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[Kingdom Hearts] Melody of Melancholy

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    Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
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    I finally cracked and watched that final (final?) KH3 trailer and yooooooooooo this game is gonna do some shit

    the endgame here looks dope as hell
    and it's actually really weirdly cool seeing the core KH characters in the Birth By Sleep locations? just a brief shot of Sora fighting a LOT of Heartless in the Keyblade Graveyard was enough for me to go "oh man shit is getting REAL"

    it also looks like another game that will be very mean to Axel

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    JavenJaven Registered User regular
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    Gotta hold out

    Gotta stay strong

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    EtchwartsEtchwarts Eyes Up Registered User regular
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    I just watched the cutscenes for the mobile game, Union X

    I feel like I know less about Kingdom Hearts than I did before hand!
    Does the entirety of the series take place in this book dimension?

    How the hell is Ventus still 15 so many years later

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    Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
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    I doubt most of the stuff in the trailer is actually endgame, I bet that's your midgame big event like Hollow Bastion in 2

    the thing at the very end though that's your final world

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    Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
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    I'm just as excited to actually play this game as I am to experience the story stuff

    It looks like it's combining the best aspects of all of the games into something really excellent, I'm definitely going to play Fragmentary Passage again once I finish DDD to really prime myself

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    StiltsStilts Registered User regular
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    I just watched the cutscenes for the mobile game, Union X

    I feel like I know less about Kingdom Hearts than I did before hand!
    Does the entirety of the series take place in this book dimension?

    How the hell is Ventus still 15 so many years later
    Who knows!

    Seriously, we really have no idea. In the world of Union X, we have almost no concrete information and are running mostly on fan theories.

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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
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    Nobody is at the head of this ship, every time you think you have your bearings BAM iceberg and the band plays somberly as we all panic.

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
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    LockedOnTargetLockedOnTarget Registered User regular
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    Mr. G wrote: »
    One lore thing introduced in DDD that I don't love
    "destroying a Heartless and a Nobody of a person revives that person!"

    it sure would seem like that would actually mean they're super SUPER dead then, but okay

    and I'd even accept it in the case of Xehanort, since we saw the battle between his Heartless and his Nobody

    but using it to bring back basically the entire Organization just feels kinda lame and an excuse to have boss fights in 3, since their explanation is "I guess along the way at some point each of their Heartless just happened to get destroyed completely offscreen, what a coincidence!"

    like man does it have to be the WHOLE Organization

    I beat the hell out of Marluxia! I don't wanna see Marluxia again! at least let that guy stay dead!

    Keep in mind that
    Some of them could be time travelers like the other Norts.

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    EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    Mr. G wrote: »
    One lore thing introduced in DDD that I don't love
    "destroying a Heartless and a Nobody of a person revives that person!"

    it sure would seem like that would actually mean they're super SUPER dead then, but okay

    and I'd even accept it in the case of Xehanort, since we saw the battle between his Heartless and his Nobody

    but using it to bring back basically the entire Organization just feels kinda lame and an excuse to have boss fights in 3, since their explanation is "I guess along the way at some point each of their Heartless just happened to get destroyed completely offscreen, what a coincidence!"

    like man does it have to be the WHOLE Organization

    I beat the hell out of Marluxia! I don't wanna see Marluxia again! at least let that guy stay dead!

    Keep in mind that
    Some of them could be time travelers like the other Norts.
    the only ones we know for certain are Lea, Ïsa, Ienzo, Aeleus, Evan, and Braig.

    Xennas is super dead because Master Xehanort’s personality has taken full control of the body now.

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    Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
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    man they really didn't come up with much for Riku to do in these worlds in DDD, huh

    his levels are noticeably shorter than Sora's, sometimes half as long or even less

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    LD50LD50 Registered User regular
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    Mr. G wrote: »
    man they really didn't come up with much for Riku to do in these worlds in DDD, huh

    his levels are noticeably shorter than Sora's, sometimes half as long or even less

    Yup, which led to the problem for me where I was dropping back into Riku mode when I didn't have anything else for him left to do.

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    lionheart_mlionheart_m Registered User regular
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    I...man it's been a while I don't remember them being that different. Then again, I spent most of the game playing as Riku cuz he gets the cool ass Command Styles.

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    PerrsunPerrsun Registered User regular
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    Hey, whoever recommended the Got It Memorized? Podcast...

    Thank you. This is just what I needed... an audio recap that I can play while doing other chores.

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    EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    edited January 2019
    I liked Sora’s limit breaks for making him invincible, but I’d be lying if I said that I didn’t enjoy giving Riku wings and claws.

    Enlong on
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    DonnictonDonnicton Registered User regular
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    Enlong wrote: »
    I liked Sora’s limit breaks for making him invincible, but I’d be lying if I said that I didn’t enjoy giving Riku wings and claws.

    If you have a water themed spirit like the Kyroos he attacks with a surfboard made of water.

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    lionheart_mlionheart_m Registered User regular
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    Blasphemy. Bladecharge for life. In both BBS and DDD.

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    EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    Bladecharge + Ars Solum.

    All die.

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    Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
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    I've reached World That Never Was in DDD and I've lost grip on what the hell is going on
    how exactly does Billy Zane appearing to Sora at Destiny Island set up all of this to happen, I'm definitely not getting the implications of this time travel stuff

    here's what I've got: Xehanort destroying himself worked threefold

    it created Billy Zane to control the Heartless, Xemnas to control the Nobodies, and allowed Xehanort's heart to time travel

    but I'm not sure what the time traveling actually accomplishes

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    lionheart_mlionheart_m Registered User regular
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    Beat the game to kinda get an explanation on how this happens. It will get even weirder.

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    PiotyrPiotyr Power-Crazed Wizard SilmariaRegistered User regular
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    I'm a little late here, but feel like I should clear up some misconceptions about Castle Oblivion (major BBS and COM spoilers)
    Castle Oblivion was formerly the Land of Departure. At the end of Aquas story, she hides Ven's body in the throne room at Land of Departure, then uses Eraqus's key as he instructed to transform the palace into Castle Oblivion. Only Aqua know how to get to Ventus.

    Of course, Terranort knew about the Land of Departure and subsequently Castle Oblivion, so Xemnas sent a team of Org members to Castle Oblivion to find Ventus, but Marluxia used the opportunity to hijack Sora and use Namine to mind wipe him to use Sora for Marluxias ends.

    As such, the Castle itself doesn't erase memories, that's just the excuse Marluxia gave for it happening while Namine was doing her work.

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    DemonStaceyDemonStacey TTODewback's Daughter In love with the TaySwayRegistered User regular
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    Piotyr wrote: »
    I'm a little late here, but feel like I should clear up some misconceptions about Castle Oblivion (major BBS and COM spoilers)
    Castle Oblivion was formerly the Land of Departure. At the end of Aquas story, she hides Ven's body in the throne room at Land of Departure, then uses Eraqus's key as he instructed to transform the palace into Castle Oblivion. Only Aqua know how to get to Ventus.

    Of course, Terranort knew about the Land of Departure and subsequently Castle Oblivion, so Xemnas sent a team of Org members to Castle Oblivion to find Ventus, but Marluxia used the opportunity to hijack Sora and use Namine to mind wipe him to use Sora for Marluxias ends.

    As such, the Castle itself doesn't erase memories, that's just the excuse Marluxia gave for it happening while Namine was doing her work.
    The castle causes some sort of fuckery right? When Aqua is doing the transformation and you hear Eraqus explaining it all he says something about how it causes some sort of fuckery that would cause anyone besides her trying to go in there to get lost and forget stuff or something to that nature.

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    EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    Mr. G wrote: »
    I've reached World That Never Was in DDD and I've lost grip on what the hell is going on
    how exactly does Billy Zane appearing to Sora at Destiny Island set up all of this to happen, I'm definitely not getting the implications of this time travel stuff

    here's what I've got: Xehanort destroying himself worked threefold

    it created Billy Zane to control the Heartless, Xemnas to control the Nobodies, and allowed Xehanort's heart to time travel

    but I'm not sure what the time traveling actually accomplishes
    there are 3 rules to time travel.

    1: you can’t travel with your physical body; you need to be able to cast off your body and have just your heart and soul travel. This is why Browncloak Ansem was able to do so easily; as a Heartless, he was already a creature without his normal body. It’s kind of an arbitrary rule, since a person who is just their heart can have a temporary body made for them out of, like, Magic, but it’s a rule.

    2: you can only travel to places and times where you actually exist. So, no going past your birth or death, and you can only land where you actually were. This is why Browncloak being on Destiny Islands is so important. He’s a version of Xehanort, so Young Xehanort was able to use him as a destination.

    3: you can’t alter history with it. It’s the kind of time travel where you can’t “change the future”, because you already did

    Basically, the point of Browncloak being where he was was to allow the Xehanorts to go to the islands and pull off their plan.

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    PiotyrPiotyr Power-Crazed Wizard SilmariaRegistered User regular
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    Also fun BBS fact, Nomura had Mark Hamill do the voice of Eraqus and Leonard Nimoy do Xehanort because he was a huge Star Wars and Star Trek fan and wanted to set up a Wars vs Trek scenario in the game.

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    DemonStaceyDemonStacey TTODewback's Daughter In love with the TaySwayRegistered User regular
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    Donnicton are you the same name in Dans chat right now?

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    IllieasIllieas Registered User regular
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    Piotyr wrote: »
    Also fun BBS fact, Nomura had Mark Hamill do the voice of Eraqus and Leonard Nimoy do Xehanort because he was a huge Star Wars and Star Trek fan and wanted to set up a Wars vs Trek scenario in the game.

    further proof star trek would win

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    DemonStaceyDemonStacey TTODewback's Daughter In love with the TaySwayRegistered User regular
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    Illieas wrote: »
    Piotyr wrote: »
    Also fun BBS fact, Nomura had Mark Hamill do the voice of Eraqus and Leonard Nimoy do Xehanort because he was a huge Star Wars and Star Trek fan and wanted to set up a Wars vs Trek scenario in the game.

    further proof star trek would win

    But not in the long run!

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    AtomicTofuAtomicTofu She's a straight-up supervillain, yo Registered User regular
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    PerrsunPerrsun Registered User regular
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    If I had to sing while looking at that thing, I’d probably end up blind from “oops, peripheral vision said to look over here and that’s just a bare lightbulb” every 2 seconds.

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    IllieasIllieas Registered User regular
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    i have been going through the openings. i think i have a tier list

    dream drop distance
    Kingdom hearts 2
    Kingdom hearts
    0.2 a fragmentary passage
    Birth by sleep

    358/2days
    Chain of memories

    coded

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    ViskodViskod Registered User regular
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    What are some good methods of dealing with the bullshit that is sniper wild farming?

    I’ve seen using mushu and dumbo but I’m at the end game so these have increased health vs the ones that show up at the beginning.

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    MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited January 2019
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    Viskod wrote: »
    What are some good methods of dealing with the bullshit that is sniper wild farming?

    I’ve seen using mushu and dumbo but I’m at the end game so these have increased health vs the ones that show up at the beginning.

    Spamming Thundara or Thundaga from the roof until twelve are dead then retreating because after twelve their detection goes off the charts and they will see you up there.

    Bring as many MP things you can stuff into your item spots and a strong magic Keyblade

    Madican on
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    EtchwartsEtchwarts Eyes Up Registered User regular
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    I'm playing through DDD

    I love Riku on the Hunchback level

    It's canon now that Riku has the magic ability to know a cop when he sees one

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    initiatefailureinitiatefailure Registered User regular
    What are you a cop

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    EtchwartsEtchwarts Eyes Up Registered User regular
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    What are you a cop

    If only Riku were here, we would know for sure

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    initiatefailureinitiatefailure Registered User regular
    What are you a cop

    If only Riku were here, we would know for sure

    I wish Riku were here, he's so cool

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    ShabootyShabooty Registered User regular
    how important is the command board in bbs?

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    LD50LD50 Registered User regular
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    Shabooty wrote: »
    how important is the command board in bbs?

    I think the question you should be asking yourself is "how important is bbs to the command board".

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    ViskodViskod Registered User regular
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    Madican wrote: »
    Viskod wrote: »
    What are some good methods of dealing with the bullshit that is sniper wild farming?

    I’ve seen using mushu and dumbo but I’m at the end game so these have increased health vs the ones that show up at the beginning.

    Spamming Thundara or Thundaga from the roof until twelve are dead then retreating because after twelve their detection goes off the charts and they will see you up there.

    Bring as many MP things you can stuff into your item spots and a strong magic Keyblade

    Oh that's a good idea. I was trying lots of various tricky things I saw online but one time I got so fed up with them that I just ran in there and started spamming Firaga and that ended up working just fine.

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    LD50LD50 Registered User regular
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    Also, Goofy + no abilities except MP gift makes for a good mana battery.

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    lionheart_mlionheart_m Registered User regular
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    I hate that the optimal way to setup Donald and Goofy is to NOT equip any abilities on them.

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