Patrick & Just Write Explain KINGDOM HEARTS (And Why It's Great)

[@JustWrite]

I only agreed to this so Patrick would finally invite me over to his mansion.

[@laceystephens8800]

Gotta get that bread somehow. Also I love your channel

[@KostikaD]

You're wrong about Final Fantasy. It has that name because the creator Hironobu Sakaguchi wasn't having any luck with game creation. He named it Final Fantasy because it was his last try at game creation. His final try. I love ya Sage, but get your facts right. Final Fantasy has absolutely NOTHING to do with Tolkien.

[@fgdj2000]

Kostika D Weeeeell, the first part is true, but the last part not entirely. It was initially based off of European medieval fantasy themes, which were largely influenced by Tolkien in their modern appearance. Many early rpgs, Japanese or western, were based on the fantasy genre as it was „created“ by Tolkien. But I guess it is a stretch to say it was based on Tolkien. So, yeah. Get your facts straight, people ;)

[@naheemquattlebaum2267]

@@fgdj2000 Actually Final Fantasy was mostly inspired by Dungeons & Dragons which in turn was inspired by Tolkien. The concept of HP, leveling up, and classes? That's all Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. Straight facts. :) very Jungian when you think about it.

[@KostikaD]

@@TheLiduma Inspired by fantasy stories, which I'm not disputing, isn't the same as based on Lord of the Rings though. There is a hell of a lot of european fantasy out in the world that existed long before Lord of the Rings.

[@lionofjudah6753]

“No more than Paddington.” “... I hate you.” Love this collab already.

[@ABoyNamedArt]

I would've slapped the poutine off his face. "Don't you invoke his name."

[@campkira]

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[@HelloFutureMe]

As someone who, like, never got into Kingdom Hearts as a kid, this was a welcome punch in the face of knowledge.

[@newguy7209]

A wild Tim appears!

[@Dachusblot]

I'm surprised you never got into Kingdom Hearts, it seems like something you'd like!

[@camerongrow6426]

Same, I have way to many friends who love it

[@animem54]

Well now is a great time to start!! So much fun!!!

[@AlphaOblivion7]

As a story, Kingdom Hearts definitely has some flaws, but it's absolutely something that I recommend you experience! Love your vids btw!

[@mothersbasement]

This is one of my favorite pitches for Kingdom hearts. Really captures what makes the series great.

[@Crazelord91]

Do you plan on making a video about it, I'm sure it'll be great as well

[@felman87]

Mother's Basement is appearing in Patrick's next colab. I'm calling it here. This KZbin Cinematic Universe is gonna be big.

[@OldManMcLoyf]

Talk about two horrendous creators coming together...

[@Road_to_Dawn]

Geoff!! Please do a video about them. It would totally make my day. I mean year. I mean life.

[@goldstarsupreme]

Can't believe they left out the part where Aqua goes to hell for loving her friends too much

[@daniellins4114]

Or the part where Xion basicaly does assisted suicide

[@meteornome2556]

@@daniellins4114 Or Roxas suicide mission to kill the entire Organization XIII

[@JT044-iz1cv]

Or the part where Riku gets demonically possessed.

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

Or the part where Vexen gets burned alive by Axel’s snap of his finger.

[@tigerfestivals5137]

@@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE okay like that was actually the most brutal and visceral moment in the series. Axel literally burned Vexen alive, while Vexen let out this awful scream. I'd expect that kind of violence from other series but it came out of left field in Kingdom Hearts.

[@CrazyAznKT]

This may be the best defense/introduction to Kingdom Hearts I’ve ever seen. Having two writing and movie-centric guys discuss it may have helped because KH diehards and general game-centric people come in way too hot on the topic and focus on lore too much. Like I’ve seriously never heard the justification of Disney and Final Fantasy fitting together because of their similar roots in fairy tale before.

[@RailocSTC]

It's an interesting interpretation but one that's not really reflected in the games. The Disney sections end up having no bearing on the plot. None.

[@CrazyAznKT]

Rotten Red Rod That’s fine, they don’t need to. They’re there to further the themes of friendship and the definition of heart explored in those games.

[@FireTrainer92]

@@CrazyAznKT Exactly

[@meteornome2556]

@@RailocSTC In Kingdom Hearts 1 they are important.

[@daniellins4114]

@@meteornome2556 and in 3 as well, to an extent

[@mylesschutte6257]

Friend: "Are you playing Kingdom Hearts? What is it even about?" Me: [Long explanation about how it's really about kids entering adulthood and dealing with issues like depression. They keep talking about darkness in their heart and how it keeps attacking them no matter how much they try to defeat it. So they learn how to accept it and grow in a way where it doesn't control them. It's also about how friends change, grow apart, and even hurt each other. The game teaches that being an adult is knowing things are always changing and not usually without it's shadows] Friend: ... Me: "It's final fantasy and Disney and whatever...." Friend: "Ohhhh!"

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

I prefer to call it Disney and anime lol.

[@fightingmedialounge519]

Except it's interpretation of both of those conepts are rather childish.

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

@kye I mean, it IS technically a kids game. So yeah, of course it would be a little childish.

[@fightingmedialounge519]

@@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE there's a diffreence between a little and Saturday morning cartoon leveles of childish.

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

@kye Which KH isn’t really that lol. I honestly find it a little more mature in comparison to other kids type of media. Even if it is a little cheesy at times

[@jackleylian]

was that hbomberguy in the background???

[@edmundcastle8201]

I was gonna say

[@DHRbarnett]

The HBomb KZbin Cameo Cinematic universe gets BIGGER EVERY DAY

[@deferencetodusk]

Yup at 2:22

[@yonokhanman654]

Next colab is about Dark Souls, confirmed.

[@zoetropeyzy]

Maybe this is where he’ll finally do that Night In The Woods video

[@felman87]

In terms of game for your dollars, Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far is essentially all the games up to KH3 in one package. So, if you have a PS4 and are curious, get that. It's like 25 bucks. That's like, 4 bucks a game or something.

[@kaingates]

felman87 you don’t play a lot of the games though. You play the good ones but goes through cinematic scenes for the rest of the okay games.

[@GnRGaming]

@@kaingates As someone who's interested in getting into the series this late in the game, that sounds perfect.

[@Shoulderpads-mcgee]

Don’t listen to the game order the package presents though. Play KH2, THEN watch Days not the other way around

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

@darth Yeah. 358/2 Days, Re:coded, and Xchi:Back Cover are just cutscenes. So there’s technically only 6 games. And they aren’t terribly long, KH2 being the longest which is 32 hours (main story at least).

[@JoshuaFagan]

When I saw this was a new Patrick Willems video, I smiled. When I saw it was a collab with Sage Hyden, I gasped. When I saw it was about Kingdom Hearts, I almost fainted. This is like a dream come true.

[@Emarella]

The three stages of seeing someone you admire *actually gets Kingdom Hearts.* I don't blame people who don't like it; I get it. There's plenty of games out there that I don't get and don't enjoy. But it gets so disheartening as a KH fan to see so many people rip it to shreds and laugh at it when it's very clear they haven't stopped to even try to understand it at its core. This video does such a fantastic job explaining it.

[@Trxpamvs]

Bruh I just realized kh is literally the game equivalent of a long running shonen manga 🤯

[@solidussly7]

Allison Gerdes it really is

[@armortekel]

That's part of the appeal to me. It's a long story that you can take your time with

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

It is lol. And the story isn’t ending anytime soon, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing to me. I mean seriously. I can’t help but feel the past 17 years of games were only just the beginning......

[@JT044-iz1cv]

Sora's Bizzare Adventures:Disney Crusaders

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

@jack don’t you mean Sora’s Bizzwre Adventures: Disney Crusaders Chain of Memories by Sleep Coded/2 Days Dream Drop Distance Final Mix Re:Mind definitive edition S 0.2 Turbo Remix Re:mind featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series. And Knuckles?

[@Radien]

My favorite part is actually when Patrick asks “what *makes* Sora so dumb?...” with nothing but serious, inquisitive, sincere academic curiosity on his face.

[@jostaar]

I have played all KHs and even if I didn't learn anything new in this video, I now consider the games with a new warmth about their themes and core messages.

[@raidenofthedesert]

I love these channels and Kingdom Hearts is something I never would have guessed these two would collaborate on. Fun video. Had me smiling the whole time!

[@rikou4214]

same dude

[@cultclassicdeadinside9862]

RIP Leonard Nimoy and Rutger Hauer💔

[@Notmyday2009]

The kingdom heart curse: any Disney VA that appear in this game tend to be there last work. RIP Christopher Lee and bunch of other people with less name recognition.

[@daniellins4114]

Who's Rutger Hauer?

[@daniellins4114]

@@Notmyday2009 at least mark hamill didn't suffer this curse...

[@erichernandez1958]

NMD 018 there’s been maybe only five from what I remember.

[@soratriforce2877]

​@@daniellins4114 He was a Dutch actor best known for playing Roy Batty, the villain from Blade Runner who did the famous "tears in rain" monologue. He passed away in 2019, with Kingdom Hearts III as one of his last performances.

[@Levitz9]

I think the main takeaway from this is that a lot of critics/analysists in the US should stop looking at Japanese media as an inherently *weird* medium (which is pretty othering and orientalist). The comparison between Kingdom Hearts' sentimentality and Paddington's is perfect. Melodrama is *just fine* when it's Sam and Frodo in a volcano, but the drawn-out sentimentality of Naruto and Sasuke is somehow *so weird* even though people who've read Naruto have seen it evolve page-by-page in a series every bit as long and involving as LotR. Initial D making intense drama out of drift racing is over-the-top and silly, but Fast and the Furious is *applauded* for embracing it while throwing in scenes of Vin Diesel fighting a guy with a pair of giant wrenches as swords--Initial D plays its dramatic racing *straight* and isn't afforded that kind of respect. People would rather watch Pacific Rim and enjoy its "goofiness" instead of the countless mecha anime that inspired it because whoa, Getter Robo looks *weird*, or Mazinger shooting lasers out of its chest fins *can't be taken seriously*. I'm not arguing that Japanese media is inherently better, but once you stop looking at Japanese media as *foreign* and get over the cultural differences, you realize that the emotional beats aren't all that different and you were just getting caught up over how *silly* and *weird* the titles are or that the main character has like nine hair colors at once.

[@AndorRobotnik]

OH MY GOD RIKU HAS DEPRESSION THAT EXPLAINS A LOT

[@DeeFig66]

It does doesn't it? When he said it I went... Holy SH- (Been playing the game since KH1 on the PS2.)

[@chestersnap]

Yeah, I feel really dumb for not noticing that this game's about depression particularly when I have it

[@kyledonnelly8250]

Tetsuya Nomura is a surprisingly thoughtful and deeply emotional writer. Obviously fights depression and very likely adores his friends. The games he's directed always focus around loss, becoming a memory, or fading to darkness. Usually lonely isolated or tragic people forced into a world of darkness with a huge emphasis on friends being the light. I liked his ideas for kh and ffxv, still don't think they're all masterpieces,buuut parts of them are amazing. Just need a cowriter to help funnel those ideas into what I feel will eventually be a masterpiece.

[@MaxMarriner]

Oh this is so good! Do Metal Gear next, I want someone to explain to Patrick what FOXDIE is!!

[@jamess.3013]

Max Marriner definitely needs to happen

[@TehJaytius]

A peptide engineered to infect people with a particular genetic code and make their heart cells undergo apoptosis - while quite a mouthful - is ironically one of the easier things to explain about MGS. It’s certainly easier to grasp than the illuminati using an AI to censor the internet because they want to realise the final wishes of a soldier who was killed by her protégé because she was wrongly blamed for a nuclear attack on Russian soil 🙃

[@A_Oda27]

Ok, the Paddington joke earned my like. I never expected to laugh out loud at 11 pm.

[@Limxuv]

in the mobile game, Kingdom Hearts Union X, it acknowledges how disturbing it is that children from across the worlds are recruited as soldiers to fight a doomed war against the darkness which ultimately leads into the main series

[@indigohalf]

Hey, I found another person who shares my reading about Riku's psychology!

[@Chvse4U]

Kingdom Hearts is specifically designed to fill my heart with warmth and child like wonder. I know it's sappy but I love this series. Boss fight at the end of KH2 is still too hype.

[@mads_in_zero]

Someone: What're you thinking of? Me: Oh nothing My Brain: "We shall go together" [reversal] [reversal] [reversal] [reversal] [reversal] [reversal] [reversal] [reversal] [reversal]

[@dawnwayfinder]

+Sharktooth It's a Moogle-fluffing castle-dragon that shoots lasers and missiles! What's not to love?

[@Zomdra]

_Darkness of the Unknown_ is one of the absolute best final boss themes ever.

[@CervantesVI]

2:19 Hey wait a minute... I didn't grow up with the Kingdom Hearts games as a kid, but I did play through all of them at the beginning of the year, and I absolutely love them. The Gameplay is great, and the story is dumb in all the best ways, and the emotional resonance, like Sage explains, is truly something special.

[@rebekahcastro5430]

There's NO WAY you're taking KAIRI'S *HEART!*

[@chrissysky01]

I'm thrilled you're getting into KH. It's definitely convoluted and you guys are right to point that out, but I think you'll like the overall themes. Particularly after your KIKI video.

[@MatthiasPendragon]

"I want to play Kingdom Hearts! I want to whack a Heartless with a Keyblade! I want to know what that means!"

[@ThatRandomBystander]

This interpretation of Kingdom Hearts as being about overcoming depression is SO in-line with my own experiences with the franchise. The games absolutely helped me get through my own depression (even with all its absurdity) and I'm super happy to see this video 😭😭

[@JustSomebody5]

2:25 Am I crazy or is that hbomberguy, similar build, hair length and color huh...

[@harrisonE]

Literally came here to say that - 90% sure that is the case.

[@kimberlee9608]

THATS HIS ROBE I JUST KNOW IT!

[@harrisonE]

@@kimberlee9608 It's confirmed on Twitter. They're both part of the Nebula Cinematic Universe.

[@SticktheFigure]

Very happy to see this video as Kingdom Hearts has been one of the few consistent things in my life over the last 17 years. Thank you so much for this.

[@Evnyofdeath]

To clarify the Heartless Nobody naming scheme, its down to the people who named them. The Heartless were named "Heartless" by Xehanort, because Pureblood Heartless (solid black with yellow eyes) are manifestations of pure darkness that never had an original self, that seek out hearts on instinct because they lack them. Artificial Heartless are the ones that are the Darkness inside a person made manifest and consume their Heart. Nobodies are named "Nobodies" because to paraphrase Ansem the Wise, they "are nobody". By the rules of reality in Kingdom Hearts, they should not exist and thus are "Nothingness" made real. So they are nothing and thus Nobody.

[@postmodernguava9518]

"Sora's just confused by everything that happens around him..." So he's the most self-aware Kingdom Hearts character, got it.

[@yjinkscrawler]

Was literally watching KZbin videos while playing kingdom hearts and two of my favourite KZbinrs popped with a video on it. Surreal and amazing. Sage's analysis and explanation of the core emotions that drive the series was on point. Great job guys.

[@mexicanforce3]

The funnest part is I have been watching kingdom hearts content all day. I get home and see this and I was so happy to see one of my favorite content creators post this

[@NobodyC13]

As a ten year old in 2002 playing and finishing the game for the first time, I actually broke down crying when Sora and Kairi and Riku were seperated as the universe was being restored. To this day, I get teary-eyed when "Hikari" begins to play during the "Keyblade that unlocks hearts" scene.

[@benbecker696]

A Just Wright & Patrick Willems team up is exactly what I wanted for my birthday

[@tricksterhoisington1470]

Happy birthday!

[@benbecker696]

Thanks!

[@AYoungdude]

Chain of memories was something that defined my opinions of psychoanalysis for a very long time. I mean the heart(less) is the ID, the chain of memories/(no)body is the ego and the kingdom hearts franchise is the superego. also goofy gets headshot in kh2 and I still get teary eyed about that to this day.

[@darkmyro]

You just gave me a PTSD flashback and that part got spoiled for me too, cause the game treats it like he's gonna be gone forever for a little bit. I loved goofy too. it's weird that he tends to be the voice of reason in these games. XD

[@ktownshutdown21]

CoM is just the Organization gaslighting Sora into an existential crisis. ....DISNEY! 😁

[@featuringdez7456]

I absolutely love the kh franchise! It’s ridiculous in the best of ways

[@Netherman14TheHellblazer]

So another thing, Kairi (the auburn-haired girl who talks with Sora and Riku) is originally from another world called Radiant Garden. But when said world was corrupted Kairi was sent to Destiny Islands, which is Sora and Riku's home world.

[@ethangilbert4029]

A H.Bomerguy cameo????? OMFG

[@zmanjace1364]

Kingdom Hearts: basically a weeb constantly getting concussed in Diseny World.

[@Jayfive276]

So "weeb" just means "anyone with the remotest, most passing interest in anime" now. Huh.

[@tonzillaye]

When my work night suddenly has a much stronger start. Thank you good sir

[@benszlapak]

I was going to sleep, but this vid is more important

[@robertcorr6971]

Kingdom Hearts was ahead of the curve with the use of nostalgia.

[@meteornome2556]

And Disney purchasing Star Wars. Doubly so with Xemnas choice of weaponry, Birth By Sleep being Revenge of the Sith, and Master Eraqus (played by Mark Hamill who was also the announcer for the first games commercials) having the same role as Luke Skywalker in The Last Jedi 7 Years before the Last Jedi ever came out and Lucasfilm being apart of Disney.

[@jwil8577]

I love this collab! Just Write is my fave. He's the one who got me into video essays. Love it!

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

Every time Sunglasses Patrick says “content” I chuckle a bit.

[@Nathan_Tanner]

Me: I enjoy Kingdom Hearts, but I recognize it’s flaws. Also me: *weeps the minute the music comes in*

[@andersadams3750]

I literally was thinking to myself yesterday, when is someone going to do a video essay on Kingdom Hearts!

[@godawful5600]

Anders Adams there’s a couple others out there, but this one of the only positive ones lmao

[@DeeFig66]

There are a whooooole bunch! Just gotta look for them. :)

[@myriad2878]

For the past 19 years, I had absolutely no interest in the Kingdom Hearts franchise. And in less than 10 minutes, you guys made me want to play them. Awesome video Patrick and Just Write!

[@nwworrior28]

KINGDOM HEARTS IS MY LIFE! DIDN'T EXPECT THIS MASH UP SO SOON

[@Lukz243]

Even with its convoluted realness, it always brings me a smile (even on a let's play like New play plus)

[@KamariaHolden]

This video makes me happy on so many different levels. I really thought at the end there you were going to announce your twitch account and playing Kingdom Hearts haha but so good this was! Kingdom Hearts will always be special to me, no matter how convoluted the series went, I'll forever be a dedicated fan, and the fact that you've collabed with Just Write another favorite KZbinr makes this such a treat. Also, is this his official face reveal video?! Because I don't think I've seen what he looks like girl so that was cool too! And can't wait to check out Nebula, congrats on that and I hope it takes off!

[@icefiredragon94]

I think a lot of people just like to hate on the series due to performing one of the common flaws when consuming media...trying to enforce real life logic without understanding how the game or show's universe works. The timeline also is still pretty linear as it only flows backwards or forwards yet a lot of us are pretty allergic to time that doesn't just move forward. It was something I loved about the series, just being a fantastical adventure against a villain who didn't want to move on and it was great.

[@lemondere]

I learned more abou kingdom hearts from this than any of those big plot explainer vids

[@WhoBlah21]

Yeah because most of those big plot explainer videos, likes to meme about the writing and dialogue of every game overall. This might sound corny but I look at every KH game as in individual shonen battle arc, it's things completely easier to understand.

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

That’s because explaining the entire story in 1 session isn’t a good idea lol. There’s a lot to take in, and it’s pretty much impossible to put all of that in 1 single video; without making the viewer lose track.

[@ktownshutdown21]

That's because these guys actually looked at it at more than just a surface level, as opposed to the surface level "jokes" people think they're being clever about.

[@kleptopolarbear1609]

Kingdom hearts is my shit and that was just scratching the surface...good video

[@JamesLawner]

I only ever played KH2, and even though I never finished it, I still loved it; Roxas's story broke my 12yo heart!

[@phritzy5421]

Yes! A solid video that's not overly praising or overly criticizing Kingdom Hearts!! Awesome video

[@taunfountainjr7942]

I always loved Riku’s character arc and how it was a, maybe unintentional, metaphor for depression. It made him my favorite seeing how he overcame it. Really made a younger me hopeful for the future.

[@yonokhanman654]

2:19 Nothing to see here.

[@dawnwayfinder]

I thought it was a natural reaction to hearing "please do not explain the entire plot of Kingdom Hearts to me."

[@talia_al_gabagool]

Is that Hbomberguy

[@gabrielm3659]

Solid shot with Micky in the glasses, well done Mr. Williems.

[@EJD339]

Lol at 2:20 when that person who owns the home walks in the room and sees strangers in her house was such a funny moment

[@user-wt2dz5bx5m]

looks like hbomberguy

[@xanderbissell1481]

HBomberguy? What are you doing in Patrick's mansion?

[@FreyaEinde]

Xander Bissell All of breadtube share a mansion

[@theoriginalsache]

Freeloading. ba-dum-tiss!

[@BeeBN]

i think u dont understand sora very well, he's happy to see the worlds he said himself "I wanna see them all"

[@marksutter182]

This is a good one. I may need to try this series again.

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

It’s a great series. Tho I can understand how it may be difficult for people to get into it. Story can be a bit difficult to understand at first.

[@LuckPuddle]

No mention of the Haley Joel Osment voice of Sora? My dog adored listening to him... she still does and she's 14 years old...

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

My favorite franchise of all time. Honestly, I wouldn’t be the person I am today without it. It changed my life. Also I can’t wait for the future of the franchise. Omg, KH3’s ending, Secret ending, and Epilogue has me so HYYYPPPPEEEDDD!!!!!

[@dekuisagreatmaincharacter]

I just found out about this channel, and even if this video is almost three years old, please just let me say, thank you. I found out about Kingdom Hearts a few years back while browsing the Disney wiki and decided to give it a try. I thought it was just going to be a fun and lighthearted game with characters from my childhood, but in just the first few hours of the first game, I was already captivated by the original characters, their relationships and the universe they lived in. The more games I experienced, the more fascinated by the series I became. Each new contrivance and crazy reveal made me love the story more and more. Though I don’t hide that I love the series, I was (and still kind of am) nervous, and even ashamed to openly defend it. So many people just talked about how “the story makes no sense”, or “it’s badly written”, or that “it takes itself too seriously”. Even though I disagree, sometimes I can’t help but think that maybe they’re right. Maybe this story really is bad. Everyone else says it is. But I still like it, and not in a “it’s so bad it’s fun” kinda way. I’ve shed tears for these characters, have dedicated weeks to writing fanfic about them, read about the lore for hours. I think it’s good. But everyone else seems to think it isn’t. Maybe there is something wrong with me. In which case, how good of a writer can I be if I love something so many people say is bad? When these thoughts come, all I can do is tell myself that just because some people don’t like the series, doesn’t mean I can’t. When they say the story makes no sense, I think about how the only people that say so are people that don’t know the first thing about said story. When they say the story takes itself too seriously, I think “why shouldn’t it?” Because really, why shouldn’t a story take itself seriously and tells its story in a meaningful way just because it’s absurd and ridiculous? Why can’t I enjoy and appreciate the writing just because it’s unusual? So thank you Patrick (H) Willems and Just Write for making this video. You have no idea how great it felt to have two people that know more about all this stuff of writing and storytelling than you tell you that this series is genuinely great despite its silliness and unusual nature, that there’s nothing wrong in loving it, and there’s nothing wrong with me for loving it. Really, thank you guys so much.

[@bs3715]

Dude it’s my birthday next week, this is the best early gift.

[@ryancarless7921]

2 of my favorite KZbinrs talking about my favorite game.

[@lukasmunzenmayer7489]

Okay i have just laugh out loud in my classroom. just 5 minutes before i turned on youtube on my pc, some of my classmate saw my pc wallpaper which is a kingdom hearts 2,8 wallpaper, and asked what that was, because they saw the Disney character, so i explained what it was. now turn on youtube and this pop ups as the first new video in my sub box.

[@SoloJona]

Patrick talks about Kingdom Hearts!? AWESOME!!

[@elmoisred616]

This is a genuine hot take going over both the greatest and worst aspects of Kingdom Hearts. An objective rarity to see in one video. I really like the dynamic of Just Write being a fan and Patrick Willems being cynical

[@sensibleGamer]

I've been considering getting CuriosityStream for ages now, and I've always _HOVERED_ on the edge of getting it, but the moment you described what Nebula is and that it's included I was *_SOLD!!_*

[@duffman18]

Can you work out how to access Nebula? I've got curiosity stream too. But there's no Nebula in that app and there's no separate Nebula app on the play store

[@sensibleGamer]

@@duffman18 It's a separate website. I don't know how it works for existing CuriosityStream members, but when I signed up I was immediately sent a link to create a password for my automatically created account at WatchNebula.com

[@valysheev]

These games legit changed my life...

[@daniellins4114]

Same

[@valysheev]

@@daniellins4114 which did you play first

[@daniellins4114]

@@valysheev would you bel ive if I said it was 358/2? I got it from a friend on my birthday and really enjoyed it (even if didn't completely understood the villains motives or who Riku was). Couple years latter I got BBS, loved the story and characters and it instantly became one of my favourite games of all time. After that, I played most of the others on the ps3 collections as they came out

[@daniellins4114]

What about you?

[@Road_to_Dawn]

Same here. Ever since little 14-year-old me got GBA Chain of Memories as a prize at Dave & Buster’s, KH has been my favorite franchise of all time

[@kamilziemian995]

Patrick & Just Write, thank you for that video. And Mr. Willems, seriously take a break. I won't go anytime soon.

[@androssteague]

I didn't know his name was Sage. I just called him Just Write. Everything I know about writing and structuring characters and worlds in my story I learned from Hello Future Me, Just Write, and Patrick. The fact that 2/3 are in the same video is just awesome.

[@abidounesaad3780]

who needs to know why a popular game is popular, people that like it know why they like it

[@PolarPhantom]

Even the "Nostalgia Bait" has purpose. The very first World you're likely to go to is Wonderland, which is all about a young child leaving their home and going to a bizarre new world. Alice and Sora are analogous. SPOILERS for the rest of the series. In KH II many worlds have a character in disguise, pretending to be something or someone they're not - like Mulan and Jack Skellington and a bit of Beast - or are cursed with a dreadful appearance - like Jack Sparrow and, again, Beast. This is similar to Riku's fate looking like Ansem. In KHIII the Worlds deal with Death and coping with it, being separated from your loved ones by different worlds and the power of love. This is all to set up Sora's fate. His brushes with death. How he deals with Kairi's "death" and how he uses the Power of Love to save her and the others, but by doing so he fades away.

[@bidaubadeadieu]

Broke: they're captain america and bucky Woke: they're naruto and sasuke Obviously

[@hecticdmc]

Naruto has millions of fans, that's true. The MCU movies have sold an estimated 933 MILLION tickets. I daresay more people are familiar with the Cap/Bucky analogy ;) Source: BoxOfficeMojo

[@TheRockerX]

@@hecticdmc The point was that Naruto and Sasuke is a more fitting comparison, not which property is more popular.

[@pugward]

@@hecticdmc I think the point was that Rikku, like Sasuke, chose to break bad. And also, Sora, like naruto is really dumb, but a really stubborn and loyal friend.

[@4n631ic0b1ivi0n]

Or that Kingdom Hearts was disney star wars before disney bought star wars.

[@SSK286]

@@4n631ic0b1ivi0n Yes

[@nMsFreeStyleZ]

You guys have such a lovely energie together, would love to see more colabs

[@MrThebadger200]

Don’t think I wouldn’t catch that this was shot at vidcon Patrick! I see you, Hbomberguy in the background!

[@procrastinator99]

Take a look at this tiny place. To the heart seeking freedom, this island is a prison surrounded by water. And so this boy sought out to escape from his prison. he sought a way to cross over into other Worlds, and he opened his heart to Darkness. All worlds begin in Darkness, and all so end. The heart is no different. Darkness sprouts within it, it grows, consumes it. Such is its nature. In the end, every heart returns to the Darkness whence it came. Ansem. I've played the first game so many times I've memorized this monologue.

[@ktownshutdown21]

Billy Zane's smoldering voice definitely helps matters.

[@procrastinator99]

@@ktownshutdown21 Most definitely.

[@seanmurphy3430]

I don't love KH as a series; I think I lack the necessary nostalgia to power through all the Disney worlds (my parents didn't let me watch Disney movies as a kid). That said, I do actually quite like 358/2 Days, specifically; that game got to me emotionally in a way none of the others have.

[@davidbjacobs3598]

Anyone else expected them to cut to three weeks later when he's fighting Riku? "There's no way you're taking Kairi's heart!!" "What do you mean I can't skip cutscenes?? I've watched this five times already! Argh!"

[@Urvuturama]

The crossover I never knew I needed!

[@BugsyFoga]

Pretty cool to see Patrick covering a video game series.

[@kipper1668]

Kingdom Hearts is the type of series that you play as a kid and you absolutely love, then when you think back on it as an adult you're not really sure whether it's this incredible masterpiece or complete ass but you do know that you still absolutely love it.

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

It’s definitely not a masterpiece. Even as a kid I didn’t think so. Tho it’s still freakin amazing to me.

[@jewtella]

I loved this and the points about nostalgia specifically. Great job

[@blksheepramirez]

Kingdom hearts was, is and always will be my favorite game series. Also, finally someone gives a perfect plot description. Looking at you ign

[@cultclassicdeadinside9862]

Weird how I get this notification after my brother comes home with not one but two key blades 😂👌💕

[@TheKersey475]

Videogamedunkey did the best recap of Kingdom Heart's lore.

[@meteornome2556]

He was on the money with that rebuke that Kingdom Hearts is merely nostalgia bait. So many Final Fantasy fans use that argument as to why they think so little of the Kingdom Hearts series, yet by doing so shows they are hypocrites because what do you call the Final Fantasy VII Remake if not a glorified nostalgia bait? What do you call the Final Fantasy that every final fantasy fan loves (Final Fantasy IX) if not nostalgia bait? Nostalgia bait is not always a bad thing, it can be great.

[@ronni3darko]

I think in the case for the FF7 Remake, they are trying to reach out more towards new comers. I found the story and gameplay of the first game far more entertaining than the disney worlds themselves.

[@ktownshutdown21]

The games are at their best when they can take the Disney characters and present them within a new context yet is still true to who they are. I think KH1 does it more effectively than some of the other games, but they still have their moments too.

[@Andrematt]

This made me want to see you talk more about comics. Like Hickman's X-Men or Grant Morrison and the notion of Hypercrisis or how all he wrote for DC fits in the same universe (even if DC don't)

[@CAPTAlNSTEWPID]

Disappointed that this video isn't Patrick attempting to explain Kingdom Hearts to his parents.

[@austiniuliano2507]

About to go sign up for curiosity stream and nebula because thats what real friends do.

[@Alex.In_Wonderland]

Omg this was awesome Patrick! You and sage in the same video, AAAAND a video I haven't seen?🤔 Ok, I'm convinced LOL nicely done Pat, I'll see you on nebula soon;)

[@Advent3546]

At last, Patrick gets Explained

[@NorthernDruid]

Sora is such a dum-dum because it makes for good excuses to engage in exposition, without demanding the audience grasp all the info comprehensively since the Main Character doesn't necessarily. It also makes for some cool themes about finding mastery and without proficiency and some other stuff. The titles can get silly sounding, but are always really thematic in a compelling way once you're informed of the meaning behind them (even if more literal titles like "The year shared by two" or "together while apart" flow more elegantly to the english language).

[@OrotundBucket]

3:12 The way Sage calls Sora "the world's dumbest little dumb-dumb" makes me smile

[@audelsalazar1962]

Patrick: So why does Riku go bad? Sage: Well...depression. *Mind Blown*

[@ninjaeddy1717]

That Mickey reflected in the glasses was pretty cool 😎!