I Tried to Beat Kingdom Hearts with ONLY the Wooden Sword

[@freyathedragon899]

Riku: “Thanks for bringing the keyblade. Here, have a toy to play with.” Sora: “You little **fool** “

[@Gredoxx]

Sora did quite a considerable amount of mental trickery and mockery to Riku who was unfortunate enough to fall victim to Soras clever little trap of social teasing.

[@callmezeldaonemoartime]

DUAL WIELDING

[@HYDEinallcaps]

@@callmezeldaonemoartime Valor Form in KH1?

[@Flowerbarrel]

“Go play hero with-“ “Another wooden sword! Thanks, man! My old one was just about to break!”

[@SomeGuyXYZ01]

BOTW moment 😂

[@ValerWave]

I would've taken the staff, the +1 MP would've been a life saver! Respect for going with the sword for the challenge. :O

[@shiftfire4511]

The increased strength...might have helped? Imagine doing even *less* chip damage, if it's possible. Or if the crits were even lower...

[@Richiachu]

@@shiftfire4511 Magic damage in KH1 is based (exponentially if I recall) off the total MP Sora has, so that +1 MP would absolutely do more in the long run than a +1 or whatever in strength the sword gives him. Plus, you can use Strength Up's in the game to buff sora to the max possible strength stat even without the sword, but there exists no such item for MP. If you don't choose the staff, Sora will never reach his maximum possible MP value.

[@sorakh4119]

@@shiftfire4511 Looks like someone here doesn’t know how broken magic is in this game

[@matthewsimon6170]

​@Richi huh, so that's why my Magic has always felt so shitty in this game, since I dont pick the staff. Glad they fixed that moving forward, magic feels useful pass 1.

[@designationv]

That chip damage is equivalent to throwing a single woodchip at someone over and over

[@rolandmarks468]

I love this comment 😂

[@darienb1127]

When you crit, the enemy gets a splinter.

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

Aero: MY CHIP DAMAGE IS BETTERRR

[@BackSlashJvb125]

Lmaooo

[@darksiderwxiii9200]

I just realized that the wooden keyblade wishing star actually is capable of fighting and doing critical damage but a wooden sword (it's a sword made out of wood) doesn't do damage at all ...

[@abcrasshadow9341]

So the true "my friends are my (only) power" run!

[@RustyNips]

Imagine that in kh2 they do basically no damage at all that game lol

[@dracko158]

When Sora told Riku "He didn't need the keyblade", he really meant it.

[@marioandluigi469]

You just realized what it’s like to be Donald.

[@TheEternityForce]

Everyone and their nobody is a keyblade master. Takes true skill to be a Wooden Sword Master.

[@Preceyese-Seyeght]

But, due to the story, the wooden sword shouldn't be able to hurt/destroy them. Yet, he is able to do so, means, with the little trick to be able having the wood sword, he tricks the system to believe it's a key blade !!

[@Shady_Fungus]

Link: First time?

[@mid-boss6461]

@@Preceyese-SeyeghtWell yes, but Donald and Goofy can still do damage without keyblades. And as they say: if it can bleed, it can die.

[@Preceyese-Seyeght]

@@mid-boss6461 Yeah, but maybe Donald and Goofy are able to hurt and destroy them cause of the Keyblade. Maybe they are connected with Sora while traveling together. So maybe the Keyblades effect works for their weapons too when they are close to him or travel together as a team. Or maybe they use special weapons who work like the Keyblade, without being a Keyblade. But the wooden sword, shouldnt work at all, but the system thinks it is the Keyblade, if you cheat it into the game, later on.

[@heszedjim9699]

​@preceyeseseyeght5888 the wooden sword doesn't do damage because, hear me out, it's a shitty blunt wooden sword.

[@Pizza_Box]

I really liked the perry mechanic after i got older. As a kid i couldnt do it, but now it feels rewarding. Kh1 was so good

[@dmas7749]

i hate how absent parries are in every other game

[@Elsuya_Milo]

Perry mechanic? PERRY THE PLATYPUS MECHANIC?

[@LainWithSweetTea]

Kh1 combat was shockingly deep if you dove deep. I prefer it completely over the floatier feeling of later games. Boy got some weight to him.

[@dmas7749]

@@LainWithSweetTea i wouldn't say its super deep, but still very rewarding

[@LainWithSweetTea]

@@dmas7749 Idk man proud mode forces you to mix up your approach and discover some tech. And there's a shocking amount of it if you are looking. Speaking as an action game fan there's a lot game doesn't tell you that you can discover being creative with your combat.

[@chillbythefire1003]

Roxas with the struggle bat (Meaning no magic, no forms, stuff like that) would probably be horribly difficult, but also pretty cool to see!

[@asra-5180]

Oh. Someone did it with Roxas only. Just search Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix with Roxas. They didn't use the Bat sadly.

[@marcofarish2588]

Literally I've always wanted to beat kh1 with that wooden sword There is a moment where Sora and Riku argue and Sora says something like "well my power... Are my friends!" And every time I think about kh1 I just think "well my power.... Is THIS WOODEN SWORD" you literally lived out my dream thankyou

[@chaos3097]

This is how the game would be if Ventus never found shelter in Soras heart.

[@nirrr0x920]

ong

[@heszedjim9699]

Nah. The keyblade jumps to sora regardless. Kh1 didn't have ventus in the plan so it was worthiness still

[@kingofsushi4822]

12:18 I love this bit so much

[@user-cj1qh6kq2h]

凄い忍耐力だ 自分だったら諦めてる 貴方こそキーブレードの勇者だ

[@Hiroyashy]

His heart was strong enough to be worthy of the true wooden sword.

[@frelemolo]

my socks were definitely knocked off by this one, amazing video

[@oneandonlygooballmekk]

kh2 but with only the struggle bat would be a cool sequel to this not sure if anybody suggested that during the livestream/you've already done it

[@abcrasshadow9341]

The problem with this is that it is functionally the same as lvl 1 due to KH2 damage scaling, now turning the scaling off and then using the struggle bat would be interesting.

[@oneandonlygooballmekk]

@@abcrasshadow9341 that sounds better, thanks for the correction/suggestion

[@Awecyan32]

That damage makes the normal attack in birth by sleep look powerful

[@chvIry]

BBS normal attack wasn’t bad, diamond form OP

[@ryanl6037]

this amount of chip damage is giving me BBS/DDD flashbacks

[@AeroTipz]

Great video Ninten. I like how you always show off a few tricks or things I have never seen in every video.

[@dragonofspades2837]

this was _wild_, so glad it came across my feed. Kingdom Hearts is still one of my favorite games of all time

[@AlphaPHK]

0:51 "This should help!" *BANG* "OoOOooooh..."

[@Spikkle]

Strong start for 2023 vid wise NInten, looking forward to more :D

[@NoodIndigo]

my god that whole final rest part had me entranced I was on teh edge of my seat lmao

[@Lapis_Pylosiphorum]

If you go above Ursula’s head it easier to get behind her & yes, I did know about the Sharky wall stagger, kinda assumed that was how you where supposed to beat him level 1 & he has a higher chance of staggering if he uses the charge and misses you close to a wall

[@Lapis_Pylosiphorum]

Also you can drop 1st form Maleficent’s rock platform with 1 gravity

[@darienb1127]

Since this is bascially a Magic build playthrough, here's a couple things I found out when I did mine: -The elemental magic is really good early and mid game, but falls off in damage late game. Enemies just have too much health for them to be cost effective. -Aerora is really fucking good! You don't get it until late game, but Aerora/ga does chip damage when upon contact with enemies. This damages can add up really quickly, espeically along your melee attacks, and I found it a better damage dealer than the elemental spells. -Once you hit late game, Gravity is your best freind. Since it's percentage based, it does WAY more damage against mobs than your elemental spells, and the higher tiers can even kill enemies. Gravity, Stop, and Aerora/ga are gonna be much more cost effective.

[@romes_xiii]

Wow, and I thought using Kingdom Key only on Proud in this game was hard as hell, this is on another level lol

[@ezekielanderson9055]

Wait till you hear about Level 1 runs

[@romes_xiii]

@@ezekielanderson9055 tru I’ve seen videos of people playing level 1 & I know couldn’t do it. It just seems like the original game wasn’t made for level 1 so they just came up with some stuff on the fly for the remix to give it “level 1” but it’s not balanced or anything like KH2 or 3 where playing on level 1 was in mind of the developers

[@RecoveryPlayz]

My first experience watching someone else play Kingdom Hearts. I wasn't disappointed! Very entertaining and nice pacing lol

[@JerryFlowersIII]

whoa, I'm shocked you didn't know about going behind Ursula. That's all I would ever do to beat her. I don't think I've ever tried another way.

[@SonMalleo]

I didn’t know I needed the phrase “ the machinations of his mind are an enigma” just going to archive that one! 😂😂

[@Csurico25]

Why does nobody question the fact that YOU SHOOT FIRE UNDERWATER IN SEVERAL KH GAMES?!?!

[@thegamewin100]

Because soras magic is just that strong

[@alessandrobozzi7085]

Oh neat, the weapon Chuck Norris defeated Sephiroth with

[@NanochiTwitcharchive]

Ive been playing this game for nearly 20 years. I never knew you could deflect cerberus fireballs at him. I dont think even the books mentioned that.

[@AlexxxMYLSince2013]

I think that in this run using the Exp 0 strat in boss fights would be the best option.

[@Edens_Bones]

Wooden sword, lvl 1, no magic, limits, items, abilities, pausing, party members, or summons?

[@RukoshiSensei]

Add no Sora and you got yourself a deal

[@lynell2B375]

Sora, that's a stick...

[@_fudgepop01]

“This should help” *BANG*

[@yoshi_chuck05]

Kingdom Hearts but Sora decided to make hero playtime a bit *real*

[@Dmardiii]

That Chernabog fight always gives me nostalgia when i faced him under leveled as a kid lol

[@AkioJunichiro]

Ok I never knew you can deflect Cerberus Magma balls to make damage. The fight makes more sense to me now I used to roll until his bite attacks

[@crispy_asch7110]

Kingdom hearts is ... Wood

[@mikaelcrucible]

that double heal on the tiger head's neck was pretty cool lol

[@tobiaswalker7562]

The wooden sword actually works!?

[@realallblue2200]

@1:15 i had no idea this was a thing and did it by mistake. i thought my game was broken lmaoooo

[@connordork481]

this sounds so silly but im so ready

[@Erikbarbaric]

The whole final rest fight I was sweating I can't imagine how you were feeling

[@caytheles]

0:51 Man had enough games

[@meganosborn479]

"Oh, I'm beating up this child" - ninten 2023

[@bulkazchlebem610]

Master of wood arts

[@lawgx9819]

What if ventus never took shelter within sora lmao

[@grzegorzpaulewicz7890]

Kingdom Hearts but I Keep saying "Oh my god" every other minute

[@sharodw454]

Pure "bonk" run

[@MetallicD3ath]

Lock Shock and Barrel were my wall, that was the fight that genuinely made me stop playing for a while, I think possibly for the first time in my gaming career. Cerberus I remember being an earlier wall, but not as bad, and the chameleon also a very tough fight but doable. I would have never expected Ursula of all fights to be the "run killer."

[@miggs2071]

Dude is good at kh 1 and 2

[@Trikean]

Smh, the real wooded sword would go through heartless like they're nothing. This is clearly the Wood Sword of Heart.

[@Kingu-Sama]

That Chernabog? Idk what its called but that was such an intense fight l felt that my damn self

[@philiphunt-bull5817]

Why didn't you pick staff? Its by far the best option in KH1, with how MP works in this game.

[@chvIry]

To make it harder

[@T0k1r1]

This is gonna be a fun video

[@FragmentsOfFantasy]

You have to do this with the dream sword ninten 😂

[@rigby117]

After Ursula does the breathing attack you can get a few hits in, always used that for her on critical.

[@ori.g4mi]

Ever since I was a little boy who got the game on Christmas 2004, I was wondering if anybody could beat the game with just a wooden sword. Didn't have Action Replay or anything to test it

[@tealdohrprotogen]

Finally A real weapon

[@kagachi3779]

lol but the wooden sword isn't even supposed to hit the heartless, remember when Destiny Islands was attacked xD Wooden sword went right through 'em

[@cloudfire181]

With Cerberus, you can jump on his back by using his hind legs then his rump. Once on his back, his 2 attacks can't get you and you can damage his heads. Getting on his back doesn't require high jump.

[@vinn9823]

Ansem: "So, did you manage to take the keyblade back?" Riku: "Of course I did, but don't worry, I left a wooden sword for him to play with" Ansem (sweating profusely): "You fool! You doomed us!"

[@NerdConfederation]

Yooo Ninten! :D You have a KZbin Channel in my recommended!

[@AmalgamJiena]

Shooting fire From a wooden sword Underwater. What?

[@josephk.8728]

I had no idea that stop was so broken. I never used it, outside of the Phantom fight, I don't think.

[@JerryFlowersIII]

Agh, it was stressful to watch the Final Rest fight, and I've only been invested in the run for a few minutes, but I know how long that fight is.

[@BackSlashJvb125]

Now this is content i am here for 🔥🔥

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

Magic only run, got it Edit: ...you know in hindsight, getting Aero early would make this too easy

[@Gfitty]

the final boss wouldnt be so bad if it werent for the fucking lasers

[@sulimo944]

That. Is. Paiiiin

[@aidanklobuchar1798]

Reminds me of OG PSP BBS Level 1, except without all of the nice DoT spells to carry your ass.

[@f5203]

Lvl1 would've definitely been more difficult in certain fights. Goofy carried your ass with those MP Gifts.

[@zingodoom]

Now do it with the shield. Have fun trying to beat the game with reach the size of a centipede's leg!

[@kiritogaming5876]

Please post a full VPD of this I need to see it all

[@Ninten]

It's linked in the description

[@camelkingclarith]

I had no idea you could deflect Cerberus's fireballs. I always felt like he was abnormally hard for that point in the game, turns out i'm just a fuckin moron lmao

[@leverd4464]

The music at the end is just so class,Amazing, beautiful, fantastic,cool,calm, superior,supreme and just AMAZING, the same as the video.

[@thibautdelecroix6436]

Really nice job,dude.

[@TheBronf]

oh god. i forgot how final rest is.

[@jojogacha974]

Imagine this while also being at level 1

[@loidtourne]

Damn it! I was thinking about doing this LMAO

[@zeldaandTwink]

How are you dealing damage to heartless? The whole destruction of destiny island segment makes it clear the wood sword candy physically harm the heartless

[@geneericname7138]

It's not something I ever thought to check because I never usually had Scan at that juncture, but I think you're right about Destiny Islands. I don't remember ever connecting a hit on the Heartless there with the wooden sword. I'm almost positive I remember dealing a pitiful amount of damage to the Dark Balls in Hollow Bastion once you get the wooden sword there, though. Maybe they're two different versions of the wooden sword, one with collision (the one you get in Hollow Bastion after losing the Keyblade, and presumably the one he has here), and one without (the Destiny Islands wooden sword)? Edit: The Kingdom Hearts Wiki says the Wooden Sword can't affect Shadows. That doesn't preclude it from damaging other Heartless, but it's possible that's just because it's assumed you won't run into any others before getting the Kingdom Key.

[@zeldaandTwink]

@@geneericname7138 ah that's interesting, so it only avoids the baby ones

[@JellyWraith]

Xehanort was so broken after learning about how a random kid with a wooden sword defeated Ansem that he decided to call off the rest of his plans, rethought his life, and became a yoga instructor.

[@jordanstafford5110]

Waluigi would have kept the wooden spoon though

[@purplexium1560]

I only beat the big Ursula because I ran around in circles and let Donald and goofy deal all the damage

[@funx24X7]

Unda da map, unda da map, here in the void you'll be really annoyed unda da map

[@demp11]

How is the dearly beloved version in the outro called?

[@CaptainOfTheLeviathan]

Still don't know how Sora can use magic without the keyblade tho.

[@slimic]

Cough cough DONALD cough cough

[@AlexxxMYLSince2013]

Ever played days? Roxas and Xion do it in a few missions, with their bare hands.

[@chvIry]

@@Tsukiru hear me out…. *magic*

[@magnabhb5392]

6:05 ... ... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I got stuck for 2 months on this world for nothing? BRUhhhh

[@canalxpcial5108]

IF you beat Sephroth and Ice Titan with this piece of shity, you have fully my intense respect by all eternity, dude...

[@Dino_gamer22]

How does the wood sword not break is it metal on the inside

[@Jake_N_Stuff]

It's actually made from friendship.

[@freyathedragon899]

Idk if you did this, wouldn’t picking the shield be a good idea considering you’re doing chip damage regardless? At least then you’d grab protective moves at a reasonable rate

[@Ninten]

Yes, though I picked sword just to make it harder, I didn't think it would be as hard as it was lol

[@freyathedragon899]

Fair enough! Good job with the challenge!!

[@dancarter5775]

Only real players do jungle first. There are several benefits to this. We get the unique kidnapping cutscene, earlier access to cure which is a godsend. And you finish what can be an annoying world sooner (looking at you, you damn hippos).

[@stitchfinger7678]

and like the keyblade isnt awful i guess

[@shingoke4637]

Thank you Ninten, very cool #31

[@brizzleyoh]

I would’ve liked the see the oogie fight without the use of genie. The jack attack strat seemed pretty good.

[@Ninten]

Genie barely did any damage to be fair, just made it a little faster

[@brizzleyoh]

@@Ninten ok that makes sense

[@killuafanboy3812]

I wanna fight KH bad guys with a wood sword!!! :)

[@tobiasgorgen7592]

Proudmode, but LvL 1, but 1 HP, but you keep the Wooden Sword, but Blindfolded, when?

[@thediamondrellik]

bruh what's the outro music? it sounds amazing