How does this ONLY have 911 views?!? This Is great

I've always loved Nomuras art since childhood, seeing the KH1 cover art just mesmerized me, that piece is called Premonition, and the cover art really beautifully conveys that. His artwork is absolutely phenomenal, not just his art though, his overall work in general is extraordinary, he has done so much with so much passion and heart behind it, and introduced so many unique and interesting concepts for Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, The World Ends with You, etc. Even introducing the concept of Dissidia. He has created and covered so many monster and character designs with a distinct elegant style. I really admire his work and all he has done. Great video covering Nomuras art man. I've seen a good number of analysis videos breaking down Nomuras art-style, and I gotta say this is one of the best ones I've seen.

13:43 no way Zell's face tattoo was based on anything other than Mike Tyson. I refuse to believe it

Great video! Looking forward to the next part 😁

im en joying the video, but the computer voice totally takes me out of it man. Good work otherwise but that part is just kind of a odd choice IMO, i literally had to fight not to turn it off when those came on.

This was fun to watch, keep it up

Love this! Very thorough and creative

Despite what haters will say about him all I have to say that Nomura deserves all of the praise he can get because he designed and help developed one of the most iconic characters in final fantasy, invented limit breaks, helped developed the story of kingdom hearts, produced the world ends with you and so on and forth. Also his artwork stands out amongst his peers in the video game industry because it feels and looks hand drawn.

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Nomura's art is what i use to compare other character artists

This is an incredible analysis friend!

Nice video. I'm a massive fan of Tetsuya Nomura. One thing that I think would have been worth pointing out was Nomura's design for the 'Tower of Gods' from Final Fantasy VI which I think is one of his greatest drawn works. In any case, looking forward to this video series and arriving at the plaid era and the "hyper masculine badass guy" aesthetic that he's recently gone into with Jack Garland and Glen from FF7 EC.

Sir Nomura thank you very much to made best rpg franchise these are final fantasy and kingdom hearts👍🏻 was excellent ideas with them😎

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Amazing content I just subbed to you !!!

Came back a week later to watch this and your title is now lowercase and has a period. WHY BRO?

I really enjoyed Re:Coded, but I know that’s a hot take. Also, props to you for making a YT channel to talk about what you’re interested in.

Nomura also influenced the design of Citan Uzuki from Xenogears. Even if I have never played a Final Fantasy game, that design is enough to make me a fan of his. Of course, lead character designer Kunihiko Tanaka's masterful work must have played an important part in Citan's design as well, but seeing as Takahashi brought Nomura back for Xenoblade 2's Torna designs I'm happy to give Nomura his early conceptual flowers too.

Awesome video, so glad I stumbled across this. Can’t wait to see you breakdown the rest of these eras!

Really good.

I got into kingdom hearts bc of Rechain of Memories and 358/2 days... Im different type of KH fan

Nice video. I actually think he’s overrated. 😅

Great video dude, I never realized how little nomura content was around.

holy shit 4:12-4:33, Nomura-san really spoke it into existence. He worked so damn hard for it and achieved success with it then and look at now, 22 days away from the second game in a remake/remaster for Final Fantasy VII. Incredible. 24 years old at the time what an inspiration. Also, this is a great video, and I look forward to the rest of the series you have for it planned; it's always great to have all the interview information in one place.

yo good vid man

i think you're being overly harsh to coded. it may not have a direct an impact on the plot of later games (though the HD movie's addition of a scene about the book of prophecies certainly is intriguing for the lost masters arc), but thematically, it is actually extremely important at establishing what KH3 did and where the series is going. otherwise great analysis of COM. i actually prefer the gameplay of re:com to the gba version (and i started with the GBA version on launch) but i understand why i'm in the minority with that one lol

I mean it is... still hate the gameplay loop of it. Same as with dream drop MASSIVELY IMPORTANT TO THE STORY still dislike the gameplay. That's my feelings on them anyway

I never made the connection that the CoM devs went on to develop TWEWY but in hindsight this makes a lot of sense. I’ve never noticed the similarities with the deck system and 2.5D perspective before.

Finally a good KH chain of memories video

Hopefully you got your money worth because damn did you put way too many ads on this video.

Im so happy the Gameboy version is getting the love it deserves 😤

“Coded was not relevant” honey you’ve got a big storm comin

To put even more a shine on chain of memories. Bio-Roxas made a video a while ago discussing the psychology of Sora and a whole section of it is dedicated to how castle oblivion affected him. Y'all should take a look at that video.

KH: CoM has the most underrated combat system in the series

Games don't necessarily have to or need to have a message. I would say that the importance of Coded is that it provides Mickey the final clues he needs to piece together what may have happened to Ventus and Terra, whose fates were unknown to him, contributing to the decision made by Yen Sid in regards to the Mark of Mastery exam. That being to have it involve the Sleeping Worlds, so that Sora can gain the Power of Waking needed to free Ven. It also formed a bridge between UX and the main story, as Maleficent's experiences in the Data Scape jog the memories of her time in the Age of Fairytales after her attempt to change her own history got her temporarily trapped in an illusory version of her own world, leading to her motivation to find the Black Box in KH3 to find the Book of Prophecies that created that illusion.

I know many people who played Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2 and some who then also played 3 but I don't know many who made the effort to also play the "side games". Which explains why I had to explain the timeline and story of KH so often in recent years. You really need these other games or the numbered ones won't make as much sense. I own Chain of Memories for GBA and must say I enjoyed it but also didn't put as much time into it compared to other titles. The card game thing just becomes too tedious after a while and once the story is over. I'm a huge fan of playing on original hardware as much as you can but I can imagine that playing COM on an emulator is probably much cheaper. Not everyone can score a used game in a mint condition box for 10 bucks after all like I did.

Ah man, I really hated the gameplay of this game. I just couldn't be bothered to finish it, just searched up the cutscenes and moved on to kh2.

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I honestly enjoyed this game, I am one of the few people who played this game again on Proud mode.

I think the comparison of the "Most sold for this system" is quite irrelevent. Users with a nintedo handheld are much more likely to own the same 15-20 games due to the nature of Nintendo prinarily featuring exclusive IPs, meanwhile the PS2 having hundreds of publishers making their own classics, alongside the fact that it is the best selling console of all time. Additionally, Re:Chain came out in 2007, after the PS3 had released. I still agree with your overall point of how impressive the game sold on the GBA, just thought that was an odd way to get it across.

I really enjoyed this video. your voice is pretty calming so I’ve also been playing this video to sleep lol

bro this a goated video

I loved COM on GBA as a kid and loved RECOM on ps4 as an adult, I even got platinum

18:13 what is kingdom hearts: pain of memories

CoM has always been a dynamic title. Thank you for giving it the recognition. Re:Coded is another entry I am passionate about. The gameplay was superb and well-designed. It was a massive shift up from 358, and even included some side-story details that come up later on (Like Pete and Maleficent's predicament in 3D)

without this game, kh2 would not be as good as it is imo

Hey, would love to join that discord but the link os expired!! Great video, absolutely smashing quality, much love!

im sold. ty algorithm <3

Great video, always happy to see KH related content from a fan who appreciates the franchise, wish you all the best with your channel, hope you find success!