Johnny vs. Kingdom Hearts

In today's episode, I start a Marathon damn near a decade in the making! It's the Kingdom Hearts series, and today I'm looking at the 2002 original!
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[@TheNorthlander]

"Keyblades are the perfect cosplay prop. Just don't take them to an airport." Heh, there's a story there.

[@czms922]

Officer I tell you he held a very threatening Key that was 3 feet tall, a key I tell you

[@AntDude92]

Welcome to the darkness, Jon. There's no escape.

[@KashKey-]

He has finally joined you in the lair of *KINGDOM HEARTS TRASH.*

[@Lyric061791]

AntDude i think he made a mistake.

[@pyroctopus145]

im going to annoy you now......."the doors open"

[@kerouaclebain1148]

AntDude it's maleficent

[@NSFSponsor]

Hey its AntGuy, my favorite vimeo creator.

[@zeroblue720]

"Did you get that?" "No." I have a feeling you'll be using that clip a lot in this marathon, Johnny.

[@funnysonicman]

Boy, were you right.🤣

[@NickonPlanetRipple]

Johnny protectively stroking his PS2 needs to be a gif.

[@KidSnivy69]

How do you make a GIF?

[@5persondude]

KidSnivy96 I believe that there is a website called "KZbin to Gif" or something like that, because Caddicarus used to leave annotation links in his videos to make Gifs out of his videos Sorry that I couldn't be much help atm (currently on vacation watching this on my phone), but if you Google for that kind of website then I'm sure you'll find it

[@StickBreightley]

NickonAquaMagna I'm on it

[@bleach1210115]

how bout you make the part with him lifting the keyblade a gif

[@KidSnivy69]

Thank You Sakib Kashem!

[@jamesevans1897]

So let's all quote the SGB playthrough at Kingdom Hearts..... Uhhhmmm.... "We have an Army!" "We have a Goofy!"

[@joey-jw3rj]

Elliot: They can drink from the ocean while out sailing, they just need to boil the salt away Matt: ..And where are they going to get fire to boil it? Elliot: ...from the raft. Johnny: I don't see this journey lasting very long. 8:10 "In context this scene makes sense because we took a fire ball to the fucking face" "Sora's First Time, Always an Adventure!" "...and now...Tarzan teach you Advanced Calculus.

[@Jeffersonia120]

"Afterwards, Tarzan teach you: Advanced Calculus"

[@Woodenfan]

"Can you leave?" *leaves boss fight to the Bridge* OH, RARE TRUFFLES! ...speaking of which, is Johnny ever goign to show off the new Final Mix swag for that?

[@ethanedwards3357]

Matt: "POOH BREAK!" John: "Oh, FA-" "S--T, IT'S ILLEGAL!"

[@bluedragon9925]

"IT'S POOH O-CLOCK!" "NO!" "FUCK YOU, IT'S POOH TIME! :D"

[@coreywilson3493]

"It's Leon" "Yeah, whatever, Squall." Excellent delivery.

[@Alex-ji6ob]

That Palpatine joke is even funnier when you remember Disney owns Star Wars

[@GihirahimOfTheShadow]

Or that Master Xehanort, Ansem's original identity, is pretty much a Palpatine expy.

[@heavyiron3.016]

Or that Mark Hamil plays Eraqus

[@dylansmith5206]

Still wish we got a Star Wars World in Kingdom Hearts 3. To where we could fight Palpatine as a super boss (With some prequel like I Am The Senate being one of his battle quotes). Having Luke Skywalker and Han Solo as Party Members. Maybe even having Yoda, Young Obi-Wan, And Ahsoka as summons in the game. I'd rather have that in KH3 as opposed to A Frozen World to be honest. Feel free to either agree or disagree with me.

[@SparkingEX]

@@dylansmith5206 Imagine KH4 You see a Star Destroyer in the menu And it's Rey Jk it's Anakin and Obi-wan and Grievous becomes a cyborg Heartless mix and you get a Lightsaber Keyblade You can tell I love the republic era .

[@twincherries6698]

Ah, to be in 3 years ago, when Palpatine was seen as a semi respectable villain...

[@bgpixlarn6855]

You can have a fun drinking game for every time someone say the words "heart" and "darkness" in this game. It gets especially dangerous around the final parts of the game.

[@NoobLord9001]

BG Pixlarn Plot Twist: Sora & Pals are just very big fans of Joseph Conrad's novels.

[@LegonAvannor]

Just don't do it for the rest of the series, especially Birth By Sleep and Chain of Memories.

[@Mr3DLC]

That kinda game been known to KILL people:)

[@DaiGato420]

BG Pixlarn Here a better game just change the world darkness with bees and it’ll make as much sense

[@ripleyandweeds1288]

actually hey no don't do that

[@purenoobdylan]

"Holy shit it's sepheroth! this is so amazing and he won't stop kicking me in the dick!" relatable

[@Aleks-hp8pr]

This has aged incredibly well since he joined Smash

[@seanroche3665]

@@Aleks-hp8pr now that sora joined its aged even better

[@RadicalSoda]

I haven't seen any classic Disney films to this day, (apart from Snow White) and the worlds in KH feel kind of like what you said. They don't really mean anything, so I can't put on those good ol' nostalgia goggles, like I can with the second game, which I somehow played long before I ever touched KH1.

[@dyltube6395]

What a sad life

[@erikstensaas1202]

Fortunately the Disney worlds don't overstay their welcome and do their job in helping the main characters grow by watching and reacting to what's happening in front of them. KH2 in my opinion do the job A LOT better

[@watchforever1724]

@@erikstensaas1202 to be honest many people consider the 2nd one as the best one so your opinion is like other people’s thoughts

[@watchforever1724]

Lol

[@JoakimOtamaa]

​@@dyltube6395Sad life when you don't care about properties of the worst company ever?

[@kris1171]

Yuffie,Aerith,Squall- "That's Leon." Yeah, whatever Squall.

[@Mr3DLC]

Ohhhhh squall No body likes you:)

[@xenobestx8423]

Let’s leave it at 69 likes.

[@OneManCast]

KZbin is scary. They recommended this to me when Sora came to Smash. I don't even watch or play Kingdom Hearts.

[@eanderson9599]

Not surprising, many people were probably looking up Kingdom Hearts content after the reveal. I watch Johnny and like smash, so KZbin sent me here

[@SalsaSeth]

I wasn't having the best of days today. I had to give my last goodbye to my dog, who has to get put to sleep tomorrow. Wasn't too cheery, but seeing "Johnny vs. Kingdom Hearts" in the video suggestion, and the video itself, definitely perked up my mood. So, thanks for that Johnny. Looking forward to the rest of the marathon of my favorite video games.

[@MG-mq3zf]

I'm sorry about your dog. :( Isn't it great though when, just when you are feeling down, something like this video can help make you feel better? IT'S THE TRUE POWER OF KZbin!

[@SalsaSeth]

Thank you, friend :D

[@BugBoss1205]

Not two months ago, I had to do the same. Are you feeling okay?

[@squidward1728]

At least your neighbors wont have to worry about yapping mutts now.

[@Jac-Man]

I’m so sorry about your dog… I know how you feel

[@VisVulpine]

Unless johnny has this already, for the next donation marathon someone donate the simpsons hit and run. I'd love Johnny to review that game.

[@neoryn5788]

Squirrel Taylor agreed, can't wait for the rage against that one Bart beach level mission. .......you know the one.......still haven't done it.....

[@Hentarded]

Neocortexian Leader Of War which mission? searching for Bart?

[@mgeiger2341]

I beat it, but FUCK that final mission!

[@yariel1879]

Squirrel Taylor ONLY EGGS CAN SUSTAIN ME

[@gamerprince-tl5hg]

Someone please should donate Golden Sun 1 and 2

[@Errox025]

First time I was exposed to Kingdom Hearts was in high school when a friend of mine let me borrow his copy of the game. I didn't like it that much at first but, eventually, I bought the game for myself, gave it another chance and, well, the fact that I have almost every game in the franchise and I'm impatiently waiting for KH3 to come out speaks for itself.

[@solaris6428]

Errox025 Unfortunately I never even heard of the series until a few years ago. Thanks to all the collections I was able to play them all

[@Derekrife1]

Sora: "I'm running out of HP!" Mulan: "Here take this." Sora: "What is it?" Mulan: "This is Chicken McNuggets, along with flavor from the far-east in the form of Szechuan Teriyaki dipping sauce."

[@joey-jw3rj]

Uncle Rick: MORTY, Quick, they have the dipping sauce!

[@Derekrife1]

Sora: "Ooooh man. Ohh geeze, Donald, are we supposed to be in this Universe? Where are we?" Donald: "It's the dimension where Darkwing Duck is real Sora. It's, it's like the universe where I'm from, but instead of Scrooge McDuck, it's some guy in a zuit suit. Still has Launchpad McQuack though. BURRRP. Sora: "Oh man. You know. I always, you know. I always wondered where, uhhh, I always wondered if this was a shared universe." Donald: "Yeah, it never m-makes sense Sora. BUURP." Goofy: "Oooooo-eeeh! I can't wait to go on an adventure!" Donald: "We're glad to have you with us Mr. Goofybutthole."

[@ripleyandweeds1288]

this comment gave me vietnam flashbacks

[@lennychurch]

RipleyandWeeds Was there a Reverse Giraffe in any of them?

[@squidward1728]

Bro-Brah Sama how fucking gay

[@bluedragon9925]

The whole "meddling"/"world order" concept is really nothing more than an in-universe explanation for a strict limitation Disney gave Nomura. Which was that aside from Donald and Goofy, no Disney characters (not even Mickey) are allowed to interact with characters from other Disney movies, because Disney's executives apparently think that making characters from different movies interact with each other somehow threatens the integrity of their "brand"... (There are too many examples to list why I think the whole thing is a blatant Double Standard...) That limitation still exists in the series today and the fact that it not only limits the scope of the crossover but how the stories in individual worlds play out as well (how Frozen was handled in KH3 is a prime example) only becomes more obvious as the series goes on...

[@ChibiTails]

It's especially infuriating because on one hand you have Donald bitching about having to maintain their secrecy and on the other you have Uncle Scrooge canonically creating an inter-world highway entirely for business purposes.

[@recme_]

do you have like, a source to this claim? i find it hard to believe considering in the first KH games, the disney villains are together in a cutscene discussing their plans against sora. even maleficent has her own cutscenes with hades and jafar. im guessing what you are talking about refers to the disney protagonists?

[@michaeloverton04]

That bullshit limitation applied to the Disney Infinity games too, and I'd argue it was just as bad, if not worse there. They can be used together in the toybox mode, but otherwise characters could only be used in their respective worlds, which is really stupid considering that the idea is that it's a crossover. With Kingdom Hearts, I at least have more interest in the Final Fantasy characters and rejects than the Disney characters, by default. So at least I'm not missing much when they don't go the full 9 yards.

[@KingCasual1986]

If Disney ever loosens those restrictions (unlikely but we’ll see), then Square Enix actually has a pretty good setup for a new game’s story! Make the villain a group that wants to cause pure chaos across the world by disrupting the world order left and right! Now that would be making lemonade from lemons!

[@Jaceblue04]

"Disney's executives apparently think that making characters from different movies interact with each other somehow threatens the integrity of their 'brand.'" I guess that mentality went out the window by the time Ralph Breaks the Internet went into production.

[@Shritistrang]

I love how you managed to explain Ansem's role in the first game without revealing anything about his true origins and without twisting the truth around.

[@Plokman040]

14:25 I imagine this is Bill Farmer's actual reaction to all this deep thought Goofy goes through right along with Tony Anselmo's actual answer to all of it too. It just is perfect reaction for veteran American VAs to suddenly find themselves in Shonen Anime I am positive Cam Clarke was like this once too before he became such a beloved ham living on "Through this arm!"

[@kyburn6195]

I like how you said Sora wasn’t built for platforming even though they were trying to make a game like Super Mario 64.

[@Majokodomo]

9:46 Afterwards, Tarzan teach you Advanced Calculus! ^o^

[@nicoledin7091]

Sora’s mom is still waiting for sora to come to dinner

[@dellybelly12345]

14:25 "did you get that?" "NO" LMAO literally me when I try to follow this story

[@Mickspad]

Honestly, I'm one of those people who barely watched Disney but played KH religiously, in KH1, the only Disney movies I had seen were Tarzan, Aladdin, and the Little Mermaid, and to me, these worlds were just levels with individual stories that gave me an idea as to what the movie was like, and made me want to go and watch them, but to be honest, I still haven't watched Peter Pan, Hercules, Pinocchio, or Alice in Wonderland, but I did watch Nightmare before Christmas, I felt like I was actually more invested in the worlds not seeing the movies because I didn't actually know what was going to happen during most of them, and it was actually less distracting because I was blind to any possible downgrade in quality from the movies because I had nothing to compare them against

[@Mickspad]

Yo make me even more weird, I didn't even play Final fantasy either before getting into this game, my friend showed me the thousand heartless battle from KH2, and I had to get the series after that, I didn't even know what Final Fantasy was when I started playing the game back in 2008 when I started playing the series for real

[@norsewolf98]

Mickspad and

[@Xagzan]

I didn't play FF until after KH either. After the first game, seeing the weird characters got me interested.

[@Donutgames00]

I understand no FF but no Disney, bruh where ur childhood at (be frank though I haven't seen some movies, Bambi, Dumbo

[@Mickspad]

Donutgames00 my childhood may not have been 2D Disney, but I was all over Pixar, the start of in house 3D Disney and dreamworks

[@iftekharahmed6799]

Johnny makes a legitimate point, for those of you who haven't watched the respective Disney movie of the worlds, how do you get enjoyment from these Disney retellings?

[@typicalbrit1546]

Iftekhar Ahmed- I have watched few Disney movies, even so I'm able to enjoy the colourful characters and stories the Disney areas of kingdom hearts contain.

[@gamerprince-tl5hg]

Iftekhar Ahmed I never watched Cinderella Disney film and still got very happy and enjoyed the world in BBS

[@iftekharahmed6799]

gamerprince1999 Fair enough, but some Disney worlds are represented so badly in this series (Hunchback of Notre Dame and Kingdom Hearts 1 Neverland being the worst offenders).

[@cjmoore9966]

I don't really know if that's entirely possible. I feel like anyone going into this game should know that it's a Disney game first and foremost. Being a massive Disney fan when I first saw the commercials, that's how it drew my attention. I'd honestly be surprised if anyone who didn't like or wasn't a fan of Disney decided to invest their time in this.

[@rotciv557]

CJ Moore a childhood friend of mine had only watched The Little Mermaid and Aladdin before playing KH1 and even then had not been much of a fan of those movies, he enjoyed the different characters and stories so much that we marathoned all of the Disney films with worlds in KH1 after he finished the game. So I'd say that it works as a good introductory point into the Disney library of films, at least.

[@BucketOfFuk]

As much as I like the franchise and the gameplay, I always felt like this was more of a fanfiction game, with Final Fantasy and less of Disney. I always kinda felt like Disney took a backseat to everything else. As mentioned earlier, I love the series but I feel like the convoluted plot drowns Disney.

[@Fjadls254]

They might as well drop the Disney licensing entirely.

[@zzxp1]

Well it is a fan fiction game, and that is part of his charm

[@BucketOfFuk]

Mal Nexus You're right about that.

[@GihirahimOfTheShadow]

@Mal Nexus: You're right, but I'd term it "Square Enix nonsense", not "Final Fantasy nonsense", since after KH2 the Final Fantasy character cameos all but stopped happening. It was the Square Enix-created characters and plot junk created for KH that overtook everything else.

[@kevinstriker7475]

I keep seeing this. Can osmeone please tell how being a fanfiction game is bad.

[@srocketdude]

If you're reading this, you are obligated to binge all of the Johnny vs KH videos

[@totofan4ever]

I am a simple woman. I see Kingdom Hearts. I click.

[@MOtherMetroid]

My kingdom also has hearts...one. :P

[@Mr.Xarxes]

i am a simple man i see dormammu, i come to bargain.

[@brodiegolemon3208]

Excavalear drums ha

[@As_Expected_of_Pieck]

Kingdom Hearts fans ARE pretty simple people. Hey. Hey, Hey, Kingdom Hearts is autistic and gay!

[@AntiSoraXVI]

A simple and CLEAN woman, I'm sure ;)

[@CHRIS-X]

Kingdom hearts Kingdom hearts 2 Kingdom hearts 2 turbo Kingdom hearts 2 EX Ultra Kingdom hearts 2 turbo EX the final challengers

[@gmon7940]

Christian Contreras You forgot Super Kingdom Hearts 2 HD Remix.

[@alsyrriad]

And Knuckles

[@rotciv557]

Dylan Sepasyar featuring Dante from Devil May Cry.

[@randominternetsurfersurfin7595]

Christian Contreras pre order for Darkseid

[@BaltaBueno]

REDUX

[@Fxbox920]

oh boy if the 1st game is a almost 30 minute review im stoked to see how long BBS will be and KH2

[@blauerpanzer7333]

Dream Drop Distance...

[@SolidSnake684]

Six. Hundred. Minutes.

[@Kingdom850]

KH2 is going to be the longest review without a doubt. It has the most content in the entire series and it's the best game in the series.

[@MrRobot-0]

3D is just evil

[@Fxbox920]

Eduardo Souza kingdom hearts 3D is just ass in general. least favorite KH game and would much rather play CoM GBA

[@the-nina-beans88]

Kingdom hearts 1: Sora is chosen by the key blade. Kingdom hearts 3 : EVERYONE IS A KEYBLADE MASTER NOW

[@sonicmanic2556]

you can always rely on johnny for a proper, non-bias review of a game

[@KidSnivy69]

Hell Yeah!

[@rainopaino]

That's the worst thing a reviewer can be, honestly.

[@fabiankrummeich5414]

rainopaino How come?

[@wecantthecensorsdontallowi5982]

I suppose because if you have an opinion on something you have bias. A middle ground bias is still bias.

[@shadowknuxadventure2]

MegaMan Warriors That's one of the multitude of reasons why somecallmejohnny is my favorite youtuber, next to Chuggaaconroy.

[@lemic5813]

I shat myself when I saw this I was literally on the toilet

[@unknownpassenger4025]

:-[

[@Ryukin631]

Lamir Tweed Ditto

[@alivin3]

i read this on the toilet.

[@JamesAxis13]

Lamir Tweed .... SAME BRO SAMEEE

[@xMasterSparku]

fuck why am i laughing at this

[@TheFancyFilmmaker]

I'm a simple man. When I see a new somecallmejohnny video, I click play.

[@RemixedVoice]

Caleb Strain Congratulations.

[@starfalchion4404]

Caleb Strain You are not alone my friend.

[@Joshiesgotagun]

Aren't we all simple?

[@violet5188]

Joshiesgotagun Indeed

[@marche800]

"Skip to 18:23 to avoid Spoilers" Jesus Christ.

[@KashKey-]

I seeeeeeee you Picky Penguin.

[@GreenNinjaTea]

Marche800 shits gonna get nuts since KH1 has a barbaric plot

[@ManFromTheFizz]

This game has been out for *15 years* and your still angry about spoilers XO

[@marche800]

David Louis Yo missed the point entirely, I was commenting on the fact that it took him 16 minutes to summarize the story and that it'll only get worse from here since the story only gets more complicated. I shutter to see the length of birth by sleep's story summary.

[@marche800]

KashKey Hey fellow picky penguin​!

[@akmedssg1258]

Favorite youtuber, one of my favorite RPG games, and 21st birthday what more can a man ask for.Thanks Johnny.

[@Mr3DLC]

Don't play the drinking game involving the words "heart" or "darkness" Been known to kill people:)

[@PS2man90210]

Johnny, this is the best birthday present ever! Thank you so much, I look forward to the adventure to come! :)

[@NanaKyoto]

I wasn't paying attention to E3 anyway, so I've got time for Johnny time!

[@Jericho398]

Beyond Good and Evil 2 was announced.

[@1247theGreatest]

for once

[@SuperiorGothBun]

Nana-Kyoto I can't escape your thiccness.... I keep seeing you everywhere

[@KidSnivy69]

EWhat?

[@CHRIS-X]

Nana-Kyoto Same

[@sebc255]

"Leon": "Nobody calls me that anymore." Johnny: "You'll always be Squall to me."

[@GentleHeretic]

>Makes game as a crossover of Final Fantasy and Disney >Story is overwhelmed by donut steel OC's I keep trying to get into this series, but it's absolutely Fanfiction: The Video Game.

[@ethanedwards3357]

Jacob Smith Uhh... not really, though I can see why.

[@DragonRagovi]

Jacob Smith Believe me, I'm in the same boat as you are. The story just hurts to understand, and I haven't played any of the games before.

[@alichino3263]

That wouldn't bother me as much if the original characters were interesting. Like, maybe 6 of them are remotely compelling and the rest are super dull melodramatic characters who I really couldn't care less about.

[@NSFSponsor]

Definitely a fan fiction. But the games are fun and that's all that matters. :)

[@zoeymorrigan6521]

DragonShade100 this is one of the most dumb comments I've read in a long time.

[@DarkEinherjar]

13:41 I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING!!! I CAN'T UNSEE THAT, EITHER!!!

[@Marcosatsu]

Beyond Good and Evil 2 AND Johnny Vs. Kingdom Hearts. Today is a good day.

[@demi-fiendoftime3825]

Marcosatsu and we have the Playstation conference tonight

[@DouglasStewart99]

Didn't know you were a Johnny fan Marcos.

[@MACZ2021]

After watching this when it was uploaded, it made me want to finish working on the platinum trophy for the game and I finally did it this morning. First time 100% completing the game too even though I've beaten it lots of times over the last 15 years. So if Johnny is reading this, I just wanted to say thanks for giving me the extra incentive to push through to the end :)

[@ericemanwu]

Fun story: I got the first kingdom hearts as a Christmas present a year after it's release. To this day, it is the best surprise Christmas gift I have ever received. I remember shouting, "Yahoo!" For a good 10 seconds afterwards.

[@TheGreyJayLP]

Funny story when I started playing this series last year. When I went to get the first game on PS2, I grabbed it from the shelf, paid for it, and went back to my car. I looked inside the case to see the disc when I noticed the logo looked a little odd. There were two little lines in front of the heart (this may sound obvious but the logo is pretty hard to notice). I looked up the game disc and noticed I had the completely wrong game. I went back in and exchanged it, then went home and played. I still wonder just how confused I would have been if I would have started Kingdom Hearts 2 with no knowledge at all of anything in the series

[@vivivindicator]

Man, I just started KH with the collection on PS4 and already there's a KH3 trailer and Johnny starts a marathon.

[@KidSnivy69]

Timing!

[@starfalchion4404]

KidSnivy96 Nostalgia Critic and Casper say hi.

[@NeroDracolith]

At least you don't have to wait 11 years

[@kingarthurpendragon134]

FEEL THE POWER OF DARKNESS!!!

[@Ikcatcher]

I'm with Donald Duck on the plot I didn't get any of that

[@psyiax3238]

Did you get that???

[@Dennis_Fueru]

@@psyiax3238 No

[@VictorHugo-mp7gq]

Hey john... I just gotta say, thank you. It has been a rough year for me, it got even worse in the last couple of days, dealing with depression and a heartbreak... But, your videos kept me up, your passion, your energy just amazes me, I truly, deeply love you man. This review was released just on point with what I was going through today. Thank you from the bottom of my heart

[@kevinzdanowski1125]

All I want is NicoB to make an appearance in the Kingdom Hearts marathon. That's all I ask for.

[@edwardramos4591]

This channel has been connected... tied to the darkness...

[@jrpludacrous]

Edward Ramos soon to be completely eclipsed...

[@cypher838]

When will we get a complex backstory of Johnny's connection to darkness?

[@courtneycstl07]

Love your videos. I'm sooo happy that you're doing this marathon for Kingdom Hearts!!! Also it was a great pleasure to meet you at Momocon! Keep up the outstanding work that you do!

[@apollorock3r244]

20:02 Thankfully, Kingdom Hearts III solves that issue. I’m rewatching this marathon to celebrate the release of Kingdom Hearts III. 😊

[@skydiamsteam6005]

Too bad it sucks

[@pkrockinit]

Who’s watching after soras in smash

[@wolfenden9805]

Sigh *slightly raises hand*

[@songohan5866]

😀

[@pentagonofpeople]

16:28 speaking of making assumptions, the events from that cutscene are actually in Days, not CoM or 2

[@DarthSpiderMario]

Johnny I just want to say thank you so much for doing what you do, I'm very happy you're finally covering the Kingdom Hearts series. Your work inspires me to start my own channel up, as I'm sure it does many others. I just wanted to remind you of how happy you make your subscribers and viewers, and I hope all goes well in your life outside of this. I can't wait for the Chain of Memories review cause I just know that's gonna be good. Have yourself a fantastic night, and take care.

[@joshd1071]

as a kingdom hearts mega fan I love how you did this, not giving any shit about others feelings about something and not watering down anything, i love it when people are real with others about their feelings, now thats how you get a sub

[@KonradGM]

As someone who never played any kingdom hearts games and had not really that good of idea what they are about im looking forward to the marathon, now what the fuck is a sora

[@kingarthurpendragon134]

in concept he was a lion boy who used a chainsaw sword as a weapon, not kidding.

[@grainneorgracequinn2888]

KonradGM yeah watching this is a good idea. I can't even explain the whole plot of this franchise 😅

[@TopHatLucario]

King Arthur If they make a Zootopia world in KHIII, I'm 100% sure that they will make Sora into a lion.

[@weridplusho]

A sky.

[@thetherapist9546]

TopHatLucario they already did look At the world pride lands

[@theresastarmanwaitinginthe5149]

So guys, that Mario and Rabbids trailer.

[@demit189]

It looked better than I thought.

[@Zazzles10Z]

The Gameplay is kinda good I guess but it's still a dumb idea.

[@Zazzles10Z]

He'd like to come and meet us But he thinks he'd blow our minds

[@coralizedredacted7500]

Zazzles1.0 it looks alright, I was disappointed it wasn't a team shooter like tf2

[@Joseph_Siri]

Noriaki Kakyoin Seems like a strategy game, such as XCOM. Well, the Mario-Rabbidz version I guess.

[@lagforce7473]

You have no idea how long I've been to waiting for this

[@Jiggleslinky]

Great to come home to this after a long Monday at work :)

[@FletcherReedsRandomness]

Johnny, I gotta say, thank you for introducing me to this franchise. When I first heard of this series, I didn't think much of it. But your videos got me interested, so I played all the games, and I was hooked, and Kingdom Hearts III is my most hyped game, now that Smash is out.

[@cyclops8238]

I really enjoy the Kingdom hearts series but I think the games could have easily benefited if it went for a T rating instead of a E rating considering that most of the franchises that take place in the game are based on G to PG-13 movies or Teen games.

[@BugBoss1205]

You must be happy now.

[@maciekx10]

I think that your the first person I ever listened to that didnt rant on the gumi-ship.

[@mikedude2724]

you're*

[@Solidus0508]

looking foward to seeing you again, I remember seeing you there the year before your had your first panel...thx for the content, sir!

[@4168kid]

I'll never forget the ending of 358/2 days. That one deffinetly spoke out to me the most, xions death as well as rikus and roxas's final fight were insane.

[@Sharff514]

Jesus this was 4 years ago

[@NathanPixelcraft]

Right when I want to get up and be productive. God dammit Johnny.

[@Ren_the_Cynic]

YESSSS! I've been waiting for this marathon for ages! 😀

[@briandawson7541]

THANK YOU!!!!!! I have been patiently waiting for this one for a long time! you rock dude! :D

[@thevenom2731]

Well Johnny, Kingdom Hearts III Konfirmed... You happy?!

[@yourguyforham4216]

Tails the fox but when does it release? probably not until 2020

[@yourguyforham4216]

I mean the games been in development since 2013 and we haven't gotten even a year date

[@pkennybear]

Kingdom Hearts 3 comes out 2018

[@Silent_Mochi]

KennyBurger 2019 actually January 25

[@GoodNeutralEvilChaos]

Confirmed, with a C. This is Kingdom Hearts not Mortal Kombat.

[@Mekboy_ComputerMonster]

Afraid, you are? You will be.... You *WILL* be......

[@genicasandu9320]

foreshadowing ?

[@kingarthurpendragon134]

DARKNESS!!!

[@Magicarpmaster]

Computer-Monster KINGDOM HEARTS!!! FILL ME WITH THE POWER ... OF DARKNESS!!!

[@DJROCKSTAZ]

Bring it on!

[@HyperHunt621]

Holy smokes, this marathon is about to turn five years old in just a few months.

[@clexic478]

Oh my god, I was waiting for this. Thank you!

[@67Dragonball]

Anyone else coming straight from Ubisoft?

[@ShadowKing567]

me

[@RiderNexus]

Solid conference IMO

[@Humble197]

RiderNexus nah it was all over the place

[@wdbisl]

yep

[@lickilicky64]

yeah

[@brandontherabboat4850]

Not gonna lie, I've been wanting to get into this series for the LONGEST time, but the first Kingdom Hearts game is on a console I don't have, and I don't want to experience Continuity Lockout by playing the later games. (Go to TV Tropes if you don't know what that is.)

[@Humble197]

Heracross X the first game is shit just watch someone explain it and chain of memories

[@101supertails]

Heracross X You're best bet is to get a ps4 and get the 1.5. + 2.5 HD ReMix compliation then.

[@brandontherabboat4850]

101supertails I see.

[@DarkJiku]

There's always emulation. It's what I've been using ever since I sold away my PS2.

[@czebinatorm]

Heracross X if you have a ps4, you can get the 1.5 +2.5 remix, which had 1, re:chain of memories, 2, birth by sleep, and the cutscenes for 358/2 Days and re: coded.

[@Clepston]

So happy this marathon has started. The sgb LP of Kingdom Hearts 2 was my introduction into my favorite game of all time/ my favorite game series. So excited!

[@crisXD2010]

A smile came to my face when i saw this video in my KZbin feed :')

[@defunctchannel942]

Hold up! Kingdom Hearts was your first Yoko Shimomura game? You didnt play Street Fighter II, Gargoyle's Quest, Final Fight, Parasite Eve, Super Mario RPG, or Legend of Mana before it?! You know she did those games, right?

[@dr6559]

Might be the first time he knew it was Yoko Shimomura’s work. I’m certain he had to played SF2 but I don’t think she composed all of it.

[@EbolaGW]

I'm from the future. Nobody will believe me when I say this: The main character of Kingdom Hearts will be in Super Smash Bros.

[@rebelhd64]

This was fun and, entertaining as usual thanks again for the great review Johnny!

[@jonathanward1992]

DISNEY LAND!!! Literally one of the darkest jokes from Robot Chicken made hilarious here

[@hexyboo2796]

*_YEAH GUYS!!_* It's finally here!!! Johny vs. _Final Fantasy_ Wait... Oh... _Oh......._ Nevermind

[@TheMaddogg96]

Trisfanman 1337 later

[@gamefreak256able]

I am someone whose first Kingdom Hearts was KH2 and I played the game as a kid with barely any knowledge of the movies. Honestly, I'm not sure how I skipped out on watching Disney when I was younger, but that didn't stop me from enjoying the ever-loving heck out of KH2. The combat was so gosh darn good and satisfying that the game could have the most batshit plot out there (which is definitely the case) and I'll be more than happy to smack heartless with my key and then some. I didn't care for the Disney stuff as I was too entranced with the gameplay, but the environmental designs and getting snippets of the personalities of a variety of Disney characters certainly piqued my interest to at least check the films out.

[@Magicarpmaster]

TheMasterThief Yeh kh2 combat is definetly more entertaining and feels more rewarding even if some of the battles are mash triangle.

[@grainneorgracequinn2888]

TheMasterThief I played KH1 and 2 first

[@KeishenLloyd]

YEEEEEEEEEEES I've been waiting so long for this marathon!!!!! Johnny you're the man!

[@NotAHero98]

I bought the compilation after this review! Thanks for introducing me to another amazing series!

[@vocalcalibration8033]

Kingdom Hearts, the single most inconvenient series of all time.

[@Mario9919DX]

Also I thought I should bring this up but did you know Yoko Shimomura also composed the music for the Mario & Luigi games? She also composed music for Super Mario RPG.

[@superfluousstuckupitude2512]

I'm so glad to hear you say you played kingdom hearts when you were in high school. I was about 13 when kh was released and I always feel so old because most kh people I are on KZbin first played the game when they were like 5 or 8.

[@Mona-573]

I'VE BEEN WAITING TOO LONG FOR THIS.

[@SonnyFRST]

Even back in KH1, it was already part of the keikkaku that Mickey wouldn't show up until the end because he was going to retrieve the Key of Darkness while Donald and Goofy followed the Key of Light. That whole 0.2 thing was likely just an idea they had later... I know you said you didn't really care Johnny, but as far as KH1 things aren't really all that complicated.

[@ultimateblong]

2:30. Rest in peace headphones.

[@Eragonfrost]

Finally this review! Been waiting too damn long love it!

[@TheFloodFourm]

As someone who loves KH and has seen very few Disney movies: I still love the worlds. I feel like there's 3 types of people who will play KH. The people who will love Disney and will absolutely adore the game like Johnny. Then there's people like me, people who know the movies because they're everywhere but have never seen them. Seeing the Disney characters was still really cool even if I didn't make that connection. It was a fun addition and the warm loving characters of Disney are a great compliment to a game that's morals are really the same. Follow your heart, love your friends. The two go hand and hand in that respect. The third type of people will be the people who have somehow never known any of the characters in the game. These people will see the worlds and their characters as all original and made for the game. I think their chance of enjoying the worlds will be hit or miss. But in the end Disney characters still shine through their bad writing in this game. Especially by the second game where you visit their worlds for the second and third times. By then they aren't just Disney characters, they're friends.

[@sterlingmuse5808]

A series that I really need to play XD Looking forward to these reviews, and in all likelihood I'll forget the plot by the time I actually get around to playing it.

[@sterlingmuse5808]

That Emperor with a Disney hat edit was perfect, by the way. 10/10

[@demi-fiendoftime3825]

Sterling Muse to understand the plot it's actually simple play in this order start with BBS or KH1 and play the other then you'll be fully understanding of the set up here, Then after that you have Chain of Memories which you can skip if you want as not too much plot important happens here but enough that you'll eventually want to check it out, Play KH2 after KH1 and BBS for the love of your santy please do this, once you've finished BBS and KH1 and 2, Feel free to try the side stories in the DS that add more details top certain charicters or move on to basically KH3's prolog in the form of KH3D and 0.2 BBS. The mobile game just look up the plot for it, it's a good mobile game if you like Kingdom Hearts but it takes forever to get to the story important stuff but overall stick to this order and read the reports in your journal and you should be fine:)

[@sterlingmuse5808]

Thanks, but I'll be playing them in release order. I love complicated plots like this on occasion, I'll be just fine.

[@mishy8584]

There's still no megaman x rwviews? This cant be happening!theres no reason for me to go on! JOHNNY! WHAT ARE YOU REVIEWING FOR!!!!

[@genicasandu9320]

if he reviews KH3D it will all be worth it. trust me

[@itsmemae]

I have been waiting for this video.

[@TheLegobatman3609]

YESSS IVE WANTED THIS FOR SO LONG

[@darktearsJP]

F*CK. YES.

[@GameAlicornLuna]

Well, Kingdom Hearts 3 came out. Might as well marathon the Johnny Vs again so I know what's going on.

[@4473021]

JOHNNY I'VE WAITED YEARS FOR THIS REVIEW. Edit: That music gave me hardcore nostalgia jesus.

[@deanenlow7129]

i love how your so passionate about this series