. I highly believe Kairi is meant to be Aqua's successor (like Riku's Terra's and Sora's Ven's), but she needs to get some screen time soon. She's falling into the background more and more which is sad. She was so cool at first, and now she's a rather flat character.

 

It also seems out of character to me that she'd stay behind. In KH2 she was like, "I'm sick of being left behind. From now on, wherever one of us goes the other follows." She obviously wants to help, so I don't see why she doesn't. And, honestly, I think Nomura may have her fight in whatever BbSV2 is. I hope.

 

It just bothers me that she's supposed to be the main girl, but everyone else is so much more important than her. And they also seem to be pretending things that happened with her occured with other people. Like how Riku tells Quasi that Sora saw the real him. Umm... it was Kairi that realized it was Riku and not Xehanort's Heartless in TWTNW. Kairi doesn't get enough credit.

 

Her being a playable character would make things more even. Really it's ridiculous that everyone else has been playable and more credited than her. If nothing else, put her in the game more and give her some character development.

 

And you know what I don't get? Fans complains that she's useless and yet, when someone voices making her a playable character (as to make her better), they protest that, too. I really wish people would make more sense, and be more reasonable about Kairi.

 

Anyway...

[Keyblade Master Xine 196]

YES! Oh my gosh, that's the thing that bothers me the most about Kingdom Hearts. Especially the games as of late. Like J. Severe said, they're supposed to be a trio. Not a duo. I highly believe Kairi is meant to be Aqua's successor (like Riku's Terra's and Sora's Ven's), but she needs to get some screen time soon. She's falling into the background more and more which is sad. She was so cool at first, and now she's a rather flat character.

 

It also seems out of character to me that she'd stay behind. In KH2 she was like, "I'm sick of being left behind. From now on, wherever one of us goes the other follows." She obviously wants to help, so I don't see why she doesn't. And, honestly, I think Nomura may have her fight in whatever BbSV2 is. I hope.

 

It just bothers me that she's supposed to be the main girl, but everyone else is so much more important than her. And they also seem to be pretending things that happened with her occured with other people. Like how Riku tells Quasi that Sora saw the real him. Umm... it was Kairi that realized it was Riku and not Xehanort's Heartless in TWTNW. Kairi doesn't get enough credit.

 

Her being a playable character would make things more even. Really it's ridiculous that everyone else has been playable and more credited than her. If nothing else, put her in the game more and give her some character development.

 

And you know what I don't get? Fans complains that she's useless and yet, when someone voices making her a playable character (as to make her better), they protest that, too. I really wish people would make more sense, and be more reasonable about Kairi.

 

Anyway...

 

I agree completely.

[FireRubies1 1,325]

I don't think she would be able to play a role in the Xehanort saga but in the years after... maybe after training with Aqua or something. I doubt Square would be able to make much of a plot but it sounds interesting

[Zenithia 305]

tutti frutti. I agree with J. Severe and DenizenofTwilight. After playing BBS, I always had that feeling that feeling that much like with Terra, Aqua and Ven, that there would be a trio with Sora, Riku and Kairi. She is left out of stuff that she could easily be a part of in the series. Since Sora and Riku have been playable characters in the series, along with a number of other characters in the series let alone BBS, Kairi should be a playable character. Nothing against the Mario series, but I'm kind of tired seeing damsels in distress and rescuing the princess in countless video games.

[VoidXName 346]

YES! Oh my gosh, that's the thing that bothers me the most about Kingdom Hearts. Especially the games as of late. Like J. Severe said, they're supposed to be a trio. Not a duo. I highly believe Kairi is meant to be Aqua's successor (like Riku's Terra's and Sora's Ven's), but she needs to get some screen time soon. She's falling into the background more and more which is sad. She was so cool at first, and now she's a rather flat character.

 

It also seems out of character to me that she'd stay behind. In KH2 she was like, "I'm sick of being left behind. From now on, wherever one of us goes the other follows." She obviously wants to help, so I don't see why she doesn't. And, honestly, I think Nomura may have her fight in whatever BbSV2 is. I hope.

 

It just bothers me that she's supposed to be the main girl, but everyone else is so much more important than her. And they also seem to be pretending things that happened with her occured with other people. Like how Riku tells Quasi that Sora saw the real him. Umm... it was Kairi that realized it was Riku and not Xehanort's Heartless in TWTNW. Kairi doesn't get enough credit.

 

Her being a playable character would make things more even. Really it's ridiculous that everyone else has been playable and more credited than her. If nothing else, put her in the game more and give her some character development.

 

And you know what I don't get? Fans complains that she's useless and yet, when someone voices making her a playable character (as to make her better), they protest that, too. I really wish people would make more sense, and be more reasonable about Kairi.

 

Anyway...

 

I love you

Seriously, you took the words right out of my mouth. I agree whole heartedly.

[AnHeiressofaSOLDIER 358]

I love you

Seriously, you took the words right out of my mouth. I agree whole heartedly.

 

LOL. Thanks a lot. I'm glad that people seem to share my views. I mean, in some ways it seems Kairi is one of the people most suited to be a Keyblade wielder. She's got spunk, as well as a heart of pure Light. She could help create the X-Blade. She really needs to become the "Aqua" of her group. She pretty much is already. But every other person in the trios can fight, so why not her? Nomura must have given her a Keyblade for a reason.

 

And since the special trailer makes it look like Sora might fall into sleep like Ven or something, it would only make sense for Kairi to step up. That might be the perfect time to really give her her chance to shine. She's not just going to hang back while Sora is in danger. In fact, the original trailer for KH1 made it sound like Sora either ended up dying or falling into darkness, and that Kairi was trying to save him. It'd be great if something like that happened here.

 

I just want to see the feisty girl I loved! The one that said, Sora was a lazy bum and completely hopeless without Riku and her. Let's see that. Let's see how she's needed. And it'd just be perfect to end the Xehanort Saga similar to how it started. It started with one trio's actions, let's end it with that trio's saviors' actions.

 

Honestly, I thought it would have been cool if Kairi was secretly playable in 3D. Obviously it ties heavily into BbS (and I sort of think 3D is BbSV2). And we still have no idea what will happen in the parts of the game not covering the Mark of Mastery, but, sadly, I know we won't play as her in it.

 

You know what else would be cool if Kairi was playable? She'd be like Aqua, but at the same time she'd be like Ven who was less experienced at fighting when it came to Terra and Aqua. It really would be a cool way to tie everything together.

 

And if Xehanort really is trying to create another Keyblade War... well, Kairi will have to wield eventually. There aren't that many wielders, after all (at least not like there was in the past).

 

And you know what? At this point, I don't even care if it makes sense for her to suddenly be a fighter. Would I like it to be realistic? Yes. But at the same time, they need to save her character before she's totally unredeemable. I want her to be remembered for something before the Xehanort saga ends! Because right now, if you take away the fact that she's a PoH (not to mention damsel in distress), Sora and Riku's friend, and possibly Sora's love interest, you really have nothing to her. We really know nothing about her.

 

In that aspect, I say just throw her out into battle like they did Yuna and Serah in their games' sequels. I don't even care if they attempt to explain her sudden fighting skills (like they kind of tried to with Serah, but failed at). Just let her do something!

 

Sorry. Rant over. I'm just a HUGE Kairi fan. I always have been, and always will be, but I don't think her treatment in the games has been fair. Shutting up now.

 

And here's the original KH1 trailer I referenced (I'm sure everyone's already seen it, but whatever)

 

Edit: After watching the beta trailer again, I think some of the things originally planned for KH1 are going to play seriously into KH3D!

[VoidXName 346]

 

 

LOL. Thanks a lot. I'm glad that people seem to share my views. I mean, in some ways it seems Kairi is one of the people most suited to be a Keyblade wielder. She's got spunk, as well as a heart of pure Light. She could help create the X-Blade. She really needs to become the "Aqua" of her group. She pretty much is already. But every other person in the trios can fight, so why not her? Nomura must have given her a Keyblade for a reason.

 

And since the special trailer makes it look like Sora might fall into sleep like Ven or something, it would only make sense for Kairi to step up. That might be the perfect time to really give her her chance to shine. She's not just going to hang back while Sora is in danger. In fact, the original trailer for KH1 made it sound like Sora either ended up dying or falling into darkness, and that Kairi was trying to save him. It'd be great if something like that happened here.

 

I just want to see the feisty girl I loved! The one that said, Sora was a lazy bum and completely hopeless without Riku and her. Let's see that. Let's see how she's needed. And it'd just be perfect to end the Xehanort Saga similar to how it started. It started with one trio's actions, let's end it with that trio's saviors' actions.

 

Honestly, I thought it would have been cool if Kairi was secretly playable in 3D. Obviously it ties heavily into BbS (and I sort of think 3D is BbSV2). And we still have no idea what will happen in the parts of the game not covering the Mark of Mastery, but, sadly, I know we won't play as her in it.

 

You know what else would be cool if Kairi was playable? She'd be like Aqua, but at the same time she'd be like Ven who was less experienced at fighting when it came to Terra and Aqua. It really would be a cool way to tie everything together.

 

And if Xehanort really is trying to create another Keyblade War... well, Kairi will have to wield eventually. There aren't that many wielders, after all (at least not like there was in the past).

 

And you know what? At this point, I don't even care if it makes sense for her to suddenly be a fighter. Would I like it to be realistic? Yes. But at the same time, they need to save her character before she's totally unredeemable. I want her to be remembered for something before the Xehanort saga ends! Because right now, if you take away the fact that she's a PoH (not to mention damsel in distress), Sora and Riku's friend, and possibly Sora's love interest, you really have nothing to her. We really know nothing about her.

 

In that aspect, I say just throw her out into battle like they did Yuna and Serah in their games' sequels. I don't even care if they attempt to explain her sudden fighting skills (like they kind of tried to with Serah, but failed at). Just let her do something!

 

Sorry. Rant over. I'm just a HUGE Kairi fan. I always have been, and always will be, but I don't think her treatment in the games has been fair. Shutting up now.

 

And here's the original KH1 trailer I referenced (I'm sure everyone's already seen it, but whatever)

 

Edit: After watching the beta trailer again, I think some of the things originally planned for KH1 are going to play seriously into KH3D!

 

marry me

I didn t know that there was anyone else who was as big of a fan and shared the same views of Kairi.

 

Since Sora & Riku set sail on their raft from Destiny Islands to go to the RoS, surely Kairi would be apart of it, right? I'm hoping she gets a much bigger role starting with DDD.

[Keyblade101 526]

I agree completely.

 

Same here.

[heyitsdeven 131]

I would love it! A character change isn't that hard at all. All it takes is one game. I could see her using her keyblade with elemental-based attacks; sort of in between magic and offensive.

[AnHeiressofaSOLDIER 358]

marry me

I didn t know that there was anyone else who was as big of a fan and shared the same views of Kairi.

 

Since Sora & Riku set sail on their raft from Destiny Islands to go to the RoS, surely Kairi would be apart of it, right? I'm hoping she gets a much bigger role starting with DDD.

 

LOL. I just might

 

Anyway, I'm actually quite mad about the raft thing. I know it's probably part of the dream, but still. They'd built that raft for the three of them to explore other worlds together. It seems insulting to me that they'd go without her. It just isn't fair. Especially since she's really gotten the short end of the stick when it comes to seeing other worlds and adventuring. She hasn't even seen her home since Leon began trying to fix it up. It's sad. Hopefully she'll see it someday.

 

And, honestly, what happened to: "Sora, let's take the raft and go. Just the two of us."? If only two of them can go (instead of the preferred three), it should be Sora and Kairi. This is just going to add more fuel to the Sora/Riku fans. Not that I have anything against that pairing, I just think canon wise they're really just best friends. And I don't think it's fair to ship them just because Square doesn't seem to know how to include Kairi. And I really think it's a dream, so just because Sora and Riku go on the raft does not mean they're a couple or something. They have no control over what happens during the Mark of Mastery.

 

I just really miss Kairi in the series. It really isn't KH to me without her. She added a sense of charm and completion to it. The new games have been nice, but the ones that could have had her and didn't... just seemed empty to me. I mean, if you think back to KH1 (before Riku got all the character development), the game was really about reuniting Sora and Kairi. Sora was really trying to save her. KH1 started it all, many people argue it's the best, and without that aspect of Kairi that KH was known for, it just doesn't feel like KH, you know?

 

That's why I hope we're right, and that Kairi's role will become more developed. Because even though I love KH (mainly because I've played it since the beginning; I've played it more than half of my life), and I'll always love and enjoy the games... if they don't start including Kairi again, I'm going to be slightly irritated all while I'm playing.

 

I'll be the first to admit that I'm always looking for Kairi scenes and SoKai scenes (SoKai's my favorite pairing just because I thought they were the cutest thing most of my life). I fear without those scenes, KH loses its own bit of Disney magic that drew people in as much as anything else did. Because the "knight and his princess" thing was the most Disney-esque feeling (KH by itself) had. I miss that when it's gone. It's just not the same experience without it. It's not the same experience without the sweet Kairi.

 

In the earlier games, everything was driven by her. Sora and Riku clashed in trying to save her in KH1. Sora tried to save Nami because he thought she was Kairi in CoM. In KH2, Riku was looking out for Kairi. Sora wanted to find Riku so they could return home to Kairi. When she was kidnapped, Sora was trying to save her again.

 

Seriously, what happened to Kairi's involvment in KH? It seems she's only mattered recently by having created Xion in a roundabout way (Xion was created from Sora's memories of Kairi, and since she was the most important person to Sora, she acted like her and whatnot).

 

I miss Kairi. Please Square! I beg you: bring her back! You've made KH lose some of its emotion without her. Please bring her back for her fans! You've made good of the other "Kairis" (her Nobody, Xion, and her "Master" Aqua). Why can't you do the same for her, the original? The girl that's supposed to be the main girl. -sigh-

 

Rant over.