Kingdom Hearts Dark Road Reaction - Part 1

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[@sorachaosblade7537]

The funny thing is that after Riku got overtaken by the Heartless Swarm boss called Demon Tower in Kingdom Hearts 3 once he was released he came out with this same haircut as Young Xehanort 0:37 instead of Riku's Short Hair. It's a little attention to detail that most won't realize during the time Riku held Replica Riku's Heart within his at that moment, hence the reason he left his broken keyblade at the Beach of the Dark Realm. Almost makes me wonder if Replica Riku will return maybe as a waypoint back from Quadratum to there. Maybe the version of Young Xehanort that was brought forward in time will pick it up or Vanitas might come back as one of the Ancient Willful Darknesses. Maybe the keyblade itself will just be a Waypoint considering they are said to have wills of their own for choosing their Wielders. Just a little foreshadowing that most might have looked over.

[@calebgoodman3028]

An interesting thing to note is every new character in this game are named after gods from Norse mythology. The only exceptions are Xehanort and Eraqus but it has led to the idea that Xehanort is Loki, the more sympathetic interpretations at least. Especially later on. Not just that but Master Odin even resembles an actual picture of Odin, leading to a theory that he might be the Master of Masters because both Odin and MoM gave up an eye to attain knowledge.

[@tikitravels]

When you said you want to see his dreams, they had just shown you his dreams at 0:01 haha

[@davesinsanestudio8072]

The star wars references are 100% intentional. Nomura is a fan. I recommend googling Tetsuya Nomura, star wars figures. He redesigned Vader, Storm troopers, and I think Maul with really cool designs. Correction it's actually Maul and Boba too.

[@Arc115YT]

Glad to see Dark Road is here! The story in this game is actually really really good. I don't know if it's just me, but I actually like watching you read the text bubbles and reacting in real time. c: Looking forward to next time!

[@KHhero]

Awesome voicing the dialogue Stringo! 😁Was your reaction to my Dark Road "Opening Theme" Music Video really contentIDclaimed by youtube though?? 🤔 It was 100% "No issues" when I put it up on my yt... 😅 At least I thought your reaction to the Dark Road Finale Trailer could be included as hype for the finale~ 🥳 But maybe another time I guess haha... 😂

[@calebgoodman3028]

Armored Xehanort isn’t the only secret boss in Birth by Sleep, Armored Eraqus is a secret boss as well! Eraqus even uses different attacks depending on whether you’re playing as Terra, Ven or Aqua! While Eraqus is the easiest of the three (Young Xehanort still being considered the hardest) Eraqus definitely has the most replay value. You also have seen Xehanort’s armored form once before since Xemnas wears it in one of his KH2 boss fights.

[@calebgoodman3028]

It’s funny how you mention Cid and how it’s funny we have two, because nearly every Final Fantasy related media has at least one character named Cid. In fact it’s trademarked! The one from Final Fantasy VII is the most well known though due to the PS1’s successful marketing and by extension FFVII.

[@calebgoodman3028]

Eraqus and Xehanort are only around 70 or so. Keep in mind that a lot of these scenes happen in between gameplay sections so whenever it says something like 54 years later they mean in perspective of Young Xehanort. They don’t stack when timeskips happen back to back. Imagine if they did though...

[@Ronldbx6]

First time I'm really watching Dark Road from the beginning to end (only seen bits and pieces). I had no idea Xehanort went straight from Destiny Island to Scala Ad Calum!😲 Thats pretty cool!

[@calebgoodman3028]

It’s believed Xehanort shaved his head which is why he’s bald when he’s older. At least that’s how it’s implied, as the actual line just says it’s a symbol of his resolve.

[@SeanSunn]

Finally, the beginning of the END OF KH PHASE I (: Hope KH Phase II (Lost Master Arc) doesn't go the way of the MCU lately lol... (And hope MCU Phase I is a playable world in KH Phase II thanks to the "Disney+ MCU" hahaha ;)

[@calebgoodman3028]

Something I forgot to mention is this game has different gameplay. Rather than tapping on the enemy and using medals for special attacks, it’s more similar to the Flick Rush mini-game in Dream Drop Distance using cards.

[@calebgoodman3028]

1:20:16 This scene is straight out of KH3’s cutscene. 1:41:03 Birth by Sleep cutscene. 2:34:48 Re:Mind I believe. Don’t remember if it was in base KH3.

[@calebgoodman3028]

The Star Wars similarities are intentional I think since I hear it’s one of the inspirations for for the series so it’s definitely not just you. Many fans pointed it out, yet for some strange reason they still don’t want a Star Wars world...