VG Myths - Can You Beat Kingdom Hearts 2 At Level 1?

Tonight on VG Myths: we try to beat the level 1 challenge of Kingdom Hearts 2: Final Mix, with 100% journal completion. This run is on the PS4 version. It's a big one!
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Media Sources
Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix (HD I.5 + II.5 ReMIX, PS4)
Kingdom Hearts (HD I.5 + II.5 ReMIX, PS4)
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (Gamecube)
twitch.tv/zoim
Music from KH Insider

[@Gamechamp3000]

If you're wondering about the title of this video: only you can know the answer. If you don't know it, you're the only one who can find out.

[@shagnscoob1785]

Seriously? An hour+ video asking a question that's been answered a thousand times over? Have you not seen a single lvl1 run? Y'know there's lvl1 and 1hp runs too. Your a little late to the party.

[@patdav56]

@@shagnscoob1785 it's one of the genre's classic challenge runs. As she said in her ranking video about KH1 level 1, it'd practically be a sin not to include it or acknowledge it in this series

[@VolcanicoD.S.]

so, I heard a “rockman 4 next month” near the end?

[@mqgawario8722]

@@VolcanicoD.S. Yep

[@wrpro7495]

what

[@IndiestSnake]

"Its called a steering wheel, fight me boat nerds" is such a power move of a sentence, especially when referring to the helm of a ship

[@changeling2603]

I believe you mean the steering wheel of a ship

[@22pepperjack]

@@changeling2603 I believe you mean the steering wheel of a boat

[@ryukit872]

“Ummm, actually it’s called a helm”-🤓

[@mykaelboykin4905]

Even as a "boat nerd", I cant argue with champ's logic. It is in fact, a wheel for steering

[@lyoukeefen7199]

It’s even funnier that the ship’s steering wheel is pretty much the correct name anyway

[@cobalt2672]

The sheer joy in "I beat the minigame in a time of bee point bee bee! Buzz!" fills my heart with happiness

[@nepneppers8122]

She's the bees knees

[@Meteorite_Shower]

That was the absolute cutest thing I've heard in a long while, and I'm all for it!

[@KissyG]

48:34 if anyone wanted a timestamp :)

[@angeldude101]

B.BB

[@Deathstorm501]

I got to that point in the video and immediately thought, 'oh this run has taken its toll on her mental health if she's this excited about bee numbers'

[@blackghostcat]

"kingdom hearts 2 is the 4th game" is such a powerful sentence

[@morpheusFromZion]

Technically true if you know the history...

[@blackghostcat]

@@morpheusFromZion actually if you know the history it's the 7th.

[@Bittamin]

@@blackghostcattechnically it’s the only game that has ever been made. There is nothing else

[@BradsGonnaPlay]

@@Bittaminhas gaming gone too far?

[@Bittamin]

@@BradsGonnaPlay I believe so brother I believe so

[@Superflaming85]

The sheer fact that you didn't look up any strats of your own for the superbosses instantly catapults this to one of the best VG Myths for me. You took a run infamously difficult, and made it even harder for yourself, and yet also made it unique from every other level 1 run out there. I had no idea the keyblade blender even existed before this run!

[@jamsspoul4125]

Yeah it caught me off guard when he didn’t use the pause strat for Luxord or cheese zexion with firaga final form cheese but it was a pleasant surprise and a fresh take

[@Monahearts]

@@jamsspoul4125 her pronouns are she/her btw!!

[@bandalodyugitube]

He also didn't do any research for stuff like revenge value, which is crucial for beating most bosses in this game.

[@marzbar5877]

@@bandalodyugitube She/Her pronouns, please :)

[@upice6863]

@@bandalodyugitube tbf revenge value is something you condition yourself into anyway

[@ngianaedm]

"Limit form grants you with dodge roll, kingdom hearts 2 equivilant to dodge roll." Gamechamp never gets old Edit: Sorry to do it to you, but thanks for a thousand likes

[@nicholasgianakourosstudent2193]

Laughing my ass off

[@FelisImpurrator]

"wibble-wobble between levels 1 and 1"

[@rieiid5867]

Yeah when he said wisdoms sprint was KH2s dodge roll I was like "but KH2 HAS dodge roll", and then he said this gem of a line.

[@JakeFish5058]

@@rieiid5867 she*

[@wolfcaliburRX]

I'm sure Gamechamp has birthdays

[@captainblue5096]

I think it’s more supposed to be used as a guide for people attempting this challenge, thus the “Can YOU Beat” title. Notice she usually uses “you” when describing these challenges. These are probably less to actually test possibility and more to show the viewer how to complete the challenge. I can understand why some people are confused, so if you think of it like this it makes a bit more sense. Either way, I like these videos for her so I’m fine with it. She could make a video about how to beat Captain Toad without jumping and I’d be all for it

[@PolyGrid625]

i want Captain Toad without jumping as an April fools video

[@josiahball7799]

I don't think that would work. Captain Toad Jumpless is basically impossible.

[@captainblue5096]

@@josiahball7799 Pretty sure there’s some weird tech you have to do to do it. There’s a lot of semantics though.

[@LegoCowManZ]

@@captainblue5096 check the speedrun route, plagiarizing it solves most problems.

[@ragnarockerbunny]

It's really weird that people don't get this. She's doing a challenge run and using a youtube video tutorial as a framing device. Most people just aren't going to do this but watching someone play a videogame in an interesting way is always novel, so the framing device mostly just let's the viewer feel like they're participating without actually having to participate. It's a good format. A lot of people use this format. It'd be like asking why there's a narrator in a film or why there's the scene with the grandpa in The Princess Bride, it's the framing device to help tell a story.

[@chickensangwich97]

"Your level 1 is stronger than you'll ever know" is honestly a pretty great quote

[@teamcyeborg]

... and get out of my house

[@springfaux6991]

Godamn we need like some litten fighting against arceus as the image for that motivational poster

[@sekinafi29]

Makes for a decent quote for some chamions in league of legends

[@Velvetx4cove]

If you can't handle me at my level 1, you can't handle me at my best.

[@RemiAutor]

People who were there for the stream know that the ACTUAL last thing that GameChamp3k did was get a high score on the skateboarding minigame though.

[@tonyhakston536]

16:17 Anti-Sora tapping Demyx on the shoulder is great. Like I know Sora does it in any form but seeing the more savage Anti-form doing it is just funny to me.

[@BlazingShadowSword]

The sheer "Dude are you alright? We're in the middle of fighting," energy is present in all of Sora's forms.

[@koboarchives969]

Shes trying her best with the info. I can respect that.

[@jojogacha974]

He’s like “behind ya bitch”

[@BiFoxxo]

Fun fact: The first time you die to a boss Mickey can spawn on, it’s a guaranteed spawn. After that it’s a random chance for Mickey to appear when you die.

[@ntrg3248]

It also gets lower chance every time you do it, however there is still a minimum chance he shows

[@fchef8370]

I find it so funny Mickey Mouse jumps in, gets bodied, then revives Sora before leaving

[@shinobuoshinoisbestgirl5778]

@@fchef8370 Classic Mickey

[@Yurei2K]

i must be stupid lucky during Xaldin on crit mode. cause Mickey ALWAYS CAME BACK like “GOD DAMMIT SORA THIS IS THE 7TH TIME ALREADY”

[@ristilukki]

@@Yurei2K I always get that in Xaldin fight too!

[@eldabys]

the absolute elation she had at that bee point bee bee (buzz) joke was just too cute. why be good at video games when you have this

[@monochromegreyson]

I had the same thought lol. That was just adorable!

[@KainYusanagi]

@@monochromegreyson Nay, not adorable. Adorkable. x3

[@Trashley652]

Buzz!~

[@massette43]

48:40

[@FelisImpurrator]

According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a Keyblade wielder should be able to fly...

[@NoraHyrule]

“Limit form gives you dodge roll, kingdom hearts 2’s dodge roll” And this is why Gamechamp is great. They deserve more subscribers

[@toastedskilletslol4250]

They made a video titled "can you beat kh2 lv1...." i have NO idea why the have a low amount of subs.

[@JosephHk743]

It’s always fascinating how much playing Kingdom Hearts with EXP Zero fundamentally changes how you approach each game that has it and finding what aspects of the game can be beneficial.

[@isenokami7810]

Uh, not really. At least not with KH1: pretty much every bit of advice Gamechamp gave in that episode, aside from those related to damage storage, was generally good advice for any run at any skill level.

[@JosephHk743]

@@isenokami7810 true, but knowing about how to deal with certain fights without the usual commands like guard was still interesting to see how it was handled. Otherwise, the stuff can be applied to any type of KH1 run.

[@peste4592]

@@isenokami7810 kh 1 wasn't intented with exp zero in the first place, and sadly only kh 2 (don't know about 3) was designed with this ability in mind, original psp bbs and DDD sucked ass because they let you be level 1, but is just as it is, being level 1, unlike kh2 which makes the game harder, but also you will deal damage like normal and not chip damage

[@isenokami7810]

@@peste4592 I don’t think I’d want DDD enemies to be made stronger with EXP Zero, trying it on Critical alone sounds like a nightmare. From my experience, you have next to no I-frames in DDD, so on higher difficulties death is stupid common.

[@peste4592]

@@isenokami7810 l did a crit level 1 of ddd and the game clearly is not like h2 where you do damage, is not worth it, battles are tedious more like a challenge so there is no problem on sticking on hard

[@speedypichu6833]

You know something is up when the video is longer than some movies

[@APootisBirb]

People : "What kind of movies do you watch ?" My brain : "*Flashback to the dozens of 1+ hours videos I watch*" Me : "I don't watch movies"

[@3ternals0ul25]

I mean, as far as Kingdom Hearts videos goes, this is pretty short.

[@zotanica]

@@3ternals0ul25i really sat through a 5 hour video essay on why kh3 sucks… Good times

[@blakksheep736]

@@zotanica can I see it?

[@zotanica]

@@blakksheep736 sure just look up “Kh3 was a waste of effort”

[@Ringlord7]

Gamechamp: *Constantly says that she is bad at videogames* Also Gamechamp: *Beats Lingering Will on the hardest difficulty at level 1*

[@TheBanishedWind]

And how many tries do you think it took her in total to hundo the game?

[@Hopper_Arts]

Meanwhile me at level 99 and in normal difficulty can't get through him for the life of me 💀

[@TheBanishedWind]

@@Hopper_Arts That's nothing, me at a reasonable level on Beginner difficulty couldn't beat Xigbar.

[@Hopper_Arts]

@@TheBanishedWind damn, but like, regular xigbar or data?

[@TheBanishedWind]

@@Hopper_Arts Regular

[@brockmckelvey7327]

"The next big roadblock is Demyx, who will kill you painfully and horribly." Yeah that sums up my big bro's attempts to beat him when we played the game as kids

[@frankie7924]

Yeah I really struggled with that fight, I had to get a friend to come and beat it for me so I could play the rest of the game

[@graytiamat]

That fight is the reason I never finished KH2. I spent over a week on that fight as a kid and couldn't ever beat it, so I eventually just gave up.

[@benrusnak.929]

@@graytiamat that's how i felt when I fought goat zenatort in kingdom hearts 3 spent 10 hours doing g it

[@PixelHeroViish]

@@graytiamat Stitch helps a lot since he can guard some of his attack strings (not sure how many of them it actually is) to keep you alive, create HP Orbs via his Ukulele and defeat his clones quickly. It makes Demyx much more bearable

[@graytiamat]

@@PixelHeroViish Funnily enough, it wasn't any of Demyx's attacks that stopped me from beating him. I was a kid and didn't understand how to beat "Dance, water, dance!"

[@Theweirdraptor]

Not only did she beat the bees at 8:88 she did it using the bond of flame keyblade, which is given to you by Axel, who is number 8 in organization XIII

[@Lemon_Planter]

Buzz!

[@merchantziro4285]

All according to Keikaku

[@oscarwillimott9296]

"There are no accidents." - Master Oogway

[@takaharu2879]

Why are people reffering him /her as She? Is he/she trans? Just wanted to know because i dont want to be rude when writing a comment :)

[@oscarwillimott9296]

@@takaharu2879 Just click the channel button and right under the Subscribe button, which they would like me to tell you to press, there's a sentence which can explain it better than I can.

[@teakoarts]

I love the idea of us showing up at Gamechamp's house everytime she plays a game, overly explaining everything and then just telling us to leave at the end after thanking everyone who paid money

[@bobthegamingtaco6073]

Is that not how it's supposed to work? I need to apologize to some youtubers then...

[@Chara_Dreemurr1]

Wait gamechamps is a girl? She sounds like me. Being a male. But with more deeper of a voice.

[@teakoarts]

@@Chara_Dreemurr1 Yes they're trans! Check their about page!

[@cowserthekhelinace]

@@CantusTropus Gamechamp says trans rights are human rights

[@gamerkingmayathe064th5]

@@Chara_Dreemurr1 she's non binary but goes by she/her pronouns

[@zeldafreak000]

Speedrunners: "Oh, level one isn't TOO bad if you use speedrun strats." Gamechamp, mouth full of (PAIN): "What's a speedrun strat?" I can't believe she, multiple times, says Chicken Little is a bad summon. I've watched many speedruns for Kingdom Hearts 2 and he is borderline broken.

[@h.plovecat2798]

I think it's an excuse. using Chicken Little will actually brake her VG pride.

[@zeldafreak000]

@@h.plovecat2798 hmmm... fair theory.

[@h.plovecat2798]

@@zeldafreak000 The secret lies within the Twitch VODS.

[@nunberx1thexyzmaster346]

S-she?

[@AgentArcadia]

Yeaaahhh I think she should've made the video a little differently. The way she presents information makes it seem as if Chicken Little being bad is factual information.

[@SophieSnerp]

'turn you into a die before turning you into a die' I'm actually dying from that one lmao

[@BookWyrmOnAString]

So did sora

[@buffbeluga1831]

Did you mean dieing?

[@squibble08]

aha pun

[@LinearAztec]

24:41 “next up: the endgame.” *checks timestamp* Yeah that seems about right for kingdom hearts

[@faiebul]

i just want to say how thankful I am there’s proper subtitles on this hour and a bit video, it really helps me out as I love your content but struggle without subtitles!

[@Gamechamp3000]

Glad they're helpful, and please let me know if there are any issues! This video went through a lot behind the scenes and I'm not entirely certain the current subtitles are 100% accurate.

[@tksm97]

Equal thanks from me - I have problems with auditory processing and subtitles are a huge help in being able understand things! Thank you for taking the time to put them in ❤️

[@wickedmagician529]

48:42 "I beat the bees in a time of bee-point-bee-bee, the bee-est possible number! Buzz!" This is simultaneously the funniest and most adorable thing I've heard today

[@PrevTsukasaRui]

She beat it in bee. Bee bee with the bee/XIII keyblade Edit: I forgot about the pronoun thing so I changed it!

[@tammytheranger7645]

And the way she says "Buzz!" is quite wholesome

[@PrevTsukasaRui]

@@tammytheranger7645 ikr??

[@genemelendez8157]

I like to imagine all of the Duck Flares in this run was the training Donald needed to learn Zettaflare in KH3.

[@TheBanishedWind]

It's also why Donald was total useless as a party member in KH3

[@PolyGrid625]

@@TheBanishedWind he makes a pretty good medic. other than that he kinda sucks

[@squibble08]

i imagine it as, like, a duck hotdog. so every time donald pops a duck hes just monching on food. i dont know what started it i think it might have been a line in the video that does not imply that

[@Sean_Bird]

It’s here, and it’s huge. Wasn’t expecting Terry to show back up again, though.

[@strawhat9023]

If you spend a few hours to days to level up Roxas to max 99; you'll find an interesting thing or two. He will learn moves and counters, but when you finally merge with Sora, the line 'he holds half of what Sora is" is also referring to ability. Sora will not have any ability that Roxas learned.

[@Shadethewolfy]

Do you mean he doesn't have any ability Roxas learns in KH2 in KH1? Or what do you mean? Because I got EXP Boost and Item Boost through levelling Roxas up (Rod path) and Sora retained those abilities when I got control of him. Sora will also have the Critical Mode abilities once Roxas merges with him. Or did you misspeak and you meant to say "Sora will have any ability that Roxas learned"?

[@hambone7971]

@@Shadethewolfycritical mode abilities ignore the transfer because those are base level abilities everything outside of that and your guess is as good as anyone else’s

[@Shadethewolfy]

oooh.@@hambone7971

[@kolboi7097]

The one trick I had for consistently getting Luxord’s final circle in the command menu is just to aim for the X. If I aim for the X, I’ll miss and get a circle always

[@Thisisthegreatestatofalltime]

Actually a common strat is pausing on x then unpausing while immediately pushing the x button. Do it right and due to its speed it’ll already be on o assuming you don’t press x like frame 1 or something.

[@BlancSal]

As a part-time member of the Kingdom Hearts speedrunning community when we found out how to beat Mushroom 5 everyone was losing their minds

[@stephentremblay1465]

Me, who's done plenty of level 1 runs and seen countless lvl.1 speedruns: Oooh, this should be a good episode. Can she do it!?

[@stephentremblay1465]

@@lenabrokaw714 oh, my b.

[@HeyItsAmber99]

"Your level 1 is stronger than you know" is actually genuinely an inspiring quote, wth?

[@squibble08]

she is just like that

[@tasc]

“the steering wheel, that’s what it’s called, fight me boat nerds” -12:18, the greatest line Champ’s ever recorded

[@lloydirving6209]

must not have any good lines then

[@therookiegamer2727]

"dodge roll, the kingdom hearts 2 equivalent to dodge roll" is also a good one.

[@FelisImpurrator]

Putting in a vote for "once Sora eats Roxas" Also, the triumphant return of "running away like a little baby", but even funnier with the contextual replacement. Edit: "turning me into a die before turning me into a die".

[@BioHzrd0010]

27:52 "Opening the battle by super-moving Xemnas's super-move" You may have outsmarted me, but I outsmarted your outsmarting!

[@bobbypierce6536]

hey look a naruto reference

[@theidiot8381]

Honestly sounds like how we used to play as little kids lol

[@Superson1c5]

You do not wanna know how long I have been waiting for another VG myths episode

[@Blacklight.2025]

5 months according to the channel video history, the past VG Myths was Scott Pilgrim VS the world without stat boosts

[@becomingsentient1208]

This video was stuck in copyright hell for weeks

[@Superson1c5]

@@becomingsentient1208 yeah I know I saw the community post.

[@tksm97]

“Good morning everybody, and welcome back to VG Myths!” That will never, ever fail to put a smile on my face. The queen has returned, welcome back Gamechamp!!!!!l

[@UrgentForce]

I need to say this... Thank you for your entertaining content. It is a hard time for me to even feel anything due to depression, but your videos always manage to put a smile on my face. Keep it going, love your content^^

[@Gamechamp3000]

[@Shadethewolfy]

[@TopazTK]

You are correct about the Heartless. This is a bug because the JPEG Heartless are the ones used in the 1K Heartless battle, which have their AI programmed to increase any displayed counter by 1 on death.

[@aidanklobuchar1798]

That's hilarious.

[@HiImCamden]

GameChamp is a beautiful soul, even if she's bad at games

[@Fireafyanimations299]

She? I thought GameChamps's pronouns were They/them!?

[@palasolaris33]

Has she started a transition yet ?

[@IamaPERSON]

@@palasolaris33 I think she transitioned a while ago.

[@lFede64l]

@@hugonobody3352 Of course he's not serious. *SHE* is, tho. :)

[@IamaPERSON]

@@lFede64l lol

[@TheDimensionDweller]

How she heard how the OrgXIII characters' names are said in cutscenes and then decided they were guidelines to be ignored is pretty hilarious to me.

[@flynnfarron]

I heard her pronounce Luxord as "Lewsherd" and it actually made me close my eyes and exhale tiredly.

[@FetusMcYeetus]

@@flynnfarron Larsheen, Lewsherd, Sayx, Zeshen, Lucius (Seriously? That one is so off it doesn't even make sense), Veshen (OMG this is becoming painful).

[@karmajester6504]

@@FetusMcYeetusat least she got Marloosh right (besides the A at the end) lol

[@apothisiii5549]

​@@FetusMcYeetuspretty the mispronounced names are a joke.

[@that1plays550]

as someone who has never seen kh2 before this video, let alone duck flare, i thought that it was multiple copies of huey dewey and louie being launched at people until about an hour in and now i’m sad that it was fireworks

[@Gamechamp3000]

Your version's better

[@that1plays550]

thanks

[@siddharthdey2922]

I clicked thinking 'oh this is gonna be fun. ' Then it instantly started off on the keyblade graveyard, and I realized how hard lingering will was gonna be to beat.

[@maverickhunterstupidiocy7779]

You know it’s gonna be something when a VG myths opens with a “HERE’S THE BIG ONE!”

[@objectionable6693]

48:47 she sounded so excited when saying "buzz" that was adorable

[@objectionable6693]

@@darkblade125alt4 No

[@splatana]

i've been a fan of your videos going on a year now and i'm not one for youtube comments - i never quite know how to get myself across. that said, i wanted to thank you sincerely for having accurate captions with no extra jokes that aren't _actually being said_ in them. it means a lot since i have poor auditory processing and videos in general on this platform with accurate captions are a rarity - most are filled with jokes and whatnot and forget that captions are an _accessibility_ tool. as another thing, i really enjoy your style of editing, voice over, and sense of humor. i have sensory issues caused by autism which make even just finding youtube videos i can tolerate (let alone enjoy) a chore - usually there's always something extremely grating, or too intense/high energy, etc. with you, i've had no such issues. you're one of the best challenge runners on this platform and every release from you is a treat!

[@squibble08]

gamechamp is one of the best youtubers ive ever watched, and ive watched a lot of youtubers. shes amazing at her job and i wish i had patreon

[@nightwing-or7st]

The energy of "Steering wheel, that's what it's called fight me boat nerds" is something I wish to emulate in my day to day life

[@suppressedp90]

her saying buzz at 48:41 is the cutest thing i've ever heard oml

[@-Jimini-]

“The fourth game in the series” **eyes the third game** **also eyes the remake of the second game which feels like an almost entirely different game and probably deserves its own video even though I do prefer the original**

[@ketchuplover6160]

you're forgetting about the most important game, kingdom hearts v-cast

[@thedoomnegotiator9693]

@@ketchuplover6160 You ARE the wayback machine

[@TwistedChungus]

@@ketchuplover6160 Someone else remembers that... er... game? I'm amazed!

[@Borgar-qf5dj]

What’s the 3rd?

[@-Jimini-]

@@Borgar-qf5dj 358/2 Days (yes, I know, it came out after, but it still chronologically is the third)

[@mariondisney5294]

Hearing the fact gamechamp legitimately can’t read Japanese feels like the biggest betrayal of all time. ....why does she do this to herself again?

[@Xaero13]

GameChamp prefers to play games in the native language they came out in.

[@Thisisthegreatestatofalltime]

@@Xaero13 But if you don’t know the language doesn’t that kinda defeat the point? Regardless it worked out anyways since if it was the english version the run would’ve likely turned into duck flare spam since it’s unnerfed in that version due to a bug.

[@Xaero13]

@@Thisisthegreatestatofalltime Even if you don't know the language, eventually you would learn that "these symbols mean this thing" and "those symbols mean that thing". I'm a way, it helps to learn the language, even if it's just a little bit.

[@Thisisthegreatestatofalltime]

@@Xaero13 Yea, it works in that context I suppose. Speaking of which that reminds me of a game called Rain World which had various symbols that are supposed to represent the written language of an ancient extinct civilization and if you pay close attention during your time with the game you can learn what many of those symbols mean without the game spoon feeding it to you. Much of the game including its language was inspired by the experience of the lead dev and his experience in South Korea. I don’t remember the exact specifics but I believe it was something along the lines of when he first moved there he didn’t understand much of the language or culture which heavily inspired the vibe of the game including its language which was itself influenced by the Korean language. Albeit you don’t need to know what those symbols represent to play the game normally, it’s mainly just a cool detail.

[@Xaero13]

@@Thisisthegreatestatofalltime I like to think of it as akin to the scene in Terminal where Tom Hanks' character is learning the English language by comparing identical magazines in Krakozhian and English.

[@KayFiOS]

18:56 I understand how easy it is to look back at things in hindsight and wonder what could have been done differently, but in this case, you're actually wrong; the game doesn't allow you to access the menu between battles during the gauntlet after Demyx, so no pumping Drive Recoveries between battles.

[@LuffyxNamiisathing]

Wow one thing he got wrong on maybe the most entertaining level 1 run ever

[@KayFiOS]

@@LuffyxNamiisathing I was more trying to reassure her that the strategy she had was actually the correct one, and what she came up with in hindsight wouldn't have actually worked.

[@quetuo3908]

@@LuffyxNamiisathing *she

[@sylphaevus]

Me: *starts to fall back into kingdom hearts* Gamechamp: *slams down a kh2 lvl 1 run like three days later* Me: My fate has been sealed

[@Grexan]

How you manage to keep guides entertaining and helpful at the same time and funny is insane. You really are one of the best youtubers

[@isiahscott3701]

Your channel is the only one where I can watch an hour long video about a game series I’ve never played and be hooked the entire time.

[@IamaPERSON]

Same.

[@ultimapower6950]

Same

[@Wiebejamin]

What are tha chances there a group of 13 dudes and they're all named Data? Can't be a very common name.

[@Gamechamp3000]

This is the worst joke I love you

[@lankymaccrazyhair264]

I'm in physical pain

[@whotfisKy]

there is a VERY subtle cheese you can do against some bosses (i did it on Lingering Will) thats a variation of the infinite combos you mentioned, and im shocked it wasn't in the video GC. equip fenrir and make sure that you don't have any combo pluses equipped so that you only use a finishing move in a combo and nothing else. then, remove any unique air finishing moves. this will make you do the default air slam finisher. enter the Lingering Will fight and dodge his first attack, then jump and attack him at a consistent rhythm. he will be stunlocked until either you mess up the timing or he dies, no summoning or duck flare required. he won't even enter the other phases. it's VERY funny to pull off.

[@Gamechamp3000]

That requires Sora to learn Negative Combo via levelup

[@whotfisKy]

@@Gamechamp3000 curses, foiled again

[@KayFiOS]

Yo, this is awesome, and appropriately timed, since I've been doing my own Lv1 Critical playthrough! I only recently cleared Xaldin, so the end is in sight! Seeing other people accomplish this challenge run only motivates me further! Thanks, Gamechamp!

[@Arricov]

I remember as a kid when I got to sephiroth I spent like 8 hours trying to beat him. I literally got to the point where my mind just shut off and I was able to beat him. I screamed in victory waking up my parents ( it was 3 am at this point). I was yelled at but the victory against him was worth it.

[@bimothybonetwig6059]

Yoooo same

[@Arricov]

@@bimothybonetwig6059 as a kid it was the best feeling

[@ksad96]

As a kid on the og Western release of the game, I never beat Sephiroth. As an adult, I streamed my attempts on 2.5's Proud instead of Critical and ended up shamefully looking up a guide, but he was the only boss or superboss I looked up a guide on, including Lingering Will, though I did level up to 99 before taking on Data Org and LW. I spent 3 hours on LW at max before realizing some patterns, how to block and counterattack aggressively or when to run or reflect. Second day of trying and I suddenly pull it off and I was absolutely floored by how satisfying it was. Sephiroth and Lingering Will. Data XIII. That kind of satisfaction comes from way more than just narrative in a game, and that's one of the coolest things about challenging, rewarding games.

[@TSfish94]

If you care champ, a little insight into why the Peter Pan strat works. Basically every time you hit a boss it adds a point to the boss’s “revenge value.” When it maxes out they counter attack. However pan hits so fast in conjunction with the aerial hits that they get stunlocked. The exceptions to this are bosses that have fast counter attacks or fixed phase changes (like vexen: he will always go into his super move at a certain HP barrier unless you do a specific setup I can’t be fucked to figure out). Side note, as an extra cheese strat, most humanoid bosses can be stunlocked to death with final form firaga, BUT you have to space yourself so the key blades are the last thing that hit em. The more you know

[@Geobot3000]

Rip to all the people who wanted to have every ability on in the start and accidentally equipped zero exp for the whole game 😢

[@marctaco2624]

One does not accidentally equip Zero-Exp.

[@alka6432]

That’s just natural selection

[@iainbotha2549]

Loved it. No mention of revenge counters. No speedrunning starts like Ultimate form fire attacks without the finisher, instead the BLENDER did its job admirably. No usage of chicken little to stunlock enemies much like magnet. No usage of beserk mode to kill Xigbar. Honestly you did it with half the tools and some new ones I've never seen. And no dash cheesing on Roxas! Amazing!

[@johnpantag472]

Have you any idea how advanced and hard some of these are? The berserk charge strat is super hard because you have a 3 frame window to perform a horizontal slash.

[@SleepyDonnnn]

I mean those really do help alot too not sure why u feel the need to dismiss them plus she even admitted to using magnet and limits constantly as well as specific strats to beat the bosses so is it any different really? Just feels like a jab at speedruns for doing what she is with extra steps

[@johnpantag472]

@@SleepyDonnnn well if you want to beat it at lvl1 I suggest you to watch some speedruns. They made my lvl1 run a walk to the park

[@SleepyDonnnn]

@@johnpantag472 Of course which is why the original comment confuses me

[@rosheafan]

@@johnpantag472 3 frames isn't THAT bad. I mean, with a little practice, 3 frames is actually incredibly easy to land. Take it from someone who has played a lot of Paper Mario TTYD.

[@marymoritz9733]

Also when she beat the bees with a time of 8:88, she used bond of flame, axels Keyblade. And Axel is number 8 in the organization.

[@pandalenz6534]

That's poetry, GOT IT MEMORIZED?

[@MalevolentMinun]

This was tight as hell. My insistence on finishing/Platinuming my games in as little playthroughs as possible means my 100% run was also in Critical Mode. But good god the idea of doing all of that at Level 1 sounds terrifying! Massive props to you slugging through this, totally hype as hell 👌

[@zoim2012]

Oh hey! I remember this run. Was fun to watch live, and will be fun to see the finished product! Might add a reply to this with any random info through the run I think is interesting to add

[@zoim2012]

Comment time! So, first fun thing is with the Roxas AP at the start. If you grind enough money the game actually plays a cutscenesl that basically just says "you have way too much money stop" and forced you to move on. Still gives you the AP which is cool. 2nd I wanted to address is mickey. Mickey is actually able to be sorta manipulated when you learn how he spawns. The first time you get Mickey (like first time in save, not just fight) he is 100% guaranteed to show up. After that chance goes to 80%/60%/40%/20% as you use him more and stays at 20%. We abuse that in Speedruns to kill Cerberus real fast. Antiform is too complicated for a comment, but I got some fun things I can say. Each new form you obtain resets all points to 0, each time you use anti you lose 5 points off the counter, and final drops you by 10. You also can't get anti when sora is alone, a party member is dead (such as using limit when Donald is dead), or when there is forced party members with you, and you don't gain points at all when you use the form with someone like Hercules in the party. Last but not least, just one of the more interesting is how the score in cups works. It's not about group kills, it's literally just every 2 kills gives makes other kills drops more. So 0/1 on the combo does nothing, but 2 increases it. 3 doesn't drop any more, but 4 does. So if you actually pick off just a few heartless at a time and then group kill the last like 3/4 in a wave you get significantly more score than just magnet thunder all of them at once. "double score mode" is also on a global timer. It is based on how many kills you get in all cups and why it feels "random". Both of those are also heavily abused in 100% runs to cut out as much grinding as needed for the score requirements! So much more fun stuff in this game and If anyone else wants more explanation of mechanics feel free to ask!!

[@gamerkingmayathe064th5]

@@zoim2012 how about revenge value? I know *some* things about it but I have a feeling not many others here do since I believe it wasn't mentioned at all in the run

[@zoim2012]

@@gamerkingmayathe064th5 revenge value is kinda hard to explain well in a KZbin comment but I'll do my best. In short, it's a hidden value used by bosses to know when to retaliate. Each attack you can do also has an assigned amount of RV it gives. So (these aren't the actual numbers but it works for the example), say a boss has a value of 10 for revenge value. With Sora's base combo you add 1 point for each normal hit and 3 with his finisher. So in 2 combos the boss reachest 10 RV. When 10 is hit, they will automatically retaliate and the counter is reset. Some attacks do add a lot more than others, like I'm fairly certain explosion adds 10 or something insane like that. Honestly, the indepth details of how it works is not needed for anybody who doesn't Speedrun but I hope this at least sorta helps. And of course, any other questions about this game please feel free to ask!

[@dirtdisrespector7077]

48:47 the way she said "buzz!" was cute as hecc

[@wunnup3229]

I agree, that was adorable

[@nickhashnut9384]

The Trinity limit doesn't actually do any damage until the finishers of the move, but this finishers damage is increased with each hit done before the finisher. By this logic you can use trinity limit on Demnyx's water clones and then use the finisher on him and completely Shred his health.

[@midnightmacabre5981]

It actually only applies the hits to the targets that got hit during the moves leading up to the finisher though, I think Since none of the water clones are actually Demyx, we'd do a grand total of nothing to him once the clones evaporate, if we can even get the moves out fast enough before the timer hits zero

[@nickhashnut9384]

@@midnightmacabre5981 you sure? I used this trick myself on demnyx, it did about 2 or 3 health bars to him.

[@midnightmacabre5981]

@@nickhashnut9384 to be perfectly honest no I'm not sure, I haven't touched KH2 in over a year and could be totally wrong lol

[@upice6863]

@@midnightmacabre5981 nah, this is a known strat afaik

[@upice6863]

if you want trinity to do damage, you can do some funky stuff with magnet, but thats the extent of it lol

[@parttimelazy4593]

I did this myself after putting it off out of fear for a while and I will say, it was my most fun run ever. If you've played the game a few times on Critical mode, please try LVL 1.

[@praenomen6290]

You did it without stat up items?

[@parttimelazy4593]

​@@praenomen6290 I did use them but only the ones that the story or chests gave me because if I just made them myself, what was the point of LVL 1? I DID try to do the whole game without them but Oogie Boogie made me wanna tear a chunk out of my keyboard so I used them and STILL wanted to stick my hand on a griddle.

[@Waynegameandwatch]

me and my buddy actually just did this challenge and it took a week straight of playing and the demyx part was were we thought we just couldnt handle it. 100% worth it though. love this game

[@yourgrannydude]

I've watched this a few times... Only to admire the pure determination and effort you have put into this series. This has to be the hardest game you've done and I'm so glad you did it. I love all of your videos but the high effort videos are so amazing. I'm sorry you had to go through this.

[@Fluxuation]

VG myths since the start has been getting more and more insane and crazy and I’m loving every bit of it.

[@Kremlin-Dusk]

This isn't insane or crazy

[@MarioLord14]

Yeah, she’s definitely going insane 😂

[@pandalenz6534]

This video is genuinely in my top 10 favorite vids of yours. the humor is amazing, the sass is on-point, and some lines could be meme formats!

[@MetroAndroid]

57:15 This is actually so true, and I said the same thing before you did. I had better luck closing my eyes, because if you try to time it, you fail it every time. It changes faster than average human reaction time, but at least if you don't see it, it's a true 50/50 chance, and you can't sabotage yourself.

[@darkerrex1442]

A strat that i learn to pause buffer the input to time it, and i got it consistent enough, and yeah you essentially cheat by using 4th wall break lol

[@LocalMaple]

Fun fact: you can 100% KH2, besides the Roxas Tutorial, without dealing any Melee damage. Rule: after Roxas, you can’t deal any HP damage using the physical form of the Keyblade. Coating it in energy or throwing it counts, projectiles don’t. I let myself use the stat boosting items, since story bosses could be cheesed without them, and post game bosses could still be 8+ minute battles without too much extra efficiency from damage buffs.

[@IamaPERSON]

Huh, neat

[@LocalMaple]

@@IamaPERSON Some of the late game bosses were trickier. Like Data Xaldin, since Sora uses his Keyblade to break the wind guard. Or Data Axel, whose Reaction to remove the Fire Floor requires melee. For the Data Axel fight, I had to drop him to 1 HP for the rule’s loophole. Can’t deal damage if he takes none. Data Xaldin was a bunch of Duckflares.

[@toblerone1729]

I dare not ask if that's also possible at lv1

[@IamaPERSON]

@@LocalMaple oof. Sorry for the late reply, I thought I replied earlier

[@justaviewer9012]

I did this once at was confused how the boat in timeless river worked, didn't take me long to figure that out

[@Snapdragon0112]

Kingdom Hearts 2 was the first proper video game I played as a child. I also… did not really like to read. And also because of my lack of gaming knowledge, I didn’t know about the whole “fight enemies to level up” and “changing my equipment. So by the time 6 year old me got to Dance water dance 2nd fight I was level 24 I think because I always skipped over world fights and the only xp I got was from bosses. I still had the starter Keyblade and no additional equipment. His taunts are still permanently etched into my brain and I hear them in my nightmares. Cmon, Stick to the beat. Got you now. Like it. It was so great going back as a teenager and kicking that tiny twink’s ass.

[@nerdkingalpha4958]

The champ is back!!!!

[@yilleypi]

Return of the queen

[@JRENZO10]

Ghosts chomping at her feet

[@nerdkingalpha4958]

@@JRENZO10 Champ's our hero!

[@JRENZO10]

@@nerdkingalpha4958 Champ just can't be beat!

[@nerdkingalpha4958]

@@JRENZO10 Champ is cool, champ is clean, Champ's a video game machine!

[@morallygary9098]

An hour and a half? This vid having so much content immediately tells me that champ struggled for ages with this, and we respect a queen who suffers for our amusement.

[@oMuStiiA]

As someone who can speak Japanese, I appreciate the bee point bee bee moment lmao.

[@tyrian522]

i’m a little upset that i didn’t know these strats during my casual critical run,, but this was SUPER impressive. Congrats on the big win Game Champ!!

[@seasaltsky]

10:50 just use Chicken Little. He brings enemies to him, and his effect has bigger range than Magnega, and can effect enemies immune to Magnet (which you don't even have yet), including the hot rods.

[@Superflaming85]

But that would require using Chicken Little

[@becomingsentient1208]

@@Superflaming85 who sucks and is bad

[@Rockman9830]

No

[@TheBanishedWind]

@@Superflaming85 The issue being...? No, legit, I don't recall her explaining the Chicken Little hate.

[@rosheafan]

@@TheBanishedWind It's _Chicken Little._ I don't understand how an explanation is needed.

[@gronodon]

I love how you pronounced almost every organization name wrong 😂

[@polodoesthings395]

I mean fair cuz the pronunciation of "x" keeps changing in this game.

[@damogamo7969]

@@polodoesthings395”x” when pronounced as “ks” is the most redundant letter besides “q”. I prefer the “sh” pronunciation because it just makes sense (look at Chinese written in English letters for example).

[@rakashaw]

except Marluxia, Xaldin, Xemnas, Xigbar and Demyx

[@Devourlord]

@@rakashaw Roxas.

[@Devourlord]

Also gamechamp kept saying it as "Marloosh", not Marluxia. You also left out Axel. @@rakashaw

[@adrianpivotto1916]

Kingdom hearts two holds a very special place in my heart I spent hours and hours gridning all the way to the end boss and I just couldn't best him Phase after phase he just kept getting back up and 10 year old me called it quits. I must have tried well over 75 times When I moved onto college I opened up my old PS2 and played this game Jumped straight into the final boss and beat it first time. Bitter sweet moment but a whole lot of memories

[@LazyNinja421]

This is the first video i've ever seen of yours. The intro alone made me burst out laughing. It takes a lot of skill to make an hour+ long video entertaining the whole way through, but you nailed it. Absolutely killed it this was so well done with the jokes and pacing and everything.

[@velvetbutterfly]

Gamechamp's pronouns are She/They so kindly keep that in mind (if you doubt me then check her About section)

[@LazyNinja421]

@@velvetbutterfly ah shi- my b

[@CastiellaXIV]

“None of the final fantasy characters are legally are friends” Oh my GOD THAT WAS HILARIOUS 😂 it really does feel like they just tolerate him doesnt it??

[@zachattack1279]

*her

[@solidifiedwatergatherer]

@@zachattack1279 Him is refering to Sora not Gamechamp

[@ChargeJN]

not even vivi? 🥺

[@Sarah12471]

​@@ChargeJN_ESPECIALLY_ vivi

[@oscarwillimott9296]

The theme song was SO worth the trouble getting. It binds the episode together in a nice, little bow that you can use to make your enemies bad at video games.

[@Awecyan32]

You know, I really appreciate that you found your own way to beat the super bosses. Especially Lingering Will, he's an absolute nightmare without the car key strats. Good stuff, but everything you put out is high quality (especially your yugioh videos)

[@AquaRekLunaris]

thank you for showing that this challenge is possible w/o people having to do the best strats for each individual fight or boss. Having done all of this game's bosses at no dmg I can guarantee the lv 1 run is no joke and way too many people force themselves to do those strats thinking there is no other way to beat the game even if they can't perform all those button imputs. The mushrooms actually were impossible up until the ps4 release of kh2fm due to 60 fps making mushrooms doable with the 12 per second imputs

[@alphacat77]

Gamechamp randomly picking fights with boat nerds and chicken little was hilarious

[@Mannu-ou6vz]

Gamechamp3000 "It's time for the final boss gauntlet!" Me realizing there's still an hour left in the video.

[@greynotgray6808]

The "Murder water murder" line after the Demyx fight was hilarious to me 😂😂 And "the Final Fantasy characters aren't legally our friends." Lol

[@struanpeat5116]

having completed this run before, i can say that all your strats are dumb and i love every one of them. watching you struggle with the simplest things was hilarious but you got to the end and that's as good as any of us can hope for. good work!

[@TheBanishedWind]

What about the cleanest things?

[@josephd8129]

I'm not sure if you knew this but the door to the past in disney castle/timeless river resets your drive gauge as well. So in Timeless River you can easily farm 3 out of 5 of the forms by going through the door over and over.

[@makoman295]

Really enjoyed the video, every time she said Larxene, Marluxia, Luxord, Siax, Zexion, Lexaeus and Vexen I died a little bit tho.

[@KingdomKey-ik4xk]

She said Marluxia the way it's supposed to be pronounced, though, but cut it short a syllable.

[@Moss_Dude]

48:41 If I had a nickel for every time a youtuber made me permanently associate Kingdom Hearts with bees, I'd have two nickels! Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

[@Kamyon360]

Ignore the light moss dude the bees are nothing to fear... control them... channel them... beecome a beekeeper! You can have all this power and more yaaay!!!!

[@Jono997]

W What was the other one?

[@Moss_Dude]

@@Jono997 Jelloapocalypse

[@solestradiant]

On the bee minigame part. She beat the bees at time 8.88 and the whole hachi thing makes it killed bee at beebeebee time...bond of flame represents Axel...the 8th member of Org. XIII...so its really killed bee at beebeebee useing bee

[@lextatertotsfromhell7673]

*she Gamechamp uses she/her, though you probably didn’t know that. I’m just letting you know for the future.

[@solestradiant]

@@lextatertotsfromhell7673 thank you. I edited

[@FloodclawKupo]

I turned more and more into a raisin with every Organisation XIII name pronunciation, thank you

[@codewizard0]

Honestly Roxas is probably the hardest fight in the main game.. took me forever on critical till I fully leveled drive forms

[@codewizard0]

@@SchnookieC I don't know what that is

[@Glassesgorilla]

I love that even after all these year and patreon names that is probably longer than someone PhD thesis, she still choose to read all of them. Nice video as always!

[@BreathWeapon]

20:15 Sora:"wow what kind of fire magic is that jack?" Jack:"well uhh, it's not magic, there BOMBS" Sora:"what's a bomb?" Jack:(oh no)"er well it's a, yea it's fire magic..."

[@ScarletShade13]

Absoultly amazing! I never even played KH, but you make this challenges so gosh darn entertaining, I loved watching this! Thank you, Gamechamp :)

[@KeybladeBrett]

18:57 This would be a good idea, but the sneaky villains over at Square Enix made it so you can't open the camp menu in between battles

[@Xahnel]

To get the +2 AP in twilight, you want 1200 munny. In critical mode, take the defense boost and the shield. Even the slightest bit more defense is a good thing, and can literally be the difference maker. The shield grants you early access to important support skills that will keep you alive. For future reference, the single best place to level 3 out of 4 drive forms is Agrabah. In the treasure room after completing the cave of wonders, a perpetually healing Mushroom 13 will appear, and challenge you to deplete its health faster than it can heal. Take off all damage boosts, equip every available option for combo and air combo plus, plus drive boost. Save outside, run in, cast cure, drum on the mushroom. You won't come anywhere near killing it, and you'll get 1:40.01 to swing away. You can level Valor and Limit form here super easily. Valor, just beat he ass until you're at the maximum available level. Limit, cast two limits, leave the room, use the save point to recover your mana, run back in, and repeat. By the end, I had enough time in drive form to get off seven limits per transformation (though I _was_ using Oathkeeper). Because of the close access to the save point, if you like, you can (while still in a Drive) pop back to the world map and then immediately re-enter to save yourself the hassle of recharging the Drive meter. Next: Master form. You will want to be post Bo1kH, because that fills the Agrabah space outside the peddler save with Fat Bandits and Fortunetellers, which both drop drive orbs. Equip magnet, blizzard, thunder, and buy lots of ethers. Use thunder to clean up trash mobs, blizzard to kill Fat Bandits, magnet and your keyblade to kill Fortunetellers. If you prefer to get your drive gauge back legit rather than cheaty, the Bazaar has enough enemies in it to get four bars, as long as you are in MP recharge, which boosts your drive recovery. Finally, the only non agrabah one, Wisdom form in Disney Castle. The entire time you are here, you should only use Wisdom form to deal damage. Your first time here, the path to the library will be filled with tons of stupid weak enemies, all of them Heartless. The staircase and corridor especially will have nothing but Shadows. You could farm these to your heart's content, but what we want is access to Timeless River. The door is very special. By crossing the threshold, you immediately change between types of Sora. If you do so while in a drive form, you will instantly exit the form and fully recharge your guage. That's right, you don't even need to hop to the world map! Further, Heartless on either side of the door will be reset, so you can farm both the hallway and the various troubled rooms. There are _lots_ of super weak heartless, and one medium one you should always focus down, the hammer body. If you find cars, leave, they are way too much trouble. Hammer bodies drop tons of Drive orbs so you can extend the farm. USE MONOCHROME. With its Item Boost ability paired with any mp recharging hastening abilities (such as charging the bar faster and getting MP from damage), you can much more quickly get out of MP charge with a stockpile of Ethers. You can't afford to seek out the free save point recharge every time you run out of mana, when you could be killing Heartless. If you have any Item Boosts on Sora, use those With this guide, you can get your form levels ground out by the midpoint of the game, and only have a small amount of grind remaining once you unlock Final form, meaning you won't have to do all that irritating Nobody grinding on top of grinding out everything else. Finally, set your teammates to Sora Attack and disable their MP consuming abilities except Donald Cure. The goal is for _you_ to be doing the work, not Donald and Goofy. Your forms get nothing from _them_ fighting.

[@ravenwitch45]

Gamechamp just let me thank you for putting so much time and energy into this, it was incredibly entertaining. This is why I love vg myths so much and I can't wait for the next one whatever it will be. Good Tidings.

[@TheMind129]

what does 'tidings' mean? I've tried googling it but it did not give me a satisfying answer.