The Complete Kingdom Hearts Timeline Explained

[@caffeinefiend9304]

Thank you for uploading this! It really helps a lot! BTW here are some time stamps for everyone else watching: 0:00 - Intro 0:42 - Kingdom Hearts (LimitForm72) 8:44 - Re:Chain of Memories (SkywardWing) 16:45 - Kingdom Hearts II (Soraalam1) 30:24 - 358/2 Days (HMK) 38:28 - Birth By Sleep (SuperButterBuns) 52:00 - Re:Coded (KeybladeSarah) 56:26 - Dream Drop Distance (KZXcellent) 1:08:00 - Unchained X (Uniphication) 1:13:47 - 0.2 Fragmentary passage (LimitForm72) 1:19:46 - Closing note

[@gmanz5]

End My Suffering nice

[@Gsv-w2q]

End My Suffering MY HERO

[@jacksonjack7838]

So I'm paying attention and I made it all the way to..... KH2 and then that whole game, nothing made sense. I feel like parts were intentionally being left out of this explanation video. Why does Namine not tell Roxas he's a Nobody? Why does Roxas even come out of Sora to fight him near the end? Why does Roxas even go back into Sora at the beginning? I know he is Sora's Nobody, but wtf? Does that mean Sora is nobody without Roxas? because he slept until Roxas went back into him. If this thing is explaining things in release order why does it allude to games after KH2, before its had a chance to explain them? How come Sora is ok after Roxas leaves again? Wtf is going on? and WHHYYY are these games so NEEDLESSLY convoluted. It really ruins what could be an awesome franchise, and the awesome game that started it all. Seriously I love the first KH but the rest of them are just complicated for the sake of being complicated. It should be a separate series. Its like making a Muppet movie where they're Muppets and then making a direct sequel where the Muppets are time traveling vampires who team up with Mole people and Stockbrokers to fight god. ....just why? I really dont find all of that confusing stuff interesting. And I love Final Fantasy stuff and man... I think the success of KH has kinda hurt the FF franchise by trying to make it more like KH... They're potentially gonna ruin the FF7 Remake everyone has been waiting over 20 years on based on the ending to the first part of FF7 Remake. Jeebs... ._.

[@RobMedellin]

@@jacksonjack7838 some of these have legit answers (or non-legit but good answers), but others simply is because writers (I.e. Nomura) didn't know stuff well enough back then, it was on BBS where most things were defined and a real path was traced. And still after that they added stuff and even had to change stuff. So yeah in a 20 year project that can happen unless you are a pro writer like Brandon Sanderson.

[@Shutup634]

Agreed.

[@helo3132]

Imagine being Walt Disney creating Goofy and Donald as simple cartoon characters. Then some Japanese studio turns it into something that requires at least an hour of a basic run down

[@tobiaswalker7562]

Walt, would think their crazy

[@wadephony9954]

He's probably say something racist. Then he's hunt down Nomura and it would be like the sniper scene in Full Metal Jacket

[@ChaosDesigned]

Kingdom Hearts is what happens when you love your characters too much to kill them off, but your story involves a lot of people fighting to the death. So you just reincarnate them 3 times over, for every character.

[@cobbstopper]

Like every superhero in the comics?

[@hairlinegod1968]

It's like how basically every tf2 character is immortal

[@Charlie-xu4fw]

Eraqus; "Yes"

[@turanose]

This game is the definition of "but wait, there's more!"

[@GopherChomper]

Oh my God we know! I really want a documentary that’s behind the scenes where we get told the entire planned lore of kingdom hearts by the creators as they start/finish each game. Cuz very much like everyone else I’m also convinced they made shit up for the overall lore/plot literally in the game that any concept or thing appears in, nothing was ever planned. Crazy final hard boss in KH2 that’s one of the main overarching bad guys? Really fucking easy to make a cool looking final boss in a game then in the next one way well we gotta include that guy lol. Who in the fuck was the primary writer/writing team for this series? First KH I played on release and I was like 12. That game made vague enough sense due to acceptance of anime bullshit being a normal thing. Then all the other games get added and it’s more convoluted than if the xenogears and xenoblade games were more intricately linked than by a failed science experiment that resulted in the destruction and creation of a new universe and then locking that ability into a sweet sci-fi anime sword

[@Azurald55]

@@GopherChomper the secret ending of kh1 was if there ever was a planned sequel. It was a only a concept which is why there are things in it that aren't in kh2 like Roxas with the heartless emblem and Kairi older design.

[@peep3208]

@@GopherChomper the writer is nomura and he's admitted in interviews to just going along with the flow and making stuff up as he goes (not all of it though) but he does has a vague plan for the story

[@ayedeeaechdee7795]

This is the best description

[@ayedeeaechdee7795]

@@GopherChomper I'm pretty sure the storyline unfolding for kingdom hearts was everyone sitting around a fire with a pile of beer cans, someone takes a long drag of a "cigarette" and says the next thing that comes to their mind. And they just roll with it. Now they're in too deep and don't really know how to end it!

[@Witchpandawa]

There so much happening that not listening for 30 seconds is missing a chuck. Had to rewind a few times

[@orqhicc]

frrr for like 10 sec i was paying attention to the actual cutscenes instead of what they were saying and i had to rewind a ton

[@Storyteller2093]

That's ok just ask Max Caulfield sure she can rewind as much as necessary 😛 This action will have consequences

[@chuggaa100]

@@Storyteller2093 Cringe

[@O_Ciel_Phant0mhive]

me too!!!

[@ninaniles3184]

I had the honor of playing all the games I just like hearing recap every once in a while

[@mr.papaveraceae3009]

I feel like Disney should straight up make a Kingdom Hearts movie and go though all the events and characters in a timeline that anyone can follow.

[@jacksonjack7838]

No one alive can follow this convoluted mess. The only good one is the first one. and Its great.

[@FryYeeter]

I've heard they're working on a Disney+ Show for Kingdom Hearts

[@Lacie9]

That would be a long movie

[@Storyteller2093]

@crazybiscuithead at least 5 is say maybe XIV of them just to be sure

[@O_Ciel_Phant0mhive]

@@jacksonjack7838 only good one ? they are all good.

[@Spartan-qw2tr]

"He tries...and gets bodied" had me dying 🤣🤣🤣

[@roses6647]

Glad I know someone else found that hilarious 😂

[@Notoriouscj1]

Timestamp

[@impyasad]

@@Notoriouscj116:12

[@abrahamlincoln1217]

i know thats there's a group of 13 people, some guy with red hair,a bunch of disney characters, a kid named sora, and the sora guy has two friends. and thats all i remember after this video

[@JoshQuest1]

A SUMMARY VIDEO IN RELEASE ORDER. BLESS.

[@AmomenttobeReal]

xion, a nobody with in theory no personality have more than Kairi with a quarter of her screen time. 10/10

[@brightorangepants]

The number of times I was compelled to say 'but why' aloud was staggering

[@shadowphoenix8978]

Thanks for the full story timeline, I was a bit confused on it, and this helped a lot now I can play 3 without getting confused more.

[@LimitForm72]

I'm glad it was able to help you :)

[@JabamiLain]

Don't play it, you're not gonna regret it.

[@Lacie9]

@@JabamiLain bruh

[@AvExCams7]

@@JabamiLain this sentence makes no sense

[@Chance57]

@@AvExCams7 makes sense to me. KH3 killed my love for the KH series. I regret playing. I'll always have the originals at least.

[@18wolfspirit]

I disagree with people saying Kh has a terrible story. It is great, you just have to take time to review the full lore and analyze it fully in order to appreciate it. Eventually it will all make sense in time. Also, people have complained about Sora's positive attitude in KH 3 as though the last game had no effect on him. People like Sora exist, specifically those who strive to stay positive and retain their humanity in the face of adversarial struggles. It also seems frustrating Sora didn't get the girl to many, but to me it reminds me of how relationships don't always start when you want them to.

[@Seifer_42]

"How can we make the story of Kingdom Hearts develop in a simple, organic, and easy to understand way?" "Say no more fam, I gotchu." 19:22

[@Seifer_42]

"What kind of plot device should we use to make the already complicated and hard to follow story even more complicated and hard to follow?" 1:00:37

[@LimitForm72]

NOW THAT THIS IS OUT ITS TIME FOR SOME KH3 SOON, LETS GO!

[@Hikari156]

Second that my brother. Lol ^_^ LETS GO! Love ur videos so much Limit ^_^

[@SSlash]

LimitForm72 hey man so what’s your plan with kh3? Videos, streams? 👀

[@goroakechi273]

Bigger crossover than smash bros

[@AGGSab]

@@goroakechi273 hold that thought…

[@jamesbryan7036]

@@AGGSab underrated comeback comment xD

[@Root3264]

"He's back!" "But I defeated him!" "But now he's back!!" "How?" "The devs thought he was cooooooool"

[@DanZhukovin]

Axl died too, but came back without explanation

[@Chance57]

Roxas showing up in KH3 fully killed the series for me. I never cared for Roxas really. The plight of the nobodies didn't sway me at all. Like dude you shouldn't exist on multiple levels, get over it.

[@sethrenwright2921]

@@DanZhukovin no when your heartless and nobody is defeated they all return to the original being. So at some point axels heartless was destroyed.

[@brendon205]

​@@Chance57 so you basically dislike one of the most important aspects of the franchise 😂

[@Chance57]

@@brendon205 It has only come to be so important, and more and more so, the longer the series is gone on and become less and less coherent. It wasn't all that important (or existent) when I played Kingdom Hearts 1 upon release

[@lsimulacruml]

I only played the first KH back when it first came out, but have always been interested in the larger stories of the entire series, so the amount of time and work you put into this video is much appreciated.

[@PICADALOL]

Best kh recap video on the entire youtube. Toasty indeed!

[@mikedaprez]

The kingdom hearts timeline video is good too just old it came out before fragmentary passage and the other one about the foretellers

[@IsaacThePanduh]

Dude! Fantastic work! I love how each game started with the title screens! I love team ups like this. I watch over half of the creators featured in this video. So I got mad chills when I recognized each of their voices. It’s like an avengers team up! Great work man! Mad respect!!

[@gamerprince-tl5hg]

I really like how the series draws parallels between Riku and Young Xehanort a few times. Once in BBS when Terra looks at Riku in Destiny Islands and in DDD when Young Xehanort holds his hand out to Sora

[@TheKing-sz7zl]

3 Days. 3 more days of avoiding spoilers then it will all be over The. Hype. Is. Real

[@SSlash]

TheKing101 I like how we’re all just saying 3 cuz no one is waiting till the 29th lol

[@VXFluff]

@@Davy_D._Diaz lel

[@gamerprince-tl5hg]

I CAN DO THIS. I CAN DO THIS. I CAN DO THIS. I WILL DO THIS!! JUST 3 MORE MOTHERFUCKING DAYS

[@Khjaden97]

Just like the final “heartless unversed and nobody fight” the spoilers be surrounding us

[@Zephhi]

dbarrios7 Bro come on man

[@ortiz3m]

This is so bad ass you got everyone together! One of my favorite videos of this kh3 journey

[@MisterJVish]

Thank you so much for this video. I especially loved your ending comments about the impact of this game into our lives and the gratitude you gave to your friends and all that they did to help you.

[@LimitForm72]

I'm glad my friends and I were able to help with this video and yeah that ending section was really just how we all feel about everything. I would not be here today if it weren't for my friends and KH so I am eternally grateful.

[@Gyarren]

I'm hoping to buy Kingdom Hearts 3 soon, so my sister asked me about the story of these games that I've Loved for over a decade. I tried explaining the story to her, and she got very confused and said " this is the game with the Disney characters, right?". It absolutely floored her that the story was so complex.

[@swatss94]

the fact that luxu is actually the villian but has been hiding in the background as xigbar/braig amazes me the story of kingdom hearts is so complex and so good. as a fan of the series playing since age 4! im 18 btw. im so excited to see where the story goes in the next saga im

[@holliswoods]

finally got around to this, really good recap. You and the other kh youtubers are the leaders of our community and I want to thank you all. I hope you enjoyed kh3. I know I did, it was everything I dreamed of and I hope you were able to say the same.

[@willrawr90]

Dropping a like for the sole reason of now i'll understand wtf my friends are talking about with this series, Im tired of being made fun of for not having played this when i was younger, and not not having time or patience for it

[@zululclap5613]

Who else is here after our boy finally made it into Smash?

[@Gentoes]

It's been over 10 years since I played one of these games and the story still makes my eyes get all warm..

[@Itsabacaxi123]

How could Dean not talk about the good luck charm being brought back???? Its the iconic part of the ending... Uuuuuuhhhh....

[@otacon6566]

Wow, for once I understand the Kingdom Hearts story. Also hearing Superbutterbuns was a huge surprise. Very big fan. Great job to all of you. I can't imagine what amount of work had to go into this.

[@levelmake7758]

They should have a system where you can leave prison, but you have to literally recite the entire kingdom hearts lore in one sitting. And if you get a single fact wrong, you immediately go back to your cell.

[@glitchedgamer3111]

Yess

[@faison_chris]

Thank you so much for the explanation my favorite story was Birth by Sleep because of the Terra and the whole Will Armor thing. I felt really sad at a couple of points in the video because you guys managed to explain it in a way that tugged on the heart strings. Real sad story can’t wait to play KH3

[@syzorst]

I just notice that despite the light tone this series has with the incorporation of disney characters. This series is actually pretty dark

[@FryYeeter]

You have no idea how much this helped me. Thank you so much!

[@LimitForm72]

JayCee05 glad we were able to help ya!

[@alyssaisawesome3795]

This helped so much. I couldn’t remember everything from the previous games so this recap was SUPER HELPFUL

[@alexwright6311]

I have played almost all of these. You guys explained everything so well.

[@charlieioane9279]

They need to make one huge compilation of kingdom hearts games like they did with halo. If they did that i think it would make a lot of people happy. Sense everyone who plays these games loves all of them so much

[@LimitForm72]

Charlie Ioane they already have as of like last year almost 2 years ago

[@ShoreSlayer]

Thank you and your friends for taking the time to put this together. Being that this will be my first KH game and knowing how much of a story the series has this will definitely make my KH3 experience a much better one!

[@mageoflife2855]

My guy, how are you alive What darkest madness convinced you to edit this crazy in detail timeline Do you even have a soul anymore

[@lgd921]

Mage of Life a heart*

[@kristofferninodiolatabanar8690]

He is the Master of Master.... or maybe ansem the wise

[@LimitForm72]

I don't

[@Storyteller2093]

Or maybe Namine got them all together someone's gotta keep the timeline in line 😛

[@derekwildstar731]

Excellent Video! Thanks to you and your friends for all the work that went into it.

[@LimitForm72]

Thank YOU so much for watching and I'm very glad that you enjoyed it!

[@gamerprince-tl5hg]

Just want to let you guys know that I appreciate this video. I honestly really did need a refresher on the series because its been a while since I experienced them all.

[@NoahRogers19980618]

Even though I already know the story so far, thank you for a reminder. Also 3 more days!!!

[@mkdelta188]

Dude i just wanted to know the story so i could read fanfics... Damn and now im actually invested in the story... Well ngl its a good investment thanks for the vid fam it helped a lot for me to understand

[@Gabe-gv6rb]

Beautifully made video! Absolutely perfectly concise and swift yet in depth. Thank you

[@LimitForm72]

Thank YOU for watching and im glad we could help you!

[@jasonlee9555]

This Video needs more attention! Great work guys, a very good Video! Somedays, I will shows this my kids, when they start playing Kingdom Hearts!

[@doctorark3474]

Aeith: "Thank goodness our world is back-" Sepiroth: "DOWNWARD AERIAL

[@kahlyda]

I've played every game except 3 and somehow still had issues following the story. This has helped a lot. Thank you all.

[@LimitForm72]

Adventures in Toontown Rewritten No problem :)

[@hugeharv]

I hope KH3 nets this an insane amount of views for people interested in the series. It deserves it. What a collab. Thanks for this man!

[@paulmillcamp]

I'd just like to say: this video is _very_ good

[@svanation9215]

Limit: Finishes explaining the first world of kh1 Also limit: Skips every world until the end by saying: LATER

[@LimitForm72]

I only keep the real relevant stuff to keep the video from being 24 hours long ;)

[@Barnakel]

I forgot that Roxas Looks like Ventus due to the presence of Ventus' heart inside Sora when his nobody is created

[@alistairhume8854]

Amazing video. I don't know how I'm gonna practice my music for the upcoming shows with Kingdom Hearts 3 coming out tomorrow. The whole series is a psychedelic trip all on its own.

[@shankdoorson616]

King mickey got yeeted away 😂😂 I've played this whole series like 10 times it never gets old thks for this summary!

[@MG-mh8xp]

god damn, when butter buns said this game was complicated she was NOT kidding.

[@alexnieto7793]

Great job I needed a refresher on the story bc how long it has been since I played it and your video was truly a great way to refresh the story for me

[@LimitForm72]

Alex Nieto I’m so happy we were able to help you :)

[@Dsrgreyy]

✊🏾 Preciate this brother I just picked up 1.5 and 2.5 combo on XB1X

[@LimitForm72]

Glad we could help!

[@HeavyladenExistance]

Holy fuck. I needed that. Don't have a PS5 but the nostalgia is very strong with these games. Thanks for carrying me back to simpler times, before I became nobody.

[@ThankyouDeer029]

I was watching a meme about Sora being in Super Smash Bros then decided I wanted to know the lore of Kingdom Hearts and this was a great video that explained everything to me I'm just kind of sad that I didn't watch this video 2 years earlier lol

[@yourheroes5874]

Yen Sid: Sora you failed the test… Sora: Ok LOL. Way to go Riku!

[@thomasbennett7409]

I never played this game growing up but heard about it all the time and that it was really good. This video is awesome that is one heck of a storyline. Also Riku is my favorite character😂

[@PreMadeDesigns]

Great video :) I actually got through the whole thing. The only thing I would have changed however is to have told the story in chronological order. it was a bit hard to keep up I got confused quite a few times because I only played kingdom hearts 2

[@DrizzealLyguard]

I've played almost ever game and still missed a lot this video pointed out. I'm in love with these games and only 2 I played I didn't care for because of battle mechanics like the card battle system. But omg just the intro to kh3 had me tearing up with nostalgia. The animations and worlds are gorgeous and the battle mechanics are crazy fun. The game was a bit easier than most kh games but that meant nothing in the face of nostalgia and an amazing story with memorable characters from such an amazing set of series

[@ieeee_.]

Best explanation, thank you

[@LimitForm72]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@astrojo3]

Thanks for putting this together. Obviously a massive amount of time an effort went into this video and I truly apreciate it. I only wanted to play KH 1 -3 but didn't want to miss out on important story parts from other games (due to lack of time). So thank you.

[@LimitForm72]

Of course! Anytime :)

[@frankieferraiuolo]

How does this not have more views? It’s great

[@kingkilla777]

Welp lemme get some popcorn this ie gonna be a good refresher on the series

[@jesterjaded73]

That moment when you realize Riku vs Repliku in Twilight Town foreshadows Roxas' struggle to accept his fake life in KH2 and return to Sora...

[@O_Ciel_Phant0mhive]

wow thank you for this amazing explanation. I am glad that Kairi is given at least some power. I hope she is able to shine more in the future. I also hope that Aqua and the guys are finally saved :') they have been apart for too long. Of course along with that I can't wait for the villians to finally be defeated lol

[@princessmel1243]

Love this video, just got kingdom hearts 3 and it’s my first time playing any kingdom heart game but I heard so much about it and I love Disney so I needed to know the story before I start the game

[@adonaiblackwood]

💛😭 @1:20:20 this video was soo awesome. I can’t wait to play KH3!

[@rayvennthegoddess]

With the KH4 trailer debut I wanted to recap the storyline and previous games. This is a great conprehensive video well put together thank you 😊

[@mooshoo_3tp538]

I still got my Nintendo Ds and the 358/2 days game

[@juanloser209]

Thank you so much for this! It’s great to revisit this. This game got me through some tough times as a kid.

[@yuhdijona8204]

I use to play kingdom hearts on the game boy when I was a kid, so I only know very little about kingdom hearts, I only the the basic, so watching this was helpful

[@SupremeBrawler]

Not Only this video was well told,but Also adding All these wonderful People to be in the video. Amazing Video!

[@fathimamardiah5124]

I always loved this game but I quit playing till kingdom hearts 3 cuz to me that was the ending I've always wanted and I ended up growing up and forget everything. Thank you KZbin for recommending this!!! 😭😭😭

[@LimitForm72]

Fathima Mardiah I’m glad we were able to help 😎

[@krissieg3169]

I am crying! This is so well done! I love that super butter buns did bbs! This is all so good!! KH3 et’s go!!!

[@weltraumimport]

tysm for this video, i haven't really played KH before but really wanna get into KH3 somehow and now i'm finally up to date with the story at least

[@mismis3153]

You people are geniuses... I only played the first 2 games yet understood everything... Thumbs up for that Edit: I feel however that I missed something at union cross part, like what happened happened to the dandelions and such. It would be really appreciated if you could sum it up for me :)

[@erinkinchin2067]

Oh yes, very helpful in deed. I didnt know there were more games for this series. I only have KH1 and KH 2. I finally got KH3 and as I was playing it (promiss no spoilers) what Master Yen Sin said to Sora, I was confused but now after watching this it all makes sence. Now I can play the game in peace!!! Thank you again for this video!!!

[@khaleelmccutchen2799]

An amazing video I recommend it to anyone wanting to see the full story of kingdom hearts

[@ridleysomeliana-lauer5814]

Fantastic video.

[@xthexxjackalx7621]

Long time kingdom hearts fan and all of you guys did a great job!!!

[@icedrop1960]

Nice! Thank you guys for the video!

[@henrys6252]

I watched a lets play for kingdom hearts 1. Then I saw how many more games there are.... So glad I found this video 👍😂

[@LimitForm72]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@whipee9131]

how do kingdom hearts fans keep sane

[@naitoz.7058]

i wish there were subtitles as i had a hard time understanding several passages, but it's a good video! i've been loosely invested in kh since 2013 without ever *really* getting into it, so this helped a lot.

[@shadowbear1231]

Amazing video. Such a good script, editing, recap and choice of game. Big big ups

[@yoshimitsui2]

4 days left, I can't wait.

[@adonaiblackwood]

This is the best ever! Thank you! 💛😭

[@monkeydjimmy5169]

I have never played KH in my life but THIS video was so good and well explained that now i understand everything and want to play this game 😂 Got to start buying them

[@LimitForm72]

MonkeyD Jimmy ayyyy have fun!

[@monkeydjimmy5169]

@@LimitForm72 Thanks mate 😁😁😁

[@kristofferninodiolatabanar8690]

This is a lot help for my brother and friend... i dont need this im a childhood fan of kingdom hearts series since ps2 days...i see this as detailed story so far...

[@Psycho_Psy]

Thanks. I played KH1 up to Tarzan and decided to move on to KH2 instead. So I watched the video until Timeless River and stopped. Thank you for this video

[@Tbn1991]

Did a great job all of you guys did!

[@bka04]

Thank you! I played one and two recently but found trying to play all the side games by the time #3 came out daunting.

[@channel64show]

One of the best story explanations to date!

[@gamechallengerwolf3856]

HMK may be amazing friend. just remember this “better watch your back with this guy. Your admirations and dreams. There is a chance he’s gonna break it.

[@Ron__Solo]

Fantastic job everyone! Thanks for making this, it all makes sense now!

[@withalittlehelpfrom3]

45:07 not the last time a Mark Hamill character tried to kill an innocent person to prevent a galactic conflict!