At long last, we have arrived at the first finale of our Kingdom Hearts Primer.It's a shame that Gamer's Little Playground had to change the music in the end for copyright reasons, because that finale had me bawling as a child.There's not much more that I can add to our commentary on this episode....
Welcome back to the main plot.I know we've spoken about the big twist well before it came into play here, but I still think it's a really great moment. The big reveal that Sora was *never* supposed to be the hero. His status as a keyblade bearer, and his numerous successes, can be attributed to a...
And now, back to plot!Sora and Riku serve as very good foils for each other. Both are essentially after the same thing. All they want to do is rescue Kairi and go off on awesome adventurers with cool people.It's fairly typical for this type of story, but it works. Their voice actors deliver solid...
Today, we arrive at the best world in the game:This is another one of those episodes where he just kinda have some fun with it, because not much plot is going on.But it does have some cool moments, like the touture chamber and manor boss fights. The former of which is probably my favorite boss in...
This time, we go Under the Sea in Atlantica.I don't have much to say about this level, surprisingly enough.There some interesting parallels between Ariel's desire to explore other worlds and the same desire that started Sora, Riku, and Kairi's original journey. Even better, the writers saw fit to...
Ready to enter the bowels and intestines of a giant whale.......Yeah, me neither.Sam and I make fun of Riku a lot, but I like his character a lot. As it goes on, he does progress and becomes one of the more interesting characters in the series. We'll see it later on as we move into Chain of...
This time, we get down in dirty in the deserts of Agrabah.Not much for me to add on top of what he say here. Agrabah is an important world because that's where we learn about the princesses of heart, and of the villains' ultimate goal of "opening the door."It also helps cement Riku's character as...
Today, we monkey around in the Deep Jungle.If you've been following the stories of each individual worlds in Kingdom Hearts 1, you'll notice that none of them thus far have been straight copies of the movies. While each of them do use the same characters and set-pieces from those movies, they are...
We go to Olympus Colosseum, and I somehow make an Ayn Rand joke...To fill out what was left out of this series, after we finish up in this world, we return later to participate in more tournaments and eventually kick the crap out of Hades. Later, Sephiroth appears, but that's not canon. We don't...
In this episode, we grow small to visit Wonderland.Just to make our respect for her clear, we want to point out once more that the voice actress, Kathryn Beaumont, is still voicing the same character that she's been voicing since 1951.Also, get used to me saying "I actually really like this boss...