{"id":19157,"date":"2019-07-05T00:01:34","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T00:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=19157"},"modified":"2019-06-24T13:36:42","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T13:36:42","slug":"the-worlds-of-kingdom-hearts-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/05\/the-worlds-of-kingdom-hearts-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Worlds of Kingdom Hearts 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Well I FINALLY beat Kingdom Hearts 3.\u00a0 It\u2019s getting harder and harder to get into these long games anymore!\u00a0 Anyway, I was impressed with the Disney worlds you tromp around in the game, so much so that I decided to write a blog about them.\u00a0 I will give a spoiler warning now, but don\u2019t worry, I won\u2019t spoil the plot for you as I think the storyline in Kingdom Hearts games are garbage and I don\u2019t really play the games for the story anyway.\u00a0 I just like beating up baddies in Disney worlds.\u00a0 So if you haven\u2019t played Kingdom Hearts 3 yet and want the worlds you explore to be a surprise, then don\u2019t read this blog.\u00a0 Otherwise, have fun reading my opinions and observations of the Kingdom Hearts 3 worlds!<\/p>\n

Hercules<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the problems with Kingdom Hearts 2 is that the tutorial world was a boring town that had nothing to do with Disney and it was very slow and took 3 hours to beat and you didn\u2019t even play as the main character!\u00a0 Well they fixed that in this game.\u00a0 Right off the bat, you start off in a Hercules themed world: Olympus.\u00a0 Now, past Kingdom Hearts games have had Hercules worlds, but they just call them a coliseum and it\u2019s not really a true world at all, just an empty room where you battle a bunch of stuff.\u00a0 Well, actually I think one game let you explore the underworld.\u00a0 Well in this game, the tutorial world is a full world where you explore the city of Thebes, climb Mt. Olympus, and enter the city of the gods, all the while learning the ropes along the way.\u00a0 You\u2019ll even have an epic boss fight against four titans, so that was pretty neat.\u00a0 Good way to start off the game.<\/p>\n

Twilight Town<\/strong><\/p>\n

Usually in Kingdom Hearts games, there is a town that kind of acts as a \u2018home base\u2019 where you visit occasionally to fight baddies, talk to people, play mini-games, and move the story along. Well this is that town.\u00a0 I think it\u2019s the same tutorial town from KH2, but they\u2019ve shortened it and streamlined it a bit so you don\u2019t get lost, which is good.\u00a0 You know what\u2019s strange is that usually in these towns, you\u2019ll talk with a few Final Fantasy characters.\u00a0 But aside from moogles running the shops, and a giant cactuar you build out of green blocks in the Toy Story world, there are no other FF references.\u00a0 Kinda strange.\u00a0 Anyway, there are a few things in this town that are worth noting.<\/p>\n

Bistro<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this town there is a restaurant where you can play a cooking mini-game with Remy the rat from Ratatouille.\u00a0 He\u2019ll even pull on Sora\u2019s hair like in the movie, so that was cute.\u00a0 Unfortunately the mini-game isn\u2019t that good, but I still liked that they put him in here.\u00a0 Another neat thing about the restaurant is that it\u2019s owned by Scrooge McDuck, who is one of my all time favorite Disney characters!\u00a0 Also in this town, you learn about hidden Mickeys you can take pictures of to unlock goodies, kind of like the hidden Mickeys in Disney theme parks!<\/p>\n

Classic Kingdom Games<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Kingdom Hearts 2, one of my favorite worlds was the Classic Kingdom, which was based on the old black and white Mickey Mouse cartoons.\u00a0 The whole world was even in black and white.\u00a0 I\u2019ve always been interested in those old cartoons, and I even knew who Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was since I was a kid, long before Epic Mickey and Disney buying back that character from Universal.\u00a0 So I really liked how they did the Classic Kingdom in this game.\u00a0 So there is no world, but near the Bistro, Scrooge McDuck made an outdoor theater to show classic cartoons, to draw customers to his restaurant so he can make more money!\u00a0 So awesome!\u00a0 So to promote this venture, Scrooge made little mini Game & Watch style games you can play that look like the black and white cartoons!\u00a0 You\u2019ll find them in treasure chests around the worlds, and there\u2019s like nearly two dozen of them!\u00a0 I haven\u2019t found them all, and probably never will, but they are all very fun and I wouldn\u2019t mind if Square made a separate game that let you download and play all of those Classic Kingdom games.<\/p>\n

Winnie the Pooh<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of my favorite worlds in the Kingdom Hearts games have always been the Winnie the Pooh ones.\u00a0 Granted, it\u2019s just an area where you play a bunch of mini-games, but I still like them and Sora strangely fits rather well in the Pooh worlds, like he\u2019s Christopher Robin\u2019s older Japanese cousin or something.\u00a0 You\u2019ll hop inside a book in Twilight Town halfway through the game to enter this world.\u00a0 In this one, you just explore Rabbit\u2019s garden, so it\u2019s a bit smaller unfortunately.\u00a0 But you get to play some neat Puzzle Bobble style games where you match fruit, vegetables, and flowers, so that was kind of neat.<\/p>\n

Toy Story<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the worlds I\u2019ve always wanted in a KH game is Toy Story, so I\u2019m glad they put that in this one.\u00a0 Buzz and Woody team up with you to help you fight, but in this game, you don\u2019t have to switch out Donald and Goofy for them.\u00a0 All four characters can be on the screen together, which is neat.\u00a0 I guess it\u2019s just thanks to the processing power of the PS4.\u00a0 In some of the worlds, Sora, Donald, and Goofy change their appearance to fit the world better, so in this world, they look like plastic toy action figures!\u00a0 Also, in many KH worlds, they follow the story of the movie they\u2019re based off of, but in the Toy Story world (and others in this game), it\u2019s like a continuation or a new story.\u00a0 They\u2019ll explore Andy\u2019s room, the outside suburb area, and then a giant toy store!\u00a0 Seriously, this toy store is three stories tall with little mini-stores like a shopping mall with different toys inside.\u00a0 There\u2019s a baby toy store, video game store, playground, etc.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know how a store like this could stay in business, especially since Toys R Us is now closed down!\u00a0 At any rate, while I would\u2019ve rather been able to explore a place like Pizza Planet instead, the Toy Story world is pretty neat.<\/p>\n

Tangled<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not really a big fan of Tangled, as I felt it was like a Barbie movie, but I guess it was still fairly popular.\u00a0 One neat thing about this world, and many others in this game, is that the graphics are so good that I probably wouldn\u2019t be able to tell the difference between the game and the actual movie!\u00a0 You follow the plot of the film, and explore places like Rapunzel\u2019s tower, a forest, and the kingdom village!\u00a0 So a nice variety of areas.<\/p>\n

Monsters Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Like the Toy Story world, this one is a continuation of the movie.\u00a0 The Scare Floor is now used to make children laugh, and Boo has found her way there to play with Sully.\u00a0 But the Heartless are invading, so Sora, Donald, and Goofy pose as monsters and say they\u2019re exterminators and help Mike and Sully get rid of them while keeping Boo safe and guiding her to her door.\u00a0 Not my first choice of Pixar worlds but it\u2019s still very endearing.\u00a0 The only problem with this world is that most of it is just factory rooms and office hallways, so a little on the boring side.\u00a0 Sure they have familiar locations like the Scare Floor and you do ride on doors like in the movie.\u00a0 But even with the slightly boring locations, I still enjoyed playing around in this world.<\/p>\n

Frozen<\/strong><\/p>\n

While the characters are visually stunning, this world is a little boring as you just climb the same snowy mountain 3 times in a row.\u00a0 They even complain about that in the game, which I think is funny.\u00a0 What killed me is they devoted a whole cutscene where the Frozen ice lady sings Let it Go. The\u2026entire\u2026song. I guess they felt they had to do that, but come on.\u00a0 What also surprised me is who they picked to fight along side you.\u00a0 The Frozen lady or her sister?\u00a0 Nope.\u00a0 That guy with the reindeer?\u00a0 Nope.\u00a0 Not even Olaf the snowman!\u00a0 Instead, you fight alongside the giant snow monster that the Frozen ice lady makes!\u00a0 So weird!<\/p>\n

Pirates of the Caribbean<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t HATE these movies, but I\u2019m not a big fan of them either.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t even see the last one in theaters.\u00a0 I did rent it, but fell asleep during it, and when I woke up, the movie was still on and I felt I didn\u2019t miss a dang thing.\u00a0 They just all seem the same and run together for me.\u00a0 They\u2019ve already done a Pirates world in a past KH game, so I think this one is based on the second (?) movie.\u00a0 They flip a ship over and there\u2019s an octopus beard guy and his heart is in a box.\u00a0 So that one.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s because I mostly play cartoony games, but I was amazed by the realism in this world.\u00a0 It looks almost just like the live action movie!\u00a0 They even give Donald and Goofy extra textures in places, like Donald has feather textures on his butt!\u00a0 They still look cartoony, though, but in more of a Roger Rabbit kind of way.\u00a0 There are a wide variety of things to do in this level, too. \u00a0There are large underwater sections, you can explore a large town and fort, and even board your ship and head out to sea and partake in pirate ship battles.\u00a0 Kind of reminds me of the Pirates area in the first Disney Infinity.\u00a0 You can level up your ship by collecting white crabs, and much more.\u00a0 Surprisingly, even with all this stuff you can do, the world felt rather short.\u00a0 It just felt like it was over quicker than the other worlds.<\/p>\n

Big Hero 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was a fun world.\u00a0 Also a continuation from the movie. \u00a0Probably the closest thing we\u2019ll get to a Marvel world in a Kingdom Hearts game, since Big Hero 6 was originally a Marvel property.\u00a0 You mostly start in Hiro\u2019s garage and take on missions in a day and night giant city area that\u2019s fun to explore.\u00a0 It\u2019s fun for what it is.<\/p>\n

Last Worlds<\/strong><\/p>\n

And those are all the main worlds.\u00a0 After those you go to a few more little worlds to finish up the story, like the \u201cFinal World\u201d which isn\u2019t really final as there is also a Keyblade Graveyard.\u00a0 But nothing really worth mentioning or Disney related.\u00a0 They pad out the game by making you fight bosses in the other worlds, all of Organization XIII, and such.<\/p>\n

Really I only had two main problems with the game.\u00a0 Well, besides the garbage, hard to follow storyline.\u00a0 One, there are too many cutscenes.\u00a0 The game took me 25 hours to beat, and I swear more than 5 hours of that were spent in cutscenes.\u00a0 That\u2019s almost a quarter of the game, and that\u2019s a lot!\u00a0 Also the game has more style than substance. \u00a0You can do all these cool moves, but most of it just boils down to mashing the buttons a lot.\u00a0 But even so, I still enjoyed the game a lot and it\u2019ll be a contender in my Game of the Year category.<\/p>\n

The Future of Kingdom Hearts<\/strong><\/p>\n

At first the ending for KH3 wrapped up everything pretty nicely but then it brought up all these loose ends that never got resolved, so I guess we\u2019ll be getting more.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if it\u2019ll be another game or just DLC, but I think we\u2019ll be getting DLC first.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll mess with the DLC unless they bring in something I\u2019d really want.\u00a0 Speaking of which, I thought I\u2019d end this blog with lists of my favorite Disney and KH characters, KH games and worlds, as well as what worlds I\u2019d like to see in a future KH game, If they ever make any more.<\/p>\n

My favorite KH specific character is Aqua because she has blue hair and is fun to play as.\u00a0 Gameplay wise, my favorite KH game is Birth By Sleep.\u00a0 But as far as just worlds go, KH2 had a Classic world and a TRON world, so that was great.\u00a0 Although KH3\u2019s worlds are no slouch either.\u00a0 My top five favorite Disney characters are Chip N Dale, Scrooge McDuck, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Sorcerer Mickey, and Wreck-It Ralph.\u00a0 I can write a blog about WHY those are my favorites in a future blog if anyone would like to read that.<\/p>\n

As far as future KH worlds go, I\u2019m glad we got some Pixar worlds in this one, but my favorite Pixar movies are Finding Nemo, Up, and Inside Out, and I would love to see them in the game.\u00a0 Although underwater worlds don\u2019t do too well in KH games, so Nemo may be out.\u00a0 But I think the themes in Inside Out would work well in a KH game.\u00a0 Even though Wreck-It Ralph is a summon character in KH3, I\u2019d like to see a whole world of that, too.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know how well it would fit, but since Disney owns Star Wars now, a world of that would be neat, especially if they based it off the older movies.\u00a0 You know, the really good ones.\u00a0 Another license Disney now owns that I like are the Muppets.\u00a0 Would love to see them in a KH game as well!<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a big fan of the Disney Afternoon cartoons.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if a DuckTales or Rescue Rangers world would work, but I think TaleSpin and especially Darkwing Duck would fit.\u00a0 And speaking of Disney television animation, how about a Gravity Falls world?\u00a0 I just want to see more of that, it was such a great cartoon.\u00a0 And finally, on the Square side, we know they own Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, but did you know they also own a large share of Taito?\u00a0 Wouldn\u2019t a Taito world be great?\u00a0 I\u2019d love to see a Bubble Bobble world.\u00a0 Or\u2026well, I guess Taito doesn\u2019t have very many established worlds, but I\u2019d still like to see that anyway!<\/p>\n

Anyway, that\u2019s all I have to say about Kingdom Hearts 3!\u00a0 In the comments section, let me know what you think of my blog and tell me your favorite KH games, characters and worlds!\u00a0 Later!\u00a0 –Cary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well I FINALLY beat Kingdom Hearts 3.\u00a0 It\u2019s getting harder and harder to get into these long games anymore!\u00a0 Anyway, I was impressed with the Disney worlds you tromp around in the game, so much so that I decided to write a blog about them.\u00a0 I will give a spoiler warning now, but don\u2019t worry, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews","category-movie-reviews","category-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19157"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19159,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19157\/revisions\/19159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}