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Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory coming out November 13, 2020 (Switch/PS4/XB1)
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Both of the Theatrhythm games have One Winged Angel so I don't really need it. Better to give that slot to a Kingdom Hearts original or even one of the better Disney songs.
Nah. I need a Sephiroth fight cause there was none in Kingdom Hearts 3.
Little mad that UX, and now this game confirms the pods in KHI are how Kairi reached DI because
a) They were originally implied to be the Heartless machines (Those symbols were NOT thalassa shells, as people are theorizing now) and are a lot cooler than those sci-fi tubes in Hollow Bastion.
b) It interferes with my headcannon that Ansem straight YEETed Kairi (and presumably other potential princesses of heart) into space with his bare hands.
a) They were originally implied to be the Heartless machines (Those symbols were NOT thalassa shells, as people are theorizing now) and are a lot cooler than those sci-fi tubes in Hollow Bastion.
b) It interferes with my headcannon that Ansem straight YEETed Kairi (and presumably other potential princesses of heart) into space with his bare hands.
Probably wont buy this but the art is phenomenal. Not enough good boxarts around but this one is really something.
The final trailer of this game is the first Kingdom Hearts trailer that hasn't spoiled any obviously significant late game content.
This would've been worth $60 if they would've redone everything using the same style/engine as KH3 or made a new art style entirely like Theatrhythm did but going back to PS2 models is just...not it. Also still don't like how the Kairi-centric game everyone has been asking for is....this. It feels like trolling in a way; especially when her scenes probably could've been included in Remind to make it meatier since there were complaints about it not feeling worth the cost. Oh well.
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I'm trying to not complain about it too much but it just...rubs me the wrong way. It's not 'let's make a Princess Peach game and have all the mechanics be tied to emotions' bad but it's a choice. There's a chance that the next game will (hopefully) be her and Riku as the joint protagonists but my one fear(tm) is Nomura going 'that's enough development for Kairi today' after this game. Only time will tell I guess.
IIRC, none of KH2's trailers showed anything past the Hollow Bastion revisit.
Coded didn't have much spoiled in advance either, but that had more to do with being episodic.
Now that you mention coded, the inital trailers made it seem like it was gonna tell a "behind the scenes" of KH before it changed directions halfway.
MoM seems to be more what the initial coded trailers promised.
I feel ya. It doesn't even appear that she's playable, unless this pulls a Chain of Memories, but that would still suck. I suspect the reuse of assets from the remasters is partly to have expedited the development and make this easier to run on Switch.
We can put together a partial list based on trailers and stuff.
Kingdom Hearts
Destiny Islands
Bustin' Up on the Beach
Night of Fate
Traverse Town
Hand in Hand
To Our Surprise
Welcome to Wonderland
Olympus Coliseum
Go for it!
A Very Small Wish
A Day in Agrabah
Arabian Dream
Under the Sea
Scherzo di Notte
Kairi I
Simple and Clean (Hikari for Japanese version)
CoM/Re:CoM
Naminé
The 13th Struggle
Kingdom Hearts II
Sora
Riku
Roxas
Lazy Afternoons
Sinister Sundown
The Afternoon Streets
Working Together
Waltz of the Damned
Sinister Shadows
Savannah Pride
Vim and Vigor
Part of Your World
Darkness of the Unknown
358/2 Days
Vector to the Heavens
Another Side -Battle version-
Musique pour la tristesse de Xion
Birth by Sleep
Rage Awakened -The Origin-
The Encounter -Birth by Sleep version-
Dismiss
Terra
Ventus
Dream Drop Distance
All for One
Kingdom Hearts 0.2
Wave of Darkness I
Kingdom Hearts III
Let It Go
Other
Destati - KH Orchestra World Tour
Destiny Islands
Bustin' Up on the Beach
Night of Fate
Traverse Town
Hand in Hand
To Our Surprise
Welcome to Wonderland
Olympus Coliseum
Go for it!
A Very Small Wish
A Day in Agrabah
Arabian Dream
Under the Sea
Scherzo di Notte
Kairi I
Simple and Clean (Hikari for Japanese version)
CoM/Re:CoM
Naminé
The 13th Struggle
Kingdom Hearts II
Sora
Riku
Roxas
Lazy Afternoons
Sinister Sundown
The Afternoon Streets
Working Together
Waltz of the Damned
Sinister Shadows
Savannah Pride
Vim and Vigor
Part of Your World
Darkness of the Unknown
358/2 Days
Vector to the Heavens
Another Side -Battle version-
Musique pour la tristesse de Xion
Birth by Sleep
Rage Awakened -The Origin-
The Encounter -Birth by Sleep version-
Dismiss
Terra
Ventus
Dream Drop Distance
All for One
Kingdom Hearts 0.2
Wave of Darkness I
Kingdom Hearts III
Let It Go
Other
Destati - KH Orchestra World Tour
I like we can play using the Seasalt trio.
Though that'd be a real awkward conversation for any song based on Days.
Though that'd be a real awkward conversation for any song based on Days.
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For those who are interested in Melody of Memory, TGS special stream is confirmed!
The stream will have Tetsuya Nomura (voice only) and Yoko Shimomura as well. There will be live Piano performance.
Also confirms that the Co-Director of Melody of Memory is Masanobu Suzui, who was the director of Theatrhythm Final Fantasy.
The stream will have Tetsuya Nomura (voice only) and Yoko Shimomura as well. There will be live Piano performance.
Also confirms that the Co-Director of Melody of Memory is Masanobu Suzui, who was the director of Theatrhythm Final Fantasy.
Nobody should be worried about this being quality then, it's a lock
Thinking about it, Kairi's history with Xehanort was probably going to be explored in Birth by Sleep volume 2 before that got cancelled, because it's odd to advertise KH3 as the end of Xehanort's saga and then have not only an origin mobile game come out after but also a console game that's still exploring his history with one of the protagonists.
Like Aqua's side in 0.2, I'm glad that Nomura is able to tell this story but I do hope it leads to a greater campaign for Kairi.
Like Aqua's side in 0.2, I'm glad that Nomura is able to tell this story but I do hope it leads to a greater campaign for Kairi.
I'm still shocked they're charging $60 for something reusing PS2 assets. The Nintendo business model of everything being a full-priced release is becoming a trend, I feel.
You do realize there is more to the game than "PS2 assets," right?
You are dramatically simplifying the development (and content) of the game.
He ain't wrong though, Nintendo is selling $60 PS2 Pokemon games, that's not a good example to follow.
This game should've been $40, but I won't lie, I'm in too deep, I will totally pay $60.
That's GameFreak. At least Nintendo sells for full price actual good games.
O I agree I Just said the same thing and got bombarded with "you don't think a music game can be $60?!!?
No I don't think any game that's still using Ps2 assets should be tho!
If this was pre kh3 id be right there with you asking for a collectors edition 😂😂.Ain't in as deep anymore
Visual assets isn't where most of the budget of a rhythm game typically goes. do you want to say rhythm games don't deserve to be full priced?
Oh ffs. I promised myself I wouldn't buy this full price, but I'm a sucker for KH themes on PS4 because of the music. Hell, I even promised myself I would never touch a KH game again after KH3, but then there is this and I'm -sort of- interested in it.
This just reeks of "lazy devs" argumentation, which is dumb. It's 140 tracks. It's not a small task to create the timing-based gameplay for that many compositions (and several difficulties for each track, if this is at all like Theatrhythm), all the visuals that go with the tracks (even if using existing assets) + the story mode cutscenes. The price is more than justified, no matter if it doesn't satisfy superficial demands of graphic whiners.
Like, how would it have been much different if they had re-used KHIII assets? Why would that be worth 60$? They'd still have been re-using assets to ease the workload. Sure, it would have looked nicer, but would a Switch version been possible then? Would even a base PS4 version been able to offer a 60fps experience? I don't think they made these decisions because of laziness or cheapness.
First don't put words in my mouth and two the only ppl whining are those who keep coming after every person that questions the $60 price tag. If you fine with it be fine with it not a single person in any of these threads has said anything to the ppl excited for this game but y'all sure like coming after anybody not on board 100%
Then don't make dumb arguments that just because a game doesn't use the absolute best assets available that it's worth less money.
Or you can keep it pushing and not get so defensive as I didn't bother you at all for wanting the game and you could have done the same instead of bothering to argue with me about what I see or anybody else see as value
Like we couldn't have her be the one with Donald and Goofy, did it really need to KH1 Sora?
Nah, they were full of stuff from the entire game including TWTNW.
Nothing that actually spoiled anything, though. The only bit of TWTNW that was even shown (in the TGS trailer shortly before the JP release) was from a scene that ended up way different in the final game.
They did show RikuAnsem in one of the trailers but I suppose you could file that into a bait and switch thing. I will agree that the trailers were way less spoilery than the ones for games after 2.
Getting the PS5 day 1, so a PS4 theme ain't much of an incentive.
I really wish they found a way to bring over the themes onto PS5. That'd make this much more appealing
