In the words of Hiro Nakamura, "Greato Scotto!"

[dianakingston]

I just saw the secret ending to that new remix/whatever-thingy of "Kingdom Hearts II".

Bloody Hell. That's the kind of ending I wouldn't mind slaving over Jiminy's journals for.

Wow.

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[hdefined]

War of the Batmen!

Actually, I thought it was a little lengthy for having so few actual clues. Do you think blue guy is a non-nobody Saix? And the other guy perhaps Lexaeus? And of course that ice pop was Roxas.

[dianakingston]

I'm sticking with my "Future War" theory - the yellow-eyed man at the very end is a grown-up Sora, the blue-haired woman is a descendant of Riku (or, given the weirdness of the KHverse, an amalgam of Riku and Kairi?) and the sorcerer they're fighting is some sort of reincarnation of Xehanort, or perhaps a greater evil, who has destroyed every other Keyblade wielder in the universe.

My guess is that it's vague because Nomura and company don't have much to go on; it feels like the point here was more to see a fun battle and tease possible directions than offer a concrete preview of what's to come, because KH3 isn't in development ATM and I doubt they've even got a working script for it yet.

It's nice, though, that we finally have a secret ending that justifies the amount of work you have to put in to get it: after X-2 and the first two KHs, I'd started thinking "why bother?".

[hdefined]

They're now saying that it won't be "Kingdom Hearts 3", but instead an all-new series. It's still Kingdom Hearts, but just not a sequel to what's come before.

[dianakingston]

That makes the possibility of a time jump even more likely, but I have to admit, it's a pretty bold move if they're dropping the current cast and storyline altogether - they may not have reached the complexity of Final Fantasy characters, but Sora and friends are certainly endearing in their own way and any new protagonists are going to have to work overtime to win fandom's acceptance.

[hdefined]

I don't mind this too much, especially since the writers did the incredible with KH2: they pulled a Raiden (ala MGS2) and yet made Roxas the most beloved character of the game.

The whole intro, I was getting impatient waiting for Sora to come back, and then from that crucial "summer vacation end" scene on, all I could think of was how Roxas would continue to figure into everything.

It was hard to care about Mr. All Perfect, Never Lonely Sora from that point on in contrast to the flawed, tortured and "heartless" kid who never was supposed to exist.

[hdefined]

Er, actually, that "Raiden" comment doesn't quite make sense in the way I intended it, and yet makes even more sense in its proper context - everyone wanted Snake more when they found out Raiden was the main character of MGS2, and somehow everyone liked Roxas more after he too went away.