Kinode

Really like the coloring!

Either Ars Arcanum or Ragnarok. Ars does remind me of him a lot more though

It starts before/during KH1, because time shenanigans, and probably should end right before CoM. Actually, there's two ways this can go. We see a scene of Mickey losing his shirt as he sees Riku run. This is definitely before the ending of KH1, but this can have happened before Aqua showed up (meaning 0.2 would happen during CoM) or while he's Aqua's party member(Meaning it happens during KH1). I think it happens before CoM because he loses his shirt, and I don't think they have Mickey shirts in the RoD, plus the version of Destiny Islands we see is before Sora restores it. BUT since Mickey does wear his CoM attire, that leaves all sort of questions up in the air.

Wonder why they changed "Follow the heart and you'll find the way" to " May our hearts be the guiding key". This trailer is pretty good overall, really hyped to watch this game! Also I'm lowkey hoping that's Xemnas talking to Aqua through her armor.

You're definitely gonna win, amazing

It will definitely be a literal movie unlike Re:Coded and Days, though I was pretty usre of this ever since we first saw shots of it. It is much more cinematic in nature(specially since they can play around with the lighting much more and it probably being pre-rendered also helps). And it helps that it seems to be much more action packed too! I can't see them leaving out Ava vs Luxu and stuff we didn't see in X. Also will be much less tiring to watch than those other two, they don't really work as movies.

It's either: 1) Retconning the yellow eyes because he isn't a Xehanort Vessel or 2) Symbolically representing that even though he has yellow eyes in reality, he wasn't chosen to be a Xehanort vessel.

Honestly the final splash was the most nostalgic part to me. It was very KH1-ish to me, and was a very satisfying way to end the intro. They really knew how to build and solve the tension on this intro. I'm kind of sad that it didn't follow just like the TGS trailer though. Whoever edited that trailer did a way better job at fitting the music with the intro. They should have switched the clipshow part with the Terra and Ventus disappearing part. Those strings just fit that so well!

Blew 18k on this and didn't get Kairi. Hopefully I'll get a couple more draws before the deals are over. Most importantly... How the heck did they mess up Jack and Sally so bad? I didn't even attempt that HSC but I know it was difficult as hell and people put money into it to be able to rank high. Plut what the heck is this new event? How can they screw up the player base so much lmao

I swear to god if they don't take this chance to add the Saïx and Xion fights to Days I'm losing it

I mean, why would Nomura tease Ventus so early if he wasn't gonna make an appearance soon? Maybe he'll only be in Season 2, but I doubt it. I'm expecting some light on Ventus' significance but not gonna be disappointed if he doesn't show up.

I definitely think animation can be utilized to convey feelings that both paintings and music can, but it also uses literal movement and morphing to its advantage in ways that paintings can't(and music can), while being able to convey clear scenarios that music can't with(only incredibly abstract imagery; would depend on each individual's experiences and memories while listening). So imo, animation is kind of an in-between if used correctly. But I definitely think that animation on itself, without music, is really lacking. There really is no definitive answer to that I guess. The amount of work that has to go into animations is undoubtedly insane, but it really takes a lot for it to be quality art to an observer.

Oooh I'm glad i saw this, because Yoko is my favorite musician right now, and getting some feedback from her would be amazing. 1) I'd love to know if she would have any advice for aspiring young musicians, as in how to keep pushing forward and knowing where to head next, and how she feels about her work inspiring her fans to pursue musical careers. 2) Has she heard about Project Destati, and how does she feel about fanmade arrangements and such large groups of people coming together to celebrate her music? I was gonna ask you to give her a hug but I don't think that's very viable, these two questions are enough for me

I did feel like there were a couple of added phrases in the remix in between the main lyrics, so I thought she was involved either way. I feel like even if she does own the song, she doesn't mind it being used for Kingdom Hearts. After all, Hikari and Passion are some of her most popular songs DUE to Kingdom Hearts, so if anything I'd think she'd see this as an opportunity to get herself even more out there.

First glimpses on MoM and Luxu's faces! Even if just their noses. The lack of Ephemera and Skuld makes me think they won't be very important in Back Cover after all...

I actually am loving how 0.2 is looking(That intro!!!! I'm honestly impressed, it's beautiful). But i was expecting to see Skuld or Ventus in Back Cover for the mindfiretruckery

I use android and downloaded it outside the playstore, but ever since the first update the game has allowed me to update though the playstore as long as the app exists in my phone.

I was actually wondering before how the heck our character has visions of future events, I feel like there has to be a deeper meaning to that (even if Terra also did this for no reason in particular). I feel like someone showed them those dreams, someone who was already there or has seen these things though the Book of Prophecies (Luxu perhaps?). I wouldn't think that they ARE the book itself though, but I wouldn't be surprised if our character somehow has information from the book hidden inside them (Hey, it's happened before in the series). Maybe someone stored in in them as data? They had visions of both keyblade wars, which means what they're seeing in those dreams are the events from the lost page. I don't know what to make of this.

Haven't read the article but I've seen numerous complaints on Gamefaqs about how the medal draw system works in NA, lack of Mickey&Brooms medals, absurdly low chances to get epics and illustrated medals, etc. SENA has been slowly making features more accessible, changing entirely how the super epic rare medals work (Present in all epic carnivals, actually something really good of them to do)... Either way, the point is they obviously cater to the whales. Which all in all... Is only logic. Now, I agree that it kinda sucks to be f2p in this game(I am, and it's such a chore at times), but it's easily possible to make your way through Story Mode(So far) without having to spend a cent. The game gives you free login Jewels and once in a while, Jewel Quests(Which are way less generous than JP as well), and in the end, that's enough. No, it's not enough to rank high in the Coliseum or in the Lux rankings every month/week, and hell, not enough to beat the high score challenges. But they give you options: You either spend thousands (yep, THOUSANDS) of dollars to guilt some medals, make enough draws to get those right medals for the high score challenge, and basically waste resources on what's essentially gambling, or just deal with the fact that this company is not actually here to give you what you want for the money you give them. Basically, SE sucks for not giving guaranteed medals EVER and making good shit inaccessible, but also anyone willing to waste their money on this flawed system is just not thinking straight. You can do story mode just fine without wasting money, why the hell do people feel like they even need to do all the other things unless they can ACTUALLY get stuff they want?

Every piece I've heard from this game is phenomenal, makes me just amazingly eager for KH3's epic soundtracks as well. I can't imagine the scales, but Yoko's definitely gonna go all-out for the climatic tracks.

I'd suggest everyone reads KHI's translation of the article as well, as some implications sound a bit different, and we never know. Either way, I'm really excited for co-op and the new world, not to mention, apparently Ventus has a connection to KHX after all! This is all just really interesting!