Last Saturday, April 01 2006, i got my copy of Kingdom Hearts II, the game that i had waited for for three years+. I played it right away, into the morning; and soon it became a habit. i slept mornings and played all afternoon and night. Now I'm at the third part, i think -- I've sealed off and completed Agrabah, the Land of the Dragons, Beast's Castle, Olympus Coliseum (apart from the new tournaments), 100 Acre Wood. But there was something that struck me hard when Pooh was talking to Sora after the Hunny Pot thing, something that made me feel so bogged down and, surprisingly, depressed.
Pooh wanted Sora to stay. He was wondering if there was any way to make Sora stay with him (or them, maybe Pooh's just gay). Even if Sora tried to persuade him and told him that he'd visit him now and then, Pooh answered,
"Can it be 'now and now'? That would make me a bit better."
Then Sora answered that he'd be forever with Pooh, in Pooh's heart. This scene -- it tugged at me so much that i nearly cried. I wanted Sora to stay too. To think that he had helped so many people and touched so many lives...and then, if everything's restored, he'd just go away again...it seems so sad. People would miss him so much, you know. Sure, I'm just talking about fictional characters here, but it just bothers me. The way things are ending at each world...it's like there would be no more KH3. And if there WOULD be a KH3, wouldn't it be just too much (okay with me, but i guess i'd need a PS3 and 3 more years for that one)?
Also, i feel so bad for Sora. I really, really do. Sure, he's got nice new color-shifting duds, cool new powers (where's Glide, though? I want Glide back), summons and a talking duck and dog for friends... but with all his power comes great responsibility. I mean, right now (where I'm at) he's trapped in a damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-don't situation -- if he kills Heartless, he ends up releasing hearts, which in turn help the Organization to form more Nobodies and conquer Kingdom Hearts. (I do think the Thirteenth Order is a better and cooler name). He can't choose and all...and you know, Maleficent helping him and all -- got me confused, but oh well.
Oh, and another thing -- they're really rubbing it in. And I mean rubbing it in. I feel so so bad for Sora when i completed a few worlds, namely Beast's Castle, the Land of the Dragons and Olympus Coliseum. Love was so much in the air. Take a look at these peeps, for example: Belle and the Beast, Mulan and Shang, Herc and Meg, Ariel and Eric, Jack and Sally, not to mention the trio Tifa, Cloud and Aerith (ooh do i have a rant for that one). It's like they're saying, "poor Sora, no Kairi...". (ah yes, they're so canon. deal with it.) I want him to see her now, you know! That whole thing at Twilight Town made me scream with frustration, really!
Here are a few things i sort of noticed -- Pride Lands (Sora is just soo fricking cute there, too cute for words) seem to be the replacement for Tarzan's world, Port Royal for Neverland, and the Land of the Dragons for Alice in Wonderland. Atlantica seems to be the replacement for Monstro (although i do like Atlantica this time round). Honestly, i prefer the Keyblade designs of the first game (everything seems a bit chunky this time). I do like the whole Reaction commands. The drives, meanwhile, are just hard to level up. How do they get EXP anyway? number of enemies they defeat?
And Roxas. Boy, when speculations about the stupid kid in the Deep Dive movie came up, I hated Roxas. New guy with the power to wield TWO Keyblades? Nuh-uh, no way, no no no no -- how dare you upstage Sora. He's supposed to be the main guy here! I completely hated Roxas. But when i played the game, i sort of grew attached to him (especially the Reversal trick). When he said those words ("You're lucky, Sora. I guess my summer vacation's over." **then bam! sparkly KHII logo**), i felt sorry for him. And i was sort of weirded out by the shortness of Sora's clothes. But boy when he got new duds, looked better than ever.
About the new Sora -- i like him very much. Haley Joel Osment did a great job of voicing him (his voice suits him well, though i sort of forgot how the fourteen-year-old Sora sounded like) -- i like his voice very much. His clothes help out a great deal too, and so does his face -- first time i saw him again his face was now very refined and...shapely? I don't know how to describe it, but it's just really nice. He looks really good. I just really really really like him. *lovelovelove*
I know i still have plenty of things to do, like complete all missions, synthesize all items, get the Ultima Weapon, complete all tournaments and stuff. We reached 100+ hours playing KHI three years ago... i wish KHII wouldn't end this fast. I still want things to happen and stuff. But it's inevitable, isn't it? I'm going to go there some way or another.
I just hope i'm not going to be depressed once i finish it.
Current Music: Passion ~opening version -- Utada Hikaru
posted by aya-chan @ 5.4.06
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